Here, here, all of you guys do make memories for people, and that is priceless.
as for being on the water, almost lost my dad a couple of years back, and yes we fight alot during working hours, as deep can attest to as the nextel kept beeping , basically old school vs new. but the time we spend on the water, we don't talk about work, we just enjoy each others company. again priceless.
I agree! Time spent on the water with friends and family is what I live for. If we happen to catch a fish while we are at it all the better.
I started boating with my father and grandfather when I was 3 months old and took my first offshore trip out of OCMD when I was only 7 months old. My crib was lashed down in the salon and I am told that the only time I would cry is when we returned to the dock. I grew up on my family's boats and have the fondest memories of learning how to fish and maintain a boat from those 2 men.
Interesting that I should meet whitey and his dad on the Sea Splendour this past summer while we docked next to each other during the WMO. You see, it was a 42 Post named Sea Splendour that I used to fish on with my grandfather many moons ago. A boat that my grandfather ended up selling to whitey's dad some 25 years ago - small world huh?
For the past 15+ years my father, brother and I have spent at least one day almost every weekend of the year at the boat or doing something boat related TOGETHER! The past few years have been a little tougher to steal time away from our growing families but we still spend most weekends at the boat with at least 2 of the '3 amigos'.
The friendships I have made boating and fishing all these years are priceless to me and many will last a lifetime. It's now time to pass the torch to the next generation of Nimrods as my son Jack and my brother's infant son Hunter take our spots at the helm and in the pit to learn the valuable lessons of life that our father taught us on the water........
I must say, I love fishing with my son. This is something that me and him can do together and just enjoy ourselves. I am hard on him sometimes, but its because I want him to be the best one day. He already drives the boat very well and he can fish better then most adults I know. He can drop back and hook up fish and he can fight em till they meet the steel.
Being out on God's beautiful ocean in our boat with my son is as good as it gets for me. If we catch fish then that makes it even better. He is my number one fishing partner. I just hope I can continue to teach him what I have learned from others and that it will come in handy one day for him. Until then, we fish as much as we can.
I have 3 boys and a daughter, we all enjoy the water. Some of the best memories are from the good times, catching a nice fish, launching the boys 10 feet over the wake on a raft and the bad times like out running the thunderhead or getting pelted by sleet because the captain (me) misread the weather report!
Great Great thread, I got into the chartering end because the thrill had waned but was never forgotten when I got to reel in my first schooly bluefin 30 years ago, I remember the thrill like it was yesterday and I got to see it with my family. The most enjoyment I get from the whole business end of this is taking people who have never done this and seeing that same thrill that I felt long ago,.
Every trip is a good one if you are not looking for a slaughter, fish are a bonus in the program showing people a good time is what this chartering is about.
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