On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:52:47 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 02:21:31 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Then as you know, Haulover can be a messy inlet on a new moon outgoing
tide with a strong onshore wind...which is exactly what is predicted for
tomorrow. Winds are out of the east at 15-20 knots, and seas are 7 to 9
feet on top of a 3 foot swell. Perfect sailfish conditions...but not
when
you're going out in an 18' Boston Whaler...so our plans have changed.

Instead, we're running in the Grady to the one of the DoD towers
southwest
of Marco on this coast. Seas are predicted to be 2-4 late
Saturday...decreasing to 2' or less by Sunday.

Just curious, NOYB, how's the net ban working out? I did a fair deal of
fishing in Florida before it passed, but none since. I thought the
fishing was pretty damn good before, how's it now? Is the ban still
controversial, or are most happy with it?

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.



Our seatrout in the Bay are basically gone, unless some decide to wander in
this year. The fall striper run didn't happen last year. In fact, after the
spring striper run, nothing much was caught the rest of the summer.

Of course, we now have a 'cap' on the commercial menhaden harvest in the
Bay, so that should help immensely (especially since the 'cap' exceeds the
normal harvest anyway).
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'Til next time,

John H

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