A unique website dedicated to fishing information from Florida's Northern Big Bend. This includes the area from the Econfina River west to the Apalachicola River
I don't post much, but these threads are interesting. For context, my grandfather was a guide back when folks would use wooden row boats and ride the tide to and fro the river mouth. I grew up with his stories of fishing back in the good ol days and fished with him a ton when he was still with us ...
The farmers made the mess let them pay to clean it up.
Agreed. The cattle and farming interests are an industry just like mining and chemicals, which are responsible for spills and damage to the environment. Private for-profit businesses shouldn't be subsidized to clean their own mess. Are they ...
Not to get in the way of a good politician tar and feathering, but wouldn't the clean up of ranching and farming pollution be directly relevant to the purpose of amendment 1? I just went back and re-read the summary and the text of the amendment, and it clearly says that the purpose includes the ...
You should look at pictures of the jvx online. It is not a complete flat bottom boat like the traditional skiff. It has a modified v-hull. The biggest difference in the 18 jvx and the comparable size dlv (19 foot I belive) is the gunnells are about 6 inches shorter and the beam is about a ...
My understanding is that the floating grass is a result of the older grass shedding and new grass growth, which is why it occurs almost exclusively during the summer months. It's also why you don't see it much with an east wind, but westerlies blow it in. I would think the shrimpers would harm it as ...
I don't think the pressure has much, if anything, to do with the bad trout bite.
We had an oddly warm first part of the winter, then cool/wet end, with hit and miss cold fronts in the interim. That throws things off. While trout can tolerate fresh water just ...