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Turbo, check out my Memorial Day weekend report...

Looks like alot of trailer queens or works in progress. I fish at least three times a week with good success with specs, reds, flounder and spanish. Being a guide, I better catch fish or my customer base will go to crap. Prior to my 238 Carolina Skiff I owned an 85 V in 1993 and an 86 in 2004. You really have to use a V to really appreciate their versatility. Reason I stayed with this site after my V's, a great bunch of guys.

I'm beginning to wonder about the trailer queen aspect.

There is no reason around here not to fish from late January to early December, hunting has got to go (unless V related), working on the house, automoblies and other peoples crap to.

due to working 2 jobs, i have only been out once and nothing to show for it:sad:

I have to confess......I just haven't found time to fish yet.....I am so ashamed.

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Originally Posted by Seaducer (Post 122439)

Thanks for reminding me air. Here we go:
5/16-5/18 --> Went to Cocdrie and fished Timbalier Bay and Islands.
Saturday--> 68 Speckled trout; a few channel mullets; and a few sheapshead
Sunday--> ~20 Trout; 1 Flounder
5/24-5/25--> Fished Lake Borgne and the Rigolets.
Saturday--> 3 Specks; 3 Redfish (slow day)
5/31-6/1--> Went to Cocodrie with a friend who had been there since Fiday night. He fished Saturday and we fished with him on Sunday
Total 2-day catch --> ~120 Specks; a few channel mullets; 1 shepshead; & many throw-back white trout!

Where the heck is Hammer.......I'll do it.

:thre:

I not much concerned about where Hammer is.....where's Lisa is a much better question? :zip:

Hey Air, great post...that is a question I've pondered for about the last month - why isn't anybody fishing??

Me - I'm taking the day off on Friday the 13th (I know) so I will leave on Thursday evening to go to Surfside SC and fish out of Murrells Inlet. My plan is to leave the boat down there at a storage facility. This way, I can trailer down the 14ft Mckeecraft CC and have both the big and little boat available for my long-weekend fishing adventures. I'm going to invest in a couple of crab traps which I will deploy on Friday mornings, check and or re-bait until Sunday. Another thing on my list is flounder gigs, flounder lights and a pair of deep cycle batteries.

Actually I will be taking pretty much every other Friday off work for the rest of the year so here's how I see it playing out in my mind:

Thursday nights - arrive around 9 pm after 3.5 hr drive with Mckee Craft in tow (approx. 15 gallons of fuel in the Yukon)

Fridays - I may be solo some of these due to friends having
to work, if so I will either fish the V near shore or the Mckee in the creeks and jetties for flatties and such. I will also bait and deploy the crab traps.
(fuel burn in Mckee is negligable - she sips)

Friday evenings - Eat fresh fish from the day's catch. Friends arrive and we prep the V for Saturday and possibly squeeze in some flounder gigging depending on the tides. Re-fuel Mckee if necessary.

Saturdays - up before sunrise with visions of king mackeral, cobia, spades, bsb, and stray dolphin dancing in our heads. Run out anywhere b/t 15 - 30 miles to find weedlines and/or live bottom spots. Stop on way in to unload and re-bait the crab trap. Pull boat, refuel and tidy up (approx 20 - 30+ gallons of fuel in the V)

Saturday evening - Eat fresh fish and crab from the day's catch. BS with friends about who did what wrong and how funny it was. Maybe gig flounder - again depending on tides and how worn out we are. (fuel burn in Mckee is negligable)

Sunday morning - up early and fish for a few hours either in Mckee or V, then pull the crab traps and head back to clean up and put the V back in storage. Head home 3.5 hrs w/ mckee craft in tow (approx 15 gallons of fuel in the Yukon)

So in summary, I can do all of this for about 70 gallons of fuel which is < $300.
P.S. I planned my Friday's off to coincide with payday :clap:
P.S.S. I hope Mrs. Blue doesn't see this or I might get :nut:
P.S.S.S. This plan is subject to change at any time - esp if Mrs. Blue finds out.

I wonder how Mrs. Blue sees it?......

BR leaves work Thursday, pick up kids from day care.

Friday, keep kids to save daycare $, do laundry, dishes, dusting.

Saturday, cut grass.

Sunday, do something w/ Mrs. Blue.

Mrs. Blue: "Honey, I love you being off Fridays, it works out great!"

RB - that was a good one!

Here's my only saving grace:

1) Mrs. Blue is a school teacher so she will have a 2 month vacation this summer. Lucky dawg! Also since she started teaching the kids ride a shuttle to the high school and stay there for free until Mrs. Blue gets off work. I'm loving no day care payment!!
2) I already do MOST of the dishes, laundry and dusting.
3) Grass will be cut on Tuesday evening after work.
4) Do something w/ Mrs. Blue on Sunday? Sure thing....hope her and the kids don't mind pulling a crab pot or two.......
:sun:

I think if I can talk her into going with me, then bring back a bunch of delicious seafood (even if I have to buy it LOL) it should help my case a little. We'll see.