Southbound!!...

[reelapeelin]

Wife and kids leavin' today...I'll follow w/ boat on Tuesday...destination: Cape San Blas, FL!!... 8) ;D...gonna be funnin' and sunnin' til 6/11...might even get a little FISHIN' in...

Hey, Franco aren't you close to Appalach down there somewhere?...if so, maybe I can hand you my $20 and buy you a COLD UNIT in person... 8)...

[Franco]

I sent you a map, I'm midway down the eastcoast, I got the cool ones chilling already, my treat. Come on down

[reelapeelin]

Oh...gonna make this difficult, huh?..maps and COLD ONES...think I can't resist...well let me tell you how RIGHT you are...be down in a jiffy...actually middle of this week...how far is Cedar Key from you?...I'm comin' from Gulf Coast side... :D...

Haven't seen the map yet...what route did you send it?...e-mail, PM or some fancy new electronic deevice?...

[Franco]

hey rap, sent it via email - I'm a ways from the keys, and on the east coast side, not the gulf coast side. Still there is gonna be cold ones in the chill box!!!!!

[reelapeelin]

Franco, Cedar Key isn't in "the Keys"...it's on Gulf side way north of Ft Meyers...hear the fishin's good over there... ;D...I've heard it's what Key West was 40 yrs ago... 8)...

[Franco]

I'M ACROSS THE COAST FROM THERE - I'M ABOUT 90 MINUTES FROM ORLANDO - CENTRAL EAST COAST

[Jester]

Cedar Key is West of Gainesville (roughly) on the gulf coast. IF you go there, and you go to a BAR.... try the mullet dip... most of the local bars there serve it (at least they used to).

I know you think it's just a baitfish, but the dip is good.

If you guys are already in the armpit (the gulf coast where the panhandle reaches the penisula), not far from Cedar Key is the Steinhatchie River. You'd have to check, season and all, but you used to be able to pick up tons of Scallops in the mouth there.... in about 5-6 ft of water. We'd usually get our bag limit (5 gallon bucket) in about 40 minutes on a good day. Another suggestion if you get any scallops, don't try to shuck them yourselves (we did a few times and a 5 gallon bucket took us hours and hours). Then my friend found out that if you stopped by the trailer park there where the "scalloper's wives" sit and shuck all day long, you can drop your bucket off and for something like $10-$15 they'll shuck them for you (we'd drop them off, go to a bar for some beers and come back in an hour and they'd be done. WELL worth it.

Damn, I wish I still had the numbers (from 12 years ago) of my old Grouper Holes off Cedar Key, I'd send them to you guys.

Have fun guys.