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Cliff, you've been a friend all of these years. Thank you and nice to hear from you.

Lovely man you are, Connie. Please take care of yourself....stretch that'ol back!

Thanks Monsieur Warwick. Hope things are good with you. The boat will be out, come hell or high water.

AHHHH! My younger years! You're a good dude Brian. Missed ya.

Thanks muchly Lew. Hugs to you and Diane from J and I,

Thanks Paul.

Yeah, like "West bethlehem is no place for a 12 year old"

Thanks, Paul. I hope you're doing well.

Thanks Albert.

Thanks Terry... nice shirt BTW.

Was gone for way too long, folks. But, as Prine would say, that's the way the world goes round. I'll try to spend as much time as I can here now. I look at the boat now every day and so look forward to spring. And, for what it's worth, I missed all y'all.

Thanks for that, Simon. An entertaining/refreshing post indeed. Hey, it's a fishing thread...I don't care how many bells there are.

You're right, Roger (Rizzo). A lot of folks think that down riggers are only used to fish deep. But pros use them to get their offerings to the proper depths no matter how shallow or deep they want to go.

Beautifulllll, Brian and Terry. Great pics, great sunrise and super nice fish! Congrats.

Sorry, this is just one of those threads that don't make the grade.

Great report, Mike. Fantastic pictures too. Thanks for posting this.

Congrats to you Mike.

Happy Birthday Norm. Have a super day.....hugs to Maribeth as well.

I've never dealt with them but I'm not impressed at all.

Nah...was up at 3am. But yes, it was coffee and the error was age induced. All's well..

After beer

Dang, don't know where my head is this morning. Won't be a 90Mil 'til during next week. Reminder time on Monday I suppose.

Thank you everyone for your support. Our community is doing very well thanks to you all. Have a great day and a super soft water season.

I got the Woodstock D1130 Japanese Waterstone, 1000 Grit and 6000 GritGot mine from Amazon but I'm sure there are other places to buy from.

You know, I had been looking at sharpening methods for a while and it was suggested by most to get the best I could. I can't argue with what the experts say but I just could not see myself paying 3-4-$500 or more to sharpen knives for home use. I did some digging and found a video clip that caught my eye and watched it 2-3 times. Went ahead and ordered a stone from a reputable company in Japan and started "practicing" on a drawer of knives. Well it didn't take long, I'm impressed by how it all worked out and should have done this years ago. Check out the video. It's a little long winded but has good info. That little test he does at the end is impressive. Just remember, not all steel is equal in quality. Art knows about steel. Good luck.