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Some friends took me to Sheppard Spring from the landside - the vegetation and swamps on the way in offered an incredible primordial beauty. It reminded me of Fakahatchee Strand down in the Big Cypress. The spring itself was surrounded by tall trees and was fantastically serene. Its one of the best ...

Some questions about Goose Creek. I have run in to it a few times with the boat but with a course on the left side of the bay I have stayed left and worked my way up a creek. Is that Goose Creek or is Goose Creek the one off to the right? On the right side creek there are many nice deep spots on the ...

Thank you all.

Given all of that I have a new question - how do I get rid of the hull? The trailer is in decent shape, most of the hardware looks good and there are some odd pieces of teak. The basic hull seems OK but I do not know about the stringers. Does the YMCA still accept boat donations (even a crippled one ...

What a great experience. Makes me wonder if this is how the fishing was 100 years ago.

In the summer we added a second boat to the side yard - an older 17 foot bayliner inboard - given to my son by his buddy's dad. Lead by my son, the gang of neighorhood teenagers removed the old blown out inboard with the plan of replacing it with an outboard. My wife told me to keep my mouth shut ...

This presents a good opportunity to change your user name to 'hit-and-catch'.

I busted up my lower unit a few years back on one of those rocks - now I go really slow when I head east.