florida lobster

Hi All,

I have been in FL since 4 years, but I haven't been to lobster
catching yet. Could you suggest some good lobster places for
snorkeling/diving near Central Florida area?

Cheers,
Adam

Drive to the Keys and become part of the madness like the rest of us...

:)

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> Hi All,
>
> I have been in FL since 4 years, but I haven't been to lobster
> catching yet. Could you suggest some good lobster places for
> snorkeling/diving near Central Florida area?
>
> Cheers,
> Adam

Do a web search for Kissimmee Pro Dive Center. They have a dive trip that
is open for mini season. Other than that, most nuts like me go to the Keys
for mini season. I have been meaning to hook up with someone around the
Orlando area that knows the diving off Cocoa as the lobster are more
plentiful and larger there..........but it would not be the same as the
Keys.
"erdem" <ultanir_99@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c403e21f.0307161253.77267c0f@posting.google.c om...
> Hi All,
>
> I have been in FL since 4 years, but I haven't been to lobster
> catching yet. Could you suggest some good lobster places for
> snorkeling/diving near Central Florida area?
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>

Lobstering in the Keys this season is going to be sparse....I see very very
few lobsters on the reefs anymore.

> Drive to the Keys and become part of the madness like the rest of us...


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Florida Keys Reef-Divers, Inc.
www.reef-divers.com

ultanir_99@yahoo.com (erdem) wrote in message news:<c403e21f.0307161253.77267c0f@posting.google. com>...
> Hi All,
>
> I have been in FL since 4 years, but I haven't been to lobster
> catching yet. Could you suggest some good lobster places for
> snorkeling/diving near Central Florida area?

I maintain that using a boat is the most effective way to go (and if
you see a 15' Whaler w/a bowrail and bimini top that'll be me) but,
these folks go right from the beach.

http://www.irishmansoftware.com/beach_2.htm

I just laugh at the people who pass these places in order to get
totally ripped off in SE FL and the Keys while, maybe catching little,
teenie, tiny bugs.
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Nice webpage Scott. The Keys for me is just something I have done every
year for so long that I would miss it if I did not go and jump in with the
rest of the nuts. Besides the beers just seem to taste better at that
lattitude.
I sure hope Capt. Wyatt is just trying to scare us off with his statement
about slim pickens. Jim, I'll let you know how we do off Islamorada. Cant
be any worse than two years ago...........I hope.

Steve
"Scott McFadden" <sjm1582002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d41a98b1.0307170714.6562227@posting.google.co m...
> ultanir_99@yahoo.com (erdem) wrote in message
news:<c403e21f.0307161253.77267c0f@posting.google. com>...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have been in FL since 4 years, but I haven't been to lobster
> > catching yet. Could you suggest some good lobster places for
> > snorkeling/diving near Central Florida area?
>
> I maintain that using a boat is the most effective way to go (and if
> you see a 15' Whaler w/a bowrail and bimini top that'll be me) but,
> these folks go right from the beach.
>
> http://www.irishmansoftware.com/beach_2.htm
>
> I just laugh at the people who pass these places in order to get
> totally ripped off in SE FL and the Keys while, maybe catching little,
> teenie, tiny bugs.
> --
> SJM
>

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> I sure hope Capt. Wyatt is just trying to scare us off with his
> statement about slim pickens. Jim, I'll let you know how we do off
> Islamorada. Cant be any worse than two years ago...........I hope.

I hope you do well...I am not just trying to scare divers off///That would
be counterproductive for me & my business.

Just calling 'em like I see 'em, or don't see 'em!!!
--
Jim Wyatt
PADI Master Instructor #4612/IANTD Instructor
Florida Keys Reef-Divers, Inc.
www.reef-divers.com

In article <Xns93BC3DDEA8743Jimreefdiverscom@65.82.44.187>, White Boy
<Jim@reef-divers.com> wrote:

€ Just calling 'em like I see 'em, or don't see 'em!!!

....or miss them, or hear about them, or wish you'd seen them...

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-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

"Steve Lane" <slane3@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message news:<WhFRa.122056$ic1.2483765@twister.tampabay.rr .com>...

> Nice webpage Scott. The Keys for me is just something I have done every
> year for so long that I would miss it if I did not go and jump in with the
> rest of the nuts. Besides the beers just seem to taste better at that
> lattitude.

I know all to well, I've been going to the Keys since about '85. I
love the area. But, not during mini-season or any other "holiday"
weekend.

I've found the -best- time to visit there, is right after Labor Day.
The place is practically deserted.

I refer to these "beach" dives (the link I posted) as "meat" dives
because neither the fish life, or the viz, can even begin compare to
the Keys or SE FL. You are simply after dinner. However, once you get
into some deeper (60-80fsw) water (which is just one of the many
reasons you really need a boat to "do it right") the diving can be
pretty good (and the hunting even better).

> I sure hope Capt. Wyatt is just trying to scare us off with his statement
> about slim pickens. Jim, I'll let you know how we do off Islamorada. Cant
> be any worse than two years ago...........I hope.

Good Luck and have a cold one at the Tiki bar at Holiday Isle for me
as I'll be stuck up here.
--
SJM