July 23, 2013 "More fun with Chubby's"

July has been a pretty busy month, especially after the first week when the rains put a crimp in the tours. 

We are especially happy about being able to share our adventures with wonderful families like Volkar, Sabina, Larissa and Maria from Germany. Volkar and his family joined us for a Dolphin Tour on a beautiful afternoon on Estero Bay. Having spent time in that wonderful country when I was in the Air Force, I grew to love these people and their land and customs. Europe is a great place to visit, the country side towns offer so much to see and experience, and Germany was one of those country's that you could spend tons of  time just exploring and enjoying the locals and their way of life. Thank you guys for joining me on this tour I hope to see you again in the future!

This week also offered a wonderful fishing charter for Brandyn and his friends, Brandon, Jeff, Chris, Alex and Brian. This was a trip that was given to him by his lovely bride Jessica for his birthday present (his birthday was June 21). We left the dock right after the early morning storm ran through Ft. Myers Beach. I spent about an hour preparing the boat, getting bait, ice, drinks and trying to dry out the boat before the gentlemen got there but the rain kept coming and coming but around 8:30am the weather broke. 

We headed out for our adventure and was fishing within about 30 minutes. We used live shrimp in the beginning to catch trout on the grass flats and while the guys were working those baits I fished a sabiki rig to pull in a couple dozen pin fish we moved on over to the mangroves to hunt for some big red fish and snook. And boy did we hook up! 

Although we only landed one lunker worthy of a couple nice fillets, we lost an even bigger bull red at the boat when the net missed at the last haul and the 15 pound braid broke off as it slid along side of that monster fish! Chris, the lucky guy to fight that one for a few moment's later on would be disappointed again when a HUGE, and I mean a HUGE snook grabbed a large chunk of cut bait and moved like a bulldozer up into the mangroves. I must admit that one was a little too large to do much with it in the distance he had to work. The fish slid under the mangrove roots never to return. We had a choice to wait him out or try to bull dog him out and the later won out so we attempted to coax him out breaking the line. Well Chris, you didn't land either of your big fish but you gave us all a thrill!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDYN! Hope you had fun.

So the day, week and month moved on and Chubby's Tropical Adventures added a few new friends and smiling faces to our portfolio. Thank you all for choosing us for an adventure and thank you for making your Captain smile. 

God bless you all and see you again in the future!

July 22, 2013 "Fun on the water with Chubby's"

Hello and good morning from beautiful Ft. Myers Beach Florida! It has been a busy couple of weeks for Chubby's Tropical Adventures and we have had fun! The weather at the first of the month was pretty nasty during the day so we were pretty slow. However, this past two weeks we have been able to pretty much accommodate all of our tour requests. We have had dolphin tours, sunset cruises, fishing charters and FUN!

Thank you all for joining us here at Chubby's. It is our pleasure to share our local area with you and the following are just some of the pictures that we collected over the last two weeks. Iam blessed to be able to be at the helm of our beautiful boat and experiencing the wonders of natures with you. 

The dolphins have been very active this month regardless of the weather. I have only seen Chubby one time this month and as always he was jumping and splashing around. What a creature he is and I believe he winked at me! Is that possible you say! Of course it is. Chubby and I have this thing going on. He is my buddy.

I will be adding more phots very soon to this post so keep checking. It is going to be another glorious day here on the Island and I am looking forward to today's adventure.

I want to thank my wife Sonja for a great month. This month we celebrated our birthday's, both of them and our 37th anniversary of being married. We have known each other for over 40 years and have been friends most of that time. Also, I want to thank her for keeping our FaceBook page updated and happening. If you have not checked that out please do so and LIKE us there. 

Give us a call for your next adventure on the water at 239-233-6639 or email us as chubby@chubbystropicaladventures.com to book your next adventure.

"RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!" July is the wet month!

Well July has been very "abnormal" from a weather pattern but it is improving! For the first 5 days we had consistent, all day rains that put a damper on our trips but still we survived and now that we are in a normal pattern (mornings and evenings great, mid afternoon rains) we are back to doing our good stuff!

Had a great day out on the water today with Al and Deb and their girls Hannah and Mollie. We had a fabulous dolphin show and had them in our wake for the longest time. The weather was perfect for a "Round the Island" cruise and frankly I was not in too big of a hurry to get back.

We toured the island for these folks. It is there first time in the area so I gave them a "sightseeing" adventure that left them with local knowledge of the restaurants, history, nature and fun of Ft. Myers Beach!

Thank you guys for joining me today. I could not have had a better time. 

Come back to see us again!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my wife Sonja!