Offical Charleston get together thread
 

Hey MJ, can you make this one a sticky?
Charleston SC get together on the weekend of March 18th.
Only reply with conformations, refer to the other thread for questions or links. Let me know if you are coming with your boat or not, how many expected to be in your party, whether or not you will need a slip for your boat(and how long), and if you need trailer parking. Post where you are staying so others may try to stay near. If you have any direct questions, feel free to call me (843) 532-9148, PM me, or email me at [email protected]. Best recomendations to stay will be in Mt. Pleasant. Downtown Charelstons is nice, but more difficult to get around with a boat, also more expensive. N. Charletson is hit or miss, let me know if you want me to ride by a hotel and check it out for you. For cabin rentals, Isle Of Palms is the most exspensive, followed by Sullivans Island, Mt Pleasant, Folly Beach, and James Island.

Heres a map quest http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Charleston&state=SC
I live in Goose Creek, takes me about 20 minutes to get downtown. Summerville is nice, its a little further. If the wind is howling, we may run up the Cooper River to Moncks Corner

the place where we are going to have the oysters and Bar B Que( hey Reel, you see this) is going to be Sea Breeze Marina http://wikimapia.org/5370171/Seabreeze-Marina if you have any question about the Marina, direct them to me and I'll have the manager contact you. Its a dry stack, tehy normaly don't rent wet slips, but they're friends of mine, so we are getting a special deal. Plenty of resturants and sites to see. make sure to visit the SCDNR site http://www.dnr.sc.gov/ for rules, regulations, and requirements.

Looking forward to seeing ya'll. Now I need to get to work on my V
David

I know we are going.

I'll either have 2 or 4 people with me.

I will be bringing our 180 Wellcraft Center Console.

Not sure if i'll be trailering it, or driving it from MB.

Would need a hotel for lodging, but prefer to be very close to the marina most of us are staying at. (Can't be too far from the boat in a new place lol)

I can only iron out more details once it gets closer. Either way i'll see y'all down there

just a bump to bring it back up,

so far, the grand total is 1 response, thanks Bruce

Ok, I'm in sans family. Will probably have a buddy from Jax meet me up there.

I am planning on coming. Batten down the hatches!!! Better hide all the beer and women in Charleston......Blue is coming to town!!!

:beer:

OMG!!...my children are down there...:bat:

I need to get some idea who I'm fishing with and then I try to get a room close to them. Since I got Reel and RW wanting me. :sun:

(And the cops in 3 counties..........) :p :hide:

Probably more like 3 STATES!!...LOL!!...

Yeah, as if we didn't know you have children in just about every sothern state......and a few up north to boot..... :booty::beer:

How old are YOU??..you might be one of 'em, Sonny!!!...LOL!!...

Damn.

Where were you 37 years ago???? Please don't say Lexington, NC! :hide:

22 yrs old and slatherin BBQ sauce on a fine lady as a matter of fact...


J/K, Dawg!!:you:...better not let this one get too far down the road...:beer:

:thre:
Don't worry DAWG yer personal secret is safe with me! :zip:

If you and the cops and FBI, CIA, NCIS, Marine Fisheries, Game warden, and any other federal, local boys knew my real name I'd probably be in deep sh$t oh I am in deep sh$t.

O well Find me

so, how many of ya'll are commiting to coming?

you can count me in

Senor Willy will be coming with Rob (RW) for sure. We are still working on where we will be staying and should know that in a day or two.
Put a call in to Kenny (Lumber) but no response from him.
Pete is coming so if we get Destroyer on board that will be five Jersey Yankees heading your way.
But for now there be three.

I here by give limited permission for said yankee signee to cross the Mason Dixon line for a limited time South(Gods country).


I( fill in your name), promise not to explain thats the way we do it up North. Nor do I compain about any Southern custom, nor do i complain about Southern drivers. I do swear to bring at least one transplant yankee back with me when I return in lew of serverence pay for having to deal with my Yankee ways.


Please fill in and sign, I'll need to get a Southern Notary to stamp it,...... Reel?

And Stink Man it is time we meet, so you better bring your Alabama Panty Wearing Arse up there, or i will be telling stories I make up about you.

I'm warning ya'll to make it a week. In case any of ya'll didn't know, pig huntn is a year round thing down here, now legal at night, with a pistol, and lights.

They got pigs in that area?

Yup..
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...malesmoker.jpg
Afraid so...

I too busy LMFAOFF!!...:you:

But in the end...we gotta remember we is all "Snaggers"...Snaggers born...Snaggers bred...Snaggers standin'...or in the bed...






















WTF??...:head:

Reel, I figured you would have the Southern Notary Stamp, all our Northern guest will have to have you witness and stamp it.


