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by stubb
Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:09 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: What areas are closed when NASA launch the shuttle?
Replies: 6
Views: 2937

Essentially, south of Haulover Canal; east of the drawbridge at Titusville. Since the bird may not lift until January, they've likely lifted the security zones.
by stubb
Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:28 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: before there's a surge in the market
Replies: 19
Views: 6395

Hell, it never was very special in my opinion anyhow. I've never ever done the NMZ that it didn't blow like Hell and/or rain like the Great Flood, or the Men In Black didn't nudge me back to legality with their assault rifles. The best fishing is far north .. and even better is the east side along t...
by stubb
Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:21 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: Future Trip to Mosquito
Replies: 29
Views: 7042

Note on Eddy Creek launch site: I was there a week ago and it was about unusable. The combination of high water levels and dead grass means you have 20' or more of sludge to get through to get to hard bottom. The tip off, when I arrived, was there wasn't a vehicle at all in the parking lot. I was to...
by stubb
Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:20 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: NMZ Question?
Replies: 8
Views: 2591

Those that think any of the area east of the shuttle recovery channel is open are dead wrong. Some might try it, make it, but the Men In Black will send you packing .. Even before 9/11, I pulled into the mangrove shallows on the east bank to take a leak. I stepped out of the yak, looked up and into ...
by stubb
Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:15 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: NMZ Question?
Replies: 8
Views: 2591

No. East bank .. east of the the shuttle recovery boats' channel, has been closed since 9/11/01. That includes the famous huge redfish turf of the spoil islands running east/west. From what I hear, that's the way it will be forever. Your only launch site is off the causeway or at the Banana River Dr...
by stubb
Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:29 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: Mosquito 7-1
Replies: 10
Views: 2990

You all need to use a Texas rigged plastic. slides right thru the grass with no trouble nor snag-ups. And, the reds are laying in that grass as the day heats up. The grass is far worse in areas with northern exposures. Like Pelican Island and the areas around it. And, by way warning, the Eddy Creek ...
by stubb
Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:33 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: big trout
Replies: 7
Views: 2549

Indeed, Mr TDsdad, that's one fine trout. They are more wary, spooky and I think tougher to catch than the average 30" red. A red has an "attitude" kinda like "hey, I'm pretty strong so don't bother me" even when they hit your lure. I have to admit that my biggest trout to d...
by stubb
Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:39 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: East Coast Fishing Advice
Replies: 13
Views: 3461

Wisefish: It may take you a while to "sort of" figure the area out. I've fished the Lagoon systems 80 days a year for nearly 9 years. I still get bamboozled (or "Gooned" as we call it). There are a couple ten things to remember: 1. Forget tides. About 3 miles south of Ponce Inlet...
by stubb
Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:48 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: TAKING DONATIONS
Replies: 8
Views: 2266

Count me in for the class action legal procedures. However, I won't buy NOAA a compass. I might ante up to send the forecasters to rehab, however. They must be into some designer drugs of amazing potency.
by stubb
Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:22 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: Finally first fish on the fly rod from the saly snook on a 5
Replies: 28
Views: 6678

I take definite exception to digging a canal and/or whacking what few mangroves are left up around Bethune Beach. And, as for that little body of water being "my pond" .. I'd like to remind you that it's one of the few of that type left on the inshore coast. In fact, I'm really outraged at...
by stubb
Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:50 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: for those who want to know...
Replies: 13
Views: 3803

Paddle into Puzzle? Not this boy. You know the stretch of the St Johns just south of the Hwy 46 bridge, that runs east/west; then dips south down towards Puzzle; is about one of the most treacherous on the river. Not sure why. I've rescued many a small jon boat caught in the current and winds out th...
by stubb
Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:51 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: for those who want to know...
Replies: 13
Views: 3803

Forced2 Work: not to worry. Won't be any crowds as few folks could find Puzzle even with a map. I know that for certain as I used to get lost with tourists on my airboat!! I wouldn't blow your honeyhole .. I figured it was too remote; and it is. Your only company down in Puzzle will be a couple of C...
by stubb
Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: US - Florida - East Coast
Topic: for those who want to know...
Replies: 13
Views: 3803

At the risk of incurring the wrath of "east siders" & Forced2Work.. I believe "puzzle" referred to my old stomping grounds deep in the back country of the St Johns. e.g., Puzzle Lake. Puzzle is a true wilderness south of Hwy 46 between Sanford and I-95. To get there and navig...
by stubb
Thu Sep 30, 2004 5:26 pm
Forum: Q&A
Topic: How big is your reel
Replies: 51
Views: 84584

reels and such

Just curious DaveR: the older Stradic 2000s, which I have, are pretty tough. I'd thought the new 2500 came in a 'magnesium/non salt" model and one that is better in saltwater. At any rate, I use my 4000/2000 Strad's heavily (80+ days/yr) with good results. Is the 2500 a step down? I agree with ...