Sails in July
 

never imagined two sails in July - plus a nice little dolphin!

Really sweet!!!!!! I've seen them many times late in the season recently, however not on my line! :(

They must not like that red chugger.
I caught my first sail on a west wind at 3 pm in August on a back drift in 30 ft of water.
Ya just never know.

Yeah right....:p
What did you have for lunch today...:rolleyes:

Sandy, who you kiddin' :D

A mind is a terrible thing to waste....
Wait a minute, I have been wasted for the last 40 years !

Ken were you thinking bong?

To be more precise, it was 28 ft of water off the Dodge Wall.
Even more unbelievable, we were shark fishing with double twisted
single strand #7 wire w gogs and bullet bonita under a kite.
46" from the fork to the chin.


We were fishing Bound n Blue, a 1961 48 Rybo.

Capt. Lee Jenks and Capt Dave were part of the fun.
Would you like Lee`s #?

No bongs were injured while releasing the sail.
MFers threw me in at the dock w my wallet in my shorts.
I screamed my wallet my wallet.
They just laughed and launched me.

Lee runs inshore outta Englewood now.
Dave runs Doc`s latest outta Sailfish here.
A 48 Viking Martini II.

Keep the stories rolling gents! The next gen needs to know what it was like.

Sail off the Juno Ball
 

About 1980-1981, caught off the Juno Ball. Bet some of you remember that!
This was followed by a fun smoked fish, cheese and beer party; guess that was before releasing 'em gained popularity. In 1961 as a teenager I went with my Dad & his cronies on a charter boat out of Ft. Pierce where we boated 8 sails. That sounds glutinous now, but when there were so many fish, folks didn't consider conservation.

The little boy, my son is 37 now, lives in Manhattan, and still visits when he can to enjoy "Neat-Sea" with us.

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Cool pic! Is that the same boat that you have now? Any idea where the Creeper tow vehicle is now? J/K

Michael.

Tow Vehicle
 

Yes, Michael. Same boat, same wife, and fortunately the Dodge van is long since gone. Bought it used to see if it worked with our family. Wife hated it, then loved it after 2 weeks. It was superseded by a new '84 full size Chevy conversion van, then a couple of Astros (with the boat in the water in Fla it did not require much of a tow vehicle), and now in SC (where towing is more of a challenge) a 2008 GMC Yukon. I used to cuss the Dodge for all the accessories that quit. But after putting a ton of mileage on it had to admit I never had to go internally into the 318 cubic inch engine!

What a cute kid!

Lee runs inshore outta Englewood now.
 

Thats where I live would be great to have a chat w/him. What a great story and pic. Yep you never know what will show up on the end of a line.

I had a bump in the night experience years ago with one of my closest friends. Left Stump at about 3 am and had the ob hit not one but over six times what I now believe to be turtles going in for nesting. At the time it was a bit spooky.

Decided to take the kids out one nice summer day in the early 80's for a boat ride in my 17 Mako. I took a few small spinning rods and decided to troll some.
I caught my first sail and decided to keep it to smoke.
I didn't want to just throw the rest away and I decided to try a head mount. I cleaned out all the meaty areas I could, injected it with formaldehyde, then set the head in resin and coated it several times. Got eye from local taxidermist and after I finished it he painted it for me. So I've had the mount for 30 plus years and its hanging on the wall on the back porch near the pool.

Family Times
 

Hi Ron- Enjoyed your photos. Yes, those family times on ones SeaCraft are long lasting memories! Our son was 6 months old on his first trip rolling around in the Seafari cuddy.. I made a net so we could leave the door open and he couldn't roll out. Later there were two playing in there when we trolled offshore, kept them out of the hooks!

Best wishes to our Florida friends on Hermine. Also enjoy the soiree; we won't make this one. We've been out of town so much want to boat here in SC where Sept is the best lake month of the year.

Lee has a new number.
Will shoot him an E.