"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 03:45:00 GMT, Jim wrote:

The cop sitting by the closed sign told me that it was closed because of
the orange terror alert.

Anyone know anything about this? Is this what we can expect from now on?

There must have been another reason - that just doesn't make any
sense.

Here in Rochester, my local ramp was open the weekend before last, and there
were probably 75 boats anchored, fishing for perch. The docks had been
removed, but with two people, launching wasn't a problem. But, I saw
something I'd never seen before at this location: There were two CG guys
walking back and forth constantly between the jetty which protects the
channel into Lake Ontario, the the launch site, which is directly adjacent.
At first, I thought they were checking safety equipment, or doing the DEC a
favor and looking at fishing licenses. But, they didn't pause long enough to
check equipment as each boat came in. Then it dawned on me:

It was a gorgeous day and the lake was flat as glass. It would've been a
breeze to bring a small boat across from Canada.

I think we can expect all sorts of strange stuff for quite some time.