Nice to say the season is not over hear on Tampa Bay. I went out for
a few hours Saturday afternoon. No luck fishing, but it was sure nice
to be out. The whistler bouy at the ship channel was loaded with
baracuda. A couple more days of calm weather and the bait should move
back inshore.

I'm planning on taking my step dad on an across the bay trip in the
morning just at sunrise. He'll get a big kick out of that. The guy's
pushing 70 and he's still like a teenager.

As far as I'm concerned the season's never over on Tampa Bay. Once it starts
to cool down it can get a little windy, but take along a warm jacket and
you'll be fine. It's strange to me how so many people put their boats up for
fall and winter when we have more good boating days in those months than
some northern boaters have all year.

I went camping with friends on the island off of Apollo Beach this weekend,
beautiful weather the whole weekend and there were only 3 other small groups
of campers. If you go there in the sweltering heat of the summer it's packed
solid all weekend.
I'll never understand the mentality of some of the boaters around here.