Gene Kearns wrote:

Aside from the [apparent] fact that you are trying to boat from a
2,000 mile distance, which IMHO is fated to be inordinately expensive,
you are making a specious argument.

Well, I was able to do it nicely for over 20 years.

Looking at the global economy, all
prime weather, boating, and fishing locations are becoming very
expensive... it is the law of supply and demand.

But the Florida keys have become another Aspen. A place
for the rich and famous. Too rich for my blood.

In the US, a large
quantity of well heeled boomers are looking for retirement
opportunities and if your location is not seeing the associated
increases ownership or usage it is because you are boating, fishing,
or retiring in a location that few people covet. I suspect that the
costs of boat ownership in Derby, Kansas are quite limited, as are the
boating options.

Don't live in Kansas.



In all truth, if you aren't catching fish in FL waters, you need to
hire a guide and see what you are doing wrong.

I caught plenty of fish in my days there, but what I am remarking on
is the decline of fishing. Florida Bay is suffering from pollution and
overfishing.



And if you support Skipper, perhaps you'd like to lend some validity
to his unsupported generalization, "the best fishing is now found on
the West Coast and Pacific waters," with some facts.

Don't support his conclusions, but accept the fact that Florida ain't
what it used to be.

In typical
self-centered fashion, Skipper has made yet another statement which
(in his own mind) remains as fact until somehow disproven. The fact
that no one has risen to his bait is apparently chapping his cheeks
and maybe you could apply the factual powder that will soothe his
troubled psyche......

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