Sorry for being so late to the party. How did I miss this topic? Flamingo is one of my favorite places. You could have taken Joes River out to Shark River. The east side of the bay would be Hells Bay. Ive never explored deep into there but I imagine its awesome and it sounds like you did well. yes the mouth of the shark river and surrounding areas are epic. We have a spot called the snook hole and I took my buddy there and he caught a lunker on his first cast. The crocodile thing is crazy. he lives next to the ramp and hes never eaten anyone and they let Japanese tourist rent canoes right next to him. crazy???