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Happy Birthday Riff!!!!

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:39:19 +0000

Happy Birthday Riff!!!!

Instead of Double Down-It's Dummy Down

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:34:39 +0000

i am appalled at the FCAT scores this year. Never in the years I had to deal with FCAT did the scores ever look this dismal. Proving once again how inefficient the education system is here in FL. This is from a former principal I worked for in 2005.

"Bob

Florida again. Home of the dumbest people on earth.

America is doomed, we are the stupidest group of people on the planet. I see it all around me. I caught my car salesman in an error and they owe me $1000.00 plus.

Today, I was tutoring sixth grade math and watching kids count on their fingers.

Passing score lowered for FCAT Writing exam | News - Home"

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Passing-score-lowered-for-FCAT-Writing-exam/- /1637132/13396234/-/k1ckc2z/-/index.html

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May 19th Surf Fishing Tournament

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:59:41 +0000

May 19th Surf Fishing Tournament

If you don't know how to surf fish, come to this event and learn how. You don't need a 12 foot surf rod, bring your regular 7 foot spinning or bait casting rod. You just need to cast into the trough just beyond where the waves break next to the shore.

A sand spike (a piece of 2" PVC pipe) to hold your rod and reel out of the sand, a bucket and a couple extra pre-rigged surf fishing rigs are good to bring, or learn how to tie your own in later posts.

And don't forget to bring the kids! There will be a separate Kids Tourney!

Where? Playlinda Beach, which is east of the Titusville Bridge. Parking Lot #9.
When? 7 am until 10:30 am, May 19th.
Cost? $10 for adults and Kids Tourney is FREE!
How to win? The longest Whiting wins!
Sidepot? The longest Pompano wins!

Sign up now so we can bring enough food for everyone!

High Tide`at 7:30 am.
Sunrise at 6:29 am.

Free to good home (labradoodle puppy)

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:44:35 +0000

I know a family that bought a Labradoodle puppy (for a 10 year old boy), the boy lost interest, and nobody wants to keep and train the puppy. They paid $650 for the puppy (the breeder wanted $800), and they just want it to go to a good home. It is in Lakeland, so a little drive to pick it up. If anybody is interested, let me know, and I will get more info for you. We have a standard poodle, and looked seriously at Labradoodles before we got our Cody. They are very good family dogs, and are a hypo-allergenic breed.

GPratt/Rockin Rick/SM 5/16 528 Seawall

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:16:15 +0000

tried a new spot-wasnt so hot-went back to 528 reg place-cept it was taken-got there at 10pm-left by 11:30-freakin rain didn't help much

oh i almost fergot-20 shrimp at most in 8 traps

some days ur the dog-some days yer the hydrant i feel pist on

Was really greaqt to get Gpratt off his arse and take him shrimping-he said his boat is almost ready for some fishing- YIPPEE! It's taken me 4 years to get him to this point.

Rick bought my old shrimp traps and I bought 4 new ones from Mai-if anyone is interested her number is

321-452-7612 Tell her Bob sent u -the price is $40 each and they are NICE!

Shrimping 528 Seawall 5-12-12

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:23:15 +0000

In all my 20 years of shrimping from the seawall I have never witnessed a 5 gallon night. That is until last night. Man the shrimp had me dialed in. I had a couple of buddies that got there before sundown. I didn't make it out until 10pm so when I got there the spots were limited, in fact I only had enough room for 3 of my 4 traps. My first pull had nearly 40 shrimp and they only soaked 20 minutes, one trap had 30 in it. That trap produced 20+ shrimp every half hour for 2 about hours and then the line moved north to one of my other traps and that trap would get 30 in a half hour. When you pull a trap up you feel them popping around in the trap but when they are loaded up it feels a pack of Black Cat firecrackers exploding. I could not believe the luck of those traps, everyone asked me if I baited for them, I told them no and that I have never baited a trap and had success with it. My buddies left at 1am with 1 1/2 gallons and I finished up the night at 3am with 3 1/2 gallons or 341 shrimp. I had some really nice 8" jumbo's shrimp but this young girl new to shrimping dipped a 9"er I laid mine next to hers and it dwarfed mine, amazing the size of the shrimp we are catching right now. We also dipped about 6 dozen shrimp all night so the surface was getting action as well. Very few crabs, one squid about 5"'s. Lotsa wind so no bugs to speak of I do not mean to gloat but I'm so glad to see the shrimp return to my area, it has been a long time coming. I see myself and the kids getting some wall time this summer. Chris

How about that bucket!!!

