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Congrats on the Grady - I occasionally dream that I have one, as my V (that you helped me through a lot of issues with) gathers dust due to lousy fishing here and no time to work on it.

I’m getting things cleaned up, trying to stay ahead of new stuff and looking forward to getting back to work on the boat. My goal is to have it ocean worthy for next year. The ocean here is a bit of a challenge - every access is out of a river or river fed bay, which all have bars to cross that can become death traps quickly. Shallow bars make for high breaking waves as soon as the swells get just high enough. They kill people every year here in Oregon and I want the boat in good shape and a very good eye on the weather and seas before going out.

There’s some good bottom fishing close in and Salmon can be very good in the ocean, even when they aren’t biting in the rivers.

Enough whining - yes, let’s get back to boat stuff and fishing.