New guy here

[phatdaddy]

Welcome aboard, nice heliopad. I guess being from Louisiana, that's a V20 Lafitte skiff

[Abe460]

Yea, that platform is crazy but, nice. I've been out on it once ,before we inherited it, and it really ads room for people to spread out. Now, to the A/C in there...I have no idea. It was bought that way. Maybe if you had a really quiet and portable propane generator it could be useful...to freeze you out. What's really funny is they used romex run to the transom (along with about 35 other single conductor wires) for 120AC. I guess being from Louisiana I should understand that if you give some coonass a welding machine, boat and an air conditioner that it could turn into a monster, but it still confuses me.

[cterrebonne]

welcome! cool rig man....that dive platform must be a nice conversation piece at those crawfish boils eh?

[Abe460]

Originally Posted by cterrebonne

welcome! cool rig man....that dive platform must be a nice conversation piece at those crawfish boils eh?

Good to see a fellow La resident. This forum never ceases to amaze me. Crawfish have been a little high this year. We've only had two boils so far. We can't wait till after Easter when prices go down. Lastnight we had a boil for a rehearsal dinner, but nobody has seen the boat yet. I hope to get it running for some trials by May. I'm looking to get to the first rigs to do some fishing this summer. Seems I've gained some extra friends at work when I explain the boat...everyone wants to go fishing

[charlie_the_tuna]

hello abel, i dont want to alarm you but some jackass has crashed his pontoon boat into the back of your boat.
gonna be hell gettin it off.

[chumbucket]

Welcome

That's it! Time to pimp out my boat. MJ!!! Bring me the blow torch and more peanut butter!

[randlemanboater]

Welcome to the board Abe.

[phester]

welcome aboard Abe. That's the first v20 I've seen w/ a heli-pad. Cool set-up, good luck w/ her

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by Abe460

Good to see a fellow La resident. This forum never ceases to amaze me. Crawfish have been a little high this year. We've only had two boils so far. We can't wait till after Easter when prices go down. Lastnight we had a boil for a rehearsal dinner, but nobody has seen the boat yet. I hope to get it running for some trials by May. I'm looking to get to the first rigs to do some fishing this summer. Seems I've gained some extra friends at work when I explain the boat...everyone wants to go fishing

yeah for good friday we were going to get a sack but it was around $ 75 so we found some peeled la shrimp for about 3.33 a pound and made po-boys and they fried some sheepshead we caught in january. talk about good.

[Abe460]

Depending on the pounds of the sack that's crazy/robbery. Sacks are about 25lbs to 35lbs. We're going about $1.50 a pound...that's medium to large. On the other hand how the h**l did you get peeled shrimp for $3.33 a pound? For large shrimp with heads we're looking at $2.25 a pound. Nobody sells peeled shrimp here.

Sorry, but finally... you guys eat sheephead? They're so tough here that it's not worth the effort for the small gain.

Guess we could throw rocks at each other, but food is completely different. On another note: how was the gator this winter? Ours was scarce at best.