Guiness Fastest Banjo Picker

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:50:41 +0000

good stuff
-wish they would mute that damn timer tho

5/14 EW Scouting trip

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:26:02 +0000

I left the EW ramp and saw my first tarpon roll this year. Summer fishing has started!

I checked out a bait pod not far from the ramp and caught an 18" bluefish which destroyed the hooks on my spook jr. I had picked up a X-rap topwater plug from the bargain bin at Gander Mt. last week, so I tried it. Fourth cast and something blasted it! This was no bluefish! You can only imagine my excitement when I saw that it was a Snook! Of course I didn't bring my camera today, so no pics of a very healthy 24"er...

I caught a half dozen trout to 20", but couldn't find a redfish to make an Inshore Slam, but a great morning anyway! Back at the dock by 9:30 am.

Mitch passed awaay

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:21:34 +0000

One of the two brothers on Swamp People passed away. Was standing on a dock when he had a heart attack. He fell into his boat but they cudn't get medics there in time. They performed CPR but didn't do any good.

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http://news.yahoo.com/swamp-people-cast-member-mitchell-guist-dies-183414977.html

Happy Birthday RockinRick!!!!

Tue, 15 May 2012 03:49:03 +0000

Happy Birthday Rick!!!!

North IRL 5/7/2012

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:22:02 +0000

My son Jason had the day off and wanted to go fishing this morning. We headed to Scottsmore to launch but found the road to the ramp was closed at the RR Track for repairs to the crossing. Headed on south to Jones Rd in Mims and was able to launch fine. We went north almost to Turnbull Creek and started fishing with plugs around the schools of mullet. Boated 4 keeper trout 16, 18, 20 & 21 on plugs. All fish were released. Had a great time.

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Happy Birthday Nelson!!!!

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:54:07 +0000

Happy Birthday Don!!!!

HEY YOU

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:53:05 +0000

Hey everyone Been missin ya'll. I'm gettin it together here . Just about to finishup with the probate and just about caughtup on the taxs. Got another motor for the SHRIMPAHOLIC just got to add water and all will be well in my world (I HOPE!) See ya soon I Pray.

Dr Oz: Foods for Clogged Arteries

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:34:36 +0000

Dr Oz: Foods for Clogged Arteries

Looking for foods to turn back the hands of time? On today�s show, Doctor Oz showed you the healthy foods that can turn back the clock on your insides and add years to your life.

Dr Oz Foods to Unclog Arteries

Dr Oz gave a list of foods that are perfect if you have clogged arteries.

Jennifer, an audience member, told Dr Oz that she had a family history of heart disease. Her father has an enlarged heart and her grandmother was just diagnosed with heart disease. To keep healthy, she just joined a gym and plus, had her 4 kids to keep her on her toes. (Anyone with at least 1 kid know this to be true!) Jennifer told Dr Oz she also changed her diet and ate more green veggies. She also baked foods instead of frying them.

Dr Oz says your arteries are like a circular tube. These superfoods are so powerful, they can keep the tube from becoming clogged.

Cantaloupe & Kiwi for Clogged Arteries

Cantaloupe and Kiwi act to inhibit rust formation that happens in our blood vessels. (Oxidation) The more you eat, the more benefit you have. Eat 1 cup cantaloupe and 1 cup kiwifruit per day for maximum benefits.

