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Post by fantastic5 on Nov 9, 2017 9:06:40 GMT -5
Ok, not coral, but a tree pic I took at a park near Jacksonville, Fl.
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 9, 2017 9:39:35 GMT -5
Ok, not coral, but a tree pic I took at a park near Jacksonville, Fl. LOL!!! That's awesome!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Nov 9, 2017 9:44:36 GMT -5
Never knew there were so many tree voyeurs out there.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 9:54:07 GMT -5
Ok, not coral, but a tree pic I took at a park near Jacksonville, Fl. OMG ya'll are funny, now I need to go looking around for tree pics I guess.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 9:57:24 GMT -5
OK, since we're all here talking about coral.... Can someone please tell me what is the difference between your pet coral and Tampa Bay agate? Isn't the agate actually coral? Same stuff Tela. Guessing different chemistry but both similar. The hollow corals in Valdosta and Tampa are what geologists call a pseudomorph. The biologists have a another name for the appendage on the tree lol. I went to Honeymoon Island ISO of coral, found some regular white (as I call it) and then some weird stuff which I'm guessing may be the agate??? I will take a pic and post when I'm home unless I can find one on my facebook.
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 9, 2017 10:14:54 GMT -5
Ok, not coral, but a tree pic I took at a park near Jacksonville, Fl. That looks like the tabby ruins (an ancient sugar factory) in the picture background in St Mary's Georgia a few miles from Jax.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 9, 2017 10:26:22 GMT -5
Trees don't need to concern with ED. Watch out Liz, your thread may slowly become the erection thread. Drifting threads and hijacked threads is the best part of this forum. This thread is at 5 pages and may be a record for not drifting lol.
Where's that coral thread ? Hey, better than those 3 word sentences on FB.
Liz, Ballast Point @ Tampa Bay was attacked back 20 to 30 years ago. It was covered w/fine hollow corals. It got so bad the government stopped collecting Tampa Bay Coral/agate. On Honeymoon too. Florida also got strict about collecting in the Suwannee and Santa Fe. Georgia just don't give a damn. I put in on Georgia bridge HWY 31 and take boat downstream on Withla into Florida where the Florida wardens rarely go and collect in Florida. One of my coral hunting buddies got cited(warning) collecting in Santa Fe and cannot afford the next level of punishment. Had to quit. So don't get caught in Florida....
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Post by jamesp on Nov 9, 2017 10:27:27 GMT -5
Ok, not coral, but a tree pic I took at a park near Jacksonville, Fl. OMG ya'll are funny, now I need to go looking around for tree pics I guess. Y'all must be hot, even trees respond.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 11:20:09 GMT -5
Trees don't need to concern with ED. Watch out Liz, your thread may slowly become the erection thread. Drifting threads and hijacked threads is the best part of this forum. This thread is at 5 pages and may be a record for not drifting lol. Where's that coral thread ? Hey, better than those 3 word sentences on FB. Liz, Ballast Point @ Tampa Bay was attacked back 20 to 30 years ago. It was covered w/fine hollow corals. It got so bad the government stopped collecting Tampa Bay Coral/agate. On Honeymoon too. Florida also got strict about collecting in the Suwannee and Santa Fe. Georgia just don't give a damn. I put in on Georgia bridge HWY 31 and take boat downstream on Withla into Florida where the Florida wardens rarely go and collect in Florida. One of my coral hunting buddies got cited(warning) collecting in Santa Fe and cannot afford the next level of punishment. Had to quit. So don't get caught in Florida.... So jamesp I heard you said Santa Fe, where on earth on that river, can't be the parts I've paddled a million times, must be the upper. Also, I've paddled the withlacoochee from Madison Blue to the confluence where it meets Suwannee. I looked and looked, saw no coral and it was super low when I went, actually had to walk the big shoals at the end because it was too low to paddle.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 11:22:04 GMT -5
