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Ruby Red Lip
 
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| im new to town... i have seen some posts saying petronius is closest but it is 70 miles others saying it is 54 miles can anyone clear it up
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Mingo
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Depends on the pass you leave out of but it is 70 out of P'Cola.
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Ruby Red Lip
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| where would be something better to go to then? if it gets choppy we might not get that range we need .... but if we get inside 25 miles i have sea-tow
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Mingo
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Seriously? rely on Sea Tow because your boat does not have the range to get back. We have a potential Darwin Award winner...
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Ruby Red Lip
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| darwin.. why because i want to go fish .... i dont have the range your 33' does.... but im willing to do what i can with what is available ... plus its my friends boat and he is comfortable with it out that far sometimes you just have to go if i always worried about consequences it would be a boring sad life that i lived
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Trigger
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| Petron is 67 miles from Pensacola Pass as indicated. You could obvously shave a bit off that going out of Perdido but not exact on distance (55 maybe). Thats it in terms of closest deep water rigs.
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Mingo
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| If I remember correctly, Petronius is 61 miles out of Perdido Pass. That's pretty much the closest area to consistently find tuna action. If you are unsure about your range and think a trip to Petronius might be pushing it, please consider that this is the most unforgiving time of year to fish offshore. The north winds kick up the seas something fierce this time of year, and, of course you would be taking it it head-on returning to the pass, should that happen. Sure wouldn't figure Sea Tow into my float plan...
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White Marlin
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| I think some of you are speaking in nautical miles versus statute miles. From perdido pass its about 64 NM or about 72 SM if i'm not mistaken. Where's Tom Hilton at? He could tell you exactly how far and at what heading.
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Bryan Bennett (12/18/2008)
If I remember correctly, Petronius is 61 miles out of Perdido Pass. That's pretty much the closest area to consistently find tuna action. If you are unsure about your range and think a trip to Petronius might be pushing it, please consider that this is the most unforgiving time of year to fish offshore. The north winds kick up the seas something fierce this time of year, and, of course you would be taking it it head-on returning to the pass, should that happen. Sure wouldn't figure Sea Tow into my float plan...Damn Bryan, I guess I was typing at the same time. Like Bryan says, its a long way if you have any uncertainties. Plan around good weather for your first trip to get a better bead on what is safe for your vessel but more importantly, your crew. Theres no "Lets just go back" once your 40 plus miles out in nasty seas.
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tunapopper (12/18/2008)
I think some of you are speaking in nautical miles versus statute miles. From perdido pass its about 64 NM or about 72 SM if i'm not mistaken. Where's Tom Hilton at? He could tell you exactly how far and at what heading. Im with you... 61 regular miles from Perdido... Heck no! Its got to be more like 75! Shoot the Ram P is 85 miles straight south of D.I.
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White Marlin
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Yeah last time i checked on the GPS in statute miles the petronius was 73 SM, marlin was 87 SM and the ram is right at 98 SM from Perdido Pass. Horn Mt. Is something like 112 or so.
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Mingo
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| What fish are you targeting? There are plenty of closer rigs for targeting snapper, AJs, cobia, etc.... For YFT, petronius would probably be the closest.
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Ruby Red Lip
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| Howdy, Petronius is 62.8 NM from the Perdido Pass farewell buoy and 67.5 from the Pensacola farewell buoy. Tom
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We have a winner! Tom is right .Probably not a real smart thing to use sea tow in your plan .I have been to the patronias about 65 times and have been caught in some weather that I regretted . Usually do real well though,yellowfin blackfin wahoo.So if you do decide to plan on sea tow to get you the rest of the way home, make sure you have a last will and testament made up.
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JOSHua (12/18/2008)
where would be something better to go to then? if it gets choppy we might not get that range we need .... but if we get inside 25 miles i have sea-tow Anytime you start figuring sea-tow into your float plan you need to forget about it.
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