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Tarpon Lodge, A Trip To The Past

Posted on July 7, 2011
By Capt. Rob Modys
Cabbage Key, Fishing, Fishing & Boating, Restaurant Reviews, Tarpon Lodge Reviews

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the expression, “Old Florida”. Most of the time the description is close, but not right on the money. Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island, in my opinion, is the exception.

My wife, JoNell, has a fairly grueling travel itinerary associated with her job. She goes on excursions both near and far to preach the gospel of vacationing in the Collier County area of Florida. In the month of May, her birthday month, she traveled to New York City and San Francisco and spent her big day on the road, or in the skies as it were. She very much wanted to do something special for her birthday. She told me so, but our schedules just didn’t mesh. The window of opportunity was made smaller when she told me she had another trip scheduled to the state of Texas in early June. What’s a guy to do? ….

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Enjoy Florida’s bounty on Cabbage Key

Posted on April 11, 2011
By Janet K. Keeler, Times Food and Travel Editor
Cabbage Key, Fishing, Fishing & Boating

Next to the Pineland Marina on Pine Island is the Tarpon Lodge, also owned by the Wells family. Built in 1926, the lodge sustained major damage in Hurricane Charley and has been extensively updated. Furnishings are lovely, and beds are supremely comfortable. Rates are $115 to $295, depending on location and the season. Call (239) 283-3999 or go to tarponlodge.com. A night or two in each place will give you a satisfying sample of the area. The sunset from the Tarpon Lodge is spectacular.

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Florida’s Secret Islands: Discover Matlacha/Pine Island

Posted on March 10, 2011
By Jeff Book, Coastal Living
Cabbage Key, Fishing & Boating, Pine Island, Recreation, Restaurant Reviews, Tarpon Lodge Overview, Tarpon Lodge Reviews

Pine Island’s sparse traffic–and the bike path running from one end to the other–makes it ideal for cycling. Hikers take the Calusa Heritage Trail, which winds among ancient shell mounds and the remnants of an impressive cross-island canal built by the Calusa Indians, who settled here around A.D. 1. Trail signs illustrate the thriving seaside village that greeted Spanish explorers in the early 1500’s.

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On the Edge of Old Florida

Posted on October 6, 2009
By by Patricia Letakis | Photography Jon Whittle | Florida Travel + Life
Pine Island, Recreation, Tarpon Lodge Reviews

A trip to Southwest Florida’s outer islands shows us it really is possible to live without TV and WiFi

It’s one of those Florida days in early summer when mornings are gloriously hot with crisp blue skies and evenings take a mysterious turn, morphing into a spectacle of thunderbolts. Eager to reach my destination — Tarpon Lodge on Pine Island — before the heavens dump buckets of rain, I leave North Fort Myers behind, whizzing across causeways and bridges and cutting through Matlacha, a fishing-village-turned-artist-colony where brightly colored shacks blur into a rainbow as I speed along. The final leg before arriving on the 17-mile-long Pine Island is a stretch of wetlands where telephone poles serve as canvases for local artists who paint decorative fish, hibiscus and manatees on them. I like this place already.

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Traditional American dishes at Tarpon Lodge

Posted on April 25, 2006
By Natalie Moore, Gulfshore Life
Restaurant Reviews

Pine Island, the barrier island that lies west of Cape Coral, may first appear to be a sleepy fishing village, where smoked mullet, beer and locally grown tropical fruit are considered primary food groups. While it’s true that all of those items are abundant in Pine Island, there’s a serious amount of upscaling going on as property values rise and savvy investors discover its charms and potential.

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Winds of change bring good things to Tarpon Lodge

Posted on November 25, 2005
By Jean Le Boeuf, news-press.com
Restaurant Reviews

A year ago, Tarpon Lodge Restaurant & Bar took a beating when Hurricane Charley slammed Pine Island. Wind and water caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the complex. You wouldn’t know it if you visited today. If anything, the restaurant is better than ever. Despite Changing its menu very little and its decor not at all, Tarpon Lodge has matured into a very fine restaurant.

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