So what is everyones Plan for the LONG Winter.........................

Get back into martial arts so I'm not a lazy SOB anymore.

Build some plugs.

Dream of spring :humpty:

-spence

Drink some beer :buds: , watch football, and save a little $$$ for a VS 250 and the winter shows. Also have high hopes of scoring some Ryan Smith swimmers.

I may also try and make a few poppers this fall. It will be my first attempt at making plugs.

Also, looking forward to hanging out with my girlfriend and her 3 year old nephew.

Gonna give surf cod a shot too.

Play hockey and drink....

John,
Are you going to be updating your website with all the plugs that you make. How about the Hab-a-Tat lures?

Keep on fishing just because it is coild out and Ice on the ponds or lakes it doesn't mean to stop. Thomt

Fish...............Bass will be here till december :bl: :bl: The rtun is just starting :smokin:

I have just about all the tools i need to start really digging in to plug Building......Still need a belt sander though. Going to hide away in Man Town and make a big stockpile for next year.

Going up to maine w/ my Brother-in-laws and uncle to do some smelt fishing after the holidays.

Spend some time with my son and help him work on some of his scout stuff.
Spend some time with my Daughter...I promised to take her to a show and out to dinner.

Have to restock the cookie jar w/ the wife for next season so a few nights of quality time are in order.

A few Card games at the house are also in order.


Oh yeah...and surf this site for the current day's episode of "Shack Nasty Theatre"

Which, if the pattern for the past couple of years stays the same, will have great episodes like:

Democrats or Republicans: It doesn't matter your wrong

Charlie Moore: The life and times of the Biggest Tool on TV and the People who love/hate him.

and the Classic...Spots: I know them, you can't have them, and why the The hell did you burn Them.


*****Disclaimer***** This was done in humor, lets keep it light hearted this off-season

I plan on standing knee deep in saw dust making a pile of plugs on the new lathe :happy:
but for now, I am still making my plan for this weekend :ss:

Gonna sit back and study all the films from the spy cameras I placed in the haboratory. Then set up a mass production in taiwan and make "JABS" needlefish and "JAB-A-RAT" plugs. Sit back and get rich quick!

internet character assassination :hang:

internet character assassination :hang:


LoL :rotf2:

I'm gonna drink beer and stay out ALLLLL NIGHT;
Seriously I need to get my sleep regulated again, back to my bed at 11, up at 530-6a routine; the whole fish till whenever sleep then throw the alarm at 7a is gettin old....
Make plugs
work on my research and other areas I've been neglecting...

Hunting, and strip joints, in no particular order

I plan on standing knee deep in saw dust making a pile of plugs on the new lathe :happy:
but for now, I am still making my plan for this weekend :ss:
Also start studying for my rating exam :rtfm:

I'm gonna "hab"ernate then wake up the inner beast around Febuary hungry to fish, get into a flame war on the internet and while youse guys are still ice bound start fishing in 70 degree weather.

Oh Mr Habs, you know I was only bustin.......... Still got a seat for you for late season puddle ducks and divers.

choggieman, You have to much time get tying :wave: , And Jabs it was a Good Year for them can use a few more :whackin: Will take you up on the Duck Hunting...............

Jetty Hopper, Site is going to be revamped, Also could be a HAB-a-TAT in the Making................................... Winchmaster You bad I here, Selling something... :faga:

Ski, work, and attempt to tackle the long list of honey do's that I have been putting off all year.

Fish...............Bass will be here till december :bl: :bl: The rtun is just starting :smokin:
Mental illness has finally set in. :usd:

well hopefully its going to be real cold , Im going to go half on some babies .

gonna build some plugs to make up for all the lost ones.
gonna try walking around n find some new spots/holes :spidey:

once the snow hits it'll be snow bike time!! :bounce:

I am going to GPS some new forgotten, obscure shoreline spots. Mid-Winter is a good time to crawl the rocks for next year. Make plugs and sleep. My old deceased partner, Gil Guilletone use to say "sleep in December". So I will....late December.

:buds: :cheers: :gu:
And perhaps a little bit of studying.

Finish reconstructing the deck. Finish sidewalling around new windows, dooors, paint three rooms inside of house, stack wood, make mucho flies and teasers, collect more pluggage, which is probably the most important item on my list. Move around a couple of dormant evergreens. Just for starters.

Plan A
Convince wife it's time to sell house and move to Rhody... get Job at Habs Factory sweeping floor!!! :D

Plan B
(Or, what will actually happen) :(
Finish basement project, organize shop, turn plugs till I drop. :kewl:

Way too much on my list, but none of it is really too bad.

I'm supposed to build a tv armoire, and I need to finish some interior work patching holes and painting from when I replaced the windows this summer. I also need to replace a shower control, not sure how bad that will be. I'm also going to lay some more plywood up in the attic so we have some more storage.

