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22/03/2024

Boeing 747 - Economy seats in 1970

22/03/2024

Our only native stork in North America, the Wood Stork is a large, heavy-billed wading bird that is found throughout swamps and wetlands across the Southeastern United States.

Although this stork doesn't bring babies, it still has a very crucial role in the Everglades. The Wood Stork serves as an indicator species for the health of the Everglades ecosystem.

Indicator species serve as excellent messengers of the past, present, and future because their specific habitat requirements are so closely associated with one particular environment.

The quality and quantity of the required environment directly determines the well-being and the number of that species. Since it is much easier to count and record the biology of one or more indicator species than it is to measure the more complex workings of an entire ecosystem, close monitoring of carefully selected species provides important information about the health of the entire system.

Can you think of any other indicator species in the Everglades?

NPS photo by Federico Acevedo

16/12/2023

15/12/2023

You should always have plenty of both! 😻😻😻

15/12/2023

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01/12/2023

Tips and stories to live and prosper. Eat better, get a gym membership and use it, fly fish whether you're old or young and enjoy your time.

17/09/2023

The Fishing Nut's second opus is already available for pre-order. We can read all about him and his colorful set of fishing buddies being outwitted by salmon, steelhead and permit all over the globe.

The full title of the tome is:
A Tale of Three Fish: A Lifetime of Adventures Chasing Atlantic Salmon, Steelhead, and Permit

The first book, detailing his misadventures as a young lad on and near the water is also still going strong. A number of folks who've read it have likened my fishing nut to Tom Sawyer; one or two came up with a mix of Tom Sawyer and Lord of the Flies. All I can say is, it explains a lot. 😜 Mostly, though, I think folks are enjoying it so much because it brings back many fond memories of their own. 🏄🐟🦩🌴

18/04/2023

The Fishing Nut was interviewed for Lunker Dog's Reel Guy podcast, where he tells it straight about fishing, growing up in South Florida, conservation, and married life as a fishing nut. According to Lunker Dog, "Jim steps up his game and gives us almost two hours of more Reel Guy stuff than we could get through. A true pleasure to have in the studio."
That so? What I heard were some diggs on his perfect, never quirky, always patiently loving wife. You decide.

Enjoy part one of this Reel Guy Podcast here:

‎Show Lunker Dogs Reel Guy show, Ep South Florida's Fishing Paradise - Apr 18, 2023

15/04/2023

This memoir captures the essence of light tackle fishing in its prime from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys, from the Everglades to the Ten Thousand Islands. In short, the best snook-fishing spots on the planet. Author chronicles his fishing adventures from Sanibel to the tarpon capital of the...

15/04/2023

28/03/2023

The 'Fishing Nut' and your intrepid host for many a SWA trip finally published his first opus relating much of his ill-spent youth through his adventures fishing up and down South Florida's coasts and in the Glades. His Sportsman's Widow (Sandra Stenson ) put her two cents in behind the scenes, of course. If you miss the Contemporary Sportsman with vignettes from the Widow and Nut, you're gonna love that book.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/south-floridas-fishing-paradise-jim-stenson/1142609309?ean=9780811772525

28/03/2023

The seven-mile-bridge in the Florida keys. Wow!

25/03/2023

Jim Stenson’s new book “South Florida’s Fishing Paradise: Early Adventures from Lake Worth to Florida Bay to Boca Grande and Back” captures the Nirvana of light tackle fishing in its prime (the late 60s and 70s). The tales stretch from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys, from the Everglades to the Ten Thousand Islands as author Jim Stenson chronicles his fishing adventures on rivers like the Manatee, the Myakka, the Peace, and the Caloosahatchee, as well as on beaches, spillways and dams.
As on any fishing adventure, you will meet colorful characters like Fat Wally, Dick Clevenger, and Frank the Net (as rugged and eclectic as his ‘66 International Harvester) who each took the author under his wings in often somewhat eccentric ways. Others, like Dennis Hart, Walt Winton, Mark Riehmann, Pete Stroble, Dick Clevenger and Ray Moss (a.k.a. Fertile Myrtle) leave their mark and become the author’s life-long friends.
You can purchase “South Florida’s Fishing Paradise: Early Adventures from Florida Bay to Boca Grande and Back” at Amazon, Books A Million, Barnes and Noble, or at your favorite bookstore.

This memoir captures the essence of light tackle fishing in its prime from Palm Beach to the Florida Keys, from the Everglades to the Ten Thousand Islands. In short, the best snook-fishing spots on the planet. Author chronicles his fishing adventures from Sanibel to the tarpon capital of the...

31/01/2022

"Licks" keeps selling. That said, I intend to honor my "first-come, first served" commitment. Meaning all you "likes" and "I want ones" with checks in the mail better "lick" their stamps before all the rest are gone! 🙂

29/01/2022

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23/01/2022

If you want to visit Jurassic lake then call me at 251-463-3875 or email me at [email protected] or visit Sweet Waters Adventure at sweetwatersadventure.com

20/01/2022

Catch Steve Kantner in the Jan-Feb issue of "Tail" magazine.

12/03/2021

Mag Bay medley. 📷: Pat Ford

05/03/2021

05/03/2021

http://sweetwatersadventure.com/why-a-hosted-trip/

A hosted trip is when Sweet Waters Adventure creates a custom trip and then "hosts" that trip. We choose the fishery, the lodge and the time of year.

24/02/2021

This week the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WFDFW) announced the Skagit and Sauk rivers catch-and-release wild steelhead season will reopen this spring. The popular fishery remained closed last year due to low projected fish returns. The season will run from February 1st through April

24/02/2021

Incredible Fishing Resort!Steamboat Inn is perched on a bluff with a commanding view of the North Umpqua River. These beautifully appointed accommodations ov...