The Fat Lady is singing right now!!

[macojoe]

The Party's Over now!! :'(http://syncboard.com/albums/album06/2_G.jpg

[turbinedoctor]

I want some snow, just not right now. Going to try for some strippers tomorrow. ;D

[reelapeelin]

That's the kinda weather for full-enclosures and propane heaters ;) ...

[msbhammer]

I now know what M.J.'s secret project was. He was gonna build an ice breaker for the front of his bow, for all that snow and ice. ;D

[Airslot]

MJ, I hate to see that pic. *Looks like a long winter setting in. *When I left home the other day it was 70, and I forgot to grab a jacket. *It's been in the mid 20's last few nights and damn cold. *Glad I haven't had to be outside much.

Airslot

[msbhammer]

I just hope M.J. didnt Jink us all. ;D

[lumberslinger178]

The Party's Over now!! :'(http://syncboard.com/albums/album06/2_G.jpg


I hear ya brother

[Franco]

65 degrees here today

[lumberslinger178]

65 degrees here today

Franco ,,,,, got any rooms for rent...... so cold today had to break out the ready heater at work

[Franco]

I do need to build a garage....hhmmmmmmmmmmm

[macojoe]

So cold here today I almost got frost bite working on my daughters car!! I have been inside 3 hours now and I am still cold! >:(

[lumberslinger178]

I do need to build a garage....hhmmmmmmmmmmm

Iam there

[msbhammer]

Guess there are no FAT LADIES where Franco is at.
New Year Eves Party at FRANCO'S ;D
Bring your own booze and V. ;D ;D ;D

[Franco]

I got the ice, mixers and party hats!!!

[macojoe]

I have 27.3* right now :(

[Franco]

Current conditions as of 9:53 pm EST

Cloudy
Feels Like: 67°
Barometer: 30.22 in and rising
Humidity: 70%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dewpoint: 57°
Wind: N 10 mph
Sunrise: 6:58 am
Sunset: 5:26 pm
67°High: 68° Low: 58°

[phester]

got a quick "dusting" around 10:30 am this morning. Should get back into the mid/upper 40's by Wed. I think I'll finish off my season from the surf......I winterized the outboard this past Sunday , so my boating season for 2006 is officially over :'(

[TheTinMan]

Hey Franco, call me weird, but after living in FL for 7 years I'm so GLAD to be back in the seasons. I don't miss FL weather at all. You can keep that 6+ months of heat and humidity. I know I'm not like most. Dec thru March in FL would be OK and the rest of the year up here. Hey, maybe I'll be "snowbird"....yea, that's the ticket!

:-/

[Franco]

I hear ya Tin, I spent 48 years having seasons. It's a nice change for me now though

[TheTinMan]

"To each his own"... ;)

I never enjoyed a Spring as much as I did this past one. To see the whole area come alive in such a short time was really cool...never realized it till I left for several years and then came back. Another thing I didn't realize is how much rain we get up here! :-/ I'm really looking forward to this coming Spring...fishing in the Peconic Bay is great...I think I prefer it even more than the "Fall Run".

I do miss winter "Speck" fishing down there....you ever fish the dock lights at night down there?

[willy]

I don't know Tin, I too have had 52 years of seasons. I do like them and have lived elsewhere for short times in different climates.
But I think that what I would prefer is the seasons without the extended cold like you would get in southern NC and south to northern GA. Especially if you are in hilly country there such as northern GA foothills.
I am actually considering a trip down there to scope out some properties for a winter retreat in a few years. Going to try and do the semi-snowbird thing. Something small up north for the spring summers and fall and a winter thing down there. I am having some problems deciding whether to go a little warmer and closer to the coast of GA or the interior and big fresh water impoundments there and southern SC.
As a matter of fact if any of you guys know those areas I would appreciate your imput on my idea. Only thing I know for sure is I want to be on the water, sweet or salt I like both

[macojoe]

Well I have had 44 years of seasons and use to love them!!
But now I can't stand the winter!! I can't fish and with my diabetes my hands can't stand the cold!!

I need a warm place!! But I know I could never stand the heat of the south!!

So I need to places and i am lucky if i can afford one :-/

[reelapeelin]

Old Man Winter finally moved in here...28* this mornin' and gonna be a littlle lower lows later in the week... :D ...

[thestook]

I've only had less than 30 years of seasons, but was stationed in the Arctic. While I was sitting there in a fighting hole dug into the Norwegian hard pack I made the decision never to be cold again! Of course then they sent me to the desert ???