Before it gets too cold outside I want to clear and level an area for a shed that I want to start building in the spring.

On the fun list, I'm going to wrap a couple of rods, and I'll be playing with a new lathe and airbrush all winter :bounce:

School
freshwater fishing for whatever
building a few surf sticks for myself
buying a new full sized lathe and duplicator and building some serious numbers of plugs.
:eyes:

2-Weeks in Italy end of November early December

Some winter cod fishing and ice fishing

Catch up on work around the house so it's done by May

Ice fishing
working on the new house and making some babies with my new wife.

ski until mid april then possibly go to Fla. for some spring fishing.maybe do some work to pay the bills

pluuuuuugs :eek:

Make a trip to M&D's for reel repair and new wireline . Also swap out hooks on bombers for new VMC's. Want to build a new 9 ft stick as well. Pray that I get an aquaskinz jacket for Christmas! :jump:

I just brought the ski's in for a tune up !! I got a trip already paid for to Vail and Breckenridge in January.

I will get on the Ice a few times, My friend just built a new shanty and is going to several Ice fishing seminars so he should have some good plans of attack (and I thought i had a problem)

Also going to drink and eat too much :gu:

Winchmaster You bad I here, Selling something... :faga:

Yeah me bad boy like the rest of you misfits. Cleared about one dollar (I'm serious about the dollar) on a plug and next thing you know I'm as Big as Walmart. :huh: My Next move I'll be hiring illegal aliens.
(I better get them from Pluto, I hear the Martians are asking for too much muhla) :jump1:

Besides I can actually learn stuff here.

Drool in the corner & wait for the bass to come back.

Make some plugs with bigfish :wave:

Going to get some plugs built up, Duck Hunt and spend time with the new baby. In that order. MY wife doesn't write on this board does she?

Rehab my broken ankle so I can fish hard next spring. Get stocking foot waders so I can get good ankle support. Rig sluggos, swap out crummy hooks on my redfins and bombers with some good hooks. ( only good thing about ankle surgery was I got some hypo needles to load refins) Scout out some spots here in Connecticut. Get clients with houses in no access areas to give me access. Convince little old lady I know to let me use her house in Menemsha some time in June. Find braid that I like. walk. Go to CSA meetings

I guess I will be making some plugs with Riverrat2... :bl:....going full speed ahead on the BigFish Plug Shop Project...I want to finish the exterior post haste and get the inside insulated and finished and get my benches and work space set up...also get the wood stove throwing some heat! Then build plugs all winter until my arms fall off! I am planning on having a couple conventional rods made for me.....more work on the house.....shop for new BigFish sand sled! :ss:

Habs said I should find a wife and that I fish too much :devil:

Once fishing is over I'll have to find a new addiction.Maybe I'll take up a little
casual crack smoking.

"HOMEwork"
Spin plugs
and continue to enjoy Guinness ( thanks Vic :wave: ) :usd:

Build some new rods and re wrap a couple warriors.Work will also get allot tougher over the winter,due to the holidays...and probaly start working out again, so I can walk that 60 pounder back to the rig.. :bl:

Play some LAX, play some hockey, get everything on The Gotofish in order for next year-actually, get my life in order while I'm at it, throw some 1/2 oz. jigs at Clammah in Prov., and try not to go stir crazy in my cave of a home.

Iceman, where do you skate?

I picked up my gps phones from mass highway tonight, so
I'm hoping to be pushing lots of snow all winter again!
Maybe some cod fishing when weather allows!
Going to get down to Wareham at some point to have Mike CC to build a few more custom boat rods.

Looking forward to do some skiing. Unfortunatly, both my kids have out grown their stuff from last year. That mean less $ for plug /tackle purchases. I hope do some more moutain biking, (been out a few times the last few weekends) until the snow starts.

A few Card games at the house are also in order.
Now that sounds good. Cards and Beer....
Love playin' Poker.

Rebuild a bunch of reels that got hard use this year. Maybe wrap a new rod or two...or four or five.Purchase some new equipment for the boat and install it. Tie bucktails, make plugs, pour rubber.Visit tackle shops,go to tackle/sportsman/boat shows.Read a fishing book or two. Get the truck running right. Tell the wife I'll paint the living room,someday.Invent and manufacture, in the USA, a spinning reel that will combine all the best attributes of the finest reels out there and still cost under 200 bucks.
Practice posing for the magazine cover shot I'll get when I catch that 93 pounder thats been eluding me. Daydream about fishing...alot. Spend time lurking on internet fishing sites.Think about retiring so I can spend more time fishing.That's about it.
Valentine

Turn wood, pour lead, fish some more. Hey, the stripers never leave here :bl: :devil:

Ratty, dude, are you not supposed to be drinking :eek5: :rotfl:

Jigman

Remodel the bathroom in a weekend, paint the basement floor and catch up on all the crap I have been putting off sense last may. Ice fish

I forget what I like about winter. :devil2:

Gotofish I believe he lives in New York. I still play hockey 1 to 2 times a week.

