What plans do you all have for the November to April time frame??? House projects, ice fishing, hunting, vacations, plug building, rod wrapping??? Any purchases over the winter geared toward improving next season?? How will you fill the void??:)

I am goin to go ice fishing again, haven't been in at least 15 years, since 1995 when I go frostbit.

Redo the workshop. Build some furniture.

Probably I'll just spend it getting into fights and insulting people on line, just like everyone else.

I doubt it George, you seem to be too nice of a guy for that.

I think I may pick up another 1205 this winter and depending on gift certificates around the holidays....possibly another VS..? We shall see. My main goal will be enjoying my family.:)

Trout until the cape ponds ice over, got a Rainshadow 1208 to tie up as my heavy tin and jigging rod, couple small projects around the apartment for the misses, pimp out my bike for the canal as I'm sick of walking.

Other than that, I have a couple of small business projects to try out, but I'll probably just go into hibernation like I do every winter.

Getting buff, the iron awaits me.:musc:

fishing for stripers (minus January). Wrapping an all-star 1209. grad work, wife and kids should own the rest of my time :)

You inspired me. I think I'm going to try and develop my lying skills.

The only thing left undone since the Spring flood is the basement floor.

I will be epoxying the basement floor.Going with the good industrial sh!t. It'll have be done in sections and on Fri. nights so that I will get the full 72hour cure time so that Jane can walk on it to get to her office Monday mornings.

Painting the inside of the house, replacing some drywall. Probably pick up a VS 250 and a 60 lb boga, 1201M. Well maybe not when i add the cost of all of that up.

finish the needles I started last winter for the fall run ..

spend time with my little girl.

ramp up the workouts. get stronger, a bit leaner and improve mobility.

some minor home improvement projects, mostly paint.

go through my fishing stuff and cull the herd a bit. maybe sell some stuff off.

maybe pick up a canal setup for next year. thinking about giving jigging a try.

My main goal is to lose weight and get in shape, need to drop some serious pounds.

Makes it tough when your a chef and around food all day and have to taste things.

Besides that, work on some plugs that didn't come out the way I hoped.

Build a killer needle.

Spend time with the girl and the dogs and work as much as possible and pay off some debt.
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Read, go codfishing, make a few winter squid trips, learn how to take care of a 4.5 year-old boy better than I have been.

1- build a canal bike
2- new surf spinning rod is needed for next year so i can catch a 50# striped bass
3- find a fix the leak in the boat
4- lose weight to make rock hopping and canal cruising easier.
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"Void"? Sadly enough, I haven't fished enough this season to have a void ... so I guess I will work on creating a void to fish more next year.

ICE FISHING!!! Espically in the TABBIT, Making plugs, doing cordwood,Snow plowing.

As for purchases 2 new rods and a Vs275 rods are gonna be a custom and probably a mojo

Finish basement remodel, build canal bikes for my son and I. Count down days until spring.
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Going to fish some exotic places. Belize, Costa Rica, Las Vegas, New York City and Clayville RI:rotf2:

Keep at it for another month or so then...

Spend more time with family and my girlfriend
Ice fishing!
Try building a new rod
Go through my gear and sell off what I'm not going to use
Pour some jigs/tie bucktails
Start seriously training for half iron man next summer.
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Drag all my plugs and crap to the basement. Go togging a few times. Wait for the ice to thicken.:wall:

Going to fish some exotic places. Belize, Costa Rica, Las Vegas, New York City and Clayville RI:rotf2:

how about Kansas and Colorado?

seriously loose 30 pounds, maybe quit smoking

Go thru the 100's of plugs I have and sell most of them for 1/2 of what I bought them from

get back to work and start saving and build my bank account back up

moving into the outdoors
man cave management
some ice fishin
heating projects
lotsa ping pong :uhuh:
maybe some traveling

TABBIT! I've been scoping a date. I'm thinking either the 15th or the 22nd of January. Any preferences as to which date. Does anybody think that MLK wekend will interfere with too many folks family time?

Speaking of which, this year's tourney looks to be REALLY BIG! I think we'll keep the same entry fee ($15) and keep the food simpler. Seems like the Dunks and sausages are the way to go.

Any ideas?

And, I think that I'm going to do a 50/50 casting distance competition with the proceeds going to the site, as it has endorsed us for the last few years and I haven't given back yet.

Later,
Bomba

22nd, is good

-Spend time with the family
-Maybe try my first son out with skates
-Try and go bird hunting with my dog
-Try to get a few things off the "Honey do list"
-Organize my mancave - seems like in April its always clean and ready, by June its a mess of plugs hooks line etc and just gets worse and worse
-Ice fish
-Buy some wearbars and build some studded wading boots
-Maybe if I am super ambitious prep properly and paint some woodwork at the family place in Harwich
-Change a bunch of hooks / split rings that I really should have this year
Oh and maybe see some the guys from the site at some winter events and or shows in the spring

build lotsa plugs, start working on my canal bike I just picked up, work lots of overtime

So much to do, and so little time...

