Re: [VFB] sea trout trip

[DonO]

Scott, A couple of years ago I fished with Jerry Goldsmith around the Jupiter and cape area.  We saw lots of manatees, but what really surprised me was how many large alligators we saw.  Getting swamped by a manatee wouldn't scare me near as much as thinking what could be waiting to take a bite out of me once I hit the drink.  When I was young, alligators were rare and usually spotted in a pot of gumbo way back in da Loosianna bayous.  I did catch a 3' gator on an awesome hair fly there in Florida, though.  Did the quick-release method.   DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott J Crosby To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] sea trout trip Brain Talk about getting scared to death, last weekend on our way out to the flat where the Seatrout were, we were traveling along in the canoe about 5:30 AM still a bit dark out, when we went right over the top of a sleeping manatee, it woke up in a very startled state and took off right out from under the canoe, I thought for a minute we were going to get tipped over, the river was like glass and very quiet at the time until that manatee blasted out of there, man o live you want to talk about getting scared, scared me half to death. Scott   I love manatee's with mashed potatoes and gravy (Local bumper sticker)        On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 20:04:55 +0100 "BRIAN BURGESS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Just got back from my yearly weekend sea trout trip to Wales. The river was low so not  many fish about, I managed one of about 1LB in weight and we all caught plenty of salmon par on small flies so the river looks to be in a healthy condition good signs for the future.   One night I was fishing from a rock ledge about 5 feet above the water when a sea trout of about 7 or 8 pounds leapt out of the water right under my feet and scared me half to death. I left him there so I something to try and catch next year or that's my excuse   Tight lines Birdie