Insta-Gator

A friend who works on the base told me they were going through a lot of cut backs at NAS, and one of them was staffing for patrolling the shore for boaters within 500 ft. Therefore they were going to lift the ban of fishing within 500ft. Can anybody verify this?

Midnight Rider

:bump I hope this is true.I never understood why they let over one million visitors from all over the world on base each year to drive around and site see and to visit the museum. But let one local person drive his boat down the beach never steeping foot on dry land and they are ready to throw you under the jail.:banghead:banghead:banghead

P-cola_Native

As far as I know, it wasn't enforced this summer. I had the FWC guy mention it, but that was it. I didn't see the grey patrol boats all year, and I fished anywhere from 4 to 6 days a week all summer long byNAS.

I hope they lift the restriction. I can see having restricted areas around the boats and stuff, but it doesn't make since for everything else to be off limits. The base in Mississippi lets people fish pretty much anywhere, and it is running active missions. Isn't P'cola NAS just a training base?

Huntinman

My uncle is the chief fire fighter out there, and i Heard form him a while back that there were rumors they were going to shut the base down as far as military operations and leave it as a "resort base" for active military. As well as open it to more tourists to visit the museums, forts, and golf courses out there.

ppping

NAS Pensacola is going to be here for awhile with the addition of some Air Force commands from a BRAC closing in San Antonio. I have not seen any of the patrol boats either this year.

brnbser

The base has been gradually backing off of the security measures out in place post 9/11 and this is just another part of it

As for the "resort", not hardly, I've been there 15 yrs and if anything, expect activity to ramp up

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fishingwanz

As long as we are in a "state of war" they will have that buffer. I can't imagine what it is going to stop. BESIDES THERE IS NO GOOD FIHING NEAR THE BASE ANYWAY:angel. The boats may not be out there but there are still security guys in the white trucks that will tell you to leave if you get to close, but not that often, just remember if that guy tells you to go be nice those numbers on the side of your boat will give you away.

By the way thanks to all the guys on that base past, present, and future we owe it all to you:bowdown:usaflag

captjimV.A.S

As far as there being no fish.In the past and as recent as a mounth ago i have caught almost everything that swims off the base while on my boat.35# grouper..180# black tip..25#plus kings..white trout ,blue fish,flounder,trigger fish, red snapper,black snapper to mention just a few.I have been chased off a few times but never resulted in a problem.I have seen people fishing off the wall by the turning basin so maybe they ARE:bowdown easeing up on the reg's.:clap

Doogiesar

I heard the same thing. I heard about the cut backs last year. I heard from my co-workers here on base that they pulled in the bouys. But when I was out on the weekend of the 11th there was bouys at the refueling dock, west of sherman. I haven't checked the bouys at the piers lately.

You have seen people fishing on the big peir on Saturdays because they have a fishing tournyment put on as fund-raisers. 10.00 a person and a prize at the end of the day. Weigh in is at 1400 onit starts at 0600.If you are military, active or retired, DOD employee, or dependant then come on and fish.

I on the other hand, fish the piers at evening or night. I have been run off, but not in a long time. When they come by and kick you out, just say ok, thanks and move on. I try my luck and sometimes I am only there for 5 mins before they show up, other times I may not get told to leave all night.

There are 4CAMERAS there, so your not being as sneaky as you think when trying to get in close. 2 cameras on the bigpier. One looking into the U and one looking out of the U. It is just a matter if the have the manning or the time to bust you or not. Before the fence was put up and before I got my boat. We used to get there before day break and fish until we got busted and told to leave.

Wookie

I guess your definition of poor fishing near the base but be related to trying to find a Marlin or something because I've always caught something decent and I'm a strictly shore fisherman. But hey more room for me to fish. Anyway, last tourney of the year coming up in a few weeks