Dear Steve:

The entire Lee County area has a Live Shelling Ban in force. We used to go
to Sanibel 3 - 5 times per year but stopped because there was no live
shelling allowed in Lee County.

Our favorite activity was to buy a couple of fine sieves and a regular
spaghetti noodle colander and sit in the shade of the sea grape trees near
the Lighthouse and sift through dredge samples for Wentletraps and other
tiny shells. We bought several Sanibel Island Snow Shovels [read hand
dredgers] at the bait stores [they sell them for fishermen who wanted to
catch sand fleas], we would dredge in the first 4 - 5 feet of the wash zone
and then sift it out with the sieves. Great fun and when conditions are
right you find amazing small stuff. Be sure to check the drift lines at both
low and high tide.

The fishing is outstanding at the T head pier - Go at tide changes [early AM
is best] and use green head shad [available at Bait Stores].

The best shelling spot on the entire island is . . . . . . . .

The Bailey -Matthews Shell Museum. It is worth about 3 -4 hours several
times - go when it is raining. If you bend Dr. Leal's ear he might let you
in to see the cool curation areas. It is an amazing place and well worth the
entire trip.

Good luck and enjoy a gorgeous place in the sun.


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Sincerely,

Robert J. Nuelle, Jr.
Webmaster
The UniverShell Trading Company
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