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by big bend gyrene
October 23rd, 2019, 2:58 pm
Forum: Boating
Topic: Boating Fatalities- Alligator Point
Replies: 17
Views: 7164

Re: Boating Fatalities- Alligator Point

Wife had been aboard until a day or two earlier when she'd flown home from one of the prior port stops... they definitely knew about the storm. Can't recall precise time that wave heights were max but for anyone who does, here's a timeline on communications from Crystal River and then when traveling...
by big bend gyrene
October 22nd, 2019, 2:06 pm
Forum: Boating
Topic: Boating Fatalities- Alligator Point
Replies: 17
Views: 7164

Re: Boating Fatalities- Alligator Point

With just bit of sleuthing online can't help but wonder if there's more to the story than most of us know. Boated at least from NYC down and around Miami with online updates from multiple major port stops along the way... 72192143_10162351369565161_7159787426771107840_o.jpg Big/fast boat going that ...
by big bend gyrene
October 15th, 2019, 1:24 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: 24 in Gag at Rotary Reef
Replies: 4
Views: 2972

Re: 24 in Gag at Rotary Reef

Bit surprised at the lack of luck with the cobes... didn't have luck with keeper-sized ones, but think I tagged five shorts last trip out just two weeks ago.

Warm as the weather has been so far this early fall I suspect they'll be hanging around at least until the end of the month.
by big bend gyrene
September 18th, 2019, 1:57 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Proven Insect Repellent
Replies: 20
Views: 6684

Re: Proven Insect Repellent

As someone who has over the years finally built up a pain tolerance against no see-ums, but still can't tolerate skeeters and deer flies, I can attest that consuming copious amounts of garlic the night before an outing definitely repels them. No question about it. Just one drawback... It also repel...
by big bend gyrene
September 3rd, 2019, 2:48 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: New wal mart gun rules
Replies: 23
Views: 6731

Re: New wal mart gun rules

Salty Gator, suspect you like the forum being relatively friendly and somewhat poltics light (DEFINITELY so in comparison to quite a few other outdoor related forums)... so kind of surprised by the trolling post just begging for drama. So with that shared, my quite sincere question would be how do y...
by big bend gyrene
July 18th, 2019, 8:53 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: First Cobia
Replies: 15
Views: 4799

Re: First Cobia

Congrats AND condolences... say that as in my book the crazy, masochistic fun of catching bruiser cobes is hard to beat and once experienced can ruin you for just about all other fishing in the Big Bend! :thumbup: :beer:
by big bend gyrene
July 8th, 2019, 9:14 am
Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Forth of July luck
Replies: 11
Views: 3436

Re: Forth of July luck

Awesome and fun story! :thumbup: :beer: On the turtle note, they'll definitely tag along with loggerheads. I mainly pitch eel jigs to cobes that follow another hooked one up, but back when fellow board member Sharkman lived / fished in our area and I fished with him he rarely failed to cast to any /...
by big bend gyrene
July 4th, 2019, 10:34 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Proven Insect Repellent
Replies: 20
Views: 6684

Re: Proven Insect Repellent

And said another way with fewer words, for anyone who visits our office her "approved" list wasn't created to diss any brands as much as speak to those she and our entire staff have used themselves and really like. The list was put up in our rooms to proactively answer the question that co...
by big bend gyrene
July 4th, 2019, 10:29 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Proven Insect Repellent
Replies: 20
Views: 6684

Re: Proven Insect Repellent

I’ll also add skinsect is not on Dr Kennedy’s list of approved sunscreen :wink: Putting words in her mouth (which is always a bit of a dangerous thing for me! :wink: ), I'll just say it's not that she's against its use as much as it utilizes chemical blocks in the sunscreen portion versus mineral b...
by big bend gyrene
July 3rd, 2019, 2:05 pm
Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
Topic: Third Trips The Charm
Replies: 5
Views: 3259

Third Trips The Charm

Guessing this may be the latest "1st report of the year" I've posted since joining the forum back in 2005. Actually have taken 3 salt trips out this year and won't take long to detail the first two. On trip #1 I went alone mid-April. Main reason for the trip was to make sure the boat would...
by big bend gyrene
June 9th, 2019, 3:43 pm
Forum: Fishing
Topic: This weather sucks.
Replies: 14
Views: 5341

Re: This weather sucks.

Sucks for saltwater fishing, but we were in the midst of a full on drought and needed the rain something FIERCE, so I'm not going to curse it just quite yet (until/unless it ends up darkening the waters all summer long and don't think we're there just quite yet). For the past month I was hauling wat...
by big bend gyrene
May 31st, 2019, 10:06 am
Forum: Boating
Topic: Panga
Replies: 8
Views: 4077

Re: Panga

Above old post re-shared, I'll add a little more info for whatever it's worth. I actually bought the 22' with goal of splitting time about 90/10 % targeting reds at nearshore bars with only OCCASIONAL offshore trips for gags when in season. First year or two I owned the boat, I fished inshore much m...
by big bend gyrene
May 31st, 2019, 9:44 am
Forum: Boating
Topic: Panga
Replies: 8
Views: 4077

Re: Panga

Quite a few old threads that cover pros / cons, but for some reason (and wish Bman could figure it out if he sees this!) the search bar feature DOES NOT work from the home page but DOES work if you click into the forum board index. So versus re-writing a response, I'll just paste one of the ones I f...
by big bend gyrene
May 29th, 2019, 10:27 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Carrabelle Offshore Spots
Replies: 10
Views: 4552

Re: Carrabelle Offshore Spots

Thanks! I see it on there now... Now if I can figure out how to convert the numbers to a different format. :thumbup: http://www.earthpoint.us/Convert.aspx And if I entered the numbers right, think this provides the correct results... if you use it in the future for any other conversions, just be su...
by big bend gyrene
May 29th, 2019, 9:29 am
Forum: Fishing
Topic: Carrabelle Offshore Spots
Replies: 10
Views: 4552

Re: Carrabelle Offshore Spots

Price3275 wrote:Does anyone have the Turtle Towers ledges numbers? I had them in my machine and somehow lost them...Now I can't find them on the internet anywhere...Thanks
https://www.floridagofishing.com/reefs/ ... ounty.html