Port Carla

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by Terry England

Commandeur No Bones,
Au contraire mon frere. Mademoiselle Marsha and I have secured site 70. It is my overriding concern not to place myself too close a proximity to 1) nuclear reactor, 2) a volcano or 3) the Port Carla Marina Tiki Hut. Sometimes a little space is a good thing. I mean they have the band going till 2:30 AM or so and then the garbage truck arrives at 4:30 AM to pick up two or three dumpsters full of empty bottles of Don V's rocket fuel. I'm old and cranky and believe me I need my beauty sleep. Broward County's Ranger Rick has assured me that there are no CSC members on either side of our site, just two locals, a Debbie Wasserman Shultz and a Col. Allen West - so things should be quite peaceful. As a "Be Prepared" Sea Scout, additionally I have contacted one "K-Moose" in Ocala, off line, and have scoured all available data, including that in that in the Offshore Hunter software program to determine the best available dive sites for our bivouac. We have located many "targets of opportunity" in this quest. Something's going to get "harpooned". In the mail today I received both the Army Corps of Engineers and the DEP Maintenance Dredging permits for the Long Pointe basin and surrounding estuary so pretty much everything is in order in my end for the dredge Marshtackie to begin work.

Now since you lucky dogs live in Sunny South Florida and don't understand how the rest of us have to endure the long cold winters up here, you would not comprehend that tonight I have to put my snow shoes on, trudge out to the boat shed, take the bubble wrap off my compass and change the oil to 10 weight "winter oil" so it wouldn't freeze and crack the lens. But no matter what, I am committed to driving though the slush to enjoy the warmth of the sun in May at this CSC event. I just hope I cut enough cords of firewood to get through the winter this year - I don't want to loose any more toes or fingers....!

Rut Roah,

Bien Sur Monsieur! Lesser le bon temps rouller. Pardoner moi , Je ne parley pas francais dupuis mille neuf soicent di set et jai oublier beaucoup.

You only need to learn 2 words to run a yard sale in so fl. Too funny. Watch the big Haitian Mom`s eyes explode. They will bow up, which is even funnier.

Cheers,
Us Chickens.

[Terry England]

Oh, Excue e moi s vo plai,
As the Red Barron said to Snoopy so long ago,
"Meddy Creasmas, Mein Frriennd"

(You have to know both Spanglish and Creolish in SF?? That place gets scarier by the minute!!)

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by Terry England

(You have to know both Spanglish and Creolish in SF?? That place gets scarier by the minute!!)

Yes, it helps.

When ice fishing in Vt, Ziggy uses a little red wagon with a fishfinder and battery. He walks around until he marks fish, and then he starts the auger.

BH, very close on the translation there.

Pooh Bah, not so much...

[Terry England]

"When ice fishing in Vt, Ziggy uses a little red wagon with a fishfinder and battery. He walks around until he marks fish, and then he starts the auger."


Now those Vermont-ers are always on the cutt'in edge of technology! Here in NH we just git Bert Swenson to walk around with his divin'in rods 'till he gets a "sensation". Then we hitch Olie Gustafson's 6 oxen to the Red Berncroft's Cincinnati steam drill, stoke up the fire box and start drillin'. Usually we hit the water in only four or five feet, now that this Global Warming has set in.

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by Terry England

"When ice fishing in Vt, Ziggy uses a little red wagon with a fishfinder and battery. He walks around until he marks fish, and then he starts the auger."


Now those Vermont-ers are always on the cutt'in edge of technology! Here in NH we just git Bert Swenson to walk around with his divin'in rods 'till he gets a "sensation". Then we hitch Olie Gustafson's 6 oxen to the Red Berncroft's Cincinnati steam drill, stoke up the fire box and start drillin'. Usually we hit the water in only four or five feet, now that this Global Warming has set in.

I thought Bert was from Maine??? 8 below in Caribou now. 80 here today. Fishing tomorrow.

I see genetic engineering is making progress as the Vt. state flower is much smaller now.

I remember tv dishes the size of a Winnebago on every lawn.

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

Bien Sur Monsieur! Lesser le bon temps rouller. Pardoner moi , Je ne parley pas francais dupuis mille neuf soicent di set et jai oublier beaucoup.

Us Chickens.

Translation:

Well on Sir! Lesser the good time rouller. Pardoner me , I do parley not french Dupuis thousand nine soicent di set and Jha forgetting much


I guess I'm going to have to start putting my waders on before I check this thread. It's getting deep.

[NoBones]

Dave,

What we have here is one of the those reality shows in the making!!!

You are now entering the "Twilight Zone" .....

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by NoBones

Dave,

What we have here is one of the those reality shows in the making!!!

You are now entering the "Twilight Zone" .....

My name is Connie and we are from France.

The Wayco Crimpas family ham is right on schedule.

Lots of fun playing around here.

Some get it, some don't . We love all.

Cheers and Merry Crimpas,
Us Slackers

[Terry England]

Here I am now in this 4th. day of winter and I'm pretty sure I have cabin fever. Once again the temperature is expected to drop way down over this long winter night. The only fishing I can look forward to is through a 6" diameter hole drilled through the ice after we drag a small shed out on the lake to hold the heat in from a small kerosene heater. I heard the fish they throw back in Sebastian where Long Point is, wouldn't even fit through a 6" hole.....! I looked at the weather channel at noon and they said it was 72 degrees at Long Point and had shot of a young lady in one of them two piece bathing suits. Here I am dressed in long underwear, a flannel shirt, coveralls, a fleece jacket and gloves, huddled next to the fireplace, inside my house, freezin' and they show me this on TV. I come real close the git'in the model 12 out and git'in even with that TV. May can't get here soon enough to suit me!
I hope GFS or Commander Pooh Bah don't issue any confirming weather reports.

[kmoose]

Originally Posted by Terry England

Here I am now in this 4th. day of winter and I'm pretty sure I have cabin fever. Once again the temperature is expected to drop way down over this long winter night. The only fishing I can look forward to is through a 6" diameter hole drilled through the ice after we drag a small shed out on the lake to hold the heat in from a small kerosene heater. I heard the fish they throw back in Sebastian where Long Point is, wouldn't even fit through a 6" hole.....! I looked at the weather channel at noon and they said it was 72 degrees at Long Point and had shot of a young lady in one of them two piece bathing suits. Here I am dressed in long underwear, a flannel shirt, coveralls, a fleece jacket and gloves, huddled next to the fireplace, inside my house, freezin' and they show me this on TV. I come real close the git'in the model 12 out and git'in even with that TV. May can't get here soon enough to suit me!
I hope GFS or Commander Pooh Bah don't issue any confirming weather reports.

Well Terry, looks like the weather is going to break long enough to get out and shoot red grouper and mangos before the water gets below 70. Here is the forecast for Saturday off Cedar Key:

Saturday: Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 feet. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.

Good luck with that ice fishing....