Venice, Fl., the Sharks Tooth Coast;
World's Shark Tooth Capital Presents:
 
"Vacations to Angle and Dive for!"

 By Gary Andersons Inshore Florida-Offshore anywhere, an Angling Entrepreneur’s Adventure, whether you are looking on the skinnies of kayaking the flats to extreme shark angling off the local pier or just a dipping of the sand scoops in search of Megalodon Shark Teeth, the beaches of Venice Florida are known as the World's Shark Tooth Capital. What could be more fun than getting up early...?

Imagine an adventure in combing the beaches, looking for shark's teeth and sea shells and not just any sharks tooth but that of the most feared of all sea creatures of the time,  Megalodon (believed to be over 60 feet in length) with an open jaw largest enough for a six foot person to stand in.  Chances are good on excavating one of these teeth and more along the shoreline of our Venice Florida beaches, with sand scoop but do not, despair if the great mega tooth is still buried out there somewhere; tiger, bull, sandbar and mako are a sure scoop. Bring a snorkel and fins to pick up some nice souvenirs off the fossilized coral bottom off Alhambra, which is nice at an eight-foot dive for easy pickings. Further off the beach is “The Bone Yard”, located on the shoals of the “Venice Reef”. A swim from the beach is possible but a boat is better for the return swim can become tiresome. Located in 25 to thirty feet deep waters to the wash or sides of this concrete, rebar structured reef are some rather large finds in big teeth and quaintly too. Located between the Venice Pier and the run off pipes on the beach, the reef is a tricky one to find unless you have its numbers or wish to crisis-cross until you find that 17 foot bump; top of the reef. A new eBook called Numbers is coming out early next month for around a buck and with it; you can have all the dive/angling spots you ever wanted to add to your own numbers book. A listing of all reefs, their consistency and GPS/Loran coordinates. Now you too can fish like the pro’s or dive with the best in finding beauty to artifacts from the depths of Davie Jones Locker!

Prehistoric relics of miniature horses to giant wooly mastodons are strewn everywhere and mixed along among the seashells, which you find here are beyond description! Stunning! If you are looking for a weekend day-trip, remember the beaches of Venice, Florida! Venice is less than an hour's drive south of the Clearwater, Safety Harbor area or driving north from the Ft. Myers area; it is the perfect place for a family adventure! Six to nine foot sharks are caught and released in an Eco-Angling Event on the weekends by local area Venice Pier Anglers, (The Island Anglers), catching present day tigers, bulls, nurse, hammerheads and at least 10 other smaller varieties of “jaws.”

Great restaurants to places to stay, motels to quaint Bed and Breakfast’s; Venice Florida is but centrally located to fun and adventures abound. Drop on by and see just why downtown Venice is a transudation of laid backed luxury in visitor’s reclamations of our old style Floridian past. “Pull up a chair and stay awhile, y’here!”  

The movie “Jaws” scared the be jives out of most people and to this day sharks get bad reviews but what about those friendly and deadly dolphin?

 Dolphin Attack, it is something to think About! !

 Taking a child fishing can be a very rewarding experience. Have fun and feel their pleasure as they reel in their first fish. Take pictures and practice your skills in CPR, Catch, Photograph and Release, and let them do the same in a true mentoring process they nor you, will ever forget. Target areas with a high likelihood of success, as in the base of a pier, bridge or marsh to oyster line. Most kids, as adults can become bored quickly, are satisfied catching lots of smaller fish such as pinfish, snapper or sheepshead rather than catching fewer, bigger fish such as snook with their light freshwater Zebco and such. Catching a few fish on the first few outings will peak children’s interest and make them look forward to the next trip and if they catch fish, have a positive moment or talk about the one that “got away”, plan on it for they too will be fishing right along side you too!

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