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Congrats! Good call getting married in Vegas....A wedding should be fun!

I tried that on my dog and ended up drowning him.....I could have sworn the guy told me 5 MINUTES.

I just got a flyer in the mail...effective today the discounts go to 20-50% (still 10% on boats, motors, and electronics)

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Last 4th of July my wife and I went to Ocracoke for the weekend. On the 4th, we headed out for a day of fishing.....about 15 miles out, we set the spread and started trolling for Mahi. a half hour later, 2 lines hooked up. I told her to pull the boat into neutral, and we brought in the fish. I had mine in first, so I was tying the line off to leave it in the water while we worked the school, when all of a sudden: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz two of the other lines that hadn't been reeled up went crazy-then snapped, as did the chum bag that I had just set out. She had accidentally tripped the safety button when pulling the throttle into neutral and pulled it into reverse, and the lines that went and the chum bag had fouled in the prop. By this time, we were 25 miles offshore so I made the decision to unfoul the prop right then and worry about fishing later since that was our ride home. (in hindsight, I wish we'd have put more fish in the boat first!) I couldn't get all of the line unwound and ended up having to take the prop off. After removing the prop and getting the rest of the line out from behind it, I was putting it back on, and I jumped in the water and wrapped my left forearm around the prop to hold it while I was tightening the nut. Bad move. The prop rotated just a fraction of a turn when I torqued on the nut and the sharp trailing edge laid my inner forearm open in true filet knife fashion. The cut was only about 1 1/2" long, but deep enough that I could see veins and tendons. After making a quick determination that no helicopter ride was needed, since blood was pouring instead squirting, the wife got the first aid kit out, which was in a nylon bag with a zipper that couldn't be persuaded to move with pliers, I had to open it with a filet knife. We got the wound dressed and headed in. We arrived back in Ocracoke at about 2:45 in the afternoon, about 15 minutes before the 4th of July parade was to start, located a phone book, and called the one and only clinic in town. The Doctor was of course not in, but his cell number was on the recording. He came to the clinic right after the parade was over and stitched up my handy work, gave me some antibiotics, and sent us on our way. The rest of the day turned out great. We were docked with the rear of the boat facing directly toward the beach where the quite impressive fireworks display would take place, so we spent the evening with the helm chairs turned around and our feet up enjoying the fireworks and sipping 12 ounce painkillers! See....even the worst day of fishing is better than the best day at work!!

There's already a fish stories thread to tell about your good day of fishing....now let's hear about your bad day. :2261_high: I have a story I'll tell later on when I have more time.

I got mine here: http://www.wholesalemarine.com/ I believe I paid about $280 for a heavy duty trailerable cover.

Hotspot- Customink.com is pretty cool-thanks!

I have always used windex instead of soapy water. Probably not much difference, but the windex seems to evaporate faster which I think reduces the time to full adhesion....which might be a negative if the decal is huge. Oh, and don't use a credit card....pony up a dollar for a fairly rigid plastic squeegee.

You're definitely right that nothing beats the real thing....I'm thinking along the lines of having something with no shelf life that I can stow away until I need it-If I fish for Kings at all it's usually because I'm on my "back-up plan"

2007: 2008: 2009:

As an aside....the chocks might be a good way to cover/re-use 2 of the holes left from removing the bow rail if the placement works out right. Anytime there's less patching to do, that's a good thing, right?

Kingair- is the cleat used primarily for anchoring, or is it a primary cleat for docking as well? If you have 2 cleats down each side for docking and the bow cleat is mainly for anchoring, I wouldn't worry about the chocks. If you use it as a primary docking cleat, I would probably go ahead and install them.

Marine-tex is definitely too permanent for many applications, but the mounting point for a gas shock gets a heck of alot of torque applied to it.

I hear ya, man....I'm starting to get that familiar "itch" that only the gulfstream can scratch! I've been taking care of all those little springtime projects on the boat....all I need is for NOAA to cooperate some weekend.

I thought it was spelled 'Jersus'

Walkabout- What area of Raleigh are you in? I'm south of Garner near 40 & 42.

Anyone ever tried these? I keep seeing them in the tackle shops & I'm just curious if they work. I don't really fish for kings much, but I thought I might throw a couple in the tackle box & check them out sometime when I feel like a slow ride in.

If you go to 23" props will you still be in the recommended WOT range? Where are you at w/ the 21's?

Might be time to stock that pond!!

Another vote for the baitrunners I have a couple of the 4500's....good solid reels, good price.

Wiley....YOU DA MAN!! :2403_worshipper:

The family slobbery swabby.....

It seems that I'm kind of in the minority.....I've always felt that Marine-tex or some similar epoxy is a more permanent solution for something like this. BTW.....I did the same thing with gas struts using Marine-tex and it hasn't budged yet.

2009 Fishing Goals 1. Fish More. 2. Spend less. Sorry....that's all I got. :2261_high: :2261_high: