{"id":4830,"date":"2011-02-17T22:54:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T03:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=4830"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:30:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T18:30:43","slug":"winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner By Technical Conch&#8230; I mean&#8230; Knock Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4832\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4832\" data-attachment-id=\"4832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/winning-conch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297965473&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;49.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Winning conch&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Winning conch\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Winning conch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark (Iowa) with winning conch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4832\" title=\"Winning conch\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winning conch\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark (Iowa) with winning conch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;.And in the Sanibel corner with his winning FIGHTING CONCH&#8230; is Mark from Iowa! \u00a0This CONCH is a knock out! I just love this picture with the &#8220;bystanders&#8221; looking amazed at the &#8220;winner&#8221; holding up his prize shell. LOL But let me back up a bit&#8230;.. I was watching a few shellers out on the new Sanibel sand bar at Blind Pass wondering how deep the water was to get out to the bar. Most\u00a0days there is a rip current running through this water &#8220;gully&#8221; so this could be very dangerous.\u00a0The current today was not strong because it was so calm and still so it was the perfect day to check it out. I saw a guy getting ready to cross over the deeper water to get to the sand bar so I took a video&#8230;.<\/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\/5zi4xba62Zk?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;\">Then I saw him put on his snorkel when he reached the sand bar&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4838\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Snorkeling-for-shells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4838\" data-attachment-id=\"4838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/snorkeling-for-shells\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Snorkeling-for-shells.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297964370&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;49.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Snorkeling for shells&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Snorkeling for shells\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Snorkeling for shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Snorkeling for shells&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Snorkeling-for-shells.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4838\" title=\"Snorkeling for shells\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Snorkeling-for-shells-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Snorkeling for shells\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Snorkeling-for-shells-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Snorkeling-for-shells.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snorkeling for shells<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He headed just beyond the sand bar then only five minutes later, I saw him find something big.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/winning-conch-crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-crop.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"532,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297965473&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;49.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Winning conch crop&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Winning conch crop\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Winning conch crop&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-crop.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4839\" title=\"Winning conch crop\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-crop-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"Winning conch crop\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-crop-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Winning-conch-crop.jpg 532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was Mark! We witnessed this whole amazing find so I had to wait until he came back over to the main land to see this HORSE CONCH \u00a0for myself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4835\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4835\" data-attachment-id=\"4835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297966684&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;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;blind pass large horse conch&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blind pass large horse conch\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;blind pass large horse conch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark (Iowa)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4835\" title=\"blind pass large horse conch\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"blind pass large horse conch\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/blind-pass-large-horse-conch.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark (Iowa)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a perfectly empty huge HORSE CONCH&#8230;. and of course, as luck would have it, this was his very first time shelling. Huh? He swims over to a sand bar and five minutes later, he pulls out the treasure every sheller dreams about. Crazy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4836\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Horse-conch-on-Sanibel-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4836\" data-attachment-id=\"4836\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/horse-conch-on-sanibel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Horse-conch-on-Sanibel-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297966978&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;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Horse conch on Sanibel&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Horse conch on Sanibel\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Horse conch on Sanibel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mark&amp;#8217;s horse conch on the beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Horse-conch-on-Sanibel-.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4836\" title=\"Horse conch on Sanibel\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Horse-conch-on-Sanibel--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Horse conch on Sanibel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Horse-conch-on-Sanibel--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Horse-conch-on-Sanibel-.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark&#8217;s horse conch on the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I saw other shellers cross over to the bar too&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4837\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-crossing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4837\" data-attachment-id=\"4837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/sheller-crossing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-crossing.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297964424&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sheller crossing&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sheller crossing\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sheller crossing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sheller crossing&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-crossing.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4837\" title=\"Sheller crossing\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-crossing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sheller crossing\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-crossing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-crossing.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheller crossing<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Preston came back with this gorgeous LIGHTNING WHELK. It looks like an albino!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4834\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Preston-with-whelk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4834\" data-attachment-id=\"4834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/preston-with-whelk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Preston-with-whelk.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297966575&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;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Preston with whelk&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Preston with whelk\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Preston with whelk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Preston (Kentucky)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Preston-with-whelk.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4834\" title=\"Preston with whelk\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Preston-with-whelk-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Preston with whelk\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Preston-with-whelk-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Preston-with-whelk.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preston (Kentucky)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then Tommy made it back over on his dad&#8217;s shoulders&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4840\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-on-shoulders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4840\" data-attachment-id=\"4840\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/sheller-on-shoulders\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-on-shoulders.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297965646&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sheller on shoulders&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sheller on shoulders\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sheller on shoulders&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shelling shoulders&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-on-shoulders.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4840\" title=\"Sheller on shoulders\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-on-shoulders-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sheller on shoulders\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-on-shoulders-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Sheller-on-shoulders.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelling shoulders<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He brought back a LIGHTING WHELK too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4833\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Tommy-with-whelk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4833\" data-attachment-id=\"4833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/tommy-with-whelk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Tommy-with-whelk.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297965779&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tommy with whelk&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tommy with whelk\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tommy with whelk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tommy with whelk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Tommy-with-whelk.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4833\" title=\"Tommy with whelk\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Tommy-with-whelk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy with whelk\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Tommy-with-whelk-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Tommy-with-whelk.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy with whelk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was an exceptionally beautiful calm day at Blind pass with exceptional shelling. Shellers, birds, sailors, plane pilots, sunners and stand up paddle boarders were out to enjoy the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Stand-up-paddle-boarder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4842\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/winner-by-technical-conch-i-mean-knock-out\/stand-up-paddle-boarder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Stand-up-paddle-boarder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1297968471&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;49.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Stand up paddle boarder&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stand up paddle boarder\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Stand up paddle boarder&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Stand-up-paddle-boarder.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4842\" title=\"Stand up paddle boarder\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Stand-up-paddle-boarder-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Stand up paddle boarder\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Stand-up-paddle-boarder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Stand-up-paddle-boarder.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;.And in the Sanibel corner with his winning FIGHTING CONCH&#8230; is Mark from Iowa! \u00a0This CONCH is a knock out! I just love this picture with the &#8220;bystanders&#8221; looking amazed at the &#8220;winner&#8221; holding up his prize shell. LOL But let me back up a bit&#8230;.. 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