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RHenn,
On returning from Cuba in Feb, it wasn't until on the 'plane back that i realised that my passport had NO entry/exit stamps from Castros' Paradise! I was a bit disappointed, but i guess a 'Forign departure' would work the same??
Andy
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"My fishing is no longer an obsession, an addiction, or a mania; it's much more than that!
" - Dave Micus
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RHenn, yes that is what folks are doing.
It is NOT illegal for Canadians or most other countries for that matter to travel to Cuba.
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LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL
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LF,
I agree that it's not illegal for folks from other countries to travel to Cuba, but I was under the impression that Americans are doing it via Canada.
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Hey RH,
Yes, it is happening. It's just not
legal. Warm regards, Jim
[url=http://www.ibike.org/cuba/ofac/010805-nyt.htm:80d86]http://www.ibike.org/cuba/ofac/010805-nyt.htm[/url:80d86]
[This message has been edited by Jim Hatch (edited 15 September 2005).]
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Sometimes people do get caught despite their attempts to cover their tracks. A couple of years ago a local couple were caught and prosecuted. They had went to Cuba via Canada and Mexico. Their fine was about $5k a person plus a federal offense on their record.
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Yes Rhenn, that's what I'm saying. I travel to Canadafrequently and rarely do they stamp my passport. Having a entry/exit stamp from Canada is not an issue though. What you don't want is a stamp from Cuba in your passport.
I have yet to hear of anyone going there fishing who got into any trouble with the US Govt. . I do know of a few who got stung that made the mistake of trying to bring lots of contraban back (cigars).
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Jeff - AKA Dr. Fish
If it has fins and swims than I must chase it!
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DR Fish,
Sorry, but I have to disagree with your practice. Laws are laws, and should not be circumvented. No matter how good the fishing is! And if you do get caught, you deserve everything you get. Sorry, I just can't see how folks can hold the law in such low regard. Rob
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Hello RH,
I might have missed something but I
didn't see where Dr. Fish said He had been
to Cuba. I don't take from his posts that
he has or that he encourages it. He just
explains in response to your query how it
is happening. I have been to all the
neighboring islands and have circled Cuba
on a boat dragging feathers. I've smoked
my share of good Cuban cigars from Haiti or
the Dominican Republic. But to my knowledge
I've never broken a law doing so. Nor do
I take that Dr. Fish has or is encouraging
anyone else to. Warm regards, Jim
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I remember reading in Fly Fisherman or some other rag years ago that bonefish can be a little scarce in Cuba.
The Cubans eat them.
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"The trout were laughing so hard at us that they considered evolving and growing legs so that they could crawl out of the water and catch their breath"
Dave Barry
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Dudley, the fishing sites around the Cayos are all protected, no locals are allowed onto the islands unless the work there, no comm. fishing for miles around the islands, and government checkpoints at all access points.
When i was there, there were vast shoals of Bones, and no shortage of larger bones, or other types of fish, on the protected areas.
Andy
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"My fishing is no longer an obsession, an addiction, or a mania; it's much more than that!
" - Dave Micus