"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:22:43 -0400, "D0N ßâiley"
wrote:

Is the ICW going to close up shop down there?

nyuk nyuk.


It already is.... and that isn't funny. Areas of Little River and ICW
at Lockwood Folly are already closed to commercial traffic during
times other than high tide or by permission only.

The last time I transited the Lockwood Folly area at low tide the
middle of the ICW was 3.8 feet.

http://www.atlintracoastal.org/Alerts/Lockwood.htm


Holy cow man,

You know, the last few times I've cruised through there, I;ve
noticed the humminbird shows areas of 3' for a spell, I thought
It was me. Ever since, I have been nervous going through
there. Sometimes, I'll run down to fish "the wall"
if nothing else is working. My son caught a 10lb
Black Drum there 5-6 years ago.



Last time, I told you about rumors turning the area near Provision
Company into condos....

Here's the scoop.... (Provision Company is now open, by the way.)

The owners must be back from Mexico then.



I'll start in the middle and work toward both ends.

American Fish and Provision Company look secure.

Glad to hear that.


The area immediately upriver from Provision and adjacent to American
Fish, has been cleaned up and the little cinder block building has
been painted and repaired.

Mr P's Bistro is no more. They have torn away the kitchen, extended
that part of the roof and I'm going to guess that they are moving the
kitchen back toward the street...

Uh...that would cut into the parking lot no?

maybe to give more seating room.
They have sanded the floors and are repairing and/or replacing siding.
I don't know what else. I was told that it will re-open as BoJo's.


Man, that place changes owners/names about every 2-3 years. Did they
keep the "dock"? ---if you can call it that.


Land upriver from there.... I don't know. It was supposedly bought,
too, (all of this by the same person). Changes could take place as
far away as the City Park at Ship's Chandler. Problem is, nobody
seemed to know exactly what *did* sell.

Ok, back the other way.... the Shell Shop has sold and is now a
ladies clothing shop.


We'll see how well that does.


Land and dockage from the old Shell Shop back toward the harbor
appears to have sold as far back as, and including, the Shrimp House,
which is now Fishy-Fishy... still a restaurant. It is impossible to
tell what else in that row did/didn't sell.

So, things have changed, but most of the important things appear to be
staying, for now.

Little River. Day marker #9, which is about the middle of the area
taken by the gambling boats and the restaurants... ever eaten there?
Good stuff!



The wife and I have done the gambling boats there. Its ok, My
stomach doesn't care for it. Something about me not driving
the boat makes me quesey.


Immediately down river from that point, a new marina is being built
Thus, that area should be accessible from the water. Although there
are shops and at least 4 restaurants on the water, there isn't one
single slip (even transient) to be had. This may actually be an
improvement.

Offshore fishing is supposedly really hot..... though it was 30
degrees last night.... b-r-r-r-r-r....


Yea...same here. I've have already begun spring repairs/upgrades
on the Maco in preparation for a mid-May return to OI. I replaced
my steering hydraulic lines, (ouch...$160.00 for new lines). Havn't
fired up the Yamys yet. I'll wait a while on that. They should be
fine, I hope. I trust your new Suzi's are still happy.

Thanks for the update, hope you and family are doing well.

db~dreaming of very large fish in my box.




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