Trees don't need to concern with ED. Watch out Liz, your thread may slowly become the erection thread. Drifting threads and hijacked threads is the best part of this forum. This thread is at 5 pages and may be a record for not drifting lol. Where's that coral thread ? Hey, better than those 3 word sentences on FB. Liz, Ballast Point @ Tampa Bay was attacked back 20 to 30 years ago. It was covered w/fine hollow corals. It got so bad the government stopped collecting Tampa Bay Coral/agate. On Honeymoon too. Florida also got strict about collecting in the Suwannee and Santa Fe. Georgia just don't give a damn. I put in on Georgia bridge HWY 31 and take boat downstream on Withla into Florida where the Florida wardens rarely go and collect in Florida. One of my coral hunting buddies got cited(warning) collecting in Santa Fe and cannot afford the next level of punishment. Had to quit. So don't get caught in Florida.... Yes my coral thread has taken the off ramp lol but its fine with me
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Post by jamesp on Nov 9, 2017 11:32:54 GMT -5
Trees don't need to concern with ED. Watch out Liz, your thread may slowly become the erection thread. Drifting threads and hijacked threads is the best part of this forum. This thread is at 5 pages and may be a record for not drifting lol. Where's that coral thread ? Hey, better than those 3 word sentences on FB. Liz, Ballast Point @ Tampa Bay was attacked back 20 to 30 years ago. It was covered w/fine hollow corals. It got so bad the government stopped collecting Tampa Bay Coral/agate. On Honeymoon too. Florida also got strict about collecting in the Suwannee and Santa Fe. Georgia just don't give a damn. I put in on Georgia bridge HWY 31 and take boat downstream on Withla into Florida where the Florida wardens rarely go and collect in Florida. One of my coral hunting buddies got cited(warning) collecting in Santa Fe and cannot afford the next level of punishment. Had to quit. So don't get caught in Florida.... So jamesp I heard you said Santa Fe, where on earth on that river, can't be the parts I've paddled a million times, must be the upper. Also, I've paddled the withlacoochee from Madison Blue to the confluence where it meets Suwannee. I looked and looked, saw no coral and it was super low when I went, actually had to walk the big shoals at the end because it was too low to paddle. Erg, I was near Alachua ? Does that sound right ? Close to I-75. Water colder than.... I did not find any coral that was colorful or hollow so I did not return. Now the place I find coral at the 31 bridge is upstream 3-4 miles and the best is at a big shoal 2 miles down stream. And going past 3 miles down stream the coral was no good. So I would suggest down stream at about 1.5 to 2.5 miles guessing. It is a hale and hearty paddle to the downstream spot. Let me see if I can give you a GE map.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 9, 2017 11:46:08 GMT -5
So jamesp I heard you said Santa Fe, where on earth on that river, can't be the parts I've paddled a million times, must be the upper. Also, I've paddled the withlacoochee from Madison Blue to the confluence where it meets Suwannee. I looked and looked, saw no coral and it was super low when I went, actually had to walk the big shoals at the end because it was too low to paddle. Erg, I was near Alachua ? Does that sound right ? Close to I-75. Water colder than.... I did not find any coral that was colorful or hollow so I did not return. Now the place I find coral at the 31 bridge is upstream 3-4 miles and the best is at a big shoal 2 miles down stream. And going past 3 miles down stream the coral was no good. So I would suggest down stream at about 1.5 to 2.5 miles guessing. It is a hale and hearty paddle to the downstream spot. Let me see if I can give you a GE map. Oops more like 4 miles downstream where all those red pins are. The first of the 5 pins down there has real nice coral. LONG haul for a day kayak trip.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 11:51:22 GMT -5
So jamesp I heard you said Santa Fe, where on earth on that river, can't be the parts I've paddled a million times, must be the upper. Also, I've paddled the withlacoochee from Madison Blue to the confluence where it meets Suwannee. I looked and looked, saw no coral and it was super low when I went, actually had to walk the big shoals at the end because it was too low to paddle. Erg, I was near Alachua ? Does that sound right ? Close to I-75. Water colder than.... I did not find any coral that was colorful or hollow so I did not return. Now the place I find coral at the 31 bridge is upstream 3-4 miles and the best is at a big shoal 2 miles down stream. And going past 3 miles down stream the coral was no good. So I would suggest down stream at about 1.5 to 2.5 miles guessing. It is a hale and hearty paddle to the downstream spot. Let me see if I can give you a GE map. If it's that big newer bridge on the fl/ga line I've been down stream about a mile or so, lots and lots of the dense white coral, then upstream maybe a mile found some nice coral. I can do down stream probably 3 miles and back but not when it gets dark so early. Is that the spot, the fl/ga line bridge?
