On Aug 14, 11:25*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:01 -0400, hk wrote:

Most of the sal****er catfish I used to catch in Florida were five to
seven pounds, and they were terrific fighters on the really light tackle
I used in the inlets.

Every catfish I caught in sal****er was a pound or less. *Real pests.
Never saw anybody catch a good sized sal****er catfish, which is
why I posted that Potomac link. *Don't know if those are real salt
water catfish, or some brackish water variety of freshwater river
cats.

My favorite inlet fish, though, were the whiting. Really small, but
school swimmers so you could catch a lot of them, and they were easy to
clean and delicious. We used to catch these in Nassau Sound, just north
of Big Talbot Island State Park, a little north of Jacksonville.

The only inlet I fished was Sebastian, and I think I only caught a
stone crab. *It got me too. *Had a nice dive about 6 feet down in the
rocks to get a rod/reel my brother dropped.
They were netting a mess of mullets there, and a guy told me they were
good smoked. *We were basically picnicking and watching the activity.

--Vic

I loved the Sebastian area before it got over developed. I remember
when there was nothing going on much there. Not crowded at all. Now
it's just like any southeast florida coast, too crowded, too
overdeveloped.

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:45:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote:



I loved the Sebastian area before it got over developed. I remember
when there was nothing going on much there. Not crowded at all. Now
it's just like any southeast florida coast, too crowded, too
overdeveloped.

As I recall it wasn't too bad when I was there - about 20 years ago.
Nothing like Boca Raton anyway.
Though it's better fishing on that side, I really like the gulf side
better. Easier to find peaceful waters, fish or no fish.

--Vic

On Aug 14, 12:00*pm, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:45:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I loved the Sebastian area before it got over developed. I remember
when there was nothing going on much there. Not crowded at all. Now
it's just like any southeast florida coast, too crowded, too
overdeveloped.

As I recall it wasn't too bad when I was there - about 20 years ago.
Nothing like Boca Raton anyway.
Though it's better fishing on that side, I really like the gulf side
better. *Easier to find peaceful waters, fish or no fish.

--Vic

Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes.
Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes.
Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic


Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to
Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.

On Aug 14, 12:34*pm, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and *Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. *Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes. *
Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic

Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to
Florida, I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.- Hide quoted text -

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Just because you don't like some parts of Florida means that to
everyone, it's "wrong part of Florida in which to live"?
WAFA....

"HK" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!

I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic


Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida,
I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.

IMO, there are some delightful places to be in Florida in February.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
...
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:08:19 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Oh, yeah, when I lived in the Tampa area, you could still see OLD
coastal Florida at it's finest. I also remember when I was a kid, we
camped at a fish camp on the east coast around Ormond Beach, and man
it was in the sticks! They'd go out on the docks at night, shine a
lantern and shrimp would come right up to the docks so that they could
cast net them!
I really regret not getting down to Florida until 1980.
Pine Island was still undeveloped and Cape Coral was just starting
the building boom. Everything down there has gone downhill in my
eyes. Too bad they invented air-conditioning.

--Vic

Wrong part of Florida in which to live. If I were to move back to Florida,
I'd pick a latitude on either coast north of a line drawn from
Clearwater to Melbourne.

IMO, there are some delightful places to be in Florida in February.

Eisboch



That's true. In December, January and February, and part of March, south
Florida is bearable, climate wise. When I lived in Florida, I had to fly
down to Tampa once a month on business. Most of the year, it was really
just too hot for my taste.

For "living" purposes in Florida, I prefer the areas of the state that
have three nice and distinct seasons and a modest winter. That pretty
much limits me to latitudes higher than Orlando. If I relocated to that
state again, I'd probably head for an area between St. Augustine and
Palm Coast, or I'd head up north to Fernandina. The coastal fishing
between there and Jacksonville is terrific, and the ICW and ICW creek
fishing is some of the best in Florida.