Wednesday 6 March 2013

Saltwater Fishing

Saltwater Fishing Details
We used to go to the little tackle shop on Roosevelt Boulevard next to the culvert in Garrison Bite and buy a “shiner rig”. A shiner rig consisted of about 20 yards of what looked a lot like sewing thread with a hair hook and a split shot, wound figure eight onto a matchstick. For a dime, you could get a shiner rig and one whole shrimp for bait. We would sit on the culvert and catch shiners and take them across the road to the charter boats. An occasional mullet was sold to the tackle shop for a nickel. All this to say that fishing was the major activity back then - no television (only those people with enough money to afford a very high antenna could pick up a very snowy channel 4 from Miami some 150 miles away), and no tourists. Back then in Key West you were either Navy or Conch, and you never really saw anyone else.
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing
Saltwater Fishing

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