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My Fish Finder Main => General Fishing Discussion => Topic started by: taxid on Sep 08, 2017, 08:23 PM
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Where would you move?
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I would stay right here. There's more quality fishing, both warm water and cold, within an hour radius than most can imagine. Stretch that to four hours and I've got Ontario salmon in one direction and salt in the other. I'm happy where I'm at, but I still enjoy the adventure of a long distance trip. ;D
That said, if I had to move, it would be Maine. ;)
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Just in terms of the fishing; Florida Keys. Every time I am on the water in FL I say why don't I live down here? Then I get to shore and drive a couple hundred yards and remember why I don't live in FL.... Not to mention things like it will be under water soon. I am very happy with MA, with its great fresh water and many miles of salt coast like Cape Cod. From Trout to Tuna it is hard to beat when it comes to variety.
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Florida
And I will be there in 4 yrs
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Looks like people down there will be eager to sell!
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Iwas in Fla. ONCE. I will take a blizzard over a hurricane any time.
The wife showed me a picture from an island as the hurricane passed over. There was no water in the ocean as far as you could see.
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No doubt the fishing is good in Florida but I didn't care for it down there. Too built up and developed for me. I made annual visits when my parents lived down there.
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I would stay right here. There's more quality fishing, both warm water and cold, within an hour radius than most can imagine. Stretch that to four hours and I've got Ontario salmon in one direction and salt in the other. I'm happy where I'm at, but I still enjoy the adventure of a long distance trip. ;D
That said, if I had to move, it would be Maine. ;)
Ironic I'm thinking of retiring in your part of the country in a few years. Not enough quality coldwater fishing for me here and I don't like to have to drive several hours to the Great Lakes.
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I have that opportunity now but choose to stay in New England for the time being. The contrast in fishing venues has kept my attention for 20 plus years In 13 years my daughter will be off to college, I will be 47 and provided the market doesn't crash I will probably stop working at that time. The Mrs. and I are likely going to purchase an RV and a Houseboat and will travel freely where ever the bite takes us.
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I live in Ma.,,I 've lived here 62 years. Ill die here. I've been to Florida.... they can keep that god forsaken place.... too hot...too many storms... too many people.. ...too many snakes... AND NO ICE.
We live in a great area... We have coast line with unlimited opportunities... a long drive can put you into great fishing for Kings... brown trout and steel head ... inland we have streams stocked with trout... a Drive to Maine or northern new Hampshire can put you into the most beautiful back country on the planet... hard to beat the simplicity of dunking a worm in a back woods beaver pond for brook trout that you had to hike in a mile to catch...
Im a striped bass fisherman at heart.. but I enjoy all types of fishing... the only ice found in FLa. is in a drink glass... not that it's a bad thing.. but I prefer to stand on mine a drill holes!
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northwestern Washington state, Pittsburgh, NH, or somewhere in the Maine woods. If I had to choose I would move somewhere on the Peugeot sound in WA and visit NH, and Maine in the winter.
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Lake Ontario has some amazing fishing, but i may lean towards Alaska just without Bears lol
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Newport Oregon. Maybe Florance Or.
Keep it safe!JDL
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Lake Ontario has some amazing fishing, but i may lean towards Alaska just without Bears lol
I'll take bears over snakes...Alaska would defiantly be a second choice.
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I would want to be halfway between the amazing great lakes fisheries, and the outstanding saltwater action on the cape. Probably somewhere near a striper spawning tributary that also has some outstanding freshwater summer fishing, and near some nice ice fishing lakes. Maybe the albany area?
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Lmao Lance.. :D
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Maine or Texas
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Lmao Lance.. :D
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Right here in Rhode Island. Great freshwater fishing all around and even better Saltwater fishing. I do wish we had a population of Salmon though but a short ride north and we do. Ice fishing and great hunting as well.
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Living here in MA (New England as a whole) I'd stay here just for the sheer variety of fishing available, both fresh and salt.
Next would probably be Alaska because they have really good fishing, both fresh and salt.
I mean, you can catch monsters in either environment.
Saltwater would have salmon and halibut and fresh would have salmon and sturgeon.
Where else can you have a chance of catching a 200+ fish in both fresh AND salt?
But when you factor in the bears, wolves and biting insects, home is easier to deal with.
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One of the downsides to living in Alaska I'm told is the long winters with no sunlight. I've heard of people that had to move back to the lower U.S. because they got so depressed in the winter darkness.
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I though long and hard over the years... I would live in ohio, michigan, Indiana ,Wisconsin, new york etc the weather around is not all that bad.. look at Florida,Texas Mississippi etc.. with the hurricanes etc.. then there is bugs like scorpions, black widow spiders.. and snakes rattle to coral to python etc.. we though it sucks shoveling 10 inches of snow every few days in winter.. try to imagine being a flood victim or forest fire victim etc.. like out in California or even earth quakes... the surrounding states and countries around michigan has been very lucky we barely ever have natural disasters.. or many deadly spider or snakes to worry about maybe a bear or wolf but not much else.. can't get much worst or better.. I think I live in God's country if you ask me..
