GSpot first salt launch
 

Well boys, took the newly broken in Yammie for its first salt water bath. She did swell. Rides very dry for an aluminum boat, very impressed. She is no V though :'( So some of my favorite places to drift for the flatties are off limits, too much big boat traffic and too big swells for such a low transom to be safe. Will be good on weekday trips in calmer winds though.
Hit some closer locations but still a little two windy and very choppy most of the time made it tough to get the good drifts needed but I took my oldest boy out, he's home from Penn State for a few days.
We managed to get about a dozen fluke, all just under the minimum at around 15-16 inches. But we landed four nice keepers 18-20 that will make a sweet meal tonight for everyone. Lost one doormat right at the boat that looked to be around 24 inches. He had the bait but no hook and just would not let go :o Almost netted him but he just opened his mouth and swam away.
I'm not sure I may need to reprop, I got max 5100 rpm at 26 knots but it was a little choppy early in the day when I tried and there was no way to do it later with the winds.

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Nice.
8)

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Nice job Willy....no denying who's the dad of that boy.

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Yea he's a smarter better looking version though. The way it should be ;)

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Nice flounder. Dont you just love taking your kids fishing ?? Nothing better than seeing them reel one in. Thanks for sharing.

Scott

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It's the best way to do it Parrot, wish I could of gotten the other son out but he was not available for this run :-/

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Great PICS. WILLY. ;)

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Great pics and trip Willy,
enjoy every minute with them.

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Good job Willy and son! GSpot charters does it in the salt! Some happy faces there. I see a proud father and a proud son and some very unhappy flatties ;D

So how was dinner? Didja fry the fish?

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congrats on the saltwater splash and the fish.. ;D
nice pic :D

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No my wife rolled them around a stuffing made with shrimp breadcrumbs some spices and other secret ingredients that change each time she does it. Braised and then baked in a white wine sauce
And I am proud, he just finished his sophmore year at Penn State with a 3.90 GPA, he's a good kid. I think I will keep him ;)

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Wow, that's a very good GPA...esp for sophomore at a state school! I went to a state school, then later on a private school and state school is tuff as nails.

Congrats and tell him to keep it up!

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Penn States Smeal Buisness school is one of the toughest and highest rated buisness schools in the country, always in the top five, they are in State College Pa. about three and a half hours from us in NJ.
He is one of 4 students managing the Alumni Fund (5 million ) for the summer which is a job usually handled by the seniors so he is only home a couple of times this summer and I am very sad about that. But it is an incredible oppurtunity for him .

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awesome man ;D, glad you are fishing, cause some of us are not :'(

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great job willy thems some tasty fish ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Iam sure willy jr hated to go back to happy valley :-/

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Managing the fund, huh??...Hmmm....

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Good job ol buddy!

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No my wife rolled them around a stuffing made with shrimp breadcrumbs some spices and other secret ingredients that change each time she does it. Braised and then baked in a white wine sauce

Nicely done all the way around!

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Thanks Tuna, she could turn a road kill into a feast, it's one of the many benefits of marrying an old school Italian babe. ;)
And Ozzie I know you have more cash than that in the garage but heck for the average guy that would be sweet ;D