Shrimp Unclogs Arteries

Dr Oz says that when you eat shrimp you may think it messes up the cholesterol in the body. This is a big fallacy. It�s not the amount of cholesterol you eat, it�s the amount of fat you eat that clogs the arteries. The cholesterol in shrimp is good because it functions as plastic wrap, so to speak. Instead of depositing itself in the arteries and clogging them up, it gives you a chemical that prevents the bad cholesterol from getting into your arteries. For best results, eat 5 medium shrimp 2x per week (grilled, not fried). Also, skip the cocktail sauce.
Red Skin Grapes & Cranberries for Clogged Arteries

Arteries may have fat in them. Red skin grapes and cranberries function as a strainer by taking fat out of the blood vessels and dumping it into cells. With exercise, the cells then burn it away. Eat 1cup of grapes per day 3 x per week or 3 glasses of cranberry juice per week.

Please read

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:49:51 +0000

Chris' shrimp report from 5/12

the reports tend to look the same-but the dates change as well as the catch

Why aren't more of u die hard shrimpers taking advantage of what Chris and I are telling u-come see for urself-get some traps and take home 5 gallons!

C-Diver Mike needs our prayers

Sat, 12 May 2012 21:45:53 +0000

Mike has been in the hospital the past couple of days in great pain. Looks like a rushed surgery happening in the morning. I just got off the phone with him and he said he is ready to get this done. No surgeries are easy and there is always the uncertainty of being knocked out. It is a fairly common surgery which will be performed but they all have there risks. I hope and pray all goes well from over here in Deltona. Scott

Shrimping 528 Seawall 5-4-12

Sat, 12 May 2012 20:18:11 +0000

Decided to return to my shrimping roots Friday night and took the kids out to do some shrimping with the traps on the seawall. We didn't get out til after 10:30pm and pulled our traps about every half an hour. We averaged about 30 shrimp a pull with 10 traps out. Finished up at 3am with 310 mixed shrimp small to jumbo's, mostly large. Several 7"+ shrimp. We had lights out but we only dipped about 6 the whole time. Beautiful night, I'm sure glad the SSE wind was blowin 10 cause the skitters and noseeums were thick at times, no wind would have been brutal. It was a fun night and we were rewarded with a bonus of shrimp to feed the family. Life is good!!

528 Seawall 5/10

Sat, 12 May 2012 17:09:07 +0000

got there at 2pm and peed on the corners of the pilings (marking my territory)

Several thugs tried their best to get into my NW corner but I got out of the car and got up in their faces and told them I had been there since 2pm and if they wanted the best spot-they better beat me to it next time-they were pretty ticked off. They got there at 5 expecting no one else to be there.

Long story short-SIL and i got some really trophy shrimp-several 7++ sized. 2 gallons-we stayed till 1am-wind died-so did the shrimping

had planned on going Sat night then i remembered what a zoo it was last saturday night-thank goodneszs the sherriff (wilfish) brought his gun-he can't go this wknd so i figggered no one would be there to protect me from those bullies-i will try again next Wed evening

Pancakes

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:13:19 +0000

A mother and father took their 6 yr old to the Dr but were a little embarrassed on what was wrong with the child. Finally, after much hesitation, the dad pulled the boy's britches down and declared that they were concerned because of their boy's small penis. The Dr laughed and said, "Just feed him pancakes-that works every time!" The parents were dumbfounded at such a simple cure.

The next morning, the little boy came running down for breakfast. When he got to the table he saw a whole stack of pancakes! "Oh Boy! Pancakes for me?"

The mother announced, "2 are for you-the rest are for your daddy!"

Shrimping Pineda Causeway 5-11-12

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:00:51 +0000

I have wanted to trap some shrimp all week long but wasn't able to get out, but I did manage a trip late last night. I knew that 528 was packed so I decided to try out Pineda Causeway. We got there at 10:30pm with only one guy on the wall, he had 4 traps, a generator w/ lights shining on the water, really nice guy named Russ.

The kids and I got to work setting out 11 traps. We put some on the north side, center and south side. My boys wanted to fish so we pulled traps at 11pm to see if we had any baitfish in the traps. We ended up with 3 baitfish and 8 Jumbo shrimp.

