Don (Hunter)

[5th Tuition]

I try to stay in touch with Don (Hunter) and his wife Dawn. As you know, they have moved to the Keys and they fit right in with the locals. When Mike (Garlien) and I were down during the winter, we caught fish and took them to a local restaurant for them to be cooked. We had a great time

I was wondering what Don would be doing this summer with the temperatures in the upper 90's. Well it looks like he is still fishing early mornings and evenings, and keeping busy during the day in the cool water catching lunch

I'm glad they are enjoying their new home.
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[Chessie27]

Nice!! That's probably $60 worth of lunch right there.

[bhl]

Don,
Please tell me that's not bait !!

bhl (Bruce)

[B-Faithful]

I need to call Mr. Don! Glad he is enjoying life!

[mlag]

Dang...................Don really has it rough all right

[Skip]

I just hoping he snags his anchor or drops a rod over and calls me to come find it

Still look for his truck at Sandy Point.

[Hunter]

Good staying in touch with Marty. The fishing has been ok but not as consistent as this past winter. Need twice as much chum since a 5 lb block will barely last an hour in the 87-88* water temps and that gets a bit expensive. Offshore bite has become more hit or miss but doable. This time of year the thing to do is chase the bugs (lobster). We have mostly been snorkeling for them in the back bay area where the depths average about 6-7 feet. Dawn and I have been at a slight disadvantage not having a good inventory of lobster holes but we have learned fast how to find them. We caught 11 day before yesterday and another 9 this am. Real sweeeet to have lobster tails building up in the freezer


Skip - I have given up on the new fangled bendable wreck anchors (mighty mite); I have broken off more tines than I care to mention. I finally took the advice of my neighbors and went with a simple ole grapple with the chain attached to the crown and some wire ties as a tripping mechanism....so far so good...


We keep the diving gear on the boat now so it doesn't take much of an excuse to jump in this crystal clear water and take a look around the bottom. I still don't think I could ever jump in the Ches Bay to take a look at 1-2 foot viz....my hat goes off to Skip for doing it time after time. That rod and reel you recovered for me is still in use weekly down here.

[5th Tuition]

Damn, they look good

Bring your dive gear with you next time, you can dive in the Chesapeake, wrestle some rays, and have Chesapeake scollops to go along with your lobster

Tell Dawn, the "coasters" work great. Thanks for the flea market find

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[Chessie27]

11 then 9? No wonder they call them bugs, they must be everywhere!! That is awesome. Keep it up!

[Skip]

I don't know how you do it - diving when you can see 30 feet in clear water

Be sure to keep in touch - love seeing photos from Fla.