Photos Cortez in Sarasota Bay
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Cortez (pop. 4,377) Historic Gulf Coast fishing village on the northern edge of Sarasota Bay. Walk over bridge to Anna Maria Island & Bradenton Beach. Weathered old houses & fish companies, boats old & new. A working fishing village. Plenty of areas to fish and birds so used to fisherman they let you walk within feet of them.
Favorites: Annie’s Bar & Bait Shop, Starfish Co (historic c.1920 wholesale fish co., restaurant & fresh seafood market), Bridge Tender Dockside Bar.
Fishing: We caught trout as fast as we could bait the hooks. Unfortunately, (no “keepers”…all too small to keep.
Only three feet away
Snowy Egret
Hundreds everywhere!
Unafraid of boaters
Fluffed up feathers
Cary setting up 16′ inflatable canoe
Our own pier on the water
Annie’s Our fav dive bar & grouper sandwich
Historic wholesale fish co., market, restaurant (c. 1920’s)
Catching trout
Old wooden Chris Craft Sea Skiff at Bridge Tender Dockside Bar
Bradenton Beach
Awesome setup by Cary
Bridge Tender Dockside Bar