06-21-2006, 09:52 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Yes, I have floated on moving water. In addition to fishing several short sections of rivers that were otherwise inaccessible to me, I have floated and fished almost the entire length of the Sacramento River in California. Of course, I broke it up into sections. Fishing one area at a time, I eventually covered just about everything from Redding to San Francisco.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The float tube was just another floating device that got me from point A to point B. A boat, canoe, kayak or pontoon would have been much better in most cases. A lot of times I used the tube strictly to float down to a chosen hole, run or bar and then got out to cast.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have fished salt water off both coasts, in the Sea of Cortez and the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike kayakers, I do not venture far from shore, fishing mostly the inshore reefs and kelp beds. I have never knowingly launched into areas known to have great white sharks present. And, I have never seen more than a few relatively harmless blue sharks and black tips. I have hooked quite a few of the harmless species like dogfish and leopards. Also some sting rays.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have to admit that some of my trips were in waters where I COULD have encountered bull sharks or tiger sharks...both dangerous. But, fortunately, I never sustained any big circular bite marks either to my "dangling" appendages or to my craft. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have been bitten by a lot of the toothy fish I have caught though...and have sustained some nasty spine punctures...both to me and the tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The float tube was just another floating device that got me from point A to point B. A boat, canoe, kayak or pontoon would have been much better in most cases. A lot of times I used the tube strictly to float down to a chosen hole, run or bar and then got out to cast.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have fished salt water off both coasts, in the Sea of Cortez and the Gulf of Mexico. Unlike kayakers, I do not venture far from shore, fishing mostly the inshore reefs and kelp beds. I have never knowingly launched into areas known to have great white sharks present. And, I have never seen more than a few relatively harmless blue sharks and black tips. I have hooked quite a few of the harmless species like dogfish and leopards. Also some sting rays.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have to admit that some of my trips were in waters where I COULD have encountered bull sharks or tiger sharks...both dangerous. But, fortunately, I never sustained any big circular bite marks either to my "dangling" appendages or to my craft. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have been bitten by a lot of the toothy fish I have caught though...and have sustained some nasty spine punctures...both to me and the tube.[/#0000ff]
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