mplspug wrote:

What does everyone think about wheat beers? I liked Blue Moon the first time I tried it. Then I heard it was a woman’s beer. So I shunned it.

Then I tried Tomoka Hazy Sunrise, a Florida beer and liked it. Unbeknownst to me it was a wheat beer. I like it because there is zero hop citrus/bitterness.

So if I have to turn in my man card, so be it. I probably lost it long ago anyway.

Wheats are great day time, boating beers as far as I am concerned.

Try the Southernmost Wheat from Florida Brewing Company. Its a great wheat brewed with key limes.

tegg wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>TheFamousGrouse wrote:</div>

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>suzuki wrote:</div>
I think a lot of beers are made just to be different and many if not most taste like crap. I dont like strong hops so virtually every IPA is off my list.

Totally agree. IPA makers are just plain trying too hard to be different and in most cases “different” = bad. For every 1 IPA that tastes good, there are now 20 overhopped, overdone, overwrought, and over-before-they-started IPAs out there that smell of foul barnyard odors and have undertones of cat urine and citrus that has sat on the counter too long.

Unfortunately, it now looks like most of the new “craft” breweries are one trick IPA ponies who are unable to think outside the IPA box except to offer a stout with the predictably overdone coffee/chocolate additives and a generic blonde beer just cause they had to.

Here’s hoping that the IPA fad blows over soon and the craft brewers discover that “different” means more than another IPA.

Grouse

Anyone remember a beer called Summit EPA? It was launched in 1986. That was 30 years ago. Can anyone name a fad that has only grown in popularity over a 30 year time span? If you want a beer fad look at the various “dry” lagers that are no longer marketed.

I think you see a lot of Pale Ales because they’re popular. It would make no sense for a craft or micro brewery to try to compete in the lager market. What you have in the craft beer scene are individuals brewing beers they want to brew. Just like you see variations in the preferences in Lagers, it would make sense you’d see the same thing in pale ales. I think you see multiple versions in a brewers roster to cover people’s individual tastes.

If someone doesn’t prefer a particular style they’re in luck because there are endless possibilities out there right now.

Ales are also easier and faster to brew than lagers. Lagers are brewed at a lower temperature, and therefore take longer to ferment. It is easier for smaller craft brewers to produce and distribute with their smaller or limited space and equipment.

You should be able to see it clearly from there if you can find a place with not so many trees.

I wouldnt suggest driving out from there, as the traffic in Cocoa at launch times can be frustrating at best.

Having lived quite close, you can save yourself the time and money of driving to the Cape and hit any public beach access.

Cape Canaveral sticks out further east than the surrounding coastline, so you will be able to stand on the beach and see it very clearly anywhere south of the Cape. It will look like its being launched from the water.

If you are anywhere close, as pug states, you will be able to see it.

Hell, I grew up on the gulf coast and we would always go outside for shuttle launches and be able to see them from ~200 miles away.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>the_popper wrote:</div>
With the price of gas, I’d drive down. I had my cousins down from St Paul this past summer. They did not realize how much walking is involved with being down town.

If driving, be aware that many downtown hotels charge for parking. And at least the ones we’ve stayed at have had a significant charge of $40 to $50 per day, plus Chicago tax, tourist tax, IL state tax, county tax, DMV tax, and taxes levied on other taxes.

Driving in is fine, never had any issues, but the dang parking can easily add up multiple bills for a long weekend.

Grouse

This is exactly the problem. Parking overnight downtown anywhere you stay will be at least 30 dollars.

I lived in Chicago for a couple of years. Hard to be bored in a city like that.

If you provide more details I can probably point you in the right direction.

Would it be worth it to drive up from the cities tomorrow for afternoon fishing? Ive never been to the big lake and my fishing partners bailed on me down here. Would like to be able to fish without having to walk far and I dont have a fish house.

Would have a couple hours from about 11-4 that I could be out there, but would hope I could hop on somewhere on the south side and be on fish without driving all over the lake.

Any and all advice is appreciated.

Lets make some mermaids.

Ny wrote:

Nice! Thanks for the report! Gonna give it a shot over the weekend!

Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else.

Spent almost 8 hours on this lake already this season and havent caught a thing. That south end is very shallow. Ive spent time working from 5 to 15 FOW and havent seen much action at all.

I have a 371 combo and am liking it so far. I have found that I need to ‘finger’ the spool when I have it freespooled to avoid the birds nest that can occasionally happen with these types of reels. The drag is smooth and the reel is nice.

That would be 100 dollars well spent.

mozy wrote:

I bought some fast snaps off Amazon and figured the small would be best, but they are too small in my opinion. I’m guessing medium would work best.

I would never use these for jigs, but for spoons or jigging minnow type baits they are the cats meow.

Exactly what I do. I don’t use the snaps when using horizontal jigs because you cant guarantee that the jig will present as it should. I use the snaps with the jigging raps and hardbaits and spoons (anything vertical). No retying needed.

Ive lived on both coasts and I wouldnt say that there is any difference in size between them.

Sebastian inlet routinely has 40+ snook and reds, as well as tarpon and all of the other desirable species. Inshore and Offshore fishing is readily available.

Id imagine you could find some decent deals on Southwest tickets to Orlando and take it to either coast.