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Originally Posted by Reefman
Never knew that the military used Rabbit Isl. as a bombing site! When we first started fishing out there in the 70's as you approached East end it looked like white train cars lined up out there with all the reefs exposed most of the time! Best way to head out was to follow 200 yards off Marsh Island then make a turn to the SE after East point to avoid Shell Keys. Back then we had no GPS, Loran was only for the big boys. Depth sounders were a rare item on board most boats. Charts and a corrected compass was it. Fishing back then was a real adventure to say the least. As we would head back in we stopped at each rig to get the numbers so we could correlate it to the charts...fog was our worst enemy! The fishing on the first small platforms once clear of the reefs was nothing short of fantastic. Most all those close in rigs have been pulled. You very seldom had to run out to 74 or 51 to catch.
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I can confirm that.
At twelve years old all we had was a compus and a watch.
Good ol days gone on a heading we can't ride.