Powder paint!

Here's what I ordered in the hopes that it all will arrive before Dec 31st:

Item Ref.   Price ea.   Qty.  Description

516-15-001  $4.99       1     Pro Tec Pro Flake - 1-1/2 oz.
                               Bottle - Silver Hologram
520-02-008  $4.99       1     Standard Powder Paint - 2 oz.
                               Bottle - Silver
520-02-030  $4.99       1     Standard Powder Paint - 2 oz.
                               Bottle - Pearl White
545-01-008  $1.90       1     3-D Molded Lure Eyes - Size 1
                               - Shimmer Silver - 20 Pack

With this I should be able to supply us all with bucktails for the
rest of our fishing careers!

Rockfish Thanksgiving

Pre-dawn patrol on the Parker at 25 knots with a long exposure.	Sunrise from the cabin of the Parker, about 40 minutes later.
The days haul of fat schoolies 19-21 inches up to 2.75 lbs.	My top water rocks caught Saturday evening on slug-gos, I took the picture when we returned to Greg's dock at sunset (I told you we fished all day).
Awesome light on the York and a long day of fishing, ahh, good stuff.	Blair took his blushing bride Wendy on her first fishing trip out on the James, and she jigged up this 26 incher, which fed their family for Thanksgiving. Wow, Blair I can see it now - you will never get to fish again - you will be stuck driving the boat while Wendy pulls in all of the Rockfish. Photo courtesy of Blair.
Greg's biggest this year so far- 26-27.5 inches and 7 lbs - the hogs are moving in. (Blair - this puts him in the lead of the 2006 Three-Monkeybubba Rockfish Tournament) He ran into a blitz of diving-bombing gannets (large torpedo-like seabirds, that bomb the water for the fish a huge school of Rock are feeding on). He caught 11 fish bottom trolling with huge heavy weights during this, all while driving the 21 ft Parker. Photo courtesy of Greg.	Greg back at his homestead - the fish looks a lot smaller because Greg is a big lanky ape and he is holding the fish several inches behind his gorilla head. Photo courtesy of Greg.
Rocks in the live well (I think Greg needs a bigger one). Photo courtesy of Greg.

I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving, my lady and I had a great dinner at my parents, brother, sister in law and their girls . I helped my Dad put up less than 25% of his Christmas light display (which ends up covering 2.5 acres when finished, I'll send pictures). I went out with the high school buddies on Friday and then got up at 4:30am early to troll for Rocks with captain Greg and Jason West - We were day early for the striper blitz Greg found fishing solo on Sunday - Jason caught two decent schoolies about 19 inches but no hogs that we expected to find and we fished all day - only to return to a honey hole across from Greg house on the York, near Yorktown. With the light tackle I landed for schoolies and kept two in the twenty in range (2.5 lbs) and Greg hauled one in - that only took 20 minutes - I had my limit in 5. Saturday night we went to Wren and Derek's, where I got to listen to Derek razz me all night because he didn't get to go out with us. It was great to catch up with people.I finally got some pics from some of my fishing buddies so check them out.

Tight lines - John

permissions...

Guys, I gave you both admin permissions so that you can pretty much do whatever you want to the blog. What do you think of this template? It allows for a wider post at any rate. Also, John do you think you post that last email you sent out on the blog? With images and all? Thanks tough guuuy!

-Capt G

Rockfish Salad

Here's the recipe captain Greg requested, it can be adjusted depending on how much Rockfish you have (great for leftovers if there are any):

1 lb grilled or broiled rockfish (cold, set aside, add last)
1/3 to 1/2 cup light mayo
3 to 5 chopped green onions (bulbs and greens)
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon sweet hot mustard
1/2 tablespoon dried dill
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1/2 red pepper chopped (optional)

Set aside Rockfish. Combine all other ingredients in a non-metal bowl, stir well. Carefully flake Rockfish into mixture and fold gently into mixture (you wan to have big flakes of fish in there, don't shred it to pieces). IMPORTANT: Refridgerate salad for at least one hour prior to serving to let all the flavors meld, otherwise, it will just taste like mayo. Leaving it overnight is great! If your are ina hurry, mix the other ingredients in advance while cooking fish, let it cool then add it and eat up. Its great on toast or slices of bagette, makes a killer sandwich and can be a fancy dip for your next shindig.

figure it out

Hmmm - this is a weird format - I will try to post an image - can you stack them?

That's the law...

Hey kids, when you're out Rock fishing all day you need to remember to not break the law. Before you throw that fish in the cooler it needs to be at least 18 inches and no longer than 28 inches. But, it's OK to have one fish larger than 34 inches. Just remember that you can only bring home 2 fish per person per day. So have fun and stay safe out there.

Conservation Officer C. B. Evans