Beaches and blue water for me now, never looking back. I'll visit the seasons!

[charlie_the_tuna]

yeah well, i've had 43 years of seasons and its 29 degrees here today. you can keep it. i have a chest cold and im freezing my A$$. seasons are for the birds.

BAAHHH! ! ! ! !

[charlie_the_tuna]

wait, i never wrote that? ? ? ? ? ? ?
i wrote im freezing my A$$.

[willy]

Talked to one of my closest friends in Baton Rouge LA last night. He said he had to go out and turn on the lights in the greenhouse it was going down to 34. But usually he is in a t shirt or maybe a long sleeve t shirt most of the year.
But I don't like his summers, hot and so muggy you can slice it. Then every day around noonish a torrent comes down for ten minutes and drenches everything and disappears as fast as it came.
Anyone live in Georgia near the South Carolina border. Always thought that would be a sweet area.

[Airslot]

Willy, the second town (exit) north of the GA/SC border is a great place. I want to say the name is Ridgemont, but I won't swear to it. It's about 30 minutes inland of Hilton Head. I need to poke around the area a little more, but it seems like a great place. We pass through a couple times a year and always stay there. Great little restaurant called Jaspers Porch, right on this little lake. Great food, great atmosphere and great people. We plan to vacation in the area in the next few years. Just seems like were always going to Disney.

Airslot

[willy]

Thanks Air, thats the area I'm talking about, what times of the year have you been down there and how was the weather?

[Airslot]

We've been in the area from early Nov tpo late Feb. IT's far enough south that it gets cool but not fridgid. I'd say the winter there are like October in Jersey. I remember one trip when it was 35 or so in the morning and the locals were terribly upset about how cold it had gotten.

Air

[Airslot]

Hey Willy, its Ridgeland, SC. Here's a link to the weather.
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Ridgeland%2C+SC

Airslot

[macojoe]

18.1* last night :'(

[Stinky_Hooker]

Man its gettin into the low 20s here to. CRAZY Arctic crap!!!

I wish we had some snow though!!!!

Havent had any since 93' ::)

[Pipe_Dream]

Talked to one of my closest friends in Baton Rouge LA last night. He said he had to go out and turn on the lights in the greenhouse it was going down to 34. But usually he is in a t shirt or maybe a long sleeve t shirt most of the year.
But I don't like his summers, hot and so muggy you can slice it. Then every day around noonish a torrent comes down for ten minutes and drenches everything and disappears as fast as it came.
Anyone live in Georgia near the South Carolina border. Always thought that would be a sweet area.
Willy, I just read this . . . and that's where I am. It's a nice place to live, I've been here 18 years. Boating here on the coast is great with lots of inlets, rivers and creeks. We have beautiful beaches, too. On the coast the ocean waters moderate overall temps. Just a few miles (someone mentioned Ridgeland) inland the lows are lower and the highs higher. Tides range 6-8 feet. If you're a Gulf Stream fisherman, you're looking at 60-70 miles -- too far for me. But there's plenty of nearer to shore and local fishing to keep you busy.

Hot and muggy summers we have. It pretty much swelters here in July and August, the temps wouldn't be so bad but it gets humid like nobody's business. If I could leave for 3 months or so I'd be set. Other than that I don't plan on going anywhere. If you have any more specific questions, ask away! ;D

[reelapeelin]

Willy, the GA/ SC border is divided largely by the Savannah River...damed up along it are Lakes Hartwell and Thurmond...BIG lakes, perfect V20 sized water...it WILL get cold however, ain't gonna kidja 'bout it ;)...but excellent striper fishin' in both 8) ...


...if I's lookin' like you, I'd have to look at the N FL Gulf coast...Appalachiacola, Port St Joe and most incredible; Cape San Blas ...AWSOME ...will get cold there from time to time, but not like here ...wifey and I honeymooned there in late Oct ...water like swimmin' and all ...year-round EXCELLENT fishin' ...add to your ''check it out list'' for sure... ;) ...

[willy]

Thanks Pipe and Oz. I remember the pics you guys had up about that gulf coast area. Looked sweet, very sweet. And Pipe I hear you on the southern summers, spent one in Augusta Ga. and sweated my arse off. Was also there in January and was running around in just a flannel shirt. That I can take.
Just losing my taste for the cold winters as I get older. I'm 51 and that is how I feel. Can't imagine being here when I am a little older :-/

[reelapeelin]

Yup...there's a whole lotta folks thinkin' the same thing, Willy...one day FL gonna be Nutt-To-Butt Blue Hairs... ;D ...

