Naplesreport oct. 25th.

[Marcel_Karssies]

I went back to the hotel and drove with Diamond Dave through town to look at the places that got whacked by Wilma.
Most of the Banyan trees where flipped over and some roofs went flying.
Powerlines where downed at some locations and most trafficlights where damaged or without power.

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Blown down Banyan Tree at Naples City Hall

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8th st / 2nd Ave.

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Riviera Colony

In the afternoon I fished the dock at Crayton Cove and had my best fishing down there ever.
In a short period of time I hauled in 12 Snook, 1 Jack Crevalle and had a battle with a nice Tarpon.
I wanted to haul in the Tarpon by dragging it on the dock but it was too heavy for the 30lbs test, the knot broke and the Tarpon was gone.

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Jack Crevalle

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Snook

Fishing was unbelievable, I had never had so many hits while being down here.
The water was all stirred up but the fish where
on the bite like crazy.

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Crayton Cove near sunset.

Near sunset the acitivity went down.
On my way back I made a stop at the outflow of the pumping station and had an instant hit when the fly landed in the outflow.

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Snook nr. 12

I had not expected such good fishing after a hurricane.
It was my best day at the docks during my stay down here.

[Tissy Furnes]

Dude, that's hardcore! Awesome action!

[Capt Frank]

Marcel
Trailers, light homes dont do well in Cat 3 storms. The cat 4/5 storm at Port Charlotte last year killed 22 older folk in a couple mob. trailer parks. In PC there was no signs or traffic signals left(150 m/h plus winds), but mostly the Harbor was anoxic and fishing didnt come back for months. Looks like your finding some good water and fishing, which is better then I thought would happen. I was in PC during Wilma and we had strong East winds in the Harbor which kept out surge tides. BTW fishing is phenomenal in the Charlotte Harbor right now.