{"id":15394,"date":"2013-06-10T21:36:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T01:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=15394"},"modified":"2013-06-10T21:47:52","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T01:47:52","slug":"shells-sweep-in-and-shells-sweep-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/10\/shells-sweep-in-and-shells-sweep-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Shells Sweep In And Shells Sweep Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tropical Storm Andrea swept the seashells onto Sanibel’s Lighthouse Beach on Friday<\/strong> <\/a>but she also swept most of them out into the Gulf Of Mexico by Saturday night. I figured the shells had blown to another beach so I headed to the other side of the island… Blind Pass. I found some! There was a pretty nice shell mound under the bridge that leads to Captiva. That’s where I found Jamie and Alex from Hollywood, Florida shellebrating their one year wedding anniversary. Their wedding had a seashell theme so Alex surprised Jamie with a shelling week \u00a0Sanibel. Sweet!<\/p>\n

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They were sifting through smaller CLAM shells to find a few nice FIGHTING CONCHS, LGITHNING WHELKS, LETTERED OLIVES, CALICO SCALLOPS and COCKLES…<\/p>\n

\"jamie<\/a><\/p>\n

Kealey and Chad from Sarasota were having good luck shelling the same spot…<\/p>\n

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Oooooh… Look at that WORM SHELL! And they found a few nice SHARKS EYES, WHELKS and that sweet candy.<\/p>\n

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Cheri, Rylan and Amanda from New Smyrna were having a ball collecting JINGLES and SCALLOPS…<\/p>\n

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I was collecting CALICO SCALLOPS too. I can’t resist picking them up when the colors are this gorgeous!<\/p>\n

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I had a question here in the comments section the other day asking “Is there a good beach to find shells while my husband fishes?”. Now you can see for yourself! Danny caught this nice SNOOK (he gently released it immediately after I took the photo) in the same spot we were finding these shell…<\/p>\n

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I ran back down to Lighthouse Beach happy to see there were still people finding shells… \u00a0the miniature shells. Jesse, Erick and Jonsiah from PA were thrilled to find their very first WENTLETRAPS<\/strong><\/a>…<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0iLoveShelling FaceBook Page<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was rocking too so\u00a0I \u00a0wanted to share a few photos of shells that were posted from the weekend…\u00a0like from Steve O who found his first PAPER FIG…<\/p>\n

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Brooke L posted this next photo and said “The shells were great, the beaches empty, waves rolling in, and a perfect sunset! Thank you TS Andrea!”<\/p>\n

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Kelly M from Dunedin, FL found the big “J” on Honeymoon Island over the weekend. Wahoo! A JUNONIA!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I love this next photo that Greg D posted. He found three huge HORSE CONCHS! He wrote “Three horse conchs I scooped up at Bind Pass Friday night. Great ending to our vacation”.\u00a0Boom Shellalaka!<\/p>\n

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I never got a chance to check out Gulfside City Park but I have a feeling there might be shells showing up on that beach soon. I hope to get there tomorrow!<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget! Only 5 more days to enter to win a Shelling Vacation on Sanibel! CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"Seashell<\/a><\/p>\n

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