Mortigan

The friend I fish with rented the Lure Cottage for his family over the Memorial Day weekend. Not fancy but comfortable - only the one bathroom though. The guy's got four properties there, plus the one he lives in seasonally. The other ones are bigger, fancier and, of course, more expensive: http://www.vrbo.com/my/53679/

As I understand it, the coast guard will tow but they need to consider you in danger or your boat a danger to others.

Still working for mine. Congrats to your buddy

That's how I lost my "Drunken Sailor" cap.

Sounds like you've got your priorities straight, John. You're making a lot of friends as well.

genEus - all you need is balls. The rest will work itself out

Funny - I thought he was too until I saw "(Ray?)"

I've seen a dozen different brands of flasher online and have to imagine that on any given day, all will catch fish. I've never seen a comparison by one person (or group of people), using the same boat and equipment, fishing the same location(s) over the course of an entire season so you get a good data set. Sounds like a charter captain's log book to me...

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I like it - thanks for posting the photos. I may make something similar for my basement ceiling to store my growing rod collection.

You've got (some of) the right gear and the boat's good unless you go from 1-3 ft waves to 3-5's. The riggers will work with your spoons and flasher/flies. The planers may not, unless you have a way to get your lure of choice down a bit. Paul gave some good advice. My buddy and I started with a charter - we had a blast and suddenly everything we'd been reading made a lot more sense. We're still not very good but we're learning...

They are slick. fished yesterday in a boat with one and it made a huge difference, even in 3-4 ft seas.

Congratulations to your brother. You've been putting the time in, Chris - good job!

Nice work. Fishing with Tacklebox out of Hughes this am - be interesting to see what the fish are up to out east of I-Bay for a change. Tight lines this afternoon.

Caveat Emptor. I have both books, both dvds & highly recommend all.

http://bluehorizonsportfishing.net/book ... 00bfb2d700

Too big to eat, not in the derby, not having it mounted... glad you released it - many wouldn't have

Gonna hurt - do you know the actual weight?

The ones that kill me are when every weather report and forecast says 5 - 8mph wind, waves 1-2 feet and when you get there, you're looking at whitecaps on 3-5 footers.

I'm always prepaid to be dissipated.

I refinanced and painted the house. Could have bought an awfully nice boat instead...

By the time you hit the water, they'll be all fattened up for you.

She's better at it than I am!