Before my "farming" phase

[schoolsout]

I lived for fishing...offshore fishing. Now, the gov't is making it harder and harder to actually keep fish so I figured I'd take up farming :laughing:

Well, that and we had 100 acres with just pine trees growing on it.

Anyways, here are some pics from past adventures. A normal trip is 50+ miles offshore and some of those were 80+ spending the night out in the Gulf Stream drifting for swordfish. That was always a blast until lightning started to pop nearby. :thumbdown:

here goes...

 

[schoolsout]

Few more I have on the work comp

 

[Topkicker]

Thanks for sharing. I love to fish. Looks like good times.

 

[punchlist]

schoolsout Do you know if that blue boat in the background of the slay ride at the dock is the budman?

 

[schoolsout]

It's not. As far as I know, Bud Man is somewhere down in the tropics. Last I heard, it was Panama, but that was a year or so ago. A good buddy that knows and fishes with them comes by my office a good bit. He's always got a good story to tell. I think the owners were here eating lunch a few months ago, as well.

These pics are from Panama City (Pacific side) my buddy shot on his way to fish Cali, Alaska and then on to Fiji.

 

[schoolsout]

buddy fishes on this boat
137' or so

he hopped on board in the Bahamas and is now in Fiji :drool:

 

[punchlist]

Schoolsout Just wondering I helped build her. Its hard to get the salt out of the veins mated offshore growing up.

 

[schoolsout]

It's a **** nice ride
Did you help with Ultra, by chance? Bud Man and Ultra (both beer distributors in the state) battle it out by outdoing each other by a foot or three every few years. Must be nice...

 

[punchlist]

No I didnt but I know the boat. Its a good problem to have an extra foot or three. You wouldnt belive the last few boats talk about raising the bar 73' & 80'. When your side to running in 8' and its blowing 25 and every one else is getting their &%# handed to them and your cooking on the grill on the ride in

 

[schoolsout]

SlayRide is a 36' Bertram and I think that's big....I've been on a few of the larger boats a handful of times, but I could never imagine cruising out in an 80' that probably cruises mid-30s burning 80+ gph
the boats coming out of NC these days are insane, to say the least.

What did you do, exactly? I've always been fascinated with boat building and almost started a stitch/glue flats boat (Phantom 16)

 

[punchlist]

I worked in the interior cabinet shop and the new hull dept. Ive built boats since i was 14 & I 40 now.

 

[schoolsout]

That's cool. I wish I had the know how and experience you have

as a side note, buddy fished yesterday and caught 8 wahoo (lost a few others), a few blackfin and 2 dolphin. I've got the itch real bad now...

 

[schoolsout]

From this past weekend

~40 dolphin caught (kept 33) and also one skipjack tuna