Re: sharks s. Florida
I swear to budah, this one person follows me to every site!! Go away, Nun.I was here first.<br />(Private joke,sorry)<br /><br />Anyhoo, I am a lifelong resident of Florida.<br />The sharks ARE an anual thing, feeding off both coasts,and inland waters to some degree. The only differences are;<br />1. Media hype. Like the pickup truck full of construction workers that flipped over. It WILL make national headlines.Count on it.<br /><br />2, There are more sharks this year than there were in previous years.<br /><br />3, There are more manatees than there were last year.<br /><br />4, There are less bait fish.<br /><br />5, Sharks are "endangered", so you have a boat limit of 1...That's right,ONE.<br /><br />OK, allow me to tie this all together...Being here and boating,fishing,and surfing (in my youth) here, I am somewhat knowlegeable on this subject.. I could make money as a guide,but don't wanna ruin the thrill of boating and fishing every day after I retire.<br />The manatee population is increasing dramaticly. So much so, that there is a movement afoot to have them removed from the endangered species list. What does this mean?<br />Sea cows eat sea grass, hence, the moniker, "SeaCow".<br />As thier poulation increased, the grasses they feed on,are becomming over-grazed, hence less breeding/feeding grounds FOR EVERYTHING ELSE in the water...Hence,no bait fish.<br />Now, every trip, we must catch one shark,and one shark ONLY before I will pull up anchor and go in (I will do my part).<br />But seeinz how we can only catch one per boat, this means the little buggers are getting pretty thick.<br /><br />Now, at the same time, the snook,redfish,trout that taste so nummy to the shark are also nummy to man are getting incresingly rare. We are allowed a few more of them,than we are of shark.<br />But they have no seagrass to bread and feed in,so the poulation is dwindling.<br />The poor gang of fishless sharks are hungry as desert dogs. They are biting at outboard skegs. They are eating things that don't particularily taste very good to them (like yer surfer-joes).<br />Trust me on this one,folks. Florida has gotten crazier than California at protecting thier wildlife into extinction!!<br />Finally Newscopter10 flies-over the beach,and sees this pack of sharks...The bubble-headed bleach blonde comes-on at 5, and you get the "picture". Nuff said.Bruno is probably mad at me allready, but I had to vent.
