Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Sheepshead, black drum and red fish

young Mr. Jocobs and his flounder

don't you hate it when the fish is too big

The Jacobs men when out this afternoon with Capt. Jim Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.
Today was a slow day for fishing, high winds and the looming cold front predicted to arrive in our area tomorrow, sent the fish to deeper waters. The Jacobs were able to boat a big red fish along with sheepshead, black drum and flounder.

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Mr. John Foskett of Sanibel,  his son Ken and grandson who are visiting Sanibel over the Thanksgiving holiday fished this morning with Capt. Jim of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.
John always books a  fishing trip each year when the family is in town.

 Today was sunny and warm, but the gusty wind made for tough fishing.
John said Capt. Jim never gives up, and they always go home with dinner.

Thanks John and Ken for your continued loyalty to Capt. Jim and the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team

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Bob

Kathy 

Bob and Kathy Marquardt are yearly visitors to Captiva Island from Sylvania, Ohio. The family hooked up some big red fish this morning while out with Capt. Jim Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.
Bob and Kathy have included a fishing trip with Capt. Jim each year while vacationing in our area.

The Marquardts are one of the 1000's of families that have discovered their is no better place to relax than the beautiful Sanibel - Captiva area.  Sanibel and Captiva have the highest average year round temperatures of the continental USA.
 Our beaches are rated in the top ten in the world and Sanibel is rated in the top 4 beaches for shell collecting.  WOW that is impressive when you think that the 2 islands together are less then 20 miles from tip to tip and 2 miles wide at the widest point and 2/3 of the Islands are National Wildlife Refuge
 Don't forget the SWFL is a fishing capitol too. Come see for yourself what the fuss is all about.

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

John Michael Catrone

Capt. Rob McKay of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team, likes to save up his pictures and send them out in one swoop.  So here are some smiling faces from Sunday November 20 to Wednesday November 23, 2011.
Capt. Rob  works from  the Tween water Marina on Captiva Island, offering daily tours for fishing, shelling and wildlife excursions  .
A native islander from Ft. Myers Beach, Capt Rob grew up boating all of the waters of Southwest Florida. His vast knowledge of our area and love of what he does makes being aboard boat with Capt. Rob fun for all ages.
 The Burnsed family and Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team were fortunate to welcome Rob to the family and team in 2000.

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Capt. Shawn, missed his mark...it happens to everyone...........................A bad day fishing still beats a good day at work.  Sorry Shawn.......Capt. Rob forward this picture to me

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Capt. Rob McKay of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team, took these pictures of team member and brother in law Capt. Jimmy Burnsed boating a shark on a beautiful November day . Fishing in the waters off Captiva Island has been great this Thanksgiving week.  No one could have asked for better weather 85 degrees and sunny everyday.

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

This is a beautiful site, to those of us who know we have not see schools of mullet in Pine Island Sound in a long time.  Conservation laws do work

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

The November sharks are not as big as our summer sharks,  but they are still fun to catch.
This family fishing with Capt. Jim Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing team on Monday afternoon enjoyed the excitement of catching sharks.  Everyone reeled in their own shark ...... but Mom preferred not to touch hers.  "what a girl sissy " just kidding.
Sharks are released back into the water unharmed after posing for pictures

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 Its Thanksgiving week on Captiva Island.  Families from all over the USA will come to our area to soak up the warm sunny weather before setting in for the long cold winter.
The Graves family fishing with Capt. Rob McKay of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team were doing that just yesterday. The family was visiting from Nevada...that is a long ways from Captiva.
The 85 degree weather and great fishing trip with Capt. Rob  was worth the travel.
The Graves family is made up of Dennis, Dusty, Jim , Mindy and Dee Dee.
I wonder if they are going to stuff and bake a red fish for Thanksgiving dinner ?

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Tm, Emma and Tim jr

"go ahead you can touch it "

You can trust daddy

OK, I'll try

Success

Tim Tobin and children braved the high winds of Saturday November 19, 2011 to fish Pine Island Sound with Capt. Jim Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.
When I was going thru the pictures, I could just imagine Dad Tim and big brother Tim Jr talking little Emma into touching the fish.
The family has another trip planned for Tuesday,  lets  hope the weather is better.
I know dad Tim would like to get into some nice Redfish.

SWEET

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Mindy

Michelle Osbourne and her sister Mindy, had a great afternoon Sunday fishing with Capt. Rob McKay of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.  Michelle and her family live in the great state of Missouri, and  are part time Captiva residence

Big sis Michelle wanted to get Mindy out for a good time of fishing , catching and " catching up."

Michelle

Looks like the afternoon with Capt. Rob was a success.

