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 It was superseded by a new '84 full size Chevy conversion van, then a couple of Astros (with the boat in the water in Fla it did not require much of a tow vehicle), and now in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!