I see lots of "TOO" small of boats at the inlet, myself. And when I owned the 17' Skiff, I also had at that time 2 other larger boats to choose from for a day of fishing. The little skiff boat, was my inshore creek boat. Not my "do all" boat, that's for sure.
The Jettywolf, my 26' plate alloy boat was literally designed for "jetty fishing" in mind. Period!!
I don't ask it to be my creek boat, or a flats-casting platform. That kind of fishing, isn't my "gig" anyhow. It's a big water craft, with lots of safety built into it's design.
But as you'll read here:
http://jacksonville.com/sports/outdoors/2009-12-27/story/boaters_nightmare_escaping_with_their_lives
It's not unusual, for people to "squeeze" many fishing tasks out of their small boats. I have customers on my boat during a day of jetty fishing always say to me, "Damn, that's a small boat to be out here today, isn't it Dave?"
What happened to these boaters, isn't unusual. It'll happen several times a year. The last time that I heard of a small boat go down at the jetties, two people were rescued, while one remained missing.
And think about this for a minute....."alot of beer, and other impairments make there way on to boats every weekend. As important as rods, reels and bait, for the day." Add in just one periless situation, a 12 pak, or "other impairment", and some strong current, or cold water, and what do ya have? A near death situation. Doesn't sound worth it to me. That's why I do not waiver on my policies concerning the malted brewed beverages.
I don't need more to deal with, thank you.
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I ran across this article: http://floridasportfishing.com/magazine/sept-oct-2009/fish-the-moon-day-or-night?utm_source=streamsend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=8035921&utm_campaign=December%20Tackle%20Giveaway%20-%20Florida%20Sport%20Fishing%20Magazine
And thought I'd post the link to it.
