Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:54:54 -0400, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Good conditions today for my first "on-water" trial of my new little
handheld VHF. From a spot two miles out from the shoreline, I raised
someone on the other side of the Bay Bridge (about 15 miles, easily),
and several boaters nine and 10 miles away down the Bay.

Bought a bag of bloodworms to supplement my bait offerings. Holy Crap!
$9.95. More expensive than the artificial bloodworms. Yikes!

I haven't checked the price of them lately, but since they are shipped
down here from your area, I'm sure they cost more than that.

They have always been expen$ive!


I never used them until I moved to this area. In Florida, when I had to
buy live bait, I bought nice shrimp for about $1.50 a dozen, and live
pogies for about $2.00 a dozen, and bigger pogies for $4 a dozen. But
mostly I could cast-net for bait and fill up the tank in about a half hour.