On 14 Jan 2004 15:35:38 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Lancer wrote:
On 14 Jan 2004 15:27:22 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Lancer wrote:
On 14 Jan 2004 15:11:14 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Lancer wrote:
On 14 Jan 2004 14:51:03 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

"Landshark" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Landshark" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Like Lancer said, great for Crappie, one of the best
tasting
fish I've ever caught.

Yellow fin Tuna, great fight, great taste.

Landshark

Must be a big ole cane pole!

Nah, that's for really old men ;-)

Landshark

I've had a 10 foot cane pole for years, great for pan fish.

Time for a new pole? I have some bamboo in my yard thats over 20
feet tall.

Hard to fit in the truck!

Is it cold enough for Ice Fishing were you are? Great way to crappie
fish, after a few Tom and Jerry's.

No safe ice yet. It'a also a great way to catch Walleye and Perch
if Lake Erie freezes up tight enough.

Thought you weren't supposed to eat fish from Erie?

I've been eating it for years. Lake Erie isn't the sewer it
used to be. It's known as the Walleye capitol of the world.

Been awhile since I have had fresh walleye, you can ship any extras
you may have down to me..

We'll see. You don't have a freshwater fish market near you?

No really, you would think since we are so close to the coast that
seafood would be cheap here. The only thing that is cheap is catfish,
or tilapia (grass carp). I prefer crappies or sunfish, or even bass
if its done right.

From: (Lancer)
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:01:01 -0500 (EST),
(Twistedhed) wrote:
From: (Lancer)
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:45:01 -0500, "Jerry Oxendine"
wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
... "Jerry Oxendine"
wrote: "Steveo"
wrote in message ...
(Yes, but not extensively. Most of my fishin' is done on the Catawba
River with a cane pole and a cork! I catch a few cats now and
then....................... Jerry )
_
Great way to fish for Crappie, really exciting if

you get a "pike" on one.

No Pike in the southland.

No, but we do have pretty good bass fishing.

For sure.

Not sure I'd want to get a big striper on a cane
pole.


*SNAP*

Lancer@web wrote:
Time for a new pole? I have some bamboo in

my yard thats over 20 feet tall.

I know someone that lives on a river and grows that stuff....sells it
only on the weekends and one Monday a month at flea markets. Guess he
makes great cash at it,,,those lots begin at 100G with no home on
it,,add the house and you're looking at 150 and up, easily.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:33:58 -0500 (EST),
(Twistedhed) wrote:

Lancer@web wrote:
Time for a new pole? I have some bamboo in

my yard thats over 20 feet tall.

I know someone that lives on a river and grows that stuff....sells it
only on the weekends and one Monday a month at flea markets. Guess he
makes great cash at it,,,those lots begin at 100G with no home on
it,,add the house and you're looking at 150 and up, easily.

Damn stuff grows like a weed here. You have to pour gas on it to
kill the roots.

Lancer@web said:
No really, you would think since we are so

close to the coast that seafood would be

cheap here. The only thing that is cheap is

catfish, or tilapia (grass carp). I prefer crappies
or sunfish, or even bass if its done right.


No doubt. The grouper are being caught daily, and plenty of
them,,,inshore and out, but the damn restaurants are raping the
tourists, now that the season is in full swing. Plenty of charters
selling out and new blood taking their place....oldtimers are going out
once a day instead of twice and making more than they ever did,
by.......selling to the restaurants. Even the restaurants with their own
boats can't keep up with the demand right now.

"Jerry Oxendine" wrote in message .. .
"gw" wrote in message
om...
"Jerry Oxendine" wrote in message
.. .
"Dennis12Amplify" wrote in message
...
I can't believe this message board is still 'haunted' by the same few
bad
apples after so much time has gone by............

I just read the last 10 or 15 days of postings, and this news group
is as
bad
or worse than when I left it.

Well, for the old timers out there; an update:

I retired from Lucent after 37 years (to avoid being laid off and to
'lock-in'
my retirement medical benefits before they reduced the retiree health
plan
options again).

I finally had time to do some travelling and went to Sturgis for the
first
time this year. Aside from Stugis, I have been spending most of my
time
fishing
and just riding my motorcycles; neither of which I can do in this COLD
weather
which is why I decided to check in on the old newsgroup again.

