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And there in lies the problem with environmental laws. I understand habitat destruction. While environmental laws do not. I mean 7.5 billion people are going to disrupt some shit, I get it. Can anyone even think of 10 million bison running freely in the Midwest TODAY. So with that I don't want to see wolfs or grouper extinct but if the only available habitat will support a population of 100 (number pulled out of my ass) there is no fucking good reason to try and keep 1000 in that area. Will actually lead to more habitat loss. But of course I am a moron so fuck it.Catch and release in the water. Can't take them out because they are protected.
Honestly, they need to open a limited tag and kill system because they are becoming a nuisance.
Rebecca and I on Sunday, chasing goliath grouper.
Diawa meat stick rod.
Big assed Okuma reel.
200lb test line.
14 and 16 ought circle hooks.
6oz lead weight.
17 hookups.
14 breakoffs.
Hers was right at 600lbs. Mine was a measly 400.
Her "small" fish was right around 200lbs. Just a baby...
Pics never do them justice.
A new reel has been ordered and comes in tomorrow. Bigger..
Going up in line test weight too.
Summary from today:
I want to eat at 1J's and then go fishing with Mike, or vice versa. Oh, and my wood cutting, splitting, and stacking days are over and not coming back. But it is great exercise,, and working on stuff like that clears the mind and solves problems completely unrelated to what you're doing. That's why I like mowing the grass so much.
Great stuff, boys!
Great Pics Mike. Bout how many 100's on that one? My best guess, and I've been wrong before,would be the 350ish, maybe 300? Enjoyed playing with them when stationed down there. Retired Chief down in Key West use to hand line 500lbers and better. Imagine that? MtnCreek, what's the other well known name for these fish? Come on.........
And sorry T, but it's almost done.......
Summary from today:
I want to eat at 1J's and then go fishing with Mike, or vice versa. Oh, and my wood cutting, splitting, and stacking days are over and not coming back. But it is great exercise,, and working on stuff like that clears the mind and solves problems completely unrelated to what you're doing. That's why I like mowing the grass so much.
Great stuff, boys!
Good, solid thinking on all accounts. If we hear from 1J04 in the next 24 hours, I'll be shocked. The poor bastard is probably knee deep in a meat coma (perhaps with help from the meds). Just a hunch...
We figured mine had to go 400. I couldn't get my arms completely around it and I am 6' with a 74" span.
Rebecca's fish dwarfed mine in length and girth.
As you know, it's difficult to get a real assessment of their weight without a length/ girth measurement. Even doing that, it's still a guess.
My fish was right at 6.5' long
Brother, I shit you not I didn't get up till 0930. We ate till midnight, with a couple breaks in between. Good lord we couldn't stop. It was like candy, seriously. Started with pulled pork sammy's with slaw, then went to pork n rice, then pork n taters and more slaw. I don't know why we're still alive.
Brother, I shit you not I didn't get up till 0930. We ate till midnight, with a couple breaks in between. Good lord we couldn't stop. It was like candy, seriously. Started with pulled pork sammy's with slaw, then went to pork n rice, then pork n taters and more slaw. I don't know why we're still alive.
We bought these lilies in bulk from Amazon our first Spring here in 2013.
The tubers were about the size of my thumb. The soil, red clay, was so hard we had to literally chisel out the holes to plant them. We joked that we planted them in clay pots. That's what the holes looked like. They somehow hung on through last year's hot and dry late Summer and Fall.
I fertilized them heavily in November and again in February, and the wet cool Spring has been kind to them.
I love this place!
we will have to put up a snow fence round them when we have the party there
Is that still on?
we should just surprise him i tell ya. He'd love it.
I'll rent a backhoe. I can't shovel as well as I used to.
i dont know why i am typing this here but my excitement is nuts...friend just stopped by the shop and he is going to the docks at tarpon springs here and going to bring me some big fish and shrimp back on ice, midnight tonight, when the boys are over and we are killin suds, we are going to eat rightous, or however the fuck you spell that...
back to your regularly scheduled program, excuse the tasty interuption...
i dont know why i am typing this here but my excitement is nuts...friend just stopped by the shop and he is going to the docks at tarpon springs here and going to bring me some big fish and shrimp back on ice, midnight tonight, when the boys are over and we are killin suds, we are going to eat rightous, or however the fuck you spell that...
back to your regularly scheduled program, excuse the tasty interuption...
i dont know why i am typing this here but my excitement is nuts...friend just stopped by the shop and he is going to the docks at tarpon springs here and going to bring me some big fish and shrimp back on ice, midnight tonight, when the boys are over and we are killin suds, we are going to eat rightous, or however the fuck you spell that...
back to your regularly scheduled program, excuse the tasty interuption...
That's sounds outstanding Mike. You're gonna eat like a King for sure. Do us a favor buddy, couple pics of the goodies would be nice. Maybe we should mosey on over to Oneshot's place first, get all tuned up THEN head to Tucker's? Hmmmmm
It isn't the bodies it is the vehicles. Vehicles have numbers.
That's adorable.
To make/meet the schedule, I'm thinking a chartered jet, and I'm NOT driving. Let someone else do the work.
Bastard, now I'm drooling over the idea of jumbo Gulf shrimp. I can't wait to get back to AL
Sounds like my next good idea has already been shot down. Buzz kill.
Not trying to wreck the soirée, just want to be in back for once, with the flight attendant sittin' on my lap...I'll gladly screen the crew. After years in the business, if they as much as hiccup, I'll be up front crackin' heads.
Good color tonight, need a quality camera.
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