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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 9, 2024 15:38:39 GMT -5
I had lunch with my cousin at the supper buffet on MLK and 62nd Ave N in St Pete. First time there and I highly recommend.
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Post by richm on Apr 9, 2024 15:49:47 GMT -5
I bought a stand-up style fishing pole to go with the new reel I got to replace rod lost when BiL was down. It has already shipped... Bouncing off the walls til it shows up.
Work was very choppy today - lotsa people needing lotsa things.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 9, 2024 15:59:29 GMT -5
I get that but never thought about it before. Again, thanks. I have a real hard time keeping her away from nuts and candy that contains nuts.
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 9, 2024 16:58:03 GMT -5
Sitting in Atlanta Airport waiting on a plane from Paris.
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Post by 4ward on Apr 9, 2024 17:19:53 GMT -5
Sitting in Atlanta Airport waiting on a plane from Paris. Candy has been getting around huh. It’s great that you are always there for her.
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Post by Captj on Apr 9, 2024 18:06:06 GMT -5
Fished hard with nary a run off. Got 'em yesterday so will still have my fish fry this evening - after a few cocktails. What are you fishing for and how? Run off has me wondering - we live line a bit and wondering if that's what you are up to. Yellowtailing in KL. Been very inconsistent. Soon though.
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Post by swampdog on Apr 9, 2024 19:07:07 GMT -5
Waiting on a plane from Paris? Ferris you didn’t fall for one of those mail order companions did you?
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 9, 2024 19:21:28 GMT -5
Sitting in Atlanta Airport waiting on a plane from Paris. Candy has been getting around huh. It’s great that you are always there for her. She does have her charms.
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Post by bswiv on Apr 9, 2024 19:24:42 GMT -5
Easy one today. Finished the Land Management Review with FWC & DEP, a 3 hour ZOOM.....sitting still that long kills me!
Met biologist from Florida Marine Research Institute and USF&WS service folks on our sand hill in regards to a plan to establish Etoniah Rosemary up there ( Federally Endangered ) and then took a side trip with the FMRI researchers to let them look at some areas where they want to search for Black Creek Crawfish ( Also endangered ), loaded up another truck bed full of long leaf straw and while driving that back to Fruit Cove spent a good hour on the phone with a landowner in Georgia who had land management questions.
Louann had dinner and a Pabst ready when I got home......which should have been a warning clue......because as soon a dinner was down she had me out spreading the straw.
Now.........thinking about a eppisode of "Foyle's War"......Brittish.....rather interesting......
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Post by GaryS on Apr 10, 2024 6:14:20 GMT -5
Went to a gun range yesterday, first time in 50 years. When I shoot it is usually out of the airboat someplace, I had bought a savage A2 22 mag automatic to help with coyote problem. Took it to a grove that a friend has access to. The gun had problems ejecting spent rounds and chambering new ones. I was not happy. I pulled the gun apart and found it had a lot of grease in it. Cleaned it up but didn't have access to grove to retry it. Have a couple friends that are long range shooters so asked them to take me to range. Armed with about 8 different makers and types of bullets tried again. Gun worked great, found the bullet than it liked best and got it sighted in and ready to roll. These guys are serious about shooting, one is shooting competitively with a 22 long. The guy is able to get a tight group at 500 yards wit a 22 long. We were shooting 100 yards and they both were shooting the centers out of the targets.
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 10, 2024 7:20:28 GMT -5
Went to a gun range yesterday, first time in 50 years. When I shoot it is usually out of the airboat someplace, I had bought a savage A2 22 mag automatic to help with coyote problem. Took it to a grove that a friend has access to. The gun had problems ejecting spent rounds and chambering new ones. I was not happy. I pulled the gun apart and found it had a lot of grease in it. Cleaned it up but didn't have access to grove to retry it. Have a couple friends that are long range shooters so asked them to take me to range. Armed with about 8 different makers and types of bullets tried again. Gun worked great, found the bullet than it liked best and got it sighted in and ready to roll. These guys are serious about shooting, one is shooting competitively with a 22 long. The guy is able to get a tight group at 500 yards wit a 22 long. We were shooting 100 yards and they both were shooting the centers out of the targets. I have this .22 Hornet. Deadly accurate, and deadly. Have owned it 30 years. Lethal at 3-400 yards. Agree with you 100%.
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Post by richm on Apr 10, 2024 8:51:20 GMT -5
500 yds for 22 long rifle! Thats some good ammo and one heck of a drop.
Seen some guys that would use a bullet hole for a target at 100. Tight shooting…
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Post by gogittum on Apr 10, 2024 9:51:36 GMT -5
500 yds for 22 long rifle! Thats some good ammo and one heck of a drop. Seen some guys that would use a bullet hole for a target at 100. Tight shooting… These days I can barely see a target 100 yards away, let alone hit it.
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Post by GaryS on Apr 11, 2024 6:25:57 GMT -5
500 yds for 22 long rifle! Thats some good ammo and one heck of a drop. Seen some guys that would use a bullet hole for a target at 100. Tight shooting… They are paying 20 a box and buying a brick at a time. One of the does some kind of competitive online shooting, don't really understand how that works but it is world wide.
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Post by Captj on Apr 11, 2024 9:22:18 GMT -5
Fillet some Yellowtail (snapper), fixed a few loose screws in the rubrail, installed a Fusion stereo and got it synched with my Garmin MFD's. Mowed and edged the lawn, then fried up some snapper for dinner. Winning.
