Anyone know when the area around the outflow becomes a no boating zone?
I can't remember what date the signs have on them. I thought the exclusion started 11/15.
No Boating Zone at Gandy Powerplant Outflow, When?
No Boating Zone at Gandy Powerplant Outflow, When?
Michael
Never mind.......
Never mind.......
11/15 is correct, I forget till when though. it is a NO ENTRY, so even we cant get in there, its a manatee sanctuary in the winter, tons of them are out there now 8)
"I tell you now we won't give in
Without a vicious fight, We've been battered and left for dead, We've been beaten and we have bled-Versus the world" ~Amon Amarth
Without a vicious fight, We've been battered and left for dead, We've been beaten and we have bled-Versus the world" ~Amon Amarth
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Gandy Power Plant.
Til April 15th..
Also East side is Security zone. 150 yards from shore for about half a mile.
they do notify sheriff and FWC and USCG
Also East side is Security zone. 150 yards from shore for about half a mile.
they do notify sheriff and FWC and USCG
Re: Gandy Power Plant.
Great, then I should have nothing to worry about from the sheriff and FWC. They don't seem to care what violations take place when they are around. (This I have witnessed many times in that area. Sometimes they just sit there. Sometimes they would rather talk to their buddies/wife/girlfriend/etc. (They forget that sound travels quite far over water.) ) Now the USCG, that I take seriously. They don't mess around & have no sense of humor.Fishaddict wrote:Also East side is Security zone. 150 yards from shore for about half a mile.
they do notify sheriff and FWC and USCG
Last time I was admonished by the local guard on duty it was only 50 yards, but I could have misunderstood him.
Thanks!
Michael
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Re: Gandy Power Plant.
I went by too close, they said only 50 yards over the loudspeakerFishaddict wrote:Til April 15th..
Also East side is Security zone. 150 yards from shore for about half a mile.
they do notify sheriff and FWC and USCG
"I tell you now we won't give in
Without a vicious fight, We've been battered and left for dead, We've been beaten and we have bled-Versus the world" ~Amon Amarth
Without a vicious fight, We've been battered and left for dead, We've been beaten and we have bled-Versus the world" ~Amon Amarth
I just added the updated information to Destinations - Tampa Bay- Weedon Island.
I also included a modified (crude) map of the power plant outflow area to more accurately represent the current status of that area.
From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
"Pinellas County
The Bartow Electric Generating Plant Manatee Sanctuary is a seasonal manatee sanctuary, containing approximately 12.07 ha (29.82 acres), at the warm water discharge of the Bartow Electric Generating Plant in Tampa Bay, Pinellas County. This seasonal closure will prohibit all waterborne activity at this site from November 15 through March 31."
Here is a link for a more detailed explanation.
http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee ... -nov02.htm
I also included a modified (crude) map of the power plant outflow area to more accurately represent the current status of that area.
From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
"Pinellas County
The Bartow Electric Generating Plant Manatee Sanctuary is a seasonal manatee sanctuary, containing approximately 12.07 ha (29.82 acres), at the warm water discharge of the Bartow Electric Generating Plant in Tampa Bay, Pinellas County. This seasonal closure will prohibit all waterborne activity at this site from November 15 through March 31."
Here is a link for a more detailed explanation.
http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Manatee ... -nov02.htm
Michael
Never mind.......
Never mind.......