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03-12-2012, 08:50 PM
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It's a great spot ... phenomenal fishing and historical significance ... but it was not a Confederate fort ... it actually was always under control of the Union, even throughout the Civil War ... was started as a fort but took so long was outdated by the time it was finished ... and thus became a prison ...
... that is where Dr. Samuel Mudd was imprisoned ... he is the doctor who is said to have set the leg of John Wilkes Booth, after Booth assassinated President Lincoln ... he was a guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time ... but was pardoned when he helped the prison overcome a malaria or yellow fever outbreak ...
... there are some stories that said after he was pardoned, that on his way home his ship sank in a storm ... at least that is what we always said when I was representing the Florida Keys & Key West tourism for public relations ...
... but the fishing there is awesome although they have created some marine protection zones around that area taking some great fishing grounds away.
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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03-13-2012, 03:31 AM
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Thanks guys. The captain we booked has some sick fishing videos on his website. Can't tell you how much we're looking forward to that excursion. Looking forward to coming home with some grouper and snapper fillets to eat for couple of days following that trip.
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03-13-2012, 04:15 AM
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we were there a couple of weeks ago, took the fishing gear but never broke it out, the snorkeling was amazing and I never really got the urge to start hooking fish when you could swim around and observe them..lot's of barracuda, red grouper, and on... most of the shore is designated and bouyed for snorkeling....LONG ride out there .....don't know how much it costs but if you spring for the sea plane you might get a lot more time out there, goes by quick....try to pick a day that the wind is forcasted to be light otherwise it could be a long, bumpy ride HAVE FUN!
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03-13-2012, 05:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottw
we were there a couple of weeks ago, took the fishing gear but never broke it out, the snorkeling was amazing and I never really got the urge to start hooking fish when you could swim around and observe them..lot's of barracuda, red grouper, and on... most of the shore is designated and bouyed for snorkeling....LONG ride out there .....don't know how much it costs but if you spring for the sea plane you might get a lot more time out there, goes by quick....try to pick a day that the wind is forcasted to be light otherwise it could be a long, bumpy ride HAVE FUN!
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Beautiful picture of your daughter! Did you guys take the plane? My wife says she wants to catch a few fish for dinner (God bless her), so we figured we'd book a boat. Both the all-day plane trip, and our boat trip, offered about 6 hours at the park. As we wanted to sample the bottom fishing, we went with the boat. The boat trip will actually be a bit more expensive than the plane would have been, big-time gas guzzler. Not something we can do all the time, but we can doit once.
Last edited by Jim in CT; 03-13-2012 at 05:42 AM..
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03-13-2012, 05:41 AM
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didn't see your note about the smaller boat...that's probably ideal, we took the ferry, didn't see another boat all the way out or back so you'll have the water mostly to yourselves...nice! SPF 50
a kid from NY working the sport fishing boats told me he sees people heading out there in sea kayaks some mornings which was mind-boggling to me
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03-13-2012, 05:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottw
didn't see your note about the smaller boat...that's probably ideal, we took the ferry, didn't see another boat all the way out or back so you'll have the water mostly to yourselves...nice! SPF 50
a kid from NY working the sport fishing boats told me he sees people heading out there in sea kayaks some mornings which was mind-boggling to me
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I just edited my previous post...since we wanted to be able to fish with a pro, we went with the boat. That cost will be about the same as if we did the all-day sea plane tour. Can't do it every day, but we can do it once.
Last edited by The Dad Fisherman; 03-13-2012 at 06:32 AM..
Reason: Political Commentary belongs in the Political forum
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03-13-2012, 07:05 AM
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you'll be excited to know that we saw bait spraying and fish smashing all around the out-lying waters...immediately around the fort and beaches was kinda like an aquarium..., I imagine the bottom fishing is crazy too as others said... we saw some very large groupers while snorkeling and gargantuan barracuda.....there was a pretty funny moment when were getting off the boat and all of the passengers were getting in line to get snorkeling gear, there were several people-sized fish right under the dock which I assumed were nurse sharks...I pointed them out to one of my little ones who has a particularly loud voice and proceeded to yell..."look at the size of those sharks".....the head swivels and jaws dropping from the aspiring snorklers was priceless  |
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