Recent content by oldslowandugly

There is an old saying. The most expensive boat in the world is the 'free' boat. That goes for cars too. We spent about a month getting the TA in shape. A new gas tank, fuel lines and vapor system, THERMAC system, hood scoop, added a six-way power seat base to the driver side, POR-15 on the...

A buddy gifted me a Jeep Liberty for helping him with his 1980 Trans Am. Nice ride, trail-rated, maybe make a dune buggy for off road surf casting. I can't get it registered because of all the morons that just figured out they need the new license. The DMV is packed wall to wall even with...

Naw. I was stationed in Germany back in the early 70's. It was OK, but, I saw enough of Europe to know I would rather investigate the USA more.

They thought it was a shark that tore up a woman's leg in Italy. Now they think it was a Bluefish. One thing you do NOT want to do is be in the water when a feeding frenzy occurs. They will slash at anything that looks good to eat. Shiny jewelry is another trigger for an attack. They have razor...

Take out?!?

Blue Claws have to be the most tasty crab on the planet. Not too hard to catch if you are set up properly. We like to anchor up and rig a chum pot to draw them in. You can either use collapse-able traps or hang a chicken leg on a string, slowly lift it, and net them right before they drop off...

Here is one for the books. I was done gassing the boat, decided to fish a bit. No Fluke in my local creek at all. The Blueclaw crabs are in, attacking the baits. So I switch over to the middle of the big channel where I can drift up and over a shallow section then back down the deep side. The...

My neighbor and his kid were leaving to go down to Far Rockaway. I had given them each a decent fishing rod to get started. When I heard Rockaway I gave him an eight foot Berkley surf rod with a big Daiwa reel I had been saving for him. I told him you need to always have a rod rigged for...