Man...mine is a good place for a stick-up!
 

Wow, glad I am not alone....I am dying here!:doh: Whew!!!:bc:

:wavey: :D

Had fun today! :) just got back from taking the wife and kids to the movies, time to kick back now and maybe watch some football :) but for some reason I want to go make plugs and then go fishing :D

Put some faces with the names and met a great bunch of people today.
Thanks to everyone for pitching in and making it a big success :btu: Good to see old and new friends that share this crazy passion of ours.
Thanks for all the donations and to all who helped.
It was a long day.

Chris L I'm glad you had fun today bud ;) did you get paid atleast? I'll tell ya Chris, if you ever get the chance to stay overnight(like say on Cuttyhunk or something) with NIB, I'll warn you not to sleep in the same house as him :smash: you thought I was bad :D Hi Tony :hidin:

Thanks for posting the pics, I forgot my camera.

Thanks for coming everyone!

someone else can book it next year :D as someone said, next year = the Centrum ;)

:hihi:

Hey everyone! Big thanks again for coming overtoday and making a schweet day ruining wood and showing off your stuff! It never ceases to amaze me!

Also huge thanks to both Slip & Slip's better half, Melissa. Slip did a tremendous job putting today together and Melissa truly helped out and did a great job runnin' the table (and bringing the brownies :drool: ). Everyone give a big applause to The Slips...

I'm trying to get my kid to go to sleep so no long-winded posts from me today :rollem: but I do want to thank Got Stripers, #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, Newell Guy, Backbeach Jake, Gloucster, Tim Su, errr, WeeWee :laughs: , Flaptail and the folks over at OTW, Armand, and everyone else that donated to the door prizes and raffle table... I know there were some stoked people after winning that stuff. Thanks to BM & Slip for the demonstrations for actually turning wood. Thanks to those that helped set up and clean up...

I also want to sincerely thank all of you people that are such hot chits to make this site what it is, just a nice, comfortable, honest place to hang out and talk fishing, get together, and schtuff. You all deserve a round of applause too!

And great food too! We never go hungry at one of these...

Thanks!!!!

ps - thanks to all those that put stuff in my personal stash :hihi: = 'specially Christian! and that work by Eben was schweet too. The squid was unreal

"Ho in training" award goes to Missing Link Jr - he tried to grab ALL the Ledge Runner Baits off the raffle table :laughs:

:happy: Well it was a ton of fun meeting a whole bunch of nice people today. I'm glad I could see some real artists in action. and provide a few crimping lessons to others. There was some gr8 food for sure. Thanks to everyone who brought some tasty home made delights.:) :D Congrats John and Slipknot and Mrs Slipknot on hosting a nice event.

I want to go fishing now reeeeeel bad:af:

:D I'm glad you could make it Jim, great to see ya :btu:

See, there really is more to fishing than just lead

:laughs: :smash: :happy:

Can't wait till May buddy, how many days now?;)

did anyone find my watch ? or my other sock ?

Vinyardblues found your sock, I have it now :) get it from me in the spring or at the night out.

Hey, ya gatta start some where. :laughs: ... Now, do i get a plug for that award?? :laughs: :laughs: :laughs:

-Jr Link

Anyone got any other pictures to share, for those of us who WORK on saturdays:smash: ,johnny "the Ratt Boy"

Looks like y'all had fun.. wish i coulda been there but dad had to work its kewl though i'll be at the next get together:D

What the heck is the squid thingy? It looks wicked cool so cool i want one....lol:D


--Katie

Thanks Very much to Slip an Melissa for puttin me up. for the night.Slip U got a nice family.Sorry bout the snorrin.But bein as U had a nice joke with it at my expense.don't stand in his 1/4" plywood boat. now thats funny.Nice to meet all the nice folks from the board.I found out that Cape Sams is a nice guy.your rep is ruined bro should've brought the mask.Flap thinks Dave is my twin brother seperated durin the hatch.I'm goin to the Cape in the Spring with a bunch o NJ guys to pilage Ur fishery.Newelly makes nice plugs an eben blows really good.Ben is a good guy.Tagger I'm glad I gave u somethin to work with.Always good to see JP.An John R thanks for the advice I will look U up for a trip over for sure.It was good to talk to Saltheart,Canalrat an VB the king of hoes.I hate namin names cause there's always someone U leave out so I'll say it was great to meet everyone.there is so much to talk about I really didn't want to leave. see U all soon.

Forgot my digital today :( would have had some great photos), oh well, got some great memories anyway.

Big Fish,
yeah, great to look at your old magazines as well! And some good conversation. Thanks. :D

Slip and Melissa,
thanks for your hard work and excellent brownies. :drool:

Got Stripers,
can't wait to feed some holdovers your rubber.

Salty,
Nice to chat with you, and looking forward to my "special" order ;)

Chris H, Slingah, Nib, eelpunt, Clammah, Saltheart, JP, Backbeach Jake, Missing Link and Link jr. , Notaro, Eben, and all the rest I met today, nice to chat with all of you.