So while the boys fished. I just kicked back and talked with my new seawall neighbor. I like getting out and meeting different folks on the seawall, this kind of shrimping allows you more time to talk to people with the same interest. The next thing you know your shoulder to shoulder walking the wall helping pull each other traps and talking about past experiences, trap designs, etc... Russ did manage to dip a jumbo shrimp from time to time.

We pulled traps on the hour and our best combined pull was 12 and our best trap was 4 shrimp. The shrimp were not plentiful, what they lacked in quantity they more than made up for it in size, some of the biggest shrimp that I've seen in a while. We pulled the plug at 3am with our 38 Jumbo shrimp. Russ probably had twice that but he was there at sundown.

When we left I wanted to see what was happening at Mathers Bridge and the Eau Galle Causeway Bridge. So I took the long way home, actually more like, around my elbow to get to my rear end, but it was a scouting mission so it was worth it. To my surprise not many people out, I realize it is past 3am but when the shrimp run they show up in droves and stay all night. Sometimes folks don't even show up til the wee hours of the morning.

The weather was awesome, plenty of breeze no bugs to speak of. Great night out on the seawall. TTYL, Chris

WOW!

Sat, 12 May 2012 00:58:54 +0000

this is exciting-24 hours and nothing new posted-go read my shrimping report add on

shrimp traps

Fri, 11 May 2012 02:42:13 +0000

Does anyone build shrimp traps to sell anymore I would like to buy some or try to find one that I could get an copy to build some myself

Lagoon Fishin - No Catchin

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:32:58 +0000

Du and I hit the lagoon at abut first light and ran up to marker 29. The front had passed through earlier than I expected so we already had a cool north wind blowing at a good clip. We fished behind the islands there and managed two hookups with quick releases. Both fish didn't hit hard and maybe they just struck the Rapala because it irritated them. Don't know but Mullet were everywhere in there. After two drifts there we moved east into the islands in the pole and troll. Nothing, nada, zilch. Not many Mullet there. After we got back into the running lane the starter would not engage. I pulled the cowling, handed Dumont a big screwdriver, and he gave the shaft a boost as I hit the starter. The engine started and we figured it was time to call it a day.

The sky was blue, the day was great, but the fish weren't interested. Next time.

Lew

Welcome Crabman!

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:28:45 +0000

Welcome Crabman!

Boy, I almost forgot how to do this! Welcome to the greatest club on earth! Watch out for the old man named Bama-he's a little goofy-but other than that this is a great club to belong to!

Tell us all about u and how u found the club!

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Thursday at Titusville

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:26:15 +0000

After 3 weeks of playing nurse with two sick women Dumont and I got out. We started north of Parrish Park before sunup and very quickly found a big school of Mullet. The Trout were there and aggressive. We caught 7 Trout with four over 20". The biggest was 23". We did have 4 hook up and get off after a good fight. By 9 they shut down and at 10 we got off the water. It was a nice morning with a good wind for drifting and the wind had picked up when we got off the water. Great day. Rapala rules.

Lew

I coulnt stand it

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:12:15 +0000

With my back out and no way to fish off boat, I decided to take the dog and fish from the bank. No I didnt take the dog for bait Plenty of mullet 4" range. caught a few fish we wont talk about also a couple of dink trout. Then this 11 spotter just under slot.
The drum are now about 4-1/2" where they were 3-3-1/2" last month

Daytona Beach crawfish festival

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:23:18 +0000

There is to be a crawfish festival on May 12th and 13th on Main Street in Daytona Beach.
Click on the link: http://www.mainstreetdaytonabeach.com/Main_Street_Home/IMAG014A.JPG
I'd sure like to be there! The mud bugs are flown in live from Louisiana..
Any one going or been there before?

Don't forget the Blue Crab festival in Paltka on the 28th of May (Memorial Day) also!
Click on link: http://bluecrabfestival.com/

How Do You Attach the Dimmer Feature?

