frayed knot: Issues involving kids can be disappointing for a lot of reasons either yours or others believe me Ive been there and done that (my youngest son was shot when he was 17 and looks at things much differently now ) and I commend you for stepping up to the plate and giving it a swing..On another subject how is the striper fishing under the new bern bridges in the winter? We had a really crappy season here in Beaufort this year, they were here today gone tomorrow but I did hook up with some 8 to 11 pound hatteras blues in january but no stripers..Frank