[Pipe_Dream]

You mean it isn't ALREADY?? :D

[Blue_Runner]

Ok I'll chime in. I live right smack in the middle of North Carolina. I love it. 1.5 hrs to the mountains (less than that to certain trout streams). I've got big impoundments nearby - one 10 minutes (High Rock Lake), another 45 minutes (Lake Norman) and another 1 hr 15 min. (Lake Wylie) just to name a few. Theres also Tuckertown, Tillery, Buggs Island (Kerr), not too far away.

On the coastal scene there's Myrtle Beach SC at 3.5 hrs, Wilmington NC 4 hrs, OBX 5 - 5.5 hours and so many coastal areas in that range it would take the rest of my life to visit them all.

The really really cold of winter doesn't last much longer than a month and same goes for the really really balmy hot summers. It gets hot but not like Florida where the sun is directly above you at 9 am in the morning.
IMO July is as bad as it gets for summer and January for winter. We are also fortunate enough to get some snowfall which is usually welcome since we only see it 3 - 4 times a winter. Kids love it - they will close school in a heartbeat. I can remember at least 3 times when I was in school they closed school down in anticipation of snow only to get pure rain and 40 degrees! ::)

One of my biggest gripes is daylight savings time. I hate to "fall back" in the fall. Can't stand getting off work and its dark already. ::) I wish NC would do away with that crap!

In summary, I think a little bit of seasons are good. The hot makes you appreciate the fall and the cold makes you appreciate the spring....

My perfect setup would be to have a place at the NC coast. When my kids get out of school we would all load up and spend the summer at the beach and move back inland when school starts again. :D

[reelapeelin]

Fat Lady no sing here ... unless she's got a big old striper pullin' her line in Jan... ;D ...

[Blue_Runner]

I've heard her hum before, but never sing ;D

[reelapeelin]

I've heard her hum before, but never sing ;D


...that may not have been a hum ::) ...

[Kajun]

blue...one of the things i'm going to miss about virginia is the distinct 4 seasons....each of them is pretty mild too..not too extreme....but i have to admit i'll trade them in a minute for redfish, specks and applachicola oysters in a heartbeat ;D

willy if ya looking at florida..do like reel said and check out the pt.saint joe area....definetly the "forgotten coast" but alot of eyes are on it now and it wont be forgotten much longer.

[reelapeelin]

check out the pt.saint joe area....definetly the "forgotten coast" but alot of eyes are on it now and it wont be forgotten much longer.



Kajun's got that right :D ...When I 1st ''found'' that area 18 yrs ago, you could get prime property for a relative ''song'' ...time is catchin' up down there, but look reel hard and there are still some deals to be found...check out Mexico Bch, just next to St Joe...

[chumbucket]

Brief warm up here today. But, the fat lady is done singing. Won't last long.
Thank god for pain meds. :-/

[rhahn427]

Hey ........ it's usually good news for me. Last year I had a sea trial on my Sport 18 ...... it snowed the night before ...... the only snow in MD last December and with 25 mph winds it was cold as sh*t ........ VERY short seatrial but I love the boat .......... supposed to get snow flurries tonight and tomorrow morning and it's supposed to be the coldest day so far in December ......... hope it's a good omen ....... because I'm having a T Top installed and I'm supposed to pick up the boat tomorrow !!!!!

[msbhammer]

I was right, M.J. jinked us. Dropped 20 degrees here.
Cold as hell out. >:(
Watch out for long distance snow balls being thrown at ya M.J. driving to work. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[TheTinMan]

4 degress w/windchill here right now....but 10 day forecast doesn't look too bad, even back to 50! http://www.emoticons4u.com/dressed/bek125.gif

[macojoe]

Wind blowing 15 to 20 and its 23.6* right now :'(

But the Mackeral are in!! Sunday looking good! ::)

[Pipe_Dream]

It got up into the upper 50s here today, so I took a spin before hauling out the PD for the holidays. She's safely tucked in now, until sometime in January. :)

[macojoe]

Got to 51* here today!! But wind was blowing pretty good!!

They say the wind is going to calm down a bit for the next 2 days?? But I am trying and might go mackerel fishing Tue, they say they in pretty good right now!!