I miss...

[Joe]

Do the keys have an off-season?
You won't miss New England surfcasting in Dec, Jan, Feb, March...

[Flaptail]

You mean you miss stuff like last night? I sat in my truck as the lightning and thunder and monsoon rain came down, then as it was moving off I got out, got down to the beach enjoying the light show in the sky towards Chatham, all was quiet and I managed a few fish then within minutes it was roaring 25 to 30 northwest and nothing but white water, I couldn't get to my favorite bar offshore because instead of one footers they were 4' rolling through the 4 foot deep channel I needed to cross to get there before I knew it, I managed a couple more on a needle I call my lead filled snowshoe then every weed and piece of flaoting junk hit the beach and I was forced off two hours before the tide would have been peak for fishing.

The only good thing I was the only one there. I wonder why?

I would like to try the girls in the butt floss bikini thing sometime but your right, in a perverse way I would miss nights like last night too.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

The only good thing I was the only one there. I wonder why?

Because you're tall?

Seriously Bart, I'm surprised to hear you're bored and haven't been kicked back up to New England yet. You amaze me and defy my intellect..
We'll keep a candle in the window for you.

[bart]

oh i'm not bored down here. there's plenty of chit to do, and the beautiful scenery never gets old. like i said i'm doing 2 dives on friday for my certification course(b-day present from my girl) so that should be a blast...as long as the storms don't hit. i'm just saying i miss the type of fishing we do back home, that's all. if i had a boat i think i'd be singing a different song. the woman who's renting us the place said she was going to leave us her small center console but she ended up taking it with her. bummer...

i'm going to study for my certification course at bahia honda state park in a few minutes. the beach there has been voted America's #1 beach in the past.should be a bunch of hot european girls strutting around. we'll see how much i can get accomplished. again, i love it down here, just miss hitting the surf...

[BassDawg]

good to hear from ya, bartolini!!

what? no talk of Bones on the inside, and huge Kings on the outside??

also, the Keys snook are really skiddish and ya almost need a flats
boat to get to where they are hiding. the backcountry is ginormous
around the SW side of the funshine state. not THAT familiar with the Atlantic side,
if you're interested i'll pm ya sum spots info for around ~~~

Marco, Naples, the Sanibel Causeway flats, Captiva, or Boca Grande. these are just some areas i used to frequent when i lived there. there's wadeable flats, bridges, beaches, and sum inlets/coves/tidal pools to hit within those areas; kindof a haul though ~~from Big Pine. lemee know if yer interested, Rob, and i will provide the skinny for some snooks/reds/specks.

and YES!! there is NOTHING like NE fishing for the striped ones;
although, imho, legal Snook is much harder to find and land than SB.

glad to hear yer having a blast, anywho and hope you CAN return sometime for the Fall Run
or whatever your sched will allow. they's sum BIG fatt beotches being nailed from tha surf this
season and the NShore is just starting to get HOTT!! cheers, brother, and Land sum LAHHGE!!!

[ThomCat]

Maybe I'm missing something and with no offense intended but "WHADAYA NUTS!!!!!!" I save my nickels and dimes all summer to be able to afford to take the annual pilgrimage to Marathon and beyond. The magic number ever comes in for me and priority one will be securing suitable shelter down among the sportfishing battle wagons, the flats, the back country and the Tiki bars. Down there the days are like the women, there are no ugly ones, there are just beautiful ones and then more beautiful ones. ( those unattractive weather hiccups excluded)