Christian, and Christian's Dad! can't forget you guys, Christian is a legend in the making.

Macojoe and daughter nice to see you guys there too.

CS, Tagger, Newell, Flaptail, always a pleasure.

John R ! Thank you for providing us with the best striper site on the 'net.

FWW, :D you are a hot chit...

and.... BM
thanks bubba!
especially for the lesson in how to toss that popper! ;)
:laughs:

Anybody I missed, sorry, got Ol' pharts syndrome,
hey Chris L, was great seeing you too!! :laughs:

Edited: Specialist! Nice to see you today! :eek:

:hihi:

I took some pics, but can't figure out how to post??????? I tried to use the attach file box in the reply but it says Too Large. The box says maximum size 0 bytes. Any hints? :smash:

pic 1 of 5 from rocketman

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i like number 4 lol

Thanks to Missing Link for posting my pics. That #4 was from the plugswap made by Chumbucket. Sposed to look like a torpedo I think. BTW, there is a plug in the box marked Katie that Canalman is supposed to pass along. ;)

Slingah...nice picture!
 

Slingah....looks like they got your bad side in that picture......the front!:laugha:

u a freak

Joe, thanks a lot. The picture of me being sleepy, I looked stupid.:p
Nice pictures, man. I am looking forward to the fluking you mentioned, right? Hope you had a good time.

Clammer, when we spoke, I wasn't completely understood what you were saying. Trolling, what the hell was I thinking?:smash: Yes, fishing in RI in May SOUNDS AWESOME!

JohnR, thanks for the help with the ledgerunner and GS, your plastics look promising. Thanks for the site, JohnR. Bill was right about one thing here, there are many GOOD FISHERMEN and FISHERWOMEN to learn from and such more.

Slingah and BigFish, it was nice meeting ya and hopefully we can hook up soon. If I happen to nail a 40 lber, I got BF here to hold it for me since he is so tall and my rod is ten feet long.:D

Christain, your plugs are nice.

BM, when I get the photos developed, you might not like what you will be seeing.:devil:

Too many names for me to mention...

MacoJoe, I am thankful for the fluking tips you gave me today on jigging, rigging up, and etc. They are helpful.

So is it worthy for me to spend $170 of tackles and lures!

Wife reminded me the toolhouse cookies were on a glass platter:(, I said are you sure. Don't suppose anyone ended up with that off the long table.

I had a blast ... and it wasn't from the chili. :hihi:

Seriously, it was great meeting up with the familiar faces and ... very nice to finally meet some people who up until yesterday I have only "met" with online...including BigFish, NIB, Goosefish, Missing Link and Missing Link Jr., BlackEye, Throwing Timber, CAL, Backbeach Jake, and Tagger, amongst many others. My short-term memory is going ... :blush:

pay ? im a salary employee . just a little comp time is all .

slip imagine the 3 of us staying in the same house ? it would be like a cartoon with the house expanding and contracting with each snore .

it was the yellow sock right ? or was it left ? socks always confuse me !

karl hows it going old bud ?

NIB its always a pleasure to meet a real NJite . go Islanders oops Devils

wee wee how was the ride ?

Chris, ride wasn't bad at all. No summer beach traffic to contend with, and I didn't need to :bc: :bc: out from packing up the truck for some stupid fishing trip. :smash:

p.s. I would have slept in the truck. :hihi:

hey NIB, you're a good sport :btu: You should do a search here and go back a year nad a half and find bloocrabs' cartoon of the Sawmill :D classic

Nice meeting you Notaro. Ribs were AWESOME :drool:

The day went by too fast.

Thanks!
 

Thanks to EVERYONE for making a new guy feel so welcome! My understanding of how to make a plug (properly!!!!) has increased a thousand fold! Tagger and RI Popper, thanks for the plugs. Hope those big flies catch a cow for you! Hugh and Frank, those sandeels are kewl, as is the small needle! Ho'ing is addictive.....
Going thru withdrawl this morning....

I have one platter/plate and someones size L jacket/vest that were left over at the end of PlugFest

Great time and nice to meet some new faces and some OLD faces. Chris L was there???? Must have cut his hiar as I did not see him:smash: THANKS BRUCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Ahh Thanks John. My jacket vest. I knew I fogot something. Dark grey and light grey, right? Big chest pocket on left side of chest.

Notaro, If you are going to send $170 for fluke don't!!

We will see how to get you over the bridge this season and I will show you how to do. I will supply the rigs and you can catch the fish!!
Fluking must be just about the cheapest fish out there to catch!!
:happy:

Pocket in vest jammed with plugs, right Throwing Timber? :laugha: Nope never saw it!:laugha:

There are some fluke nutbags down on Long Island who would BEG to differ with you. :laughs: :hf1:

Aye Christain,,,glad you made it...and Christains Dad ;)

:D goodtimes, you guys better fish them needles, more soon too to those who didnt get any yesterday.