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 11:53:05 GMT -5
Erg, I was near Alachua ? Does that sound right ? Close to I-75. Water colder than.... I did not find any coral that was colorful or hollow so I did not return. Now the place I find coral at the 31 bridge is upstream 3-4 miles and the best is at a big shoal 2 miles down stream. And going past 3 miles down stream the coral was no good. So I would suggest down stream at about 1.5 to 2.5 miles guessing. It is a hale and hearty paddle to the downstream spot. Let me see if I can give you a GE map. Oops more like 4 miles downstream where all those red pins are. The first of the 5 pins down there has real nice coral. LONG haul for a day kayak trip. Yeah, I won't make that in a day, not this time of year anyways. I think I could probably handle going back upstream 4 miles because it sure as heck isn't flowing much right now.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 9, 2017 11:57:55 GMT -5
Erg, I was near Alachua ? Does that sound right ? Close to I-75. Water colder than.... I did not find any coral that was colorful or hollow so I did not return. Now the place I find coral at the 31 bridge is upstream 3-4 miles and the best is at a big shoal 2 miles down stream. And going past 3 miles down stream the coral was no good. So I would suggest down stream at about 1.5 to 2.5 miles guessing. It is a hale and hearty paddle to the downstream spot. Let me see if I can give you a GE map. If it's that big newer bridge on the fl/ga line I've been down stream about a mile or so, lots and lots of the dense white coral, then upstream maybe a mile found some nice coral. I can do down stream probably 3 miles and back but not when it gets dark so early. Is that the spot, the fl/ga line bridge? Down where those 5 red pins are, from the 31 bridge. I believe they call it the GaFl bridge and it was recently re-done to like 4 lanes or rebuilt. Better coral all around is at the bridge you went to last weekend. Hard to beat that spot. That is why I use my little boat, not enough hours in the day to paddle those long runs. And carry 600 pounds of coral. Boat goes about 8 MPH lol, slow but 4 miles in 30 minutes ain't bad.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 12:15:00 GMT -5
If it's that big newer bridge on the fl/ga line I've been down stream about a mile or so, lots and lots of the dense white coral, then upstream maybe a mile found some nice coral. I can do down stream probably 3 miles and back but not when it gets dark so early. Is that the spot, the fl/ga line bridge? Down where those 5 red pins are, from the 31 bridge. I believe they call it the GaFl bridge and it was recently re-done to like 4 lanes or rebuilt. Better coral all around is at the bridge you went to last weekend. Hard to beat that spot. That is why I use my little boat, not enough hours in the day to paddle those long runs. And carry 600 pounds of coral. Boat goes about 8 MPH lol, slow but 4 miles in 30 minutes ain't bad. Yeah, I want to go back where I went last weekend but this time I intend on getting an earlier start. It is such a peaceful run, not a soul in site soooo, depending on the weather (which I haven't checked yet) I'll be there again sometime this weekend.
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Post by fantastic5 on Nov 9, 2017 12:34:05 GMT -5
Ok, not coral, but a tree pic I took at a park near Jacksonville, Fl. That looks like the tabby ruins (an ancient sugar factory) in the picture background in St Mary's Georgia a few miles from Jax. I think we were at Kingsly Plantation. St Mary's...been there a LOT. Have backpacked all the trails on Cumberland Island with the exception of 2. Love that place. 14 or 15 different week long trips. Everything from December to August.
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 12:46:02 GMT -5
Same stuff Tela. Guessing different chemistry but both similar. The hollow corals in Valdosta and Tampa are what geologists call a pseudomorph. The biologists have a another name for the appendage on the tree lol. I went to Honeymoon Island ISO of coral, found some regular white (as I call it) and then some weird stuff which I'm guessing may be the agate??? I will take a pic and post when I'm home unless I can find one on my facebook. Ok James and rockjunquie here is a pic of something I found a bunch of at Honeymoon Island. It is actually pretty and has some druzy pockets (or whatever it's called)
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Post by flmermaid744 on Nov 9, 2017 13:14:01 GMT -5
So jamesp I heard you said Santa Fe, where on earth on that river, can't be the parts I've paddled a million times, must be the upper. Also, I've paddled the withlacoochee from Madison Blue to the confluence where it meets Suwannee. I looked and looked, saw no coral and it was super low when I went, actually had to walk the big shoals at the end because it was too low to paddle. Erg, I was near Alachua ? Does that sound right ? Close to I-75. Water colder than.... I did not find any coral that was colorful or hollow so I did not return. Now the place I find coral at the 31 bridge is upstream 3-4 miles and the best is at a big shoal 2 miles down stream. And going past 3 miles down stream the coral was no good. So I would suggest down stream at about 1.5 to 2.5 miles guessing. It is a hale and hearty paddle to the downstream spot. Let me see if I can give you a GE map. So jamesp here I go again asking questions. Where do you find any laws about collecting coral on the Suwannee? I never found any and I guess TG I've never been stopped especially when I had that 97lb'r plus probably another 100 lbs in my yak on my very first collecting trip.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 9, 2017 13:18:02 GMT -5
I went to Honeymoon Island ISO of coral, found some regular white (as I call it) and then some weird stuff which I'm guessing may be the agate??? I will take a pic and post when I'm home unless I can find one on my facebook. Ok James and rockjunquie here is a pic of something I found a bunch View Attachment of at Honeymoon Island. It is actually pretty and has some druzy pockets (or whatever it's called) Petrified death plate. = petrified algae in Florida lingo. It is simply a petrified slab of ocean muck. Common with coral. Can be beautiful. Probably full of little critters and snails/shells.
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