FL Aquasport Spring 2012 Gathering

[RickK]

I hope she has 300 or so gals on hand. If you stop in this week warn her

Good idea

Did you get a chance to warn her Scott?

Tomorrows the day  

[Circle Hooked]

I hope she has 300 or so gals on hand. If you stop in this week warn her

Good idea

Did you get a chance to warn her Scott?

Tomorrows the day  

Nope, haven't been by that way.

[RickK]

I tried looking up the phone number but couldn't find it.  I thought you went by there often - sorry, didn't want to sound like it was a demand or anything.  We have a plan B if they don't have enough.

[RickK]

Just a few hours now - "making the list and checking it twice".  Will pick up all the food and ice in the morning and then fuel up on the way down there.  
So we'll monitor Ch 68 for whomever wants to contact us.

[Circle Hooked]

No problem, i do usually go by there a few times a week, just didn't happen this week till tonigt.

Rick i decided to go get gas tonight, one less thing to do tomorrow since i will be getting a late start, it's 4.15 and they said the had plenty, told the guy you and Dave would need atleast 300 gallons.

Side note, my flow scan was only off by .5 gallon  

[RickK]

Good idea on getting the fuel tonight.
For us "east of the interstaters" it make sense to plan a route past there in the morning/noon and then continue down 41 to 776.  I really like that cruise - nice route.

[RickK]

Looking even better: (Forecast.weather.gov)
Tonight...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms.

Friday...Variable winds around 5 knots becoming west around 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters a light chop.

Friday Night...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 feet or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.

Saturday...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop.

Saturday Night...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop.

Sunday...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon

[Circle Hooked]

We might be wishing for more wind tomorrow night  

[gran398]

W wind ten knots....Perfect

[CH Jr]

Its nice in south boca with a light breeze and calm water

[DOCREED]

I cant believe you are coming way down here and I wont be able to make it.  I have been working 7 days a week and tomorrow I have to take the Cheoy Lee out.  If things change I'll be there.  Have fun and take alot of pics.  Just in case where will you be on Sat?

[gran398]

Josh, thank you young man...we are entrusting you to provide the membership with accurate, true reports.

Hope you are good with that son.

That is...no exaggeration. If Rick lost a pinfish...he lost a pinfish.

If you see pirate skanks dressed in orange...just say so.

Thank goodness for you Josh.

 

[CH Jr]

Doc we will be in fosters bay, and don't worry Scott I will

[RickK]

It's nice in foster's bay. All the other boats seem to like it too.

[RickK]

For more of the story...
Both of Dave's engines had issues on the way out Friday so he idled back to the ramp Saturday morning and called it a weekend  :(
CH and I cruised to Fosters.  Popular place with the locals - all the access points to the beaches were taken already.
We cruised around and fished Fosters and about noon Glock arrived.

We barged up and cooked burgers, dogs and brots.  Didn't get any pics of that little party. We hung out until 2 and decided since no one else was coming, we'd head out into the gulf and do a little fishing.  Headed out through Redfish pass - boy was my chartplotter wrong on the channel there - seems the channel it had was non-existent in real life.

We fished for a couple hours and then decided to head in - I looked at my phone and saw that I missed a call.  It was Capt Matt. I called him back and he was sitting in Captiva Pass, the pass we were heading for at that time.
What a nice boat.






He had a morning charter that day so he couldn't make it out earlier. We chatted away for a while, made plans for the  fall gathering there and he took off.

CH and Josh were fishing the pass and then CH hooked up with a big fish - so I don't steal his thunder, he can explain the rest


We headed back inside to fish the flats - Josh caught some trout dinner and then we decided to head back north for the night.
We arrived at the site where we were going to camp and I started to drop the anchor and I guess the retaining pin mousing wire had rusted away which I hadn't noticed.  Next thing I know the pin pops out, hits the deck and continues over the side and then the anchor drops right through the end of the pulpit and it goes it without the chain attached, leaving me standing there staring at the end of the chain in my hand and nothing else   Bummer, that was a nice anchor - the water clarity was terrible plus there are a lot of sharks in the pass....
It was a nice moonrise though