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Labrador
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south somewhere could boat year around... hate snow and ice.
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I moved to Vermont 20 years ago for the fishing....I knew some good "secret" spots. I bought a house next to one of those spots where I can catch wild browns over two feet long.
The landlock salmon fishing has gotten much better on Lake Champlain which is an hour away. It has pratically every other warm water fish you would care to fish for.
Lake Ontario tribs are around 5 hours away for kings, steelhead and such.
Most saltwater coastline is 5 hours away, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, even closer if going to Maine, NH.
I always hear of good brookie fishing in Maine which isn't that far.
If I had to move, I would pick Utah.
I spent a summer on Lake Powell many years ago, lots of stripers to be had. The upper elevation lakes were great for trout, many very remote requiring hiking or atv's. Some of the streams I fished were very productive as well. Then there is the Green River/Flaming Gorge area in northern Utah for excellent trout fishing.
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I'd like to retire somewhere in NE Pennsylvania... just not in Monroe county. I'd like to get up North a little, maybe Pike or Wayne. Just not Monroe. Great ice fishing, great soft water fishing and close enough to the Sound to make it a day trip to the shore or the other way to the finger lakes or Oneida or even Ontario.
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Gonna stay where i'm at in the USA, i have a nice piece of property for hunting and there's over a hundred lakes in this county with several good walleye lakes.
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Gonna stay where i'm at in the USA, i have a nice piece of property for hunting and there's over a hundred lakes in this county with several good walleye lakes.
So roughly where is that? Don't need to be specific.
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I'd like to retire somewhere in NE Pennsylvania... just not in Monroe county. I'd like to get up North a little, maybe Pike or Wayne. Just not Monroe. Great ice fishing, great soft water fishing and close enough to the Sound to make it a day trip to the shore or the other way to the finger lakes or Oneida or even Ontario.
What's wrong with Monroe County? ;D
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Taxes. >:(
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So roughly where is that? Don't need to be specific.
I'm thinking Indiana.
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i got it good.I live in western ny near lake erie (walleye, perch ) and have a camp on chaumont bay ( lake ontario, salmonoids and walleye and perch) great soft and hard water fishing for any fresh water fish other than stripers but my son lives in albany near hudson river , that being said it'd take alot to move me but the border of minnesota /iowa looks interesting andi'd like to explore that ;)
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Ironic I'm thinking of retiring in your part of the country in a few years. Not enough quality coldwater fishing for me here and I don't like to have to drive several hours to the Great Lakes.
Might want to consider a few thing when you move like hospitals are they close enough.. also house size I know as we get older stuff get harder to do.. like my parent there looking at houses and noticed the size of their house is harder to take care of now then it ever was.. and if you get older the harder it gets.. so think about up keep and land size up like aluminum siding vrsus having to paint wood siding every 5 years.. or having mow prune 5 acres versus .5 acres just stuff to think about that's why we stay around here but are not able to find smaller homes in this area were we live most are two story 2000 sq ft homes were walking up stairs is harder as you get older.. that's why there looking else ware and florida come to mind on land size and house sizes are perfect but hurricanes lizards ,bugs , and heat just turn us off that and sink holes so we're still searching may end out north of rochester hills.. here in michigan will see you got access to some very clean water like have access to lake huron lake st clair and the detroit river and St clair rivers .. and tons of hospitals and if willing to drive south you got erie etc .. if you have been to erie or huron you would pick huron.. for fishing that much cleaner water.. living between two is not bad either.. the last thing would be schools cause your retired and should not matter much unless your retired with kids lol's .... don't think it happens to offten.. do your self a favor and research areas you plan to move like in michigan I don't think we have that many tornados.. water spouts do happen but tornados barely ever.. I think your more likely to get lightining then tornados around here..
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Boondox,
All good points but I'm well aware of the issues that crop up when you get older. My parents live on my property in an apartment above my garage, and I've been able to see those issues first hand as one is pushing 80 and the other is 82. That said my wife is very overweight and has arthritis so that will play a part.
No worries about getting something bigger due to the lower appraisals for homes out here in the midwest vs. New England except for probably Maine. My property here in Indiana on three acres wth a three car garage and four ponds is appraised at about $260,000 whereas in say Massachusetts that wouldn't get me anything near that.
At least I'm not considering moving to California where 250 grand would get me only a shack!
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Boondox,
All good points but I'm well aware of the issues that crop up when you get older. My parents live on my property in an apartment above my garage, and I've been able to see those issues first hand as one is pushing 80 and the other is 82. That said my wife is very overweight and has arthritis so that will play a part.