Build plugs
Drive my son to hockey
Try to lose some weight and inprove strength.
Drive son to hockey some more.
Beg teenage daughter to give me the time of day.
Go to CSA meetings.
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It has begun...... Pulled the boat today, sitting out in front of the house. Took off rods, nets, gaffs, and electronics. Empty the rest and powerwash this week. Then winterize and cover.

Boat needs new fuel gauge sender. Would like to get new GPS/sounder. Maybe another live baitwell. Put on a T-top if I hit the lottery.

Get my gear more organized. Get lathe up and running, it's a Shopsmith. Build a booth for painting plugs. Sell some reels, and maybe all my tuna gear. Have a rod wrapper and fly vice that I've hardly used..... Get a gross of hooks to replace the rusty collection I have. Get a Daiwa Saltiga 30H lefty.

Have to reframe and install a new main entry door and new construction window. Then there are cabinets and a pantry to be built for the house. Demo and rebuild what I use for an office (currently in total disorganization...) Guess it's a good thing I pulled the boat so "early":grins:

Oh and she wants her garage space back... that's a full day project.

Spitting firewood for next year. Have 4 cords on the ground that need to be bucked and split. Need to buy a log-splitter as I am getting too lazy to hand split 3-4 cords a year. If Cali. doesnt burn this Nov-Jan plan on taking the wife to Costa Rica as a college graduation present, but the damn fires always screw with my plans.

We just maybe going well into December this year in Montauk?? Water temps are pretty warm and we still have lots of bait around that is usually gone by now. Keep on fishin!! :uhuh:

finish the needles I started last winter for the fall run ..

You must teach me the way of the needle, Master Tagger...

Building a new sled to ice fish based on dog sleds. Got skiis, will modify. Build some Conrads, small dannys, Canal specials. Work on my gear, belt to hold tools, etc. Marry off the Daughter at the end of January. The usual..

Split four cords of wood and stack it, get everything left in the garden inside (beets, some beens, peppers), have two rooms to do over for the wife, build spray booth, finish the celler cleanup/do over, find leak in a couple of pair of waders, make plugs, fix three rods that suffered fishing the canal this summer. Wrap a new SSU blank I have, dig out all the compost inside the bin (which is about eight feet across), start a brand new compost bin, new steps in the buldhead, first tearing out the crappy sheetrock and strapping the builder put in place 30 years ago, Start a regular regimen at the Y around the corner...........................and blah blah blah. Thats enough for now.

Freshwater, Florida, Steel and Sportsman's Shows

I'm ahead of the game, boats put away, gear is cleaned and stowed, I applied winter gaurd to the lawn and tilled , mulched and limed the garden... I've got to wrap a new blank if I find one I like to replace one I broke on the last trip of the season...

I've got to trap more shiners for Ice fishing..

I've allready picked up where I left off last April with my plugs, I epoxied a mixed dozen Slope heads and conrads for the spring run( a year late)... took a few to get my paint skills back ( I HATE painting) ... I've got a bunch of Pikies for a swap I need to Epoxy.. when I get these done, I want to make some predators and a large batch of the Pinkney inspired sand eel plugs that have been hot for the last two seasons...

Hopefully ice fishing by late December.... then count the days until plugfest!

Usual BS Stuff...(That's Boy Scout :hihi:)......Got a few of campouts scheduled through the winter.

Build some plugs......gonna try and finish the Jitterbugs I spun up last year, and want to do a couple of knock-offs too....

Ice Fishing and my annual Smelt Fishing trip up north.

Want to get a canal bike put together too.....

hanging out in my shed all winter, which i just put electrical service in. also burning things all winter. :drool: trying to get into some bass/ pickeral/ trout stuff in billerica. time and wife always an issue though.

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Get my gear more organized. Get lathe up and running, it's a Shopsmith.


Hey Nightfighter...I just set up my Dad's Shopsmith that he bought in 1956. I got it about 10 years ago but have never plugged it in. It has a bunch of extra stuff with it and I'm really looking forward to getting some projects going with it. So far have just sharpened a bunch of tools.

Going ice fishing in January up at East Grand Lake Me.

Finish man town.

Sell house in Quincy....move further down South Shore.

Throw all my fishing stuff in the cellar to deal with in March
vote all dems out of office
celebrate Sean Bielats win
drink more
watch more movies
play more wii
read some books
go winter hiking with the kids
tubing at Nashoba
scouts stuff
giving guitar lessons to my daughter and a friend of the family
Need to have a few nights out with just me and the wife
Cook a killer meal for Thanksgiving
Have a FANTASTIC Christmas
Second annual family trip to NYC

Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die

Getting back into shape.

Hitting the mountains. When fishing ends snowboarding begins.

Deer killing and ice fishing for me.

Get that second job I've been putting off for about a year or 3 :smash:

Turn some wood, pour some plastic and surf a little. Maybe start looking for a girlfriend :tooth:

We just maybe going well into December this year in Montauk?? Water temps are pretty warm and we still have lots of bait around that is usually gone by now. Keep on fishin!! :uhuh:

My thoughts exactly Bill.