We love this property because of its location. It spills into the natural wildlife preserve and sits on about 1 1/4 acre. It is definitely not in the city or town, but more "town and country." And the island is the forgotten part of Florida where developers don't dare. The entire area is Old Florida where everyone knows your name.

The Home
Once you go over the bridge, you realize that you have entered a place in Florida that some people think have disappeared. Pine Island is a “state of mind, a place where time forgot.” There are no condos, chain stores, fast foods, (but we are getting our first “7 Eleven” – and we are going to celebrate!) no malls and no crowds. It is quiet, private and causal: it is “old Florida.” Just a fishing island filled with fishing peers, mangroves, palm trees, boats, kayaks, and homes on about one acre lots owned by local fishermen and vacationers. So, come to Gone Fishing and have your breakfast and coffee or tea on the large deck in the back next to the pool. Afterwards go for an energizing morning swim in the pool. Then relax on the swing chairs, OR better yet in the pool’s Baja tanning shelf with the bubblier. Finish off your morning in a warm morning breeze with a nap in the Panama Jack Day bed on the pool’s inlet or on the reclining chaise chairs next to the swimming pool. One morning skip the nap and explore the wild life preserve….don’t go too far so that you can remember your way back. Drop pebbles on your walk and bring your cell phone. Bring plenty of water. But on the rest of your stay, engulf yourself in our list of activities: visiting museums and art galleries, island hopping by boat, biking, hiking through wildlife preserves, swimming on a disserted island that has crystal soft sand, shell collecting, fishing and then taking your fresh catch to the local restaurant for them to cook, and many more fun activities.

The Pool
The swimming pool is directly off the large wooden deck in the back. Where the deck ends, old-world cobble stones begins to surround the majestic pool. The pool is within nature, that is, it is a salt water pool and not screened in so the closed in feeling a screened pool gives is not there and the openness to the environment is very apparent. It is 30 feet long with a depth range from 3 ½ feet to 6 feet deep.