{"id":2740,"date":"2010-09-04T21:10:02","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T01:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2013-02-28T16:47:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T21:47:43","slug":"kicking-off-a-winning-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/04\/kicking-off-a-winning-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicking off a Winning Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Belinda's snook fish fishing Sanibel\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Belindas-snook.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/04\/kicking-off-a-winning-weekend\/belindas-snook\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Belindas-snook.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"403,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Belinda&amp;#8217;s snook\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Belinda&amp;#8217;s snook&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Belindas-snook.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2742  aligncenter\" title=\"Belinda's snook fish fishing Sanibel\" alt=\"Belinda's snook fish fishing Sanibel\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Belindas-snook-262x300.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Belindas-snook-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Belindas-snook.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bserata.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Belinda<\/a> <\/strong>won the battle with this awesome snook&#8230;.. and I even got it on video! She said she usually shells when she and Bob visit Sanibel from Islamorada in the Florida Keys but decided to fish this time instead. She still couldn&#8217;t help but feel around for shells with her toes while waiting for the bite on her line. Sit back and enjoy Belinda versus Big Snook (she gives all the credit to\u00a0The Bait Box !) video\u00a0and a beautiful bright orange SCALLOP find. \u00a0But wait! We have more winners so make sure you scroll down after the movie.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3XMGeZ1K_M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"shellers ann paul sanibel\" href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ann-and-Paul-MN.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/04\/kicking-off-a-winning-weekend\/ann-and-paul-mn\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ann-and-Paul-MN.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1283556055&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ann  and Paul (MN)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ann  and Paul (MN)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ann-and-Paul-MN.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2746  aligncenter\" title=\"shellers ann paul sanibel\" alt=\"shellers ann paul sanibel\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ann-and-Paul-MN-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ann-and-Paul-MN-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Ann-and-Paul-MN.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ann and Paul (MN) felt like a big winners after finding a BABYS EAR near Gulf Side City Park<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0The same beach where Belinda caught (and released) her big bad snook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/writefromthebeach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/04\/kicking-off-a-winning-weekend\/sea-turtle-note-card\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sea-Turtle-note-card.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280086790&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sea Turtle note card\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sea-Turtle-note-card.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2749\" title=\"Sea Turtle note card\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sea-Turtle-note-card-300x225.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sea-Turtle-note-card-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Sea-Turtle-note-card.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now for the really big, really big (said in that Ed Sullivan voice)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Winner of the <a href=\"http:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/19\/write-from-the-beach-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Write From The Beach GiveAway<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong> &#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;\"><span> Karen M. Wells !! Congratulations, Karen!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And a big THANK YOU to everybody for leaving so many wonderful comments. This is just so much dang fun, I&#8217;ll have to start thinking of my next giveaway already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belinda won the battle with this awesome snook&#8230;.. and I even got it on video! She said she usually shells when she and Bob visit Sanibel from Islamorada in the Florida Keys but decided to fish this time instead. 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