BTW, Thanks MJ :clap:

Spare, I did have the SNS at one time..was revoked by the governing bodies upon discovery of an evening of fun & frivolity w/a beautiful young lady from Buffalo... revocation was made permanent after finding out the nite in question happened above the Mason-Dixon...officially lost the stamp, but was unofficially patted on the back and received "Job Well Done" by the officiating staff after her appearance at the hearing on my behalf...:hide:

as long as you didn't have it revoked for bad bar-b-que sauce, we'll let it slide

Hey Spare...I was thinking about a V-20 assault on the Locks...somehow I've never done it, but always heard it a great ride...up the ditch and up the river, thru the locks and out onto the lake where there's a big sand beach...

Whadda you think?...:beer:

riding up to the locks is pretty cool, not much on the other side though. Locks have been giving problems, I think they are closed for repairs now

Spare any idea on what fishing is to be done, what to be set up for?

the choices are endless. Inshore you have spottail(redfish, red drum), speckled trout, flounder, and a ton of misc trash fish. We get some small blues inside as well. All you'll need for this is light inshore spinning reels, I use 7ft medium action 10 lbs rods Penn 4300 SS's, spooled with 25lb braid. Live bait under a float, or lead head jigs. Nothing fancy. If you want to venture outside, theres the endless undersize black sea bass, all at 11" for bottom fishing. I've heard the spades have been showing up earlier, don't know pesonally, you might have to run out further. Offshore should be on fire(Tuna, Dolphin, Wahoo), but its a bit far for a V to get to, figure a minimum run to 35 miles out, hottest spots are 72 miles out. If we run up the river, we'll be going from salt to fresh. Stripers are in the river, I don't know much about catching them though. Large mouth, catfish, crappie, brim, all the fresh water stuff. If we go into the lake, there are some monster catfish and plenty of stripers. Check out charlestonfishing.com for fishing updates, trends, and info. Make sure to check the SCDNR regulations for fishing liscense and limits. If we go up the river, you'll will need the fresh and saltwater liscense. I didn't want to be the "camp director" with the clip board and whistle, figured I'd just let every one do what they want and we'd meet up at the end of the day. If there is something that you'd be interested in doing, let me know. Do some research on line about all the sights to see around here. I'm lucky enough to live here, I can see them any time.


BTW, WIlly, If you come early enough, I have a pig hunt set up for you.

Sounds like Lee & Willy definately wanna fish...who else is leaning that way?...most all?...or how many wanna cruise around, spend the time boating and seein' the Charleston area from waterside?...

I'm happy doin either...depending on how long yer gonna be down, you could squeeze in some of both...

Spare's right about referencing charlestonfishing.com...and SCDNR...

Reel, what you think about puttin in at "The Dock" in Monks Corner and running down on Friday for any one that shows up early, that leaves Sat for general ridin. If the weatehr is sucky on Sat, we can allways ride back up. I'll see what teh stripers are doing on the lake, I've got access to a pontoon on the lake if you want to try fishin the stripers.


I'm telling you guys, one weekend is not enough

I'm up for a cruising, drinking hanging out sight seeing thing or a mix. Don't bother me none, would love to just see what the area looks like from land and sea.
Mostly I'm coming down to meet up with you fellows and share some time together. I just need a break from working my arse off up here and 15 degree weather. If we wet a line inshore that will just be an extra in my mind.
I will have 12-13 hours to discuss it with Rob on the way down, I will be ready for anything, it's my nature.

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I will have 12-13 hours to discuss it with Rob on the way down.[/QUOTE]


Rob...I suggest fully loaded IPOD w/earphones and a full battery...:nut:

well, I intended for this thread to be conformation only, but its turned into another discusion thread(i'm guilty as well). So, in order for me to get an accurate head count, anyone coming down, please PM me with conformation, let me know how many will be in the party, when you expect to arrive, if you will need in the water slip or trailer parking. Any other info is appreciated. Anyone exxpecting to arrive early let em knwo, we'll see if we can get some type of activity planned

I'm in. Now for the love of Snaggers Far and Wide, will someone chime in and tell me where they are staying. Anything better than a Maytag Box suits me or I can wait til' I get there and sleep in my truck, again.
Does the Marina have a ramp and parking for truck and trailer?

Ok, finally took the time to firm up....Willy and I will be staying in my friends RV at Mount Pleasant KOA site.....looks about 6-7 miles out across the bridge from Charleston.....not sure if anyone is into camping but it also looks like they have small cabins and such. We'll be down there late Thursday night or early Friday morning...may spend Thursday night in Florence SC and then head down the extra couple hours on Friday morning.

I was thinking of getting a portable DVD player and playing the Obama Inaugaration on a continouse loop.....he'd be dribbling in a spitoon by the time we got there:you: