ATV Florida Forum

Must have been some great stuff....oh well, I'm sure I had more fun at the Square grouper last night anyway. I can't imagine what went on inside my Keys thread to get it moved to moderators only, How the flotilla thread made it all the way to the morning amazes me...

I would triple my contribution to this site if I could read in the moderators only section...lol


See ya gents, time to go slaughter some fish. If anyone is down here PM me and we will have a drink or ten. ;)

I saw them to the end, same old crap. You didn't miss anything.

Yeah, but isn't it the same old crap that makes those threads so amusing?   2:L :R rolback1

Bring back some pics Jack !  You know where to post them !  ;)

Jack -

I'll be down at our place on Little Torch next weekend from Saturday through the follow week for Dolphin. You going to be around? Always welcome on the boat with me.

~ Matt

Freakin beautiful down here AO. I love when drought makes the bougainvilleas and poincianas bloom. Here is mine. It is still beat up from the 4 foot storm surge.

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These dudes were tearing it up. I have to get one.

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Good lord I love redneck women.

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Was windy so I went  and dove the back country.

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I will definitely see if I can be down here to have a few with you Matt!

i will be in the keys from july 19 till the 26 never been there bringing the boat so i can do some real fishing  and  see if   i can beat the 92 pond cobia i got last month  i will be at island merada  if any one can make let me know

I might be at our place in Tavernier next weekend but will definitely be at Ocean Reef the following weekend.  Little Torch is quite a ways from where we are, though.

Dang you guys sure are lucky to be able to be there. Props to ya !  ;)

Only if I get my POS running, I will be down in 2 weeks... don't let yer boat sit!!

Im working on finishing up the wire wheeling today & will be in the water shortly.




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My boat has been sitting next to that poinciana in the canal all winter. I hit the key and it fired right up. The rain actually cleaned it up all nice. ;)
My lift cylinder must leak down since I had a reef on my lower unit and I am sure I left it up....lol...or did I, but a few seagrass flat mudding adventures cleaned that right up.


QUAD: I would rather live where you are, South Florida is ok, but I would really prefer to be closer to the woods and away from this banana republic.



Sounds like we need to have a ATVF Keys fishing tournament to me.

LMAO, Looks like Mel Fishers boat sitting in dry dock down on Stock Island.















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Last summer, mine nearly sank (make sure your bilge pump is working) took on 5 or 6 hundred gallons while beached at John Lloyd in whisky creek. sunk my engine up to the altenator, and manage to bail until I could find the pump. Replaced the Alt, starter, drained the stale gas, 25 gal, and put fresh fuel in. Ran great at the house, but wouldn't idle at the dock. Sitting here now rebuilding the carb, well, it's soaking in the carb cleaner right now. Gotta love those Rochester Quadrajets!!

Now that sucks!!! I saw Harbor Freight has a 5HP 2" water pump for $199. I think I am going to get one for the hell of it.


I do love those Quadrabogs....I mean, you must need all those crazy balls, rods, springs and such in there. A sign of high tech if you ask me!!! I think I have a Holley 600cfm vacuum secondary somewhere in my garage with the adaptor plate for a Q-jet if you are interested...

got a fishing trip in the keys coming up in july also.  might be the same time you're down there ctngrs.  not sure which island yet but we've rented a house and some friends are taking their boat down.  we're thinking about making a trip all the way to key west while down there.

matt, have fun on your fishing trip!  i expect to hear some great stories w/ some pics when you get back.

Thanks Lauren. It is a family tradition for over 15 years now to go down around father's day for trip to slay the dolphin. We stay at our house on Little Torch and usually take about 3 boats plus the one down there. Fish for 4-5 days and have a really good time.

Where exactly in Tavernier.....I grew up and went to school there.

I think I'll stick with the Q-jet on the boat. However, that Holly might be good for the camp truck, AKA "Satan".

So did I.Did you graduate from coral shores?If so what year?

Have a place back in Indian Isles.

My family used to own the bowling alley in islamorada.

Got a tear in my eye as I passed the Coral Grill on the way back home this afternoon.

My grandfather ran the kitchen at the grill.His brother owned it.

I ate there many times....Remember when Whale Harbor used to have good food? My family stopped there last year and the place was CRAP!!! The stir fry station just didn't have a lot of items like before, and the belgian waffle desserts were awful. NEVER AGAIN!!

I forget the name od the place, its on gulf side and thay make a killer Lobster Bisque samich ;D Its a fish market/raunt

Islamorada Fish Company

NOpe its way further down . I deliverd a bunch Palms to a hotel down there a few years back & it was a local place.Past Big Pine.

Absolutely!! Why I remember when you could bring some schoolies still wiggling into Whale Harbor and they would do em up with all the fixins for $6.00.



I know exactly where you are talking about. Name is on the tip of my tongue. On Stock Island the Hogfish Bar and Grill can't be beat.

Yeah, Whale Harbor has realy gone in the toilet over the years. I remember stopping there way way back as a kid when it was just a hole in the wall bar and grill. You used to be able to buy dry ice there too.

These days, it's terrible. Even the Paela sucks.  :(

The Keys.....no place like it on earth.

Man ............... You guys got me jealous talking about the Keys  :'(  :'( The wife & I were supposede to be camping in Bahai Honda from 6/1 - 6/7,but had to cancel to to lack of work/$$  >:D

Speaking of res. , anybody ever hit the No Name Pub on Big Pine Key ??

GREAT PIZZA  ;)  ;)

Love the No Name Pub...even though I've been bit by a dog two times inside the place on two separate occasions. True story.

Anyone remember Moutain Mike's Pizza on Big Pine? They used to have a breakfast pizza with bacon, eggs and hashbrowns on it. Friggin excellent!

I  remember 25 years ago Coral Grille was 8 dollars all you can eat ,with a 1 hour wait. they sure destroyed
islamorada with all the building going on down there. I bet with the slow economy property is cheep down there now. Friends told me people are moving out of there in droves ,cant sustain living there

Damn I miss the Keys.
Eloped to Plantation Key.
Haven't been down there since 2003.

Yeah, land's getting real cheap down there; only $325.000.00 for .17 acres instead of $500,000.00.   :o

Hey, I've got a couple of 1/4 acre lots on a deep canal on Little Torch I'll sell for $400k each.   ;)

next year it will be worth half that   what are the taxes?

Nah, it's the Keys man! Property values are not that bad off down there like you'd think. Granted, things are not moving like they used to. And the taxes? Whew, you don't even want to know.  ;) It's crazy!

As much as I like the place, all that nasty money hanging all over the walls and roof bothers me....not enough to skip get plastered at the bar though. ;)



Couple of friends of mine just bought a 1/2 acre commercial lot in Big Pine for $160,000.


Hell, they went down this year!!! Sucks not having a homestead though...

Lets not forget a few pics.

Bring your own!

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The bridge is open now, and gay as can be. I would like to punch the guy who picked this aqua abomination.

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From up top.

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Again from up top, never saw this before...

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Didn't they promise four lanes?

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http://www.summerlandseafood.com/ ?

I got some crap food there at FishCutters last season and ain't been back. Boondocks and Parrotdice do just fine. ;)

Hungry Tarpon? That place  had decent food.also the place near Plantation Key colony had an awsome rueben samich >:D