06-05-2006, 11:37 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Home town Camarillo, huh? Having lived there and put up with the jokes, I know you must get the question too. Did you live in "the institution"? And I don't mean the institution of marriage. Wink 
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of small ponds along the Front Range and you should have no problem finding plenty of places to play in your new fishing toy. Tubing has become more popular in Colorado and elsewhere, and you should have company. There might even be a local float tubing club if you look hard enough.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Once you get more experienced in tubing, and more comfortable being on the water in that flimsy inflatable thingy, you will have more courage in challenging bigger waters. I have tubed the biggest lakes in California and several other states, as well as the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Gulfs of Mexico and California (Sea of Cortez).[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you launch on larger waters you do not have to cover the whole thing in one day. What I normally advise is to find a small cove and fish it like it was just a small lake. Most big lakes do not have fish all over the lake anyway. The fish are usually concentrated in those small coves, especially where rivers and creeks come into the lake. If you can find a road that provides access to one of those coves, go for it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are a lot of small ponds along the Front Range and you should have no problem finding plenty of places to play in your new fishing toy. Tubing has become more popular in Colorado and elsewhere, and you should have company. There might even be a local float tubing club if you look hard enough.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Once you get more experienced in tubing, and more comfortable being on the water in that flimsy inflatable thingy, you will have more courage in challenging bigger waters. I have tubed the biggest lakes in California and several other states, as well as the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Gulfs of Mexico and California (Sea of Cortez).[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you launch on larger waters you do not have to cover the whole thing in one day. What I normally advise is to find a small cove and fish it like it was just a small lake. Most big lakes do not have fish all over the lake anyway. The fish are usually concentrated in those small coves, especially where rivers and creeks come into the lake. If you can find a road that provides access to one of those coves, go for it.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Good luck and keep us posted on what you get. [/#0000ff]
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