William Murphy: Herb, we were never in aisle 3!

[AUsweetheart]

  And I spent money. 

Who is this? And what have you done with PR?

[GarMan]

You know not of what you speak.

More than you seem to think...  I have family throughout the Gulf region from Houston to Sarasota.  I still haven't seen any towns closing up, and the fishing is as good as it's ever been. 

[wesfau2]

More than you seem to think...  I have family throughout the Gulf region from Houston to Sarasota.  I still haven't seen any towns closing up, and the fishing is as good as it's ever been.

Whole towns?  Of course not, but we lost some businesses and the personal financial impact has been substantial.

Of course the fishing is good, everyone took a year off.  I'm speaking to the financial impact only.

[Snaggletiger]

Whole towns?  Of course not, but we lost some businesses and the personal financial impact has been substantial.

Of course the fishing is good, everyone took a year off.  I'm speaking to the financial impact only.

Question kind of off the subject for Wes and any of you coastal dwellers.  I talked about my fishing excursion last week and one thing that was strange were the seasons and limits for certain fish.  It's late June and grouper is out of season?  Just 2 snapper per person?  Year before last, I was fishing for snapper on the last day of the season in September but this year, I understand the season goes out in mid July.  The Captain said there's' no rhyme or reason to it and every change seems to be geared more and more towards helping the commercial guys squeezing out the charter industry.  Is this the case and why would you not want to help what I believe is one of the big attractions to the coast for tourism? 

[Saniflush]

Question kind of off the subject for Wes and any of you coastal dwellers.  I talked about my fishing excursion last week and one thing that was strange were the seasons and limits for certain fish.  It's late June and grouper is out of season?  Just 2 snapper per person?  Year before last, I was fishing for snapper on the last day of the season in September but this year, I understand the season goes out in mid July.  The Captain said there's' no rhyme or reason to it and every change seems to be geared more and more towards helping the commercial guys squeezing out the charter industry.  Is this the case and why would you not want to help what I believe is one of the big attractions to the coast for tourism?

I know these limits were put in place a couple of years ago, which is why we quit doing our yearly charter trip.  If boat captains in Florida are pissed off that they aren't getting enough charters then they had best start making some of their politicians walk the plank.

[GarMan]

Whole towns?  Of course not, but we lost some businesses and the personal financial impact has been substantial.

Of course the fishing is good, everyone took a year off.  I'm speaking to the financial impact only.

Speaking of tourism, I'm wiff you.  The hype caused by the media and gubm'et was likely worse than the physical event.  To my knowledge, commercial fishing continued, except for a very short time.  I'm not sure who took a year off. 

[GarMan]

Question kind of off the subject for Wes and any of you coastal dwellers.  I talked about my fishing excursion last week and one thing that was strange were the seasons and limits for certain fish.  It's late June and grouper is out of season?  Just 2 snapper per person?  Year before last, I was fishing for snapper on the last day of the season in September but this year, I understand the season goes out in mid July.  The Captain said there's' no rhyme or reason to it and every change seems to be geared more and more towards helping the commercial guys squeezing out the charter industry.  Is this the case and why would you not want to help what I believe is one of the big attractions to the coast for tourism?

Supposedly, these schedule and limit modifications are driven by fish populations, and the fish populations are getting decimated by the commercial boats.  When I was younger, none of these controls were in existence.  You caught what you could, and you kept what you wanted.  We would literally fill garbage bags with snook and snapper, especially when bridge fishing down in the Keys.  Over-fishing wasn't a problem back then.

[Tiger Six]

Who is this? And what have you done with PR?

You know....

You are occasionally NOT funny.

[Snaggletiger]

Damn, someones post count is going through the roof.  The roof, I tell ya'.

[Tiger Six]

Damn, someones post count is going through the roof.  The roof, I tell ya'.

Wait, what?

[Snaggletiger]

You do know that emoticon usage and post count are directly related, right?

[djsimp]

Speaking of tourism, I'm wiff you.  The hype caused by the media and gubm'et was likely worse than the physical event.  To my knowledge, commercial fishing continued, except for a very short time.  I'm not sure who took a year off.

I do agree the media fuck shit up too. They have a way of doing that.

[wesfau2]

I'm not sure who took a year off.

The tourists.  Thus, the financial devastation we're dealing with down here.  It was bad enough that the real estate market debacle knocked one leg out from under us, but to have the double whammy of the oil spill was nearly a death blow.

Thank god we didn't have a storm last year and (knock on some motherfucking wood) so far we're looking good for this season.

[Saniflush]

The tourists.  Thus, the financial devastation we're dealing with down here.  It was bad enough that the real estate market debacle knocked one leg out from under us, but to have the double whammy of the oil spill was nearly a death blow.

Thank god we didn't have a storm last year and (knock on some motherfucking wood) so far we're looking good for this season.

Well if yall would get the whore houses back up and running then it would not have been an off year.

[wesfau2]

Well if yall would get the whore houses back up and running then it would not have been an off year.

The Maison Derriere on High Ridge Road in Crestview has never closed its doors.

[Saniflush]

The Maison Derriere on High Ridge Road in Crestview has never closed its doors.

Then I would lay the blame at the feet of your bureau of tourism then.

[wesfau2]

Then I would lay the blame at the feet of your bureau of tourism then.

Indeed.

I'm a little surprised at the lack of response to the Mr. Mom reference so far.  Slackers.