#4347054 - 03/26/17 10:11 PM
Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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I have shown pictures of how shallow the Gulf of Mexico looks from the air and thought I would show it from a boat. This is out about 3 maybe 3 1/2 miles. Here is a shot to shore. A good distance. And what it is like looking at the bottom. Depthfinder shows 6 feet. Running down along the coast it varied from from 5 to 11 feet. This shows how the channel looks. You can see the dredged part as the darker color. The channel is dredged out to 12 feet and out about a mile and a half. Interesting is that to the sides of the dredged channel is a shallower line on each side where they dump the dredging. Here you can see the last marker and you can see how far out from shore it is. You have to know and allow for it at night or poor visibility. You don't aim in at the harbor as normal. Have to stay well out and find them, then follow them in. You can actually walk out into the Gulf a few hundred yards before yo start hitting spots that are over your head. We were headed down to the original Hooters restaurant. From the inside.
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#4347059 - 03/26/17 10:20 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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#4347197 - 03/27/17 02:38 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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Looks like a very nice day. Are there a lot of sharks in those waters ? Nah, the lawyers tend to stay beachside. The Jedi Master
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#4347198 - 03/27/17 02:39 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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Looks like a very nice day. Are there a lot of sharks in those waters ? Nah, the lawyers tend to stay beachside. The Jedi Master Ah, that explains why Florida has such a large over-abundance of them.
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#4347250 - 03/27/17 04:47 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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looks a bit windy that day, cool pics
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#4347261 - 03/27/17 05:12 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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Glorious day without a tragic boating accident! (The arsenal remains complete) Thanks for sharing, great pictures!
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#4347269 - 03/27/17 05:56 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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Is that out in the Keys? I dove Key Largo once and that channel with the markers looks familiar.
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#4347290 - 03/27/17 07:32 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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No, it was around Clearwater and New Port Richey.
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#4347662 - 03/29/17 03:00 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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Is that out in the Keys? I dove Key Largo once and that channel with the markers looks familiar.
v6, boNes Florida uses the same markers everywhere. Key West, Islamorada, Tampa, Pensacola, Jax, Sebastian inlet, you can't tell where you are by them. No matter where I've gone out on the water, they look the same. The Jedi Master
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#4347985 - 03/30/17 11:52 PM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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You're a hard man to keep up with OG! Just reading about your escapades wears me out!!! Thanks for the updates. Although that water looks a little verboten......I'd avoid swimming there, for some reason
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#4355229 - 05/04/17 01:36 AM
Re: Pictures of the Gulf of Mexico
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Went to the restaraunt on the river that has the fake shark hanging at the pier. I had fish and chips. It was good.
Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
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