"Skipper" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:
My idea of "Paradise" includes lots of sunshine, temps in the 80s, warm
water. I believe that excludes the Pacific Northwest.
During portions of the year, we have everything except the warm water.
We pretty much stay out of the water.
Things we don't have a swarms of mosquitos,
When boating, the mosquitos don't bother me. But the no-see-ums suck.
oppresive humidity,
I'll take heat/humidity any day over cold/damp.
God designed to handle the heat with a built-in air conditioning system:
sweating and evaporation.
What did he give us to deal with cold? Shivering.
any
serious need for air conditioning on a boat,
And we don't have a serious need for a heater.
early summer sunsets,
???
Not sure what you mean here. It's light until 8:30 or 9 in the Summer.
manatees,
You got me there. They're nice to look at...but the slow zones designed to
protect them are a nuisance.
Of course, you have a trawler...so the slow zones wouldn't affect you in the
least bit.
overcrowded transient moorages (most of the time),
Ummm, there's a reason why our moorages are crowded and yours aren't.
wall to
wall housing and civilization around our best cruising areas,
There's very little housing lining Pine Island Sound, or the gulfside of
Sanibel, Captiva, and North Captiva.
And if you travel down from Everglades City to the Florida Keys, there's
zero civilization along the way.
But you do have some of the prettiest scenery up you way.
or a 30
or 40 mile run to someplace that fish are biting. :-)
Fish that I've regularly caught within 5 miles of sho
Gag grouper
80 lb. Jewfish (aka--Goliath Grouper)
Red Grouper
100 lb. Tarpon
100 lb+ Shark (grey, nurse, and even a baby hammerhead)
Snapper (grey, lane, yellowtail)
Grunts (key west and tomtate)
Sheepshead
Trigger fish
Kingfish
spanish mackeral
ladyfish
snook
redfish
black drum
bonito
barracuda
various other reef fish
Fish that I've caught from my dock:
snook
redfish
snapper
baby barracuda
I only head 30-40 miles offshore to catch the big 'uns: giant grouper,
smoker kings, blackfin tuna, and amberjack