Thu, 10 May 2012 02:59:58 +0000

to the lights? Where do u buy the device? How does it attach to the cord?

So many questions-so little time lol

Need some hep

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:10 +0000

There were several in here that told me if I can help let me know. I need help. I need at least three pints of blood. I need this blood in my name Compton Biehl. I have no idea how this goes down and I leave that up to you. But if you have any questions call me.

Happy Birthday Lil Bugs!!!!

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:37:49 +0000

Happy Birthday Jessica!!!

Capital Grille-International Drive

Wed, 09 May 2012 05:27:17 +0000

anyone tried it? we have house guests from TN and they have a friend who works at the bar there so we made reservations for tonight-if anyone has been-what do u recommend-of course if it sucks-that would be a good reason to cancel the res as well lol

Found this amusing

Wed, 09 May 2012 01:37:35 +0000

http://www.bitoffun.com/video_vault/boat-launch-fun.htm mike

5/7 EW

Wed, 09 May 2012 01:26:04 +0000

Early out and early in. I worked a dropoff along the shoreline north of the EW ramp at 6am. I caught 5 trout including one keeper, 16". I had lots of hits on the spook jr. When a large explosion erupted under my plug, it turned out to be a 25" redfish whose belly was stuffed with 3 blue crabs. Back at the dock by 8 am.

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West Coast Spring Shrimp Run Started

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:46:30 +0000

For those who like to shrimp, this is your notice - the West Coast's big spring run of shrimp is here.

It started with this weekend's super moon influenced tides and will run for the next two months with the peak being near the end of this month.

Find the right tides and times to go here: http://www.ozelloshrimper.com/tools/buncestides12/april-16th-may-27th-2012-shrimping- predictions/index.html (For South St. Petersburg at least) and then plan your trips.

If you have any questions, I'm always happy to answer so send me a PM or email me at richard.martin@ozelloshrimper.com

Looking For a New DVR

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:11:57 +0000

Hey-I'm looking to buy another DVR that will record at least 4 channels at once, as well as allowing me about 50 hours of storage or more. Do u have any suggestions??

RRB Cinco de Mayo

Tue, 08 May 2012 02:01:03 +0000

I'll start by saying I got a strong gallon (almost exactly a gallon). A count of 225 mostly medium/large, very few small, and nearly a dozen between 6.5 and 7 inches. The largest was 7.25, but 4 others were 7 or more. I was there before dark and left the bridge around 12:30AM. Several boats (8-10) were on the NW side of the bridge with me.

Now, those of you that have ever hit Titusville know that the level of work between there and Oak Hill is fairly significant. At Oak Hill you, pretty much, put you net in the way of the shrimp. Yes, it takes some effort and skill, but the tide moves them pretty good. At Titusville, you're chasing the little buggers. They're coming from every direction, jump at the site of anything, and you're covering 3-4 lights and swinging long net socks over anchor ropes. It's quite the work out. I have a tall stool I put on the front deck of my boat, but, when the shrimp are moving, I'm rarely sitting down. It's effort, and a LOT of fun. So, I can attest, 225 shrimp for one guy at RRB takes some work. They were pretty consistent and I missed or saw (couldn't get too) more than I caught. If there were 1 or 2 more folks with me, we could have scared a 5-gallon limit. They were still out there when I left, but I was out of gas (me, not the boat, fortunately).

It was quite windy, the roughest "seas" I've been in shrimping. Settled down a bit around 10PM. They're out there folks, go get 'em!
Steve

P.S. Had two guys set up next to me, erect a tripod that stood nearly 8ft in the air and had two HUGE Q-Beams on them. When they moved they're boat once, it pointed those gazillion candle-power lights at me... I was reaching for the 50 SPF. Whew, that was bright.

Happy Birthday dwells!!!!

Mon, 07 May 2012 23:59:21 +0000

Happy Birthday Doug!!!

Got hammered near Lake Ashby.

