Looked a little chippity choppity while surf fishing this evening
Beautiful evening and even better Saturday. No issues had weather wise. Was very bumpy Friday evening but nothing unsafe. Just going 25mph vs 40mph
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Mike Martinez
2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s
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Originally posted by FLORIDA_BOY2Beautiful evening and even better Saturday. No issues had weather wise. Was very bumpy Friday evening but nothing unsafe. Just going 25mph vs 40mph
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Mike Martinez2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s
Glad to hear it. How about the fish?
If everybody came home, nobody got hurt and the boat didn’t break it’s a good trip. If you catch a few fish it’s a great trip:smiley:
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
It didn’t come without its flaws. Anchor light snapped on way out, plow anchor shaft bent in half at 10pm, VHF antenna was left up to tow home and it came home snapped in half. Good news is, VHF antenna needed a better one anyways, bad news is, anything on top of the t-top I will forget again and break. Before I make any offshore trip I have a long list I check off before leaving the house in Lexington. It’s time to make another for before leaving the boat ramp. On the question about the fish, bottom was more fruitful than the top to us but we definitely came home with quality over quantity and plenty of meat for 4 people.
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Mike Martinez
2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s
Sheet, that’s minor stuff:smiley: I drove off from the ramp last year with the antennas up and 4 rods in the T-top holders. Didn’t have any when I got home[:I] That Chechessee bridge by the ramp has low clearance!
Experience teaches you to recognize a mistake, right after you’ve made it again. This I’ve learned well 
But it takes some mistakes to gain the experience. Lights and antennas are cheap. Probably less than the fuel you burned on the trip. If you caught some fish too, it was a good trip.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
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Originally posted by Cracker LarrySheet, that’s minor stuff:smiley: I drove off from the ramp last year with the antennas up and 4 rods in the T-top holders. Didn’t have any when I got home[:I] That Chechessee bridge by the ramp has low clearance!
Experience teaches you to recognize a mistake, right after you’ve made it again. This I’ve learned well
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
Dang! That must have sounded like an airstrike when you hit the bridge
It did! It was ugly. $1,000 worth of ugly!
A couple of years ago I went under a low bridge in Boca Grande. I thought it was high enough. It wasn’t. Same results. 2 antennas and 6 rods. Made a lot of noise. Like I said, experience teaches me to recognize mistakes right after I’ve made them again:face_with_head_bandage:
Not as bad as the guy I watched drive through a McDonalds take out window with a T-top though. He took out his entire T-top, plus the drive through canopy:smiley:
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
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Originally posted by Cracker LarryIt did! It was ugly. $1,000 worth of ugly!
A couple of years ago I went under a low bridge in Boca Grande. I thought it was high enough. It wasn’t. Same results. 2 antennas and 6 rods. Made a lot of noise. Like I said, experience teaches me to recognize mistakes right after I’ve made them again:face_with_head_bandage:
Not as bad as the guy I watched drive through a McDonalds take out window with a T-top though. He took out his entire T-top, plus the drive through canopy:smiley:
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
ouch
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Mike Martinez
2016 Sea Hunt 25 Gamefish twin Yamaha 150’s
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I drove off from the ramp last year with the antennas up and 4 rods in the T-top holders. Didn't have any when I got home
Hate that for you Larry but, it makes guys like me feel better when they see even Old Salts like you do it sometimes.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?