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Post by Pressure Point on Apr 11, 2024 9:55:35 GMT -5
Today, I went to Brasher Park in Port Richey and helped CCA Florida and the Duke Energy Mariculture Center released 40,000, juvenile (4 to 6 inches), hatchery-reared spotted sea trout along the West Coast, 20,000 in Pasco County and 20,000 in Citrus County. Special thanks to the volunteers who helped release these fish. To date, the partners have released 150,000 spotted sea trout and 280,000 redfish across the state of Florida. Releases continue tomorrow in Panama City, as our team will release 50 slot-sized redfish to kick off the 2024 Redfish Film Fest. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 11, 2024 10:16:13 GMT -5
That's at least two days work for me
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 11, 2024 10:25:40 GMT -5
Kudos Pressure Point. That's a good thing.
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Post by madm002 on Apr 11, 2024 10:36:35 GMT -5
Long day, Meals on Wheels in the AM, pick up the grandkids at school, take them to the tennis match finally got them home at 7pm. BTW the Meals on Wheels thing is a blast, love it, except when the people disappear.
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 13, 2024 22:13:45 GMT -5
So a one hour rear brake pad job turned into an all day rear brake caliper swap🤬. Kid that had the car before must of removed the calipers and spray painted them red. The heat from the brakes caused the paint to melt and leech into all the seals. Good chance those rear brakes haven’t worked in a while. All new calipers and pads, fresh fluid. Made the boy drive me around , thing stops on a dime. All the brake fluid sucked every once of moisture out of my hands, brake fluid is nasty stuff.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 13, 2024 22:24:58 GMT -5
I used to hate doing brakes for the reason that I always ran into caliper problems. I got to where I would just buy new calipers. Yeah the rebuilt suck also.
Congratulations on a job well done
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Post by bswiv on Apr 14, 2024 7:29:15 GMT -5
So a one hour rear brake pad job turned into an all day rear brake caliper swap🤬. Kid that had the car before must of removed the calipers and spray painted them red. The heat from the brakes caused the paint to melt and leech into all the seals. Good chance those rear brakes haven’t worked in a while. All new calipers and pads, fresh fluid. Made the boy drive me around , thing stops on a dime. All the brake fluid sucked every once of moisture out of my hands, brake fluid is nasty stuff. If it's any consolation......consider how much it would have cost to have it done........and then factor in that they might not have caught some of what you caught!! I get frustrated working on the tractors and the rest of the equipment......but.....when labor everywhere is $80 or so a hour.......and I know I have to make over $100 to have $80 to spend......well....I feel better about doing it. And again.....that part about it being done right, at least most of the time. The solenoid in one of the electric carts from the other day coming to mind, painfully. But even with that, the second solenoid and the extra hour to replace it again after figuring out that the wires to the motor and from the battery were so old that they were causing resistance to build to the point of cooking the solenoid was still less aggravation and cost than having the darn thing hauled to the shop.
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Post by Captj on Apr 14, 2024 7:59:22 GMT -5
Found the suspected fuel leak in the big (26') boat, fixed it and then cleaned the bilges with Dawn. Big relief as the tank is encapsulated and a pinhole would have been a major project. The culprit was single clamped supply lines with loose clamps. Of course one broke when I torqued down on it and it was a bitch to replace due to the location. Why do people put things in places that are almost impossible to work on?
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Post by Stumpy on Apr 14, 2024 10:13:18 GMT -5
Found the suspected fuel leak in the big (26') boat, fixed it and then cleaned the bilges with Dawn. Big relief as the tank is encapsulated and a pinhole would have been a major project. The culprit was single clamped supply lines with loose clamps. Of course one broke when I torqued down on it and it was a bitch to replace due to the location. Why do people put things in places that are almost impossible to work on? No lie... I had to replace the radiator on my Ram 3500. The driver side intercooler hose clamp was positioned where the clamp nut was next to a frame pillar. I had to grind down a box end thin enough to get the wrench in the space and on the clamp nut. And then take a million 1/16 turns of the nut to remove the clamp. If I could have found the joker who installed that clamp, I would have kick his ass over the horizon.
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 14, 2024 11:12:40 GMT -5
Found the suspected fuel leak in the big (26') boat, fixed it and then cleaned the bilges with Dawn. Big relief as the tank is encapsulated and a pinhole would have been a major project. The culprit was single clamped supply lines with loose clamps. Of course one broke when I torqued down on it and it was a bitch to replace due to the location. Why do people put things in places that are almost impossible to work on? No lie... I had to replace the radiator on my Ram 3500. The driver side intercooler hose clamp was positioned where the clamp nut was next to a frame pillar. I had to grind down a box end thin enough to get the wrench in the space and on the clamp nut. And then take a million 1/16 turns of the nut to remove the clamp. If I could have found the joker who installed that clamp, I would have kick his ass over the horizon. some engineers need killing
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 14, 2024 11:22:25 GMT -5
Today I'm getting the wife ready to fly to Norway for 10 days.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 14, 2024 11:22:37 GMT -5
Today i pissed off my wife Unintentionally but it still happened
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 14, 2024 12:17:27 GMT -5
Planned on taking the Mrs for breakfast and then going to the range but she had a terrible headache all night so I’m hoping she gets better and then I’ll take her for a late lunch.
Looking at thousands of black crappie in the water in front of the little lake house. Man it looks like you could walk across them. Literally thousands.
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Post by tonyroma on Apr 14, 2024 13:18:28 GMT -5
Planned on taking the Mrs for breakfast and then going to the range but she had a terrible headache all night so I’m hoping she gets better and then I’ll take her for a late lunch. Looking at thousands of black crappie in the water in front of the little lake house. Man it looks like you could walk across them. Literally thousands. Them’s called spec😉
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 14, 2024 13:22:33 GMT -5
Getting ready to spawn?
I don’t have much experience with crappies.
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