Mon, 07 May 2012 23:56:54 +0000

Had a thunder storm cell blow thru here about 1:30pm till about 2:15pm or so. Winds had to be in the 60mph range. Quarter sized hail. Funny seeing all that ice on the ground. A little over 2" of rain. Minor damage is all I see so far. Some broken glas and plant damage. I'll take a better look around tomorrow when all dries out. Hope everyone else made out o.k. mike

Blood for Alabama

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:51:12 +0000

Anyone with O positive blood or O negative blood can help out Bama at any Blood Bank ( not The Red Cross or others) but a Blood Bank.

The information you will need to give them is the following:
Name= Compton Biehl
Date of Birth= 3-29-43
Account number=210-2610

I'm going to do this tomorrow and don't know my blood type but they will let me know. If it can go to Bama's account great if not the community needs it.

I hope that you reading this now will consider helping Bama and the community out.

Thanks in advance. Scott

Shrimping 528 Seawall 5-5-12

Mon, 07 May 2012 13:49:16 +0000

I haven't shrimped 2 nights in a row on the seawall and bag 3 solid gallons of shrimp in probably 8 years or more. I showed up around 5ish and claimed my spots on the wall for my traps. My buddy Nick showed up later to claim his 4 traps, this was his first time shrimping with traps. It was a great night to showcase this technique because the weather was great, huge moon, lots of shrimping action, great group of people with an affliction we like to call shrimping. We would pull our traps every half an hour or so. We gave up at 2am with 202 shrimp mixed size mostly med-large. I let Nick keep the catch. the wind ripped out of the south and at one point it tried to stop and the bugs got really bad, but deep woods off worked ok, then the wind started to change out of the west so the bugs didn't last long.

There was this young college kid fishing and in complete awe of the shrimp that we were catching, he lost a fishing pole earlier in the day, something pulled it in the water along with his folding chair, ha did manage to retrieve the chair but he sadly explained to me that he watched his pole shoot off through the water. Later on he snagged a big sting ray on a stray fishing line that was attached to his favorite fishing pole. So that was really cool to witness, made his day!

This weekend has really renewed my interest in shrimping from land. I ended up with 1 1/2 pounds of jumbo shrimp, 4 pounds of med/large shrimp and 1 pound of small shrimp that I bagged up for future catfishing trips. Plus a big bag of heads to use for Drum fishing. I will definitely get some more wall time this summer with my kids and friends. see you on the wall, Chris

Tiger Shrimp are here

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:28:14 +0000

Here is a better article...
http://www.news-jour...p-invasion.html

Tiger Shrimp Spotted In Volusia County

Mon, 07 May 2012 02:29:30 +0000

They're Here! Not good news apparently-no one knows for sure if they are good to eat yet-but I bet Bama would eat one!

Channel 13 on Brighthouse just released this

http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/ cfn/2012/5/6/monster_shrimp_takin.html

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Going to 528 Seawall Sat Night

Sun, 06 May 2012 23:27:36 +0000

more for the Super Moon and Meteor shower than shrimp tho lol-yeah-i'm taking my shrimpin stuff-just in case

BassMaster

Wilfish

Come out for the party?

Super Moon Sat Night

Sun, 06 May 2012 01:55:45 +0000

CNET) If you missed it last year, the super perigee moon is back for an encore performance.

On Saturday, the moon will be up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the other full moons of 2012, according to NASA.

That's because it will reach perigee, its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit, at 11:34 p.m. ET and become full just a minute later.

Super perigee moons happen about once a year on average, but the moon of March 19, 2011, was nearly 250 miles closer than this week's moon, prompting wild calamitous speculations.

When the moon is on the perigee side of its orbit, it's about 31,000 miles closer to Earth than the apogee side. The only effects expected are slightly higher tides and many beautiful photos.

The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which is associated with Halley's comet, will coincide with the coming perigee moon. Its light will likely dim all but the brightest meteors.

It should be a gorgeous display if the weather cooperates. The moon will appear largest and most dazzling when it's near the horizon, as seen in this photo gallery showing last year's super moon.

Best viewing time for the meteor shower is between 9-2am then just before sunrise.

