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schoolie monster · 03-04-2002, 12:11 PM

Pretty cool idea... welcome aboard everyone.

My name is Greg and go by "schoolie monster" here on the board. I am an IT guy in VP finance office at Boston U. I provide desktop support for Macintosh and PC's (a little) and more recently, have taken over web development for the unit.

I'm 32, married with a beautiful, healthy 4 year old daughter who's smarter than I am, just ask her. My wife loves to fish herself (though she doesn't go alot) and she supports my fishing habit 100%. In fact, she seems to encourage me to go... I'm not sure what that means for our relationship, but I appreciate it.

I grew up in PA and have been fishing for trout and freshwater bass since I was 4 or 5. As a teen, I fished the BASS local and state tournaments and my dad and I were very successful in the local buddy tournaments. We also made a couple trips to an out-of-the-way lake in Ontario each year. The fall "guys" trip was a tradition of fishing, eating and drinking that my dad started in 1971. Last year was the first year since '71 that we didn't get a group to go.

In college at Penn State, I turned to flyfishing for my fix. I was often late meeting my friends at the bars 'cause I was hitting the local evening sulfur hatch.

Although I loved trout and bass, my mom had brought us to Nantucket 5 or 6 times and I always thought surfcasting for bluefish was the coolest thing I'd ever done. Those fish were so tough and flingin' a big lure into the surf was awesome.

In '94, Karen and I moved to Quincy, MA.

I fished a little bit locally, but knew very little about what was around. I used to walk across the street to a little bay (near the Sportman's Den) and toss bombers with my bass crankin' stick. I caught a few schoolies and even a couple bluefish.

In '97, I met John R and the following year, we started fishing together alot. I learned alot from him and we learned alot together.

Now, I recently purchased a 17' center console and am ready to get crankin' this year. I'm very conservation minded releasing 99% of my catch and really love light tackle fishing with artificials.

This is a great board with some real nice, knowledgeable folks. The people here genuinely love fishing and love to offer help to others. I've learned alot here, especially from John, Fisherwoman and Baitcaster and more recently, Got Stripers. If you get a chance to fish with these guys, don't hesitate.

I continue to have fun and learn here and hopefully can provide info back as I get better and better.

03-04-2002, 12:11 PM	#22
schoolie monster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,195	Pretty cool idea... welcome aboard everyone. My name is Greg and go by "schoolie monster" here on the board. I am an IT guy in VP finance office at Boston U. I provide desktop support for Macintosh and PC's (a little) and more recently, have taken over web development for the unit. I'm 32, married with a beautiful, healthy 4 year old daughter who's smarter than I am, just ask her. My wife loves to fish herself (though she doesn't go alot) and she supports my fishing habit 100%. In fact, she seems to encourage me to go... I'm not sure what that means for our relationship, but I appreciate it. I grew up in PA and have been fishing for trout and freshwater bass since I was 4 or 5. As a teen, I fished the BASS local and state tournaments and my dad and I were very successful in the local buddy tournaments. We also made a couple trips to an out-of-the-way lake in Ontario each year. The fall "guys" trip was a tradition of fishing, eating and drinking that my dad started in 1971. Last year was the first year since '71 that we didn't get a group to go. In college at Penn State, I turned to flyfishing for my fix. I was often late meeting my friends at the bars 'cause I was hitting the local evening sulfur hatch. Although I loved trout and bass, my mom had brought us to Nantucket 5 or 6 times and I always thought surfcasting for bluefish was the coolest thing I'd ever done. Those fish were so tough and flingin' a big lure into the surf was awesome. In '94, Karen and I moved to Quincy, MA. I fished a little bit locally, but knew very little about what was around. I used to walk across the street to a little bay (near the Sportman's Den) and toss bombers with my bass crankin' stick. I caught a few schoolies and even a couple bluefish. In '97, I met John R and the following year, we started fishing together alot. I learned alot from him and we learned alot together. Now, I recently purchased a 17' center console and am ready to get crankin' this year. I'm very conservation minded releasing 99% of my catch and really love light tackle fishing with artificials. This is a great board with some real nice, knowledgeable folks. The people here genuinely love fishing and love to offer help to others. I've learned alot here, especially from John, Fisherwoman and Baitcaster and more recently, Got Stripers. If you get a chance to fish with these guys, don't hesitate. I continue to have fun and learn here and hopefully can provide info back as I get better and better.