Going to see my boat.

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by spareparts

be carefull thru that stretch after you get off 140, they have been pulling a lot of people thru that area lately(most recently, my boss, last Thursday, pulling a boat down to teh Chas Boat Show). BTW, Randleman, did you ever know that it is required to have a class A in NC to tow if the total weight of the tow vehicle and trailer excede 10,000 lbs? At least thats what the Trooper told my boss as he wrote a $950 ticket. Seems like anyone pulling a decent size boat behind any new full size vehicle would be at fault, never mind the camper guys

Your boss was apparently stopped by a Commercial Motorcarrier Enforcement Trooper.

And what the Trooper probably told you boss is that if the trailer you are towing has a GVWR of 10001 pounds and up, then you have to have a class A Commercial DL. It's not the total weight of both units.

[randlemanboater]

Wow, that was a long post I wrote, for the short attention span crowd, here is a shorter version.

My boat ran great, the weather was cool but nice, my new boat seat didn't fit, yet. And I had an hour and a half rasslin match with a huge armoire.

And I enjoyed the heck out of my 25 hour trip to the coast.

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

I know yer already down there, but if ya pick this up...in Calabash, go eat at the Grapevine...it's right there at the red-light in Calabash and it's as good as food gets...excellent service, too

I will give it a try another time REEL. We only ate a biscuit in Calabash, a huge hamburger at Mankins Causway Cafe @ Holden Beach for lunch, and Taco Bell on the way home. I was going to go to the Seafood Barn for dinner and have an Oyster Roast but they were closed until February.

[TunaHead]

Oyster roast? I have no idea what that is but I want one already...

[randlemanboater]

I see MJ got you straight in another thread. Barbeque is an entree, not an activity.

[Blue_Runner]

Excellent report RB. Glad you got your fix. Sounds like the weather was good. I bet that was a big red drum pulling on your buddies line.

While up at Va. Beach I saw a big load of BSB's come into the cleaning station. Most were around 3 lbs but there were a couple of 5 + lbers in there. Big red golfballs hanging out of their throats lol. The fishermen was a girl and guy. I think the girl was fishgrl from Tidalfish. Talked with her for a minute. She was pretty snobby acting IMO. Acted like she was the shizzle....I was not impressed. With her personality that is. The catch was pretty impressive!
Big FAT BSB fillets.

She said they went out 60 miles for em.

Blue

[randlemanboater]

You are probably right about it being a Redfish. I thought it may be a shark when it took off at first but when he brought in the jig after it came off, there were no teeth marks in the body. I wish he haddn't lost it, but thats racing, I mean fishing.

[Blue_Runner]

So you like to jig the bottom fish as well. It beats having to bait that hook and alot more fun if you ask me! Although as you pointed out a shark will hit the jig just as readily as cut bait.

[randlemanboater]

I have found that I end up catching more keepers and a lot less throw backs using jigs. I use a 3-4 ounce red head and a white body seems to do best. This is in shallow water, 40 feet or so. The deeper the heavier, up to 16 ounce for 120 feet. But if they won't bite jigs, I use Berkley Gulp cut bait (squid flavor), Uncle Josh pork rinds, or Fish Bites artificial blood worms, shrimp, and clam. I hardly ever use real bait anymore for bottom fish.

I tried all of those sure fire methods the other day to no avail.

[msbhammer]

Glad you got to see your baby.