I just got invited to go July 11th on a 36ft twin 300hp Mercs.

I will post a report when we get back..


Joe

YOu have to remember that Brian likes catching fish that swim around 50 feet deep, have lots of teeth, and oh... wait.......

what are those stinking fish called......

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Cubas?
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.....No that isn't it...
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wait!
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CUDAS!
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That's why He's, "CAPTAIN CUDA!

HAHA! Brian you are never going to get rid of that nickname....

it's allright. may even see if JP will change my handle for me.
I just need some salt, man. it's killin me. no vacation time left for the whole year!(stupid surgery!)
got a great big offshore boat and no time to even take it down.
really sucks. may be going out end of july though. god I hope!
-B

Whooooo Hooooooooooo!

Just booked my airflight to Hobby!

how many days are left now? HEHEHEHE HAHAHAHA! oh by the way i just sent in my last payment on my truck so now i have $500 a month to spend on fishing tackle...
i think i see a new OTI jigging rod in my near future...

2 years left.... then no truck payment or child support payments thats a lot of extra I will enjoy thoroughly!!

3260 hours to go...

Mortage- Paid in full
Truck- Paid in full
Cars- Paid in full
Boat- Paid in full
Furnishings- Paid in full
Fishing tackle- Paid in full
Guns and hunting- Paid in full
Retirement plan- growing

My point. You might think you will have extra money, but inflation, hundreds of taxes and the UNKNOWN will take your planned extra money. The only sure things that will happen in your life are death and taxes. So fish and hunt as much as possible before you are horizontal. Pay off everything and only use credit cards that you plan on paying off each month.
The old battle axe will appreciate having no debt when you die.

Example of UNKNOWN: True story I heard this morning from a friend.

Sends son down last weekend to fuel up boat and respool all reels. Takes off one week vacation this week so he can fish Deep Sea Roundup and Outboard Tournament this coming weekend.

Unknow to him: Son and his friends drank all the booze in his bar and forgot to take out trash at his coast house. Only one reel respooled. One of sons's friend let's flea infested dog sleep inside master bedroom. Must restock booze at local prices. Ice machine door left open all week. No ice and ice machine frozen up. Discovers fuel smell in boat night before DSR. Can't go out. Discovers that fuel tank has leak. Needs new 320 gallon fuel tank that was just filled up. Both batteries were stolen durning the week.

Wife wakes up sweating. Discovers the AC compressor unit outside is shot. Wife and family complaining about the heat and rain. Next morning, wife notices no water pressure. Discovers a water spout in front yard. Broken on his side of the meter. Discovers that daughter his 2100.00 worth of parking tickets at college. She can't enter her senior year until it's paid. As of today, his estimate on the fuel tank replacement (three weeks) 3700.00. AC unit 1300.00. Plumber 575.00. Replace booze and pest control. 750.00 Two new battery's 189.00 Parking tickets 2100.00 Trying to find 55 gallons drums to store fuel = priceless. It's only Tuesday and God knows what other unknow will happen on his vacation.

That's my fishing tip and life lesson for the day.

thanks, that really cheered me up. no, really, thanks.
I'll never see the gulf of mexico again.

DANG MR Bill...tell your friend thanks for sucking up all the bad luck for all of us... it should be smooth sailing for all the rest of us for the rest of the year at least... (wood being knocked on at this time) :0

Sushi anyone??





Or.. ~Capt. Cuda's~ Giant Snot Sticks


Bazz

oh yes, the snot stick photo... Mr Cuda, please open your eyes so we can see how bloodshot they are from sniffing pure uncut snot stick. hehe

I just got back from my trip to Venice. Had a great time, great weather but the fish were hard to come by. We caught one Yellowfin and 4 blackfins. Also caught about a 35lb Dorado. Caught some large Rainbow runners also. Maybe 12lbs a piece, maybe more. A couple Cuda's one of which I caught on a OTI Komodo popper. On the second day, we found a school of Tuna's busting the surface on our way back in and I hooked into a nice one. I started to tighten the drag up on my Shimano Thunnus 16000 and the drag knob started turning with the spool and the reel went into full lockdown. It was gonna pull me in the water, but luckily the hook came out. I have had this reel about 1 1/2 yrs and maybe caught 20 fish on it, nothing over 30lbs. I called Shimano and they didn't really seen to care. The guy basically said oh well, sounds like you are going to send it in and pay for us to fix it. For 240.00 it should have lasted longer than this. I can back the drag off and the drag feel fine, but when you pull line out, the tightening knob goes with it and it tightens the drag all the way. Looks like a plastic piece is broken in the knob. May try to fix it myself. Just upset I lost a good fish on it. I know it is not top of the line, but it should hold up better than that. But is was a very fun trip, we got some meat, caught my first Mahi and we saw several whale sharks feeding in the blackfin schools on topwater. I will get some pics up later.

Joe

Joe

joe- did it have carbon fiber drags? if not- thats the problem. melted the felt drag washers. if you need help taking the spool apart, ya know where the office is at

Ah yes, the giant snot stick shot. my eyes were closed
'cause I WAS sniffing that raunchy bastage!
thank god we gave em away!
-B

HAHA!!!Brian, i hear they taste just like Tuna

I don't know what kind of tuna YOU'RE eating, but if it's true
you should probably stop and find some fresh stuff!
yyyyuck!

"some people think it's a delicacy, to me it's garbage"
-Utah Phillips, Moose-turd pie, 1968

Wake Up TUNA HEADS!

It was only 96 Deg at work today.. so cool it made me think of November in DFW..

Too Nah... Too Nah.. Too Nah!

How many days do we have left anyway? i am startng to get and itch that i cant scratch...

You guys going on these trips are making me jealous. I think I got bit by some bug that gave me a bad case of wanting to tangle with a tuna or three.

its incurable(tuna bug)... not matter how you try to get rid of it... trust me, I know... I am already lining up funds for next year's trip, or three

102 more dayz

thats less than a 3rd of a year... yuck, did i just say that... i guess i am going to have to go fishing more often to keep my mind of things...

maybe even give me time to sweet talk the wife into sneaking into a last minute spot.. ya know there will be 3 or 4...