We slide into the late fall. And yet, with tempatures in the 70s, the fish are still biting. I just got back from three days of fishing in Ocean City MD. I managed around 16 togs and a couple of schoolie stripers. Between three of us, we caught 80 tautogs. 4 kept (no easy feet with a 16 inch size limit and no boat) and burned through over 9 dozen green crabs. Both stripers came on 7 inch BKDs at the end of outgoing. The only boat I saw catching stripers consistently was live lining spot out away from the bridge. They put on a show, doubling up on 24-28 inch fish for about three straight hours.
Well I'm back to entering the sunglasses world after a blunder of all blunders fishing on sunday. Went pond fishing caught a bunch on frog baits on sunday but the dog almost flipped the canoe I was in so I went to give his butt a swat with my hat and forgot my costas were resting there nd flung them into the depths of the pond. Loved my older set of reefton costas but wondering if the newer ones have changed at all in terms of longevity. Had the original ones for 6 years and loved them but was curious if newer ones are still as good?
Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it
The lenses are better than Smith, and still the best in the industry IMHO. Smith's are lighter and the rubber gasket nose things not come off like on the Costas. Costa has started trying a new design called the Pro, and they do it for most of their models. It's a different nose piece. Seems to work pretty well from the pair I have. Haven't worn them for a month straight yet. Costa still has a great return policy as well, and just sent me a new pair of Blackfins after the nose fell off my old ones.
You will see this game, this upset and this sign next on ESPN Sportscenter. Virginia Tech 31 Miami 7
His decision was made after a phone call with longtime Virginia Tech assistant coach Bud Foster. All Foster told him was, "We win. They don't."
I am supposed to be back at the Cape today, but alas, I am not. Hurricane Nicole is messing up the weather in a bad way there. I'll head down this weekend when it slicks out. In the meantime, it's earring tying season for me. I haven't fished the salt since end of September. I'm losing my mind.
You will see this game, this upset and this sign next on ESPN Sportscenter. Virginia Tech 31 Miami 7
His decision was made after a phone call with longtime Virginia Tech assistant coach Bud Foster. All Foster told him was, "We win. They don't."
Y'all be careful! No Florida man headlines outta you?
"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"
LOL...I am totally capable of that.
Yesterday's attempt at being OLD Florida Man was digging a trench and putting in a corrugated pipe for a friend whose rented first floor garage Apt flooded in Ian. I looked at it when it flooded and the front yard/driveway slopes toward the front of the house while the back yard slopes toward the back of the house. The double patio doors opening into the family room (formerly a garage) are at the bottom of a "bowl" served only by a French drain behind the house. The drain is an elegant solution IF it doesn't rain too much but when 10+ inches of Ian rain fell in a hurry the drain capacity was instantly exceeded and the bowl filled up for several hours, flooding two rooms. So during cleanup I advised the owner to trench through the raised portion of the back yard to a low back corner which drains off site to a ROW...it would be inexpensive to do and could be sloped to make it part of the landscape. But with Nicole looming it hadn't been done yet. So...
Luckily I encountered only gray sandy "soil" and no serious roots. I had 40' long trench dug and pipe installed in about 3 hours. And I still have all of my digits and most of my blood! Now, did I get the elevation and slope right? Guess we'll know tomorrow.
["Old Florida Man digs drainage ditch, floods house!")
no storm issues for us and friend didn't flood!
2) Selling some extra gear. I have a 7 ft GX Inshore G Loomis Heavy (rated 1/4-1oz) spinning and a Teramar 7ft 15-30 extra fast action conventional (good for throwing live eels at cobia) that would look great paired with a Tranx or a Lexa. I would take $90 for either one from someone local to Richmond (pick up around Mechanicsvillle.
Also, if someone is beinging in surfcasting and wants an entry level surf spinning reel, I have an older Daiwa Emcast 5500 that has barely been used. Would unload it for $35.
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