So get your tripod out, figure out the best lunar exposure, and snap away!

I dunno 'bout u but 528 seawall here I come!

Thursday & Friday

Sun, 06 May 2012 01:49:18 +0000

What a diffence one day makes! Thursday morning I headed out with Harry and his niece Dusty. She's on a school break between nursing classes. NOAA predicted south winds at 3 mph from the south first thing in the morning, increasing to 8 mph by 11 am. They were 1/2 right. It was a south wind, starting at 8 mph aand increased to 15 mph by 10 am. We tucked back behind an island and I was showing them how to throw and work a plastic jerkbait and I caught a trout! "This is going to be a GOOD day!" we all thought, well it went down hill from there. They caught several small trout before the porpoises moved in. The porpoises had us zero'ed in and we kept moving but they would follow us, so we left and tried several spots in Mulberry Cut without any hits. Next stop was Slippery Creek where a school of reds had been hanging out, key word: had. We tried out on a flat that has been producing both trout and reds, no bites. Last stop was the north east bank of Orange Island, no luck there either, but they both had a good time and were able to spent some time together before Dusty had to go back to school and get ready for her nursing tests.

Friday I saw my wife off to work at 6:30, by 7 am I was launching my boat at EW for a short couple hour scouting trip. The biting gnats ate me up while hooking up the boat, but they were gone when I hit the glassy conditions near 3 Sisters. I tried throwing a plastic jerkbait, then a jig tail, but what they wante was the Spook jr! I caught 5 trout then missed something big which threw the hook almost immediately. Then I caught a small red. I kept moving along the bank and cast to a spot that something big had rolled. Trout on! A big'un! I got it within 10 feet of the boqat and it threw the hook. Oh well, next time! Back off the water by 9 am.

RRB 5/2 SM,DM, DDD

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:49:11 +0000

3 men in a tub again only got about 1/2 gallon-but still a beautiful night on the water

Word Of The Day

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:37:24 +0000

ARAPROSDOKIANS (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.
3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left..
7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it
in a fruit salad.
8. They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening,' then proceed to
tell you why it isn't.
9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is
research.
10. Buses stop in bus stations. Trains stop in train stations. On my
desk is a work station.
11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.
12. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of
emergency notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'
13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the
street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are
awesome.
15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a
successful man is usually another woman.
16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
17. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute
to skydive twice.
18. Money can't buy happiness, but it makes misery easier to live with.
19. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so
they can't get away.
20. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.
21. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
22. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever
you hit the target.
23. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
24. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
25. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than
standing in a garage makes you a car.
26. Where there's a will, there are relatives

Remember the Good Old Days

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:34:03 +0000

Remember the good ole days of real music?

Knot Videos

Thu, 03 May 2012 02:22:45 +0000

Double Uni-knot is for joining braid to flourocarbon leader (I recommend doubling the braid first with a Spider's Hitch): http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

A Spider Hitch is easier to tie than a Bimini Twist: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=afYTUbdFNrI

Lefty's Loop Knot is great for jigs, topwater plugs and live bait hooks: http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

The Slim Beauty Knot is used for braid to heavy leader, for a small wind-on knot that will fit thru rod guides: http://www.youtube.c...x=10&playnext=1

The Haywire Twist for single strand wire: http://www.youtube.c...alta-TE&index=8

How TO join braid to flourocarbon with a Double Grinner Knot: http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

How NOT to join braid to Flourocarbon (it looks like a Uni-knot): http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Surgeons Knot is a super simple way to join Mono to Mono: http://www.youtube.c...n_order&list=UL

The Improved Clinch Knot is for tying mono to hooks or swivels: http://www.youtube.c...F941F2F7D48E55E

How to spool a reel with braided line: http://www.spanishflytv.com/theater/spooling-a-reel-with-braided-line/

FYI Tiger Shrimp.

Thu, 03 May 2012 01:19:17 +0000

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/cannibal-shrimp-invasion-begun-165542739. html Saw this site this morning. Thought I would post it. mike