No worries about getting something bigger due the and the lower appraisals for homes out here in the midwest vs. New England except for probably Maine. My property here in Indiana on three acres wth a three car garage and four ponds is appraised at about $260,000 whereas in say Massachusetts that wouldn't get me anything near that.
At least I'm not considering moving to California where 250 grand would get me only a shack!
Very ture last I heard a 1 bed appt was renting for $1,500 a month in California.. don't under estimate Caralina as in North or south plenty of ocean water to fish gem hunting.. can't remember if trout fishing goes that far south if tu did research cause I think water to warm that far south.. blue fin tuna etc happens there so why worry lol's.. same with Georgia they got coast for fishing to.. the thing about florida is sea level and most places are like 3 foot above sea level thete except ocala area my cousins live in spring hill south of ocala and we're not effected by that hurricane at all.. they did not even lose power.. but their 15 to 20 foot above sea level.. if you mover to floirda watch the sink hole maps and sea level but you said your not intrested so I will leave it alone lol's ..
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I've lived in NC (Ft. Bragg/ Fayetteville) when my dad was in the military and they do have trout fishing in the mountains and at least one highland reservoir for trout.
Been to Florida many times when the parents had a condo there. Just doesn't do anything for me. Too many people for me. And the drivers are absolutely insane. A resident in the condo had two guide dogs run over by people that had no concept of a red light.
I have to have at least hilly terrain and snow and ice fishing in the winter. My formative years were in Massachusetts so probably why I gravitate to New England.
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I've lived in NC (Ft. Bragg/ Fayetteville) when my dad was in the military and they do have trout fishing in the mountains and at least one highland reservoir for trout.
Been to Florida many times when the parents had a condo there. Just doesn't do anything for me. Too many people for me. And the drivers are absolutely insane. A resident in the condo has two guide dogs run over by people that had no concept of a red light.
I have to have at least hilly terrain and snow and ice fishing in the winter. My formative years were in Massachusetts so probably why I gravitate to New England.
Correct worst drivers in country my aunt was killed by drunk driver on way to work one morning in florida.. what about Maine I know you said mass is why I say it..
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First off very sorry to hear about your aunt. That's horrible.
Yeah Maine would be great. Lower taxes, lower cost of living, better housing prices, more remote fishing than Mass. And it may ultimately be Maine. The only downside is I will only be able to raise trout as Maine Inland Fisheries is paranoid of the other species I raise like yellow perch, bluegill, and crappie. Was told even rearing them indoors would be a no no by researcher.
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Im in Orlando now for work. Not really for me but I am adaptable. I have seen a few ponds here I'd love to cast into! They look so fishy!
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Im in Orlando now for work. Not really for me but I am adaptable. I have seen a few ponds here I'd love to cast into! They look so fishy!
Love Florida, just not the interior, like Orlando.
Anything more than 10 miles from the coast is too far.
The ocean and gulf breezes make a huge difference.
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Im in Orlando now for work. Not really for me but I am adaptable. I have seen a few ponds here I'd love to cast into! They look so fishy!
To bad your not by MiamI they planted peacock bass in some of the water bodies.. on the bucket list of stuff to do..
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I've mounted a few of those for customers that fished down there. A cool looking fish and not difficult to mount or paint using a photograph.
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Love Florida, just not the interior, like Orlando.
Anything more than 10 miles from the coast is too far.
The ocean and gulf breezes make a huge difference.
Orlando is hot. Flying back in a few hours!
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Orlando is hot. Flying back in a few hours!
nice in Winter.
but not so nice the rest of the year.
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I've mounted a few of those for customers that fished down there. A cool looking fish and not difficult to mount or paint using a photograph.
There is other fish in that same area that were planted to not sure off hand a few were very intresting and different looking.. all form the amazon ... I think 3 to 5 different species .. if you google miami, fl peacock bass fishing it bring up a few sites with pictures of the target spieces on it.. any how would be intresting to bread some of them if you ask me.. would be a tad different then perch same with blue gills .. you got to remember if there no ice the boat gets extra hours and not stored over the winter like up here so there are pluses. And minuses to it all.. but you like the north so don't let any thing I say stop you..
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Here is a link to the planted spieces like spotted clown knife fish, Mayan cichlids , and Oscars, gar, and buttery fly peacock bass..
https://www.theonlinefisherman.com/reel-news/fish-exotic-world-species-in-florida-canals (https://www.theonlinefisherman.com/reel-news/fish-exotic-world-species-in-florida-canals)
By the way taxid what do you mean by hilly?? Some of the areas up by manistee river is very hilly.. lot of mushroom hunting goes on their in the federal forest.. only problem with that point ls hospital closest one about 45 minutes away in traverse city mi.. well best one lol's not closest.. closest would be manistee genaral hospital in manistee.. but like I said It all ways worth a look see.. btw most of the state is flat toll you get to the u.p. there are areas by sleeping bear dunes that is hilly to.. all depends on what your looking for..
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Interesting links! Thanks for sharing.