OK. another reason to wear Korkers? Let me sidebar you for a second: It was my sisters weddding on FRI night, my 2 older bro's were there along with Hesh2 - Father of the bride. All went well. So anyway we we're planning on hittin' RI hardcore SAT night. - my sister got married on FRI night. U know all the favorites - and Ice's fav - ask John R? Spcialists? or C-rat? I'll never tell. Anyway, SAT comes all kink of hungover if you catch my drift? We're gonna go but didn't - fished CT instead - caught abunch of schoolie" stripers - we're talking 8-9in' here!! Of course went' during the DAY b/c of certain restraints. But BOTTOM line I was fishing with my father and 2 brothers on a beautiful day after my siter got married, as I was out there I reflected and asked myself "Does It Get Any Better Then This? NOT REALLY!!! Getting back to the Korkers, my oldest brother Butch, the guy that I can credit getting me into fishing the most, the guy who taught me "almost" everyting about fishin' the salt (have to give credit to my other bro and of course my dad!), the guy who fishes for all species 100% of the time, you know stripers in the salt, and steelies in the non-salt. He tells me I "must" give steelhead fishin' a try? It is SICK he tells me, even better then striper fishing, is it trus?!! Butch lives in "Hockeytown" (you should know) and will fly to the Cape or RI for a weekend if there are biG' Bass around!! So getting back to the Korkers, my bro' and Dad fished RI today and "nailed" the blues, one guy hooked up with a nice bass on a certain breachway (no, not my fav) - but had "sneakers" on - wen't down to get it and - we'll you know the rest don't you? Banged up a bit and no STRIPA." We're Korkers!!! Still think the "mothers' will be coming throgh RI over next month (dare I say it?) I'll be there will you? We'll after having a few days off, back to work tomorrow, a bottle of Caberet Saug... (yes I can spell it if you want me to "Sauvigon" down) for ME it's all about family, beautiful wife, lovely daughter who will be gold medal center for women's US hockey team gold medalist, FRIENDS (such as you all' on the board), fishing & ice hockey. Oh, and even thought still in 1st period wife expecting # 2 - ultrasound on Friday, no don't wanna know - wife tels me greatest last mysery in life. It's THAT SIMPLE. IT"S THAT SIMPLE! Everthing else is small stuff - like the job, money, food, ect. ect. - yes we are in hard times, "simplify" IT. OK, it's abouth "the tyrophy" striper!!! Check? Are you still with me? Have I told you I just took my last sip? If you are still with me I would like to "THANK" my oldest brother Butch for getting me into the "Striper" game, WHO WAS IT FOR YOU????

I remain,

ICE
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Hey Ice - congrats on the kid on the way!

Yeh, I see more people dump and fall without them. They are not the be all solution, you still need to be carefull but they help...

Who got me into fishing? First fished with my day out on Chesapeke Bay, got back into the game by my friend Kellbones, and got the biggest eye-opening on Striper fishing from #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&.

Here's a Korker story.. Sort of. Two years in a row I did this. Probably 10' feet apart.
I pull up to a spot in Greenwich Bay on the way home from work (6AM). The spot is lined with rocks, under the trestle at Ocean Point Condo's. I got accomstomed to scrambling up and down rocks like a billy goat with the Korker's, and use them whenever rocks are around. Anyways, bluefish are crushing the baby pogies against shore. I just grab my rod frantically and scramble over the rocks as if I had the things on, being conditioned... Both times I took hellacious, painful, bloody dumps.

Mr Rockfish, was that you I saw yesterday morning looking for the nonexistent bait? The only thing I found was a leak in my waders..................you know where :af:

Yeah... CONGRATS Ice! :)

Good story on the Korkers. I have a pair but haven't been anywhere I needed them though (I'm new to the game). I bring em' along when I try a new area - just in case.

Regards,
Rob

BTW:
Where were you fishin' in CT?

Striper Sniper ??? Huh? Hmmmm :mad: Thought i has this name to myself :( Oh well...... ^5 on Striper Snipers' than!

LOL
later...

SSXt, Its not much of a big deal, I mean, Iv'e seen an article in a magaizine in borders that said Striper Snipin' or sotim, Just lik,e my name is the name of a boat, It's OK if people use it as long as it's not there username!!!

SnS,
Stop Sicking yer nose in my post ,,,DID I ASK YOU ???

It was only a joke,,,,But out....

j/k

SSX, stop being so immature, this is a public forum and im allowed to express my opinion:D
BTW i got the the spinfisher 5500, give me a ring:)

SnS,
No,,,,Just playing around,,,,We got to stop doing that before people think we are 'really-fighting' lol... No Worries Guys,, J/k

NICE REEL!!!!!!!!!!!!


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hey starsandstripers and stripesniperx welcome to the sight but you guys gotta start staying on the subjects of the posts if you guys want to mess with each other pm each other you can learn a lot from this site and meet great people just keep everything clean too thats why a lot of us like this cause it good ol clean fun tight lines you guys ;) ;) ;)

thanx for gettin me bak on trak joeangler
And yea SSX, that't the exact reel, i might bring it to dunkin donuts 2morrow when u meet me there afta skool, lol DONT 4GET!!! Call u when I get out neway.
WERE GONNA TAKE THIS TO BARNES AND NOBLE!!!lol
mabe tho, i dont think so, probably go to borders if anything:D

Joe, I have been here over 2 weeks,SnS shortly after ,,but thanks for the 'late' welcome :)

TOPICS?
Well, Here is what i notice is hard for all you to understand,,,,WE ARE NOT KIDDING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER,--we are talking,,if we keep it in 'PM's' what will we share ?,,,,
Forums & chats go off the topic at times,,,then they hop back on,,,,You don't think we are going to sit here and talk about 'Korkers' for this whole thread,,,do ya ??

topics change and i'm not being rude,,but i see many many people who have been here for alot long change the topic and no one 'yells' at them, ,,,Please try and respect Us a bit to,so we can do the same for you,,,

,NO, we haven't been here 2 years but we hope to share experiences,tips,stories and questions for a long time to come,,it's going to be a long winter,,,,But we can't do this is you all keep telling us ,,,pretty much "DON'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE" it don't work like that,,I'm not trying to tell yas what to do,,But ,we are all anglers here,,,us fisherman know a way to 'bond' let's keep it up , huh?


Have a good one!