We finally got down to Blind Pass last night just in time to catch the -0.1 low tide. As usual, the beach has changed since a week ago when we were there last and the sand bars have shifted. The best thing was… more...
Read MoreThis was what it looked like a few evenings ago at Blind Pass on the Sanibel side when the tide was nice and low. There were quite a few people out on the sand bars finding nice shells and enjoying the beautiful sunset. The...
Read MoreClark found another SCOTCH BONNET!!!! This is crazy! We both found one in December for the first time and now he found another one within a couple of months. Wow…. pretty, huh? He said finding it was pure luck. We went to...
Read MoreI didn’t see shellers with buckets filled to the rim with seashells today, but I did see a few buckets that had nice quality shells that made every other sheller smile when they peeked into the bottom. This is Eddy’s...
Read MoreI wish I had a little more time to beachcomb through all of those PEN SHELLS in this really wide shell wrack at Gulf side City Park beach but I only had a few minutes. If you are in the area, I would definitely suggest hitting...
Read MoreThey’re baaack. We’ve been waiting all week for those west winds to push the shells up on the beach…. and now we got our wish. Shells were washing up at Blind Pass this afternoon but not on the new sand bar....
Read MoreI couldn’t wait to check out Captiva’s Blind Pass this morning after we had whipping 20 mph north west winds all day yesterday. As soon as I got on the beach, I met fellow sheller Les who showed me he found this...
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There were lots of YELLOW PRICKLY COCKLES still together scattered around the beach off West Gulf...
Read MoreSunday afternoon we were out in the cold and howling north west winds watching the shells start to pile up on the sand bar at Blind Pass on Captiva. I know I’ve been talking so much about this new sand bar….. but...
Read MoreWe had more 15 mph cold winds blowing from the north west all day yesterday. That means shelling at Blind Pass should be pretty good. So that’s why Clark and I headed there this morning at 8 a.m……. which was a...
Read MoreI went back to Blind Pass this morning and found an even bigger sand bar but not as many shells as last week. I found only a few doing the Captiva Crouch. Last week was so insane it’s hard to compare the shelling so...
Read MoreI thought I’d give you another shot of Anthony’s JUNONIA (yesterday’s post) before I move on to….. the rest of the story. There were thousands of shells to sift through. I figured if I couldn’t find...
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