Bug Time

[Ikan Besar]

well, with the mini-season being mid-week, it won't be the slightest bit crowded right? [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[NoBones]

Believe it or not Ikan, the crowds have gotten smaller
in the keys for the 2 day because Monroe County has basically banned all of the inshore hunting for bugs.
Canals, any manmade objects, and all the protected natural reefs. You have to hit the places that have generally been the best first and early. Plus the diving part we Bully net at night which we have found to be more productive. For me it is the thrill of the hunt and the "hangin out" with my buds for the week...
See ya, Ken

[Fr. Frank]

I know of several small boat wrecks between Bahia Honda and Sombrero that have produced for me year after year, and they're all in less than 12' of water.

And if you dive with mixed gases, both the freighter wrecks outside the middle reef in the 140 - 160' depth range off of Long Key have produced some monster lobster of 6-10 lb over the years.

[Spidercrab]

dive with mixed gases

mr futher frank

after peepaw eats up sum possum in red eye and gits to drinkin up dem blue labels ole meemaw be doin sufferin wit dem mixup gasses under the sheets
goodluck donin keys mr nobones
see ya sam

[NoBones]

Hittin' the road at 5:00 AM Sunday, Rigged and ready!!!
No mixed gases for me Fr. Frank, been using a
Hooka for the last 14 years. 120 ft. max on that bad boy with 1 diver. 2 to 90 ft.
Usual depth 18-60 ft. is generally what we work.
Hope to see some of our fellow CSC'ers. I stick out like a
sore thumb with the "FLY" color and the tower, not to many 20's with that set-up.
See ya next week, enjoy the peace and quiet while I'm gone.
I know you will miss me ----yeah right!!
Oh yeah, if ole Spider would care to join us, just hollar'
Ken

[Snookerd]

I spoke with No Bones, he said the giant lobster scuplture is there, but will be removed soon, and that he scouted some spots and found them occupied

[reelclassic]

Hey Ken do you bully net out of your seacraft...I had a carolina skiff i used but got rid of it and only have the 20 seacraft now.

[joey]

The resort has already started to fill with bug killers,it is by far my least favorite week here.Nothing against doing your thing,but the bunch we get,lets just say my boat won't leave the slip this week.

[NoBones]

I hear ya Joey, It's to bad the whole economy in the keys is based on tourism, The way Monroe Co. is going you probably won't have to worry about any body coming before long. When you see long time business's like the Green Turtle & Manny & Isa's shutting down that ought to be the wake up call. There pricing themselves into a millionaires
get away, but if the regular guy cannot afford to live there, then what? I have been coming down for 35 years straight. Seen the good and the bad. There are those that come and rape and pillage the resource, which makes all of good people that come look bad. One of the reasons we stay in the middle keys is the trouble makers seem to go farther down. We can catch bigger bugs up here in Daytona, but it is truly the atmosphere that keeps my friends and I coming back year after year.
See ya, Ken
PS: If you are gonna be dry docked feel free to come on up
and we can toss down a few brews and BS.