.......AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT GOTTAFLYLEE SAID WHEN HE PHONED HIS BUDDY DOWN IN WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH THE MOMENT THE DECK WENT RED TODAY! BUT ....DING DONG THE ***** IS DEAD????!!! I ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE PIT LAUGHING WHEN HE SAID THAT.....
THANKS FOR WAITING OVERNIGHT FOR THE FLICK......
FIRST OF ALL & FOREMOST.....CONGRATUALTIONS IS IN ORDER TO THE CREW OF "SECOND TO NONE CHARTERS"...MHC WATERFRONT ....FOR THEIR WORLD CLASS TUNA SEASON WITH 7 GUTPILES TO THEIR CREDIT THIS SEASON! SHANE ...BLOCK...CHUCK....ROCK ON GUYS....I AM FREAKING PROUD OF THE THREE OF YOU!!.....
OVERCOMING HARDSHIPS IN LIFE AIN'T ALWAYS A PIECE OF CAKE.....SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET THE EMPTY PLATE AND NO ICING TO LICK FROM IT.......GENERATOR THIS AND TRANSMISSION THAT ..BAD LUCK HERE & THIS BROKE THAT....MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT LEFT US DOCKSIDE MANY TIMES....THEN...YOU HAVE A CAPTAIN LIKE GOTTAFLYLEE WHO SHOWS AT THE DOCK AFTER A 90 MILE DRIVE EVERYTIME I TOLD HIM "LET'S TRY IT ONE MORE TIME CAPITANO" AND ABRA-KA-DABRA....LEE IS THERE...ALL SMILES AND READY TO KILL SUNTHIN
.NOW ONE OF MY OTHER BROS' ....LOU HERE ...AKA "BITE ME"....MISTER BIGHEART HIMSELF....HE KNOWS NOT THE WORD QUIT.....HE AIN'T SHY NOR IS HE SCARED......EVERYTHING I HAVE ASKED OF HIM TO MAKE THE "BITE ME " FISH-READY......HE DELIVERS TEN-FOLD
I ASKED HIM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO...."LOU CAN WE GET A LARGE DOCK BOX TO STORE YOUR MARINE SUPPLY HOUSE IN?" 45 MINUTES LATER AN 8 FT DOCKBOX WAS IN PLACE.ON THE DOCK....YA GOTTALOVEHIM
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IT WAS A CRISP ONE THIS MORNING...NO FROST ON MY HEMI WINDSHIELD AND NOT QUITE AS COLD AS I THOUGHT......I LOOKED AT OLD GLORY AS I PASSED THE HOOTER'S RESTARAUNT ON 70 AND SHE QUIVERED JUST SO SLIGHTLY IN DA BREEZE.......BAYWOLF WAS RIGHT....TODAY WAS TO BE THE DAY...LIGHT & SLIGHT WI' DA TEMP DROPPING
IT WAS STILL PITCHDARK THIRTY AND MY BRO .."SALTWATER BUCKS" & MY NIECES BOYFRIEND "DOUGIEFRSHWTR" JOINED US AS CRANKERS FOR THE DAY......MY BROTHER SHANNON HAS LONGED FOR MANY YEARS TO STICK A GIANT AND HIS LAST ATTEMPT 4 YRS AGO PULLED THE HOOK AT THE LAST SECOND....
I SET THE OLD SALTY DOWN TO TORPEDO DEPTH.....YOU KNOW...IN THE TUNAS KILL ZONE...DOWN THERE WHERE BUNKER FEAR THE REAPER
LEFT LONG GOES OUT INTO DA BLENDED GREEN ....BOTH BAITS WERE HAND TIED BULLET HEADS WITH HORSE
IT WAS A SLIGHT NORTH WIND...NOT TOO MUCH BUMP TO IT....I SAT DOWN AND ASSUMED THE ROD-TIP WATCH....HALF-FLAT DIET DR PEPPER IN CLUTCH
BANGALAMA!!!! GEEZUS K FILMORE....I LIKE TO HAVE HAD A HEARTATTACK! .......THE PLANER ROD SUDDENLY PIVOTS EAST AND THE 130 GOLD SCREAMED OUT LIKE A PIG ON A BUTCHER'S TABLE
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.....STUD MUFFIN HAS COME CALLEN!!!!
I WAS BEGINNING TO WONDER IF AND WHEN I WOULD DON THE LEATHER THIS YEAR.........I USUALLY WEAR OUT A PAIR OF HIDES EACH SEASON...BUT THIS YEAR...THIS YEAR NO GIANTS HAVE COME CALLING .....
NOPE.....NO ONE HAS BEEN HOME............................UNTIL NOW!!!!!!!!!!
CRANK THIS BAD BOY UP AND CLIMB ABOARD!!! THE MONKEYS OFF OUR BACK AND BACK IN DA PIT!!!