irishfield

Well let the wife hit all the jewlery stores she wants. Just remember to ask, sympathetically, that a nice cold beer would go good about now...

Yah wouldn't be complaining if it was her though would ya??? Sent that pic to Roy...

We're gonna get this winter out of the way.. and then I think it might just be time for me to hang up the rivet gun for good, sell and move Joey. The hard part is finding a climate that will work for her (and figuring out what to do with the "inventory" around here.. read my junk!). Winter here would be just fine if it would stay good and cold, and none of this rain crap. In the mean time I think Leah is going to go down to her Father's in Cape Coral FL, with her sister, while I'm up at the lake with the lads in February.

And that's anything new? Just wish that we didn't have rain 5 days out of 7... she didn't come back any healthier unfortunately.

Nope... they seem to like Gold. The lizard fish was on a small williams half/half hammered... as were all the other hits. I am told there are 80 lb Tarpon in the Simpson Lagoon... just couldn't find a friendly access point to try it out. Place sure isn't like it was 19 years ago...

Don't believe everything you see in the movie Pushing Tin !

Leah's health was going down hill.. so I jumped on Redtag.ca and tried to find a nice hot spot to take her to shake and bake as a surprise birthday present. Found a deal to St. Maarten (haven't been there since '91). Of course the at Redtag, despite me telling them not to, made a "courtesy" call.. and Leah answered the phone ! Anyhow.. couldn't have asked for a nicer bird to go south on. Brand spanking new 737-700.. in service for only 3 days. Had that new car smell.. but unfortunately no entertainment system installed! Scares some watching that wing bend! Breakfast of champions... Land Ho ! Short final.. Everyone out....nothing like a shiny new airplane.. After reading some reviews on this place, the Sonesta Maho, after booking.. I was a tad worried what we were going to find, but I can certainly live with this! Still wonder what the temp was in the pool.. never did stick my toe in it. Never do with a swim up pool bar!! Not a bad place at all... our room was way up there under the E in Sonesta. One of the complaints about this place in the reviews was the noise.. and yes it is a noisy place and after 7 days it even got on the nerves of two pilots.. US. But while it was still neat I got some arrival shots... Delta LIAT's Dash 8 (LIAT = Leave Island Any Time) Jet Blue The American Eagle The Island of Saba.. we meant to get over there this time to check it out, but it didn't happen. Our room view.. Sunset Air France getting ready to depart... and to blow the people off the beach! U.S. Airways coming in for landing. The arrival board at Sunset bar.. so you know when to run out and get your pictures. If you ever go to St. Maarten.. the food is great at the Sunset and cheap enough.. just don't sit and drink there. $5 US a beer.. and they give you the midget Carib bottles. The gal at the opposite end of the beach will sell you two full size bottles of Carib for $4 !!! .. or you can walk another 100 feet and buy 2 for $2.50 in the grocery store If people would only believe these signs.. saw a few get turtled into the sand by departing jets.. and saw them with neck collars on the next day! Saw this shirt and thought of GBFisher! Where I dropped a good portion of my allowance.. .. but the drinks was free! Full frontal nudity! What do you mean I can't have one of these.. American Airlines coming in. Shot inside the casino that Leah got crap for taking. One thing that hasn't changed in St. Maarten in two decades.... you can get a free drink in any jewlery store by simply asking. Now finally some fishing. Took a dollar store telescopic and a decent reel. Loaded up a plastic box with some different spoons and such. Doesn't get much better than this.. Fishing and women in bikinis..or less! Another day I tried the pier area in Marigot. Lots of action in the water.. gars swimming by, some hard hits, and managed to at least pull in what the locals call a lizard fish. That Dollar store rod held up pretty darn good for what I wanted to do. The boat parking.. I think that guy, with the bass boat, that was at the last Lakair G2G must live down here! Those that were there know what I mean!! Drying rack after rinsing my fishing gear. Not sure what I said... but I think it was the right thing.. Glad we knew this thing was coming to town that day.... along with 5 other smaller ships and that we didn't go into Phillipsburg while it was there. 5000 passengers on this thing. Our final sunset before going home the next afternoon. We almost didn't get back home... the Island Rep Company for Westjet forgot to pick us up at our hotel. Made the airport in time, by alternate transportation, to get the last 2 seats.. and luckily together (although staring at the bulkhead in 1E and F). Flight was then delayed departing by over an hour.. but we still made it home by midnight, to beat the landing curfew. If anyone is considering travelling there.. send me a PM and I'll give you some tips to the last remaining hassle free beaches that remain. I won't publish them on the interweb....as I want them to still be this way when I move there! Will add a video or two later.

Great to see you out enjoying winter Fishfarmer !

Look at the size of that perch !!!!

You'll have a hard time using mallows... on the Feb 15th trout opener thru the ice!

Keep telling yourself that Bill...

Smart move on the Tee reorientation Emil !! My garage inlet does exactly what you were worried about and every once in awhile I have to remember to prop the inlet cover open and hit the switch on the vacuum to clean the pipe out before it clogs solid.

Exactly Ron... and while you're at it fella... how's about brown/black crayfish.. 1.25" long on a 1/16th oz jig head!

I think it's great that he did it all without moving the boat out into the cold !!

LOL Dave... ya been there, dont that too... I was looking at about 69/70 onward with a locking steering column !!

Well if you can't use the windows or anything without the thing running.. maybe someone should look into announcing another National Safety recall on these things! Does it not have the ability to run accessories without starting the car?

Don't know what you're doing wrong Norm ! Maybe you need to wear that instead of sitting on it !!

Unless something has changed drastically lately. First click unlocks the steering.. second click turns the electrics on.. momentary turn one more forward starts it. Not sure how these new push button start things work without keys...

One click back... still steers ! No point blowing a motor up over a stuck pedal. Can't count the number of times a throttle return spring broke dragging at Luskville Qc... or other non-legal places for that matter. Shift quick or shut it down...

Least ya got out there !! I just sat inside and shivvvered about the thought of it...

I just can't wrap my head around the inability to turn the key to OFF!

Dan... have no idea on the charters.. the fishing or what not... but my father-in-law lives there in the winter on one of the gated canal system subdivisons (or what ever you want to call them) and is probably bored stiff considering how much he's pestering for me to appear down there. He probably hasn't got a clue when it comes to fishing for anything in the sea... but he does have a boat at the dock in his back yard and you could possible make an adventure out of it!! He's Dutch...69 years old.. somewhat arrogant (in a funny way).. acts like he's 25 most the time.. rides a 1200 bike.. drinks Bacardi... if you can handle most of that I'll see if he's interested !!

Thanks for the report Jocko !! Now on that heater... ever so carefully turn the burner unit 90* and then you have a cook surface when you want lunch! .. and you can still have it upright to throw heat at you as well when you want.

Guess they don't do inventory?