Just spent some cash on upgrades for the snowmobiles. I couldn't justify a VS this season but I just doubled that in performance sled parts. :confused:

Thanks Tynan,...just wondering if any of the RI guys skate.

I forgot to add that the main plan and highlight of the winter will be staring at the Hab-a-Tat girls at the shows!!!

Boy !! Sounds like all have plenty to do. I have to build a better dust collecting system before I blow up my cave.

BIGFISH GOING CONVENTIONAL ??? - That's sort of like fishing from a BOAT!
:jump: :jump:

Gotofish, :btu: :bshake: :bshake:

gotofish - Why don't you consider paying your cell phone bill while your at it. - call me from a pay phone. team rosters should be out today.

Winter Projects - making my wife forget how often I was gone on the boat, and remember how nice it was to have the charter tips in the summer.

-jay

Thanks Jay. My cell was stolen on Tues...and after someone from work recieved 12 pics of a d**k, I figgered I should shut it off.

Why don't you go to work.....

Now I have to explain to Katie why I'm laughing hysterically.

Just booked it. 2nd year in a row.
I'll be on lockdown with the wife till then.

Purty up my newly acquired cheap water toy :bl: Should take me into Feb/Mar then break out the poles and get at it :beat:

This winter my life will change :eek5: , My wife and I are expecting our 1st Jan. 16th. :jump: any advise on how to get out to fish this spring with a new born in the house :spin:

any advise on how to get out to fish this spring with a new born in the house :spin:

Carefully.....Very Carefully


Oh and Congratulations.....Kids ARE Cool but you're right...your life will change

Congrats TP..........work is still busy, thanksgiving time fishing trip to Jersey, feel like getting out one more weekend.......may try my hand at some plugs this winter since I have all the tools.

http://www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/films/shining/images/shining_bathroom.jpg
I got a job as a caretaker at The Overlook Hotel. I'm working on a book project, and the quiet should help me get my thoughts together.
Funny, when I went for the interview - it felt as if I had been there before.....
Oh well, all work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

intestinal flu does strange things to man's mind

Hunting, and strip joints, in no particular order
Hotdam! Guns and strippers and firetrucks!!!

In real life I'll be spinning wood, fixing wrecked cars and waiting til Spring. Unless I find an new icefishing partner.

Come winter I'll be spinning plugs,work on the house & some Ice drinking.Then in March IM packing the gear for a 9 day fishing trip w/ four Buddys to Panama!
No wife!No kids! 9 days!!!!! :devil2:
OHHHHHHHHh man! come on March :devil:

Panama!!
Man frigging fantastic

TSPS- I live in Norwell, we had our son on 02/03/04. This is how I went fishing, the little man would sleep for about 3-4 hours at a time. With the early am snack at about 3 or 4am. I would volunteer to take that feeding, then sneak off for a couple of hours to the nriver or scituate beaches. Come home shower then work. I was lucky he slept thru at about 6-7 months, in time for the fall run.

I will spend winter, avoiding my wife, turning plugs, working, busy time of year for me, watching fishing videos with my boy, and will try to get fish gear organized, believe the last is a big project
Mark

Ice fishing
working on the new house and making some babies with my new wife.
:heybaby: Cheers to that. :gu:

Do some much needed trim repair on the house that I have been putting off for a few years. I figure if I can get it re-trimmed over winter early spring then my wife can paint it while I go fishing. :D

Cranium ,

I live in Scituate ,That's outstanding , you get points for feeding the baby , making the wife happy and you can fish everyday :jump:

I will definetly use that one

Thanks

Once fishing is over I'll have to find a new addiction.Maybe I'll take up a little
casual crack smoking.

users in the know refer to it as "recreational" :hihi:

users in the know refer to it as "recreational" :hihi:
so if you sell are you comercial :D

Do some much needed trim repair on the house that I have been putting off for a few years. I figure if I can get it re-trimmed over winter early spring then my wife can paint it while I go fishing. :D

:bl: I like a well crafted plan.......might I add the idea of prepriming all the trim as it goes up, that way when you're going out the door with the fishing gear you can later say "Honey I even primed it for you".

Remember last winter....

Once I get my move past me, which is taking shape quickly, I will be back to doing some of my favorite striper fishing. In a lot of ways I really look forward to my winter fishing, it's simple and stupid, sometimes you can't beat that.

Mac - you know you will never get away with that!

I'm gonna "hab"ernate then wake up the inner beast around Febuary hungry to fish, get into a flame war on the internet and while youse guys are still ice bound start fishing in 70 degree weather.

That was my response.
well,at least till the last part.

so if you sell are you comercial :D

Sure Eben, do you plan on expanding the shop for production? :bl: