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HarryKrause wrote:

We had a nice short cruise today from Solomons Island out the Patuxent
River down Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac River to Piney Point,
Maryland, for a 4th of July Weekend picnic with some labor union
friends, 14 of which rode down and came back with us.


You didn't expect all 14 to make the return trip?

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 23:57:54 GMT, Dan Krueger
wrote:



HarryKrause wrote:

We had a nice short cruise today from Solomons Island out the Patuxent
River down Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac River to Piney Point,
Maryland, for a 4th of July Weekend picnic with some labor union
friends, 14 of which rode down and came back with us.

You didn't expect all 14 to make the return trip?

Damn terrorists...

Harry,
Were you able to clean up your bilge so it didn't smell?


"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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HarryKrause wrote:

We had a nice short cruise today from Solomons Island out the Patuxent
River down Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac River to Piney Point,
Maryland, for a 4th of July Weekend picnic with some labor union friends,
14 of which rode down and came back with us.


You didn't expect all 14 to make the return trip?

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:14:26 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

We had a nice short cruise today from Solomons Island out the Patuxent
River down Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac River to Piney Point,
Maryland, for a 4th of July Weekend picnic with some labor union
friends, 14 of which rode down and came back with us.

I don't think I have the patience to be a cruise ship captain! We had a
couple of stragglers who arrived at the marina 40 minutes late.

The weather was pretty decent, a bit overcast, but the air was warm, the
water had only a slight chop, and we didn't run into huge crowds everywhere.

Lots of fishermen in the Pax River mouth area, pulling in the croakers
that some here find so hard to find, but we didn't stop to enjoy
catching any ourselves.

A few of my passengers managed to get looped at the picnic, but the trip
back was uneventful and for once I had a willing crew for boatwashing
detail. I wanted to get back early enough in the day so we didn't run
into any of the traffic heading for the local fireworks displays. We
might hit one of those ourselves later. The downtown DC display is
fabulous, but it's a pain in the ass getting downtown and back for a
megacrowd event there.

Hope your holiday is safe.

Very nice story, Harry. Glad to hear the croaker are biting off the Pax River.
They haven't started yet up at Herring Bay (except for one well-known
fisherman), but hopefully they'll be there in another week or so.

Fifteen people on that Parker must have been a little crowded, but glad to hear
everything went well!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H wrote:


Very nice story, Harry. Glad to hear the croaker are biting off the Pax River.
They haven't started yet up at Herring Bay (except for one well-known
fisherman), but hopefully they'll be there in another week or so.

Fifteen people on that Parker must have been a little crowded, but glad to hear
everything went well!

Did Harry said he used the Parker??? I'll have to go back to confirm that.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:45:33 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

Don White wrote:
John H wrote:


Very nice story, Harry. Glad to hear the croaker are biting off the
Pax River.
They haven't started yet up at Herring Bay (except for one well-known
fisherman), but hopefully they'll be there in another week or so.

Fifteen people on that Parker must have been a little crowded, but
glad to hear
everything went well!

Did Harry said he used the Parker??? I'll have to go back to confirm that.


I didn't say, and I didn't.

Poor Herring. He's the Captain Queeg of Chesapeake Bay sportfishermen, I
kid you not. Six hours of trolling and he comes home with one small
keeper striper. Six hours. I'll bet he ran over his trolling lines, too.

Harry, Harry...did I say I came home with 'one small keeper striper'? Apparently
you don't know that the custom when fishing in the bay is to split up the fish?

I suppose if you've spent your life on headboats you wouldn't realize that. Oh
well, now you know.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:16:08 -0400, John H
wrote:

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:45:33 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

Don White wrote:
John H wrote:


Very nice story, Harry. Glad to hear the croaker are biting off the
Pax River.
They haven't started yet up at Herring Bay (except for one well-known
fisherman), but hopefully they'll be there in another week or so.

Fifteen people on that Parker must have been a little crowded, but
glad to hear
everything went well!

Did Harry said he used the Parker??? I'll have to go back to confirm that.


I didn't say, and I didn't.

Poor Herring. He's the Captain Queeg of Chesapeake Bay sportfishermen, I
kid you not. Six hours of trolling and he comes home with one small
keeper striper. Six hours. I'll bet he ran over his trolling lines, too.

Harry, Harry...did I say I came home with 'one small keeper striper'? Apparently
you don't know that the custom when fishing in the bay is to split up the fish?

I suppose if you've spent your life on headboats you wouldn't realize that. Oh
well, now you know.

Speaking of strippers...er stripers, I hit a really nice blue fish
yesterday - 14 lbs. Those fish are really fun on light tackle.

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:46:29 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

John H wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:45:33 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

Don White wrote:
John H wrote:

Very nice story, Harry. Glad to hear the croaker are biting off the
Pax River.
They haven't started yet up at Herring Bay (except for one well-known
fisherman), but hopefully they'll be there in another week or so.

Fifteen people on that Parker must have been a little crowded, but
glad to hear
everything went well!
Did Harry said he used the Parker??? I'll have to go back to confirm that.

