Saturday, December 9, 2006
John can't keep the days straight
oh I'm a dumbass - good luck Saturday - i'LL SEE YOU SUNDAY! (ah, I've been at Rochelles sisters party after and art opeing tonight - I should hit the sack! later!
Fishing Sunday
Greg - I'm going to a friends birthday dinner at 6 pm on saturday - I'll be leaving DC no later thant 8:30 with my shit packed - I'll see you around 11 to 11:30 - we can still hit the dock late night if you want - regardless - I still want to be out and fishing before light on sunday... fish on - good luck sunday - send pictures...
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
New Years is on and I'm fishing this weekend
We have a place for Dec. 30 and 31 and leave on the 1st. Blair-you can join in still - its sheap and will only get cheaper if more stay. rochelles sister and some friends of hers have a condo that weekend too - so it will be a blast - don't be a pooper blair (or get your own room - its doable at the place we are staying at this hotel
I am excited about rockfishing this weekend - did you catch anything Blair?
I am excited about rockfishing this weekend - did you catch anything Blair?
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
new years in the air - striper in the water...
Bummer we have no place for new years - Greg is going to call tomorrow to see what he can set up, but no promises.On the bright side, I am going to do my best to be in Gloucester in time to hit the night-time run at Amaco Saturday night with Captain Greg in the skiff. topwater, topwater, topwater... We are planning on being out in the parker before sun-up Sunday patroling the bay for birds and a rockfish blitz... wish us luck - plenty of photos to follow....
Snowshoe for New Years
There are no time-shares available at Snowshoe. However, Canaan Valley has some openings...
Monday, December 4, 2006
Deer kill...
Blair, did you happen to keep any buck hair or skin with hair
attached for bucktail tying?? Oh man, also, I'll trade you some
rock for some deer meat??!!
-G
attached for bucktail tying?? Oh man, also, I'll trade you some
rock for some deer meat??!!
-G
Trout fishing with a GLOCK
So Blair, if we planned a trout fishing trip on a premier river in West Virginia this spring, would you be able to carry your GLOCK to save us from any bears trying to eat us after having our trout for an appetizer?
The Vegetarian Deer Slayer
Sorry that I don't have any pictures to tell the stories of my fishing chronicles from the Windy Gale. Last Tuesday I embarked on a solo fishing adventure to the Jimmy Rivah Bridge. Stoked from hearing about Greg's fishing trip, I was excited to hook into some nice rocks. However, my day was filled with disappointment. No fish, not even one hit. I returned home only to clean the Windy Gale and prepare for a busy week of work here on the Plantation.
On Saturday, the park hosted the annual Southern Heritage Deer Hunt. I sprung out of bed at 3am to start a 16 plus hour work day. Shortly after we got all of the hunters to their stands Chippokes Plantation State Park began to sound like Iraq, gun shots everywhere. Hearing these shots made me think two things. One, these hunters can't shoot. Or two, we are going to have to process a lot of deer. Well against my wishes and hopes, Wendy's warning to all the deer in the park to leave before the deer hunt, did not work. We began to bring out deer after deer to be processed. By 11 am 16 deer were killed, and by the end of the day at 5:30 25 deer were harvested from the park. Since this hunt is a special hunt, we also butcher the deer for the hunters. Having to Butcher 25 deer takes a long time and requires team work. At first I refused to butcher the deer, it's just plain disgusting! By the end of the day I was soo tired and wanted to go home I sucked it up and skinned 5 deer. Covered in blood and hair, I turned into another person. The sound of ripping skin, strange sucking noises and cutting these deer did not affect me at all. I rallied and got the job done, I was able to go home sometime close to hour 17.
Although Saturday had some pretty disgusting events, it was also a pretty awesome day. It made me realize how much I love my job. As a Park Ranger you never know how your day is going to be. Canoing up the creek to find a half alive deer stuck in the mud (needed to be shot by my gun when I arrive), being covered by deer parts, squeezing Doe nipples to see if they are milking or just drinking coffee by the fire.
I hope to go fishing later this week........
On Saturday, the park hosted the annual Southern Heritage Deer Hunt. I sprung out of bed at 3am to start a 16 plus hour work day. Shortly after we got all of the hunters to their stands Chippokes Plantation State Park began to sound like Iraq, gun shots everywhere. Hearing these shots made me think two things. One, these hunters can't shoot. Or two, we are going to have to process a lot of deer. Well against my wishes and hopes, Wendy's warning to all the deer in the park to leave before the deer hunt, did not work. We began to bring out deer after deer to be processed. By 11 am 16 deer were killed, and by the end of the day at 5:30 25 deer were harvested from the park. Since this hunt is a special hunt, we also butcher the deer for the hunters. Having to Butcher 25 deer takes a long time and requires team work. At first I refused to butcher the deer, it's just plain disgusting! By the end of the day I was soo tired and wanted to go home I sucked it up and skinned 5 deer. Covered in blood and hair, I turned into another person. The sound of ripping skin, strange sucking noises and cutting these deer did not affect me at all. I rallied and got the job done, I was able to go home sometime close to hour 17.
Although Saturday had some pretty disgusting events, it was also a pretty awesome day. It made me realize how much I love my job. As a Park Ranger you never know how your day is going to be. Canoing up the creek to find a half alive deer stuck in the mud (needed to be shot by my gun when I arrive), being covered by deer parts, squeezing Doe nipples to see if they are milking or just drinking coffee by the fire.
I hope to go fishing later this week........
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Help a brother out
Hey fishing dudes - were are the picks from this week and weekend - I can't get out of the city to fish the weekend - help a brother out with some photos and stories....
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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.
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.
Monday, November 27, 2006
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
Conservation Officer C. B. Evans
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