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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:11:37 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

I hardly ever go into the water down here either...except wading to shore
when I pull up by boat.

After fishing almost every weekend for the last 6 years, I've determined
that there are far too many sharks for my liking.

Which goes to show that you really shouldn't swim where you chum. :-)

I haven't heard of any west coast shark attacks in FL. Do you know of
any?

Some European guy got bit on the calf off of Sanibel last summer/fall.


There was also a guy in the last 5 years in this area who jumped into the
water off of his dock, and landed right on top of a bull shark lurking
beneath in the dark water. The shark bit him as a self-defense mechanism,
piercing his liver and killing him.

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NOYB wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:34:20 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

Yes. I have to go to the fishing grounds. And I'd prefer to not have to
leave the house at 11pm to be at the grounds by daybreak.
You go 50 miles out?


Some of the wrecks that I plan on hitting this Spring are 50-70 miles from
sho

Bayronto
Fantastico
Stoney Point



Most of the rest of the time, I'm fishing anywhere from 0 to 25 miles
offshore. But I plan on making some runs to the Keys on long (3-4 day)
weekends once the cold fronts are done blowing through our area. A
slow-moving boat wouldn't work well for me...at least until I retire.








IN the Gulf if you go out 50 miles, isn't the depth about 25'?

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:03:50 -0600, Skipper wrote:

wrote:

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, oppresive humidity, any
serious need for air conditioning on a boat, early summer sunsets,
manatees, overcrowded transient moorages (most of the time), wall to
wall housing and civilization around our best cruising areas, or a 30
or 40 mile run to someplace that fish are biting. :-)

Those Eastcoasters have had several opportunities to make their case.
Believe their silence says it all.

We simply have to make do with what we have. I'd love to have a trawler in
Seattle and my Proline in the Chesapeake, with maybe another one down in
Florida. That would be the best of *all* worlds. The Puget Sound area would
be my 'dream boating' area, simply because it's so damn beautiful!
--
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NOYB wrote:

I haven't heard of any west coast shark attacks in FL. Do you know of
any?

Some European guy got bit on the calf off of Sanibel last summer/fall.

There was also a guy in the last 5 years in this area who jumped into the
water off of his dock, and landed right on top of a bull shark lurking
beneath in the dark water. The shark bit him as a self-defense mechanism,
piercing his liver and killing him.

Jeeze! Crowds, surliness, overfishing, anti fishing and boating
regulations, skeetos, no-see-ums, pollution, and NOW shark attacks? We
dive WITH sharks in the Cortez...your sharks must be infected with that
infamous Floriduh surliness.

--
Skipper

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"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:34:20 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

Yes. I have to go to the fishing grounds. And I'd prefer to not have
to
leave the house at 11pm to be at the grounds by daybreak.
You go 50 miles out?


Some of the wrecks that I plan on hitting this Spring are 50-70 miles
from sho

Bayronto
Fantastico
Stoney Point



Most of the rest of the time, I'm fishing anywhere from 0 to 25 miles
offshore. But I plan on making some runs to the Keys on long (3-4 day)
weekends once the cold fronts are done blowing through our area. A
slow-moving boat wouldn't work well for me...at least until I retire.








IN the Gulf if you go out 50 miles, isn't the depth about 25'?

Only on low tide. On high tide, it's at least 26 or 27 feet. And on those
full moon tides...whoa!

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"Skipper" wrote in message
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and NOW shark attacks? We
dive WITH sharks in the Cortez...

Perhaps you've happened upon an odiferous stench that the sharks find
unappealing.

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JohnH wrote:

Those Eastcoasters have had several opportunities to make their case.
Believe their silence says it all.

We simply have to make do with what we have...The Puget Sound area would
be my 'dream boating' area, simply because it's so damn beautiful!

I just pull their chain because they refuse to admit the truth.

--
Skipper

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NOYB wrote:

"Skipper" wrote...

and NOW shark attacks? We
dive WITH sharks in the Cortez...

Perhaps you've happened upon an odiferous stench that the sharks find
unappealing.

Now that *would* be a marketing opportunity.

--
Skipper

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:23:45 -0600, Skipper wrote:

your sharks must be infected with that
infamous Floriduh surliness.

Time to sail that prairie schooner of yours down the coast a bit.

http://www.hayduderanch.com/Horses/forsale/100_1253.jpg

Trolling is better in western Kansas.

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NOYB wrote:
"Skipper" wrote in message
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wrote:

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.

And that's about an hour earlier than summer sunset up this way. In
late June, it doesn't get really dark until close to 10PM, and sunrise
is around 4 AM.