Well hello everyone! Here we are in October already and the weather here in Southwest Florida is absolutely beautiful! The rainy season has come to an end, we have dodged storms this year, survived a lot of rain and are into one of our best times of the year!

Fishing is excellent, dolphins are playing, manatees are out all over the bay and people are having fun here at Chubby's Tropical Adventures.

This last month has been slow but has given us an opportunity to get some things accomplished to prepare for our upcoming busy season. The World Cat has a fresh bottom paint and is ready to go and some much needed maintenance (at my home) was completed.

I went from long hair to short hair and much to my surprise it got a lot of attention! I was even compelled to "grow it back" so as of now it is on it's way back. So Captain Dwight will be sporting his long hair again in season. 

We have had many new friends join us during the September and October months and are so happy to have had them on board with us. 

It is always our pleasure to be able to share our beautiful area with others. Our wildlife and nature abound and to be on the water, sightseeing around Ft. Myers Beach on a nice sunny day is a great way to spend some time. 

Thank you all for joining us here at Chubby's and we hope to see you all again. Season is right around the corner so much work to be done so I am out of here for now! SEE YOU ON THE WATER!

Captain Dwight

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.