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Greg,
Can't quite picture this, are you returning through the next inlet south
of Big Carlos Pass going towards Bonita? Or are you still returning through
Big Carlos Pass but hugging the south (Lover's Key) shore? BTW - my wife's
family live at Bay Beach on Estero.
Paul

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If Big Carlos is kicked up I run into the beach on the south side, run

just
outside the Lover's Key swim markers and cut through behind the bar.



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It sounds like he's sneaking into the North portion of New Pass (Southern
tip of Lover's Key).


"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
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Greg,
Can't quite picture this, are you returning through the next inlet

south
of Big Carlos Pass going towards Bonita? Or are you still returning

through
Big Carlos Pass but hugging the south (Lover's Key) shore? BTW - my wife's
family live at Bay Beach on Estero.
Paul

"Greg" wrote in message
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If Big Carlos is kicked up I run into the beach on the south side, run

just
outside the Lover's Key swim markers and cut through behind the bar.





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When Big Carlos is rolling it is virtually always at the western tip of the
bars that run parallel with the pass (on both sides). The same is true in New
Pass.
If you run south of the pass, into the beach and run north just outside the
swim markers then cut into the pass near the beach you will run behind that
bar. They don't have that point marked as a swim area.
There always seem to be big rollers about a half mile straight out from the
pass. This trick gets you past them. You can also run north inside the bar but
the hole is smaller and shaols up in different places. I don't go that way
often enough to track it. When I go out it is usually just to avoid the traffic
in the channel behind Lovers Key. In the winter I will just run the inside by
Mound Key and duck out the south Weeks channel.
Did you ever check out the aerials on the FGCU web site? the 1999 pictures,
printed in black and white are pretty good for finding the deep spots.
I link them here
http://hometown.aol.com/boatestero
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Greg,
Thanks, fantastic web site. I printed out a few of the different year
photos. I'll show them to my wife's parents when I go down in the spring.
It's cool to see the changes over the years.
Paul

"Greg" wrote in message
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When Big Carlos is rolling it is virtually always at the western tip of

the
bars that run parallel with the pass (on both sides). The same is true in

New
Pass.
If you run south of the pass, into the beach and run north just outside

the
swim markers then cut into the pass near the beach you will run behind

that
bar. They don't have that point marked as a swim area.
There always seem to be big rollers about a half mile straight out from

the
pass. This trick gets you past them. You can also run north inside the bar

but
the hole is smaller and shaols up in different places. I don't go that way
often enough to track it. When I go out it is usually just to avoid the

traffic
in the channel behind Lovers Key. In the winter I will just run the inside

by
Mound Key and duck out the south Weeks channel.
Did you ever check out the aerials on the FGCU web site? the 1999

pictures,
printed in black and white are pretty good for finding the deep spots.
I link them here
http://hometown.aol.com/boatestero



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Those 1999 aerials are very high resolution pictures that will take a lot of
"zoom". It is pretty handy for finding little holes in the mangroves to
explore. Most of those little creeks are pretty deep and you can go way back up
in there.



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good post thanks

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:42:00 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

I see 'em out there all the time. Just watch the wind forecast. If it's
out of the North or West, and anything over 5-10 knots, stay home. If it's
out of the East, you can usually venture out to about 1/2-1 mile in almost
any wind conditions because the land blocks the waves. I've seen pontoons
out 5-8 miles in the right wind conditions...but almost always in the late
spring when conditions are favorable.





"TongSlinger" wrote in message
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I want to take a pontoon onto the gulf of Mexico. Does anybody have a good
reason I shouldn't take a pontoon on the ocean for a day trip.
This is a 21 foot fisher with a 90 HP Mercury outboard, it is also

equipped
with depth finder and GPS for navigation.
any input would be appreciated
Thanks
Captain Crunch




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