CIVID Boating

PickleRick

the clarity is amazing

J3ff

sure is pretty, here's one from today w/ a better camera. 

rasbury

No @J3ff, did not say I went. Was not me that married into money...no boating in the keys for me. I went down there 40 years ago to key west..honey moon 1st wife...

PickleRick

My phone wont pick up on the color. We hit the reef monday and the colors out past 40 ft are amazing.   We stopped by this spot and found a queen conch the size of an NFL football.  Took some pics and back on her way. Im hoping to find a way to transfer pics from our under water camera to my phone.  We have some good shots of a sting ray and a good sized baracuda checking us out.  

rasbury

Are you in the keys too rick?

J3ff

Where are ya rick??? 

PickleRick

I may possibly be a little south of @J3ff

J3ff

Well if you're looking for something to do on Saturday, the genius's down here are throwing a covid party.. might drive by and stay up wind of all the boats to take a look. 110% going to be a cluster F****

PickleRick

Doesn't sound like our cup of tea even in the pre covid times.  

Sadly Saturday we will be gone by about 10 am.  

69fastback

I wouldn’t be into the whole DJ party thing, but I’d love to come look at the badass boats. If I have an overnight in FLL, who I can I look up for a ride? 😁

J3ff

Yeah, there's no way I'll be stepping on land, but a quick 30 or so min anchor out somewhere while eating lunch and watching the boats sounds good. Doing a sunset cruise tonight and then Mosquito bank on Friday possibly! Sandbar Saturday.. not sure yet, but I've got a loaner boat that sips gas so will be all over the place! 

PickleRick

breezy today so staying on the bay side.  Been fishing about 4 or 5 hours and all I have to show for it is 2 keeper sized mangrove snapper.

J3ff

Heading out tomorrow around 11am... want to try for Mosquito bank..if not Rodriguez key...

Willhound

I see both Texas and Florida have backtracked on opening as cases there surge to all time highs. Doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out. 

69fastback

Willhound said:

I see both Texas and Florida have backtracked on opening as cases there surge to all time highs. Doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out. 

Figure out that all the protesters have the virus, and once again the businesses and economy have to pay the price?

J3ff

Well according to the FL gov. we aren't turning anything back... sooo. oh well.. I'll just keep boating with my one or two friends... and we'll go from there. 

Willhound

@J3ff it was the bars specifically or any restaurant with more than 51% of sales from alcohol.

J3ff

Yes but we all know that while that might be a problem... The massive protests didn't help!

69fastback

J3ff said:

Yes but we all know that while that might be a problem... The massive protests didn't help!

That’s good. The company I work for is based in Florida and relys heavily on leisure travel. If we can get Mickey Mouse to open his playhouse, that’d be great. Can you Floridians work on that? Thanks. 

PickleRick

rasbury

What the heck is that mess...covid washed up on the beach?

rasbury

Some of the beaches will close for the fourth, people just have no sense...I don't see any turning back now...the heard will get it and hope I'm one of the strong ones..

PickleRick

Covid?  Its coral/rock exposed at low tide.  Great place to look for bait, shells, snorkel etc.  There is some seagrass washed up on the sand dunes.  Then you have mangroves behind the sand dunes and behind that opposite the ocean is a lagoon.  

There's also plenty of drift wood scattered along the beach.   

There was much more sand before Irma and seagrass will get worse as summer goes on.

This is an island in the keys, where there are not long stretches sandy beaches.  


This is is my kind of beach.  No one but us.

PickleRick

The only real beaches in the keys are man made.  Sombrero beach imports sand from Mexico i believe.

I much prefer the coral/mangrove islands.  

LaRea

Does anybody else find it funny that the subject line for this thread is spelled wrong?

LaRea

And the original poster is long gone.  

PickleRick

Im not one to judge others typos 😂

rasbury

I wondered about that but then my spelling....no room to talk!

halifax212

wow I was thinking about the same thing  just moments ago. When I get  the end of this thread LaRea calls it! 

J3ff

Florida continues to say hold my beer... I've posted some pictures from this place, but have not been there in a while... this is what the sand bar looked like today..