I didn't say, and I didn't.

Poor Herring. He's the Captain Queeg of Chesapeake Bay sportfishermen, I
kid you not. Six hours of trolling and he comes home with one small
keeper striper. Six hours. I'll bet he ran over his trolling lines, too.

Harry, Harry...did I say I came home with 'one small keeper striper'? Apparently
you don't know that the custom when fishing in the bay is to split up the fish?

I suppose if you've spent your life on headboats you wouldn't realize that. Oh
well, now you know.


I've decided to give you a new nickname: You're One-Fish John.

So, did you run over your lines, One-Fish John Queeg?

Do you ever try techiques other than trolling or bottom fishing? How far
and how accurately can you cast with a one-ounce package, assuming no
wind? Ever free-line? Ever look for pods of bait? Do you know what
sometimes swims with rays? Are you aware there is more to table fish
than stripers, spots, and croakers?

One-Fish John, the Great White Fisherman of the Middle Chesapeake.

Oh, just in passing, what's your problem with headboat fishing? If I'm
traveling on business and we're in a seaside city and I have a morning
or afternoon free, I'll certainly look for a headboat.

One of the most renowned fisherman in northeast Florida is Captain
George Strate, who runs the Mayport Princess, and used to run the Miss
Mayport, until its demise. Most serious fishermen in Jax have gone out
with Cap'n George to learn the area. He's a great headboat and charter
captain. If you're ever down there, book a reservation and learn how to
fish.

www,mayportprincess.com/

You're not much of a fisherman, Herring, or much of a man, either.

Wow!

It's bad, isn't it Harry?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:18:25 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

John H wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:46:29 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

John H wrote:
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:45:33 -0400, HarryKrause wrote:

Don White wrote:
John H wrote:

Very nice story, Harry. Glad to hear the croaker are biting off the
Pax River.
They haven't started yet up at Herring Bay (except for one well-known
fisherman), but hopefully they'll be there in another week or so.

Fifteen people on that Parker must have been a little crowded, but
glad to hear
everything went well!
Did Harry said he used the Parker??? I'll have to go back to confirm that.
I didn't say, and I didn't.

Poor Herring. He's the Captain Queeg of Chesapeake Bay sportfishermen, I
kid you not. Six hours of trolling and he comes home with one small
keeper striper. Six hours. I'll bet he ran over his trolling lines, too.
Harry, Harry...did I say I came home with 'one small keeper striper'? Apparently
you don't know that the custom when fishing in the bay is to split up the fish?

I suppose if you've spent your life on headboats you wouldn't realize that. Oh
well, now you know.

I've decided to give you a new nickname: You're One-Fish John.

So, did you run over your lines, One-Fish John Queeg?

Do you ever try techiques other than trolling or bottom fishing? How far
and how accurately can you cast with a one-ounce package, assuming no
wind? Ever free-line? Ever look for pods of bait? Do you know what
sometimes swims with rays? Are you aware there is more to table fish
than stripers, spots, and croakers?

One-Fish John, the Great White Fisherman of the Middle Chesapeake.

Oh, just in passing, what's your problem with headboat fishing? If I'm
traveling on business and we're in a seaside city and I have a morning
or afternoon free, I'll certainly look for a headboat.

One of the most renowned fisherman in northeast Florida is Captain
George Strate, who runs the Mayport Princess, and used to run the Miss
Mayport, until its demise. Most serious fishermen in Jax have gone out
with Cap'n George to learn the area. He's a great headboat and charter
captain. If you're ever down there, book a reservation and learn how to
fish.

www,mayportprincess.com/

You're not much of a fisherman, Herring, or much of a man, either.

Wow!

It's bad, isn't it Harry?


Naw, it's great. But you are and continue to be a flaming ass.
Wait, give it a little time; I'm sure the rest of your crowd of assholes
-Smithers, Hertvik, Fritz, Robbins, Jackoff, et al - will rally around
you.

Would you like to talk about it, Harry? Just what got you so upset? Lean back
and just tell me what's so upsetting. Maybe we can work through this together.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:54:08 -0400, HarryKrause
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

Blues aren't bad eating. I would filet them, cut out and discard the
"red" meat, and put the rest in a baggie with lime juice in the fridge.
Next day, they'd make great little filets to fry in batter, with a light
taste.

I've heard a lot of ways to keep blue fish fresh without the "oil"
taste. The best way I've found, is similar to yours - bleed them
right away, gut and ice immediately. Filet the whole fish, fresh lime
juice and freeze or cook immediately either skin up or down.

I've also seen recipes with fine black pepper, red pepper corns, stuff
like that to help with the flavor.

The best bluefish I've ever had was from a restaurant in Providence -
he used a mixture of BBQ sauce and vodka, then smoked the filets - I'm
telling you Harry, it was terrific.

Ever catch "snapper" blues, the bitty ones? We used to in Milford and
Woodmont, near rock outcroppings.

I like to catch them, but they aren't very hardy like the bigger ones
- you hit a school of them you will kill as many as you catch - might
has well keep them.