Boca Grande

Our condo is on the north end of Booca Grande or Big Gasparilla Island, on a small key, between the second and third causway bridges.   In other words,  we are right in front of Little Gasparilla Pass and feel that we are sitting right in the middle of it, boat channels on either side.   This is the perfect staging ground for our explorations.  The kayaks and SUPs arrived by boat and can be stored right on the small beach for our stay.    Our main destination each morning is the Bird Island flats, to our right across the channel.   Paddling over at dawn, we await the fish just like the ospreys in the tops of the mangroves around us.    The DOA shrimp has been our most successful lure for trout, snook, and jacks on the grass flats, the water so clear, the abundant sea life is very visible and wary of our presence.   Gorgeous sunsets over the Gulf grace our fresh caught dinners enjoyed on the porch.