Story behind your V20 handle

[charlie_the_tuna]

my middle name is charles and i love tuna fishing.
not quite as riviting as randle's story but pretty good anyway.

[macojoe]

In 1995 I was with a friend Cod fishing 30 miles out when I caught a Mako shark. Then my friends started to call me Mako Joe. When on the computer said Mako was taken all the time I changed it to Maco and my name Joe, and the rest is history

[tsubaki]

This was the first forum I had read or even joined.
Screen name was already taken. Instead of trying to come up with something else, I just used one of my wife's business's names.
Figured it would be almost impossible to have been already taken.
Japanese for camellia.

[CaptJ]

Great question Nipper. And you got some cool answers. Mine is self explainatory. I got my six pack license and first name begins with J. Nothing exciting.
Named my V20 "the Seventh Wave" because I was really into surfing and waves are rumored to come in sets of seven. The seventh wave is supposed to be the biggest and best...

[Stinky_Hooker]

I crap alot....a very "regular" fellow. I keep a bucket and toilet paper with me at all times in my truck/boat/while hunting, etc...Its not uncommon for me to drop 6 loads a day. When fishing usually 2 or 3 before even getting the boat in the water at day break.

[Road King Cole]

Well, My name is Dave Cole, I have a road king bike and have been called "old king cole", so I merged them.

I am thinking about naming my boat "Sea-King"

btw,

Somehow I had a different idea about the name "Stinky Hooker", I figured it was a fishing reference. So if I ever need to borrow a bucket, think I'll ask someone else...

[Pipe_Dream]

Pipe Dream is the name of my boat. I acquired it from the construction company that I worked for, a pipeline contractor. It was used to ferry workers and gear to a neighboring island. (In my case, it has nothing to do with smoking opium. I swear!)

A pipe dream is also "a fanciful or impossible plan or hope." Throughout my younger years I dreamed of living by the sea. Some called that a pipe dream. It came true 20 years ago. ;-)

[Blue_Runner]

3rd boat (V21): Blue Runner - name originated from my screen name on another fishing board. In 2003 I joined a fishing board for the first time (www.reddrumtackle.com). I had to come up with a name. It just so happens I had been surf fishing at Hatteras Island the previous week and caught two fish I could not immediately ID. When I got home I was able to id the fish. They were Blue Runners. Soooooo, I went with Blue Runner as my handle, then later on when I got the boat I just used that name. I also use Blue Runner as my handle on all other boards so if you see a Blue Runner somewhere else - its probably me!