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Brian and Krystal

Brian and Grandma Dall Burnsed

Happy 21st Birthday to Capt. Jim and Dall Burnsed's grandson Brian Palmese Jr.
Brian had a really big 21st birthday, he had a new baby sister to share his birth date with.

Hannah Palmese was born on November 15th to Brian Palmese Sr. and his wife( step mom) Kelly.  Grandson's Brian, Tim and Zach have a little half brother Noah ( 4 boys for Brian Sr.) now a sister.
Congratulations to all......


We are excited that Brian has a new position with the Toyota Dealership in the Tampa area.  See Mom's
mudding and truck racing is educational.  If you break enough stuff, you learn had to fix it

Happy Birthday Brian we love you

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

From our home to yours, the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team and Burnsed Family, hope that 2011 will be a wonderful Thanksgiving for America. With all Americans looking forward to a new and prosperous future . Remembering we are one nation under God.

Many years ago, New England's coastal regions stuffed fish for their Thankgiving dinner rather than turkey, and most often that fish was cod or haddock. This results in a wonderful melange of stuffing, flaky, mild fish with just a touch of smokiness from bacon. To be truly traditional you serve this cod recipe with boiled or roasted potatoes and peas, but you could go anywhere with this. If you use a large cod for this recipe you can serve 4-6, a haddock will probably serve only 2. Check the links below to see some excellent stuffing recipes.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 65 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 whole codfish or haddock
• 1 batch of your favorite stuffing (See Below)
• Kosher salt
• 8-10 strips of bacon
• Lemons to serve
• 2-3 wooden skewers

Preparation:

Make sure the cod or haddock is well scaled and washed. You can leave the head on or off -- your choice. Snip off the fins with shears or scissors. Salt it lightly and place it on a greased baking sheet.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Stuff the fish with your favorite stuffing; I like oyster stuffings for this recipe. Put the excess stuffing (there is usually lots left over after stuffing) in a casserole dish to cook alongside the fish.

Close the cavity of the cod with the skewers by threading them in and out of the belly. You could sew it shut, too, but this is a lot of work.

Lay strips of bacon over the fish on the diagonal. If you remove the head, make sure bacon strips cover the cut end well or it will dry out.

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes per inch of thickness of the cod, usually between 40-50 minutes. Once the bacon is crisp, remove it and serve it with the potatoes. At any rate, remove the bacon at least 10 minutes before the end of cooking to crisp up the skin.

To serve, carefully remove the cod from the baking sheet -- you may need to use two large spatulas -- to a serving platter. Remove the skewers and let the stuffing spill out on the platter. Arrange the lemons and the boiled or roasted potatoes around and serve at once.

I like a buttery Chardonnay with this dish, but really any full-bodied white would do well.

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Three Great Stuffings to Try

• Oyster and Bread Stuffing
• Basic Stuffing Tips
• Vegetarian Apple and Bread Stuffing

 

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Jack and Blacktip

Eddie and Spinner Shark

Eddie Abate visiting from San Diego, CA along with friends Jack and Tootsie from Texas had a great workout today while fishing with Capt. Jim Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.

During their all day trip the anglers boated sharks, mackerel, Bonita, sea trout and lady fish and other specie.
Capt. Jim said the fishing action was non stop all day.
It was beautiful day off Captiva island 85 degree
sunny and clear.

ARE YOU COLD.....come on down !!!!

Psalm 118:24
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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Capt. Lamar "star kiss" and Capt. Jimmy

Capt. Jimmy Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team with  friend and co- captain Lamar Williams

Good Buddy Williams

 taking time out to have their picture taken with "Star-Kiss" the manatee.

 Capt. Jimmy and Capt. Lamar recently adopted Manatees  too sponsor in the southwest Florida waters off Captiva Island

Manatees are commonly seen moving slowly through  the warm waters off Captiva .  Make a reservation today with the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team to see the many species of wild life in our beautiful area. 239 472 1779

Star Kiss Burnsed

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

Guy Pontius

Mark Pontius

father and son

father and son Guy and Mark Pontius enjoyed a morning of fishing with Capt. Jim Burnsed of the Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team.  Pictured here with  snook and red fish Mark and Guy are proof that no matter what your age............ going fishing together is always a good idea.

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

sure we had a fabulous time cant wait to do it again.  we were all very satisfied and told everyone how great jim was.  thanks again.  Opening day whitetail season is this saturday in our mountains.   Were calling it surf and turf  back to back. 

 

Joe Zito

 

Joe Zito of New York fished with Capt Jim Burnsed on November 7, 2011

Santiva Saltwater Fishing Team - The Burnsed Family

 Carly McKay daughter of Capt Rob Mc Kay of the Santiva Saltwater fishing Team.  Grandma Dall Burnsed calls Carly  "Carly Bell"  isn't she beautiful