Mini Season in the Keys
 

Who's going to the Keys for Mini Season? I'll be on Long Key with my wife and son and three or four other families from Saturday 7/24 until Friday 7/30.
Dave

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I'm here for the month. Probably leaving the first week in Aug. I'm in Key Colony Beach on Marathon. My place is usually rented for Mini but this year we are staying for the mayhem.

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Well, Tucker, I guess it's just you and me down there this year. I'll have my SF 20. We're staying at Limetree Bay Resort. Feel free to stop by for a cocktail one evening. We're usually out on the dock cleaning fish by five thirty or six PM. When I'm in the boat, the VHF is on channel 72.
Dave

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If it is just you and I - so be it. Maybe everyone else will stay home and we will have all the lobsters for ourselves! You aren't missing anything right now. The winds at Sombrero Light are 17kts gusting to 26kts. And worse is the fishing hasn't been great even before the wind started.

At least its been cooler here than at home in NJ!!!!!

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GFS and I are taking my boat down to Key Largo, Sunday 7/25 till probably the following Saturday. Denny

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Party time?

We'll have the BBQ going and lots of side fixings.
All you need to bring is your catch for the BBQ.

When: Friday night, right after mini season(July 30)
Anytime after 6pm
Where: My house, mm 94.5 Oceanside

Family & friends welcomed.
Post or send pm if you can make it ...

Dave, it'd be great to see you again ... and your friends.
And Tucker, hope to meet you ... closer now than NJ!
And of course, Denny & Sandy, always good to see.

Just a casual good time where everyone is welcomed.
Hope to see you!

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We'll be at MM 92. Yellow and black 70 safari I/O with a full length of blue canvas...feel free to say hi if you see us out there. I'm Matt...

Probably won't make it Friday as we are going down Sunday, back Thursday...gotta work :-)...one of these days we'll hopefully be able to meet up with ya...

Be safe out there guys!

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Matt,
Shame you have to go back to work so soon!
We'll be here, 3 houses N of Snappers Rest.
Stop by (boat or car) if you can...anytime.

6 more days ...

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Is the impromptu gathering still on?

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Friday night is still on !!!
Just bring your BBQ & stop 3 houses N of Snappers.
Have heard from some, and look forward to
meeting everyone.
Carla

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Looking forward to hearing some lies, exaggerations, and photo shopped pictures of FL Lobsters.............. :eek: :eek: :D :D

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Good food, good time, great people.
It was nice to meet everyone and thanks for not picking on this "northerner" too much.

See you next time we are down this way.

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It killed me that I could not be part of this
annual trek that I have seldom missed...
I'm happy though "Site Salvation" produced for
you guys!!! :D
My 35 years of lobster holes payed off!!! :)

See you guys for the regular season in a couple
of weeks.... :D

Keep the "Cracker Air" tuned up and ready to GO!!!

Ken

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Thanks Ken. It also killed us that you and Patti couldn`t make it. You were greatly missed and constantly in our thoughts. Cracker Air is awesome.

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The Keys lifestyle fits Skip to a tee.

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The master engineer in his element.


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The Seafari really is the most versatile platform made.

The 21 ft version will just be that much better!


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Here we find Carla ridin` the bow in search of the perfect Bug holes.


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There are some real characters in the Keys.


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Mmmmmm Bugzzzzz!


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Wonderful hosts with a wonderful view.


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The planerboard was a deadly weapon for spotting Nobone`s many years of invaluable numbers, if you know what you`re looking at. I skipped over some great spots because I was lacking valuable experience. Lessons learned.


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Martha Stewart doesn`t have a view like this.



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Many many thanks for all that I have learned and for the gracious hospitality.


Cheers,
Sandy

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I think GFS said it all and showed some great pictures.
A fabulous time with great people and even meeting new friends.

Ken, we left some lobsters in the water and look forward to your visit!

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Wow! Definately no fiction to those pictures and stories........What a great time! Skip does look aclimated to the KL lifestyle. Thanks for sharing Sandy, Carla, Tucker, ect...

bushwacker
 

Great post Sandy! It really was a fun trip - got to meet lots of nice folks!

With a full width 30" deep swim platform and full sun top for plenty of shade, it's hard to find a better dive boat (unless it's a 25!:D) We ran into Tiny from Lake Park with his similarly outfitted yellow I/O Seafari. Sorry I didn't get a picture of that rig.

Here's a shot of the crew reeling in 300' of hose from Ken's Cracker Air rig! Sandy cranked the reel, Skip guided the hose and Carla stood on the reel to hold it down!
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Thanks Carla, Danny, and Denny.

Sorry I didn`t get a pic of Tiny`s boat either. I see old SC`s all the time, and always wonder if they are on the site.

Denny chased a Moray eel out of a hole shared by a nice fat bug. :eek: The big ones are crafty and they all seem to have back doors. Saw some small nurse sharks, and didn`t even hum the theme from JAWS.

Cheers,
GFS

I hear there may be another monumental gathering when plumbing improvements are made.

We also need to head down for some sandin` and glassin` parties on the 21.

Cheers,
GFS

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Thanks for stopping by out there and introducing yourselves guys and gals...it was nice to put a name with a face...sorry I didn't get out and shake any hands...I was hard at work :-)

here's a couple pics and one of the boat...

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Lobster thief....

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Victory!

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the boat...

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man was it hot!!!! but we had a great time :-), sorry we couldn't stick around Friday and hang out with you guys.

Re: bushwacker
 

Thats why there is 150ft of clear hose and 150ft. of yellow
hose, so you know who is where and what is what..... :rolleyes:
That little dive rig has produced hundreds of bugs over
the years. I know it is a "PAIN" in the azz for who ever stays in the boat cause of the noise... but,
the end result is what makes it worth while!!!

See ya, Ken :D

Re: bushwacker
 

mi cuzin mayfield makes his own ear plug when we goes huntin. tell mr skip to try theeze next time

sam

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Yeah....like a hot grill and some nice drawn butter and garlic......yum!

Re: bushwacker
 

If it gets hot troll faster!
Good to see you and what a priceless pic of little girls enjoying the ocean.

We all kinda noticed the windows and had to stop by. Great to meet others on the site. Pretty boat and nice canvas.

Soon they will be bringing bugs home, with smiling faces, and on their own.

What a life,
GFS

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Man-o-man, does that bring back memories!!!! :D
When my kids were that size they loved going to the keys!
Then all of a sudden they became teenagers and said...
Dad do we have to go to the keys again.. :D
Now that they are respectfully 33 & 28 years old,
with families of their own, they say hey dad, when are
you going to the keys so we can go too!!!!

If you just keep torturing them while they are
young skulls full of mush someday they wake up and say,
that was not that bad......

So right or wrong, I think that we brought the two
of them up OK!!!

See ya, Ken

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I just notices you are in Palm Beach and have a Seafari. I am in Boca with a Seafari 20 that I have had since 1987. If you are ever down this way send an email hoffpaul@gmail.com .. Thanks

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will do!