Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!!!

[Capt Josh]

I'm not going to get too ahead of myself, or start counting tunas before they bite, but if all goes well things are sure lining up for one hell of a 2010.

I may be sitting all alone watching freezing rain fall in a dull and dreary way at the moment, with the kids at school and Cath out risking hypothermia in the waves, but my fingers are tickety tapping open the portal through my laptop to lands of sunshine and bikini laden adventures not that far away. I've been busy buying airplane tickets back to Mexico, where next week my amigo Jared Jeffries will be leaving behind his NY Knick's uniform for a stand-up harness, a lions share of Don Julio tequila, and a week of kick-ass fishing on the Maximo during the all-star break. It sounds like the fishing is still going strong since i left a few days ago, and with the new moon coming i dare say we're in for some fairly epic fishing in the weeks to come.

I'm also planning boat deliveries to get my Grady White back home to Tofino from Prince Rupert, where she has sat idle in storage for the last four years. I sit here looking out at the dock where the "Anyhow" will soon be rocking gratefully, eager to rocket out in search of Tyee's and barndoors once again. Her sniffer will no doubt be a little rusty, but if i know that ol dog she won't have much trouble snuffing out some treasure or picking up the trail. I can only imagine the fun we are going to have in pursuit of salmon and halibut this summer, and the beatings we will surely endure at the hands of some of Vancouver Island's remote boat-access-only waves. Sigh...i once said "the only boat i need in the world is a Grady White!" and i meant it. Though lately if there's a fathom or two of fiberglass or cold-molded wood in front of it i'm surely not going to complain.

Concurrent to these blood-warming daydreams, plans to return to Panama are popping up again. I miss the humid, churning madness of Montuosa Island and the Hannibal Bank and absolutely NEED to get my ass back there this spring. I just re-read all of our posts from the mother-ship adventures from this past year and just about fell over. Why it's taken me this long to plan a return trip is a mystery to me. Haysues...there is some truly epic fishing to be had down there!

So rain, rain, RAIN cold Canadian Cumulonimbus clouds. Do your best to beat my sunny planning down. Brighter days do lie ahead, and I'll be loooooong gone before your final drops succeed in falling down.

[akman]

it's amazing what some trip planning and schemin' will do to loosen winter's icy grip on your brain.

[seavee32]

I'm also stuck in the unpleasant winter wonderland dreaming about the upcoming season. I actually just got around to editing my video from Panama last week. I have to figure out how to split it so I can post on youtube but I'll get the link up here when I do...good memories.

[gringofrijolero]

Funny how life goes. Last night I was looking at those same posts and reminiscing of all the incredible fishing and good times we had in Panama. Sitting in my 100ton uscg course today I met a fellow fisherman who asks me I ever met Josh Temple. I had to laugh, he used to work on the Go Fisch and the Ocean when it was the Arctic Eagle. It may not be raining but anytime i can see my breath when I step outside I get a little more homesick. Dreams of giant black marlin and swirling boils on poppers around the rocks of Montuosa haunt my sleep. Seems like it was years ago and its only been ten months. soon baby soon

Oh yeah Greg, you better let me see the final cut of that video before it goes on yootube. You me Butch and Jt all know what Im talkin about. Dont make me angry, you wont like me when Im angry Greg. Say hi to Butchy for me.

[rabcoman]

well said jt.

[mozza]

Think of a happy place JT



Sunny, hot and as many bikini clad hotties as you can handle here bro. one problem though I cant work out where to run my long corner on my new boat


The surf isnt half bad either


Good luck for next week bro

[seavee32]

Don't worry, Benji, there is no incriminating footage but it does showcase some of your dance moves at the end. I got the first ten minutes uploaded to photobucket but still haven't figured out how to get the rest uploaded as a separate video.

Here it is....my first attempt with any video editing software.

[gringofrijolero]

Youre a ******* Mozza. Ps velcro gloves dont work well when you have to wear polar fleece underwear.

[Capt Josh]

"Luuuuuuuuuuuuuukiiieeeeeess Tiiiiiiiiimmmeeeeeee!!!!"

Holy chit i just about vomited i'm laughing so hard!

Thanks for the memories G...also, two words for next time -

TANNING SALON!

You ever show up that white again you're not going fishing with a shirt off! LOL

[Capt Josh]

Damn Mozz with a boat that size there won't be much time for fishing with all the chamois and detail work to do. Curious - did they hand you a pair of epaulets when you got the job?

Still, i can't complain about the bikini's or the surf. That's a pretty sick left hander there amigo.

More photos of the surf, and bikini's, please!