To supplement my income I have been doing contract engineering for a
medical
electronics place. Since I get paid by the finished job, I can come
and
go as
I please with no set schedule, and I really like that.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Regards,

Dennis W. Ostrowski
#12

\
Dennis,

I don't know if you would remember me, but I just wanted to say welcome
to
retirement! It's FUN, ain't it!!
Like you, I kinda got forced out in 2000, and looked upon the future
with
dread. I worked all my life from the
age of 15 and couldn't envision not having a job to go to
or a "clock" to punch. I discovered a couple of things:
1) I am more busy than EVER, and (2 it is nice to get up in the morning
and
have to option of doing or not
doing. I can get up in the AM, make a pot of coffee, and
go downstairs and tinker in my radio shack/shop, if the
weather is bad (snow, ice, rain), I don't have to go out in it. No
traffic
to fight, no wear and tear on my car commuting.

The downside is that everyone now says, "OH! You can
do this little "favor" for me." or "How 'bout doing...........
you're retired and have nothing to do". Boy, ain't that a joke!
There's
ALWAYS something to do.

But right now, I think I'll run up to a friend's shop and go to lunch!

73


Jerry


retired kind of early didn't ya jerry???

Yes, I did! I didn't want to, but it worked out that way. I got "downsized"
and squeezed out by a huge corporation.
But, I am still fortunate. How many people can make
xx number of dollars while working, then go home and
make as much or more? Plus no commute.
How's that go on the McDonalds commercial? I'm LOVIN' it!!!!!


Jerry


you got downsized?? hmmm...what exactly did you do jerry, before you
retired if you don't mind talking about it.....sounds
exciting.........

Steveo wrote in message ...
(gw) wrote:
just checking...i want to write it down in my big chief
notepad with my number 2 pencil.........

lmao!

stevo, stevo and more stevo...working that baby driver in the mistake
by the lake and i jus got down..........hey stevo if you lived by
jerry, would you key on him????

jim wrote in message ...
Dennis12Amplify wrote:
I can't believe this message board is still 'haunted' by the same few bad
apples after so much time has gone by............

I just read the last 10 or 15 days of postings, and this news group is as bad
or worse than when I left it.

Well, for the old timers out there; an update:

I retired from Lucent after 37 years (to avoid being laid off and to 'lock-in'
my retirement medical benefits before they reduced the retiree health plan
options again).

I finally had time to do some travelling and went to Sturgis for the first
time this year. Aside from Stugis, I have been spending most of my time fishing
and just riding my motorcycles; neither of which I can do in this COLD weather
which is why I decided to check in on the old newsgroup again.

To supplement my income I have been doing contract engineering for a medical
electronics place. Since I get paid by the finished job, I can come and go as
I please with no set schedule, and I really like that.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Regards,

Dennis W. Ostrowski
#12

we just hired an ex lucent fiber optic equipment installer. they made a
mistake letting him go. good to see you kept the bennies... 73


jim how do they make connections on that fibre optic stuff......is heat involved???

(gw) wrote:
Steveo wrote in message
...
(gw) wrote:
just checking...i want to write it down in my big chief
notepad with my number 2 pencil.........

lmao!

stevo, stevo and more stevo...working that baby driver in the mistake
by the lake and i jus got down..........hey stevo if you lived by
jerry, would you key on him????

Nah, if I lived by Jerry we'd of gone fishing and had a few
cold malted beverages by now.

He wouldn't let me tell which freeband frequency was our
meeting place tho.

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:30:19 -0500 (EST),
(Twistedhed) wrote:

Lancer@web said:
No really, you would think since we are so

close to the coast that seafood would be

cheap here. The only thing that is cheap is

catfish, or tilapia (grass carp). I prefer crappies
or sunfish, or even bass if its done right.


No doubt. The grouper are being caught daily, and plenty of
them,,,inshore and out, but the damn restaurants are raping the
tourists, now that the season is in full swing. Plenty of charters
selling out and new blood taking their place....oldtimers are going out
once a day instead of twice and making more than they ever did,
by.......selling to the restaurants. Even the restaurants with their own
boats can't keep up with the demand right now.

Yeah, same thing going on in the stores around here. Demand for fresh
seafood is high around this area, so the stores pretty much charge
what they want. The only real good deals you get are if you meet the
shrimp boats when they come in and buy right off the boat.