On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:52:47 +0000, NOYB wrote:


The ban has helped certain populations like seatrout over the past several
years... but overall the fishing has been poor this year. The Army Corp
of Engineers is dumping too much freshwater down the Caloosahatchee to
drain Okeechobee, and it's killing the estuary system.

The offshore scene (30 miles) is still doing pretty well, but the bait
fish run (and the king and spanish mackeral/tarpon that follow them) which
usually takes place in the Fall simply didn't happen this year. Most
believe that the runoff from the Caloosahatchee is to blame. The Corp was
pumping something like 2 million gallons of polluted lake water per minute
into the estuaries and onto the beaches of Ft. Myers and Sanibel.

It may get worse, before it gets better. The St. Lucie River is now so
bad that there is a "no contact" advisory. The group defending the St.
Lucie want more water released into the Calooshatchee. I've never been
too impressed with Florida's "good old boy" governing style. They seem to
be willing to trash all of South Florida, all so a few West Palm families
can make their money in sugar. It doesn't seem right to me.

http://www.sccf.org/White%20Paper.pdf