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02-25-2014, 02:03 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Maybe Saltheart's favorite photo & trip? Other rememberances.
So I wanted to pass along a couple things
My best time fishing with Mike I had him come up to one of my favorite spots south of Boston and we headed out to a semi-snotty / rainy night for a night of casting eels. I had fish for days and the conditions were great. Hardly a tap for hours.
We were talking abut stuff in general and lamenting the slow night in particular when he got a hit, and then a take, and a good fight of a healthy 26# fish that he caught and played so smoothly that he landed a fish with the hook set on the outside of the mouth. Yes, the hook was outside in the skin on the lower lip. I never would have landed that fish. He had a great time & was truly excited about catching the sole fish of the night!
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Here is I think Mike's favorite photo from his favorite trip, a charter he & his bud Smokey took about ten years ago with Captain Chet Hathaway on Noreaster.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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02-25-2014, 03:32 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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Awesome I remember that picture...  |
Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
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02-25-2014, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
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The only rod I ever had made for me. I think he thought I was out of my mind when I told him my favorite color was purple & green together! If I recall he might have even sputtered under his tongue and then told me if that's what I want he will come up with something! Boy, did he! When it was all said and he said something along the lines of how amazing he thought the combination was!
This one is for you bud! Still love looking at it and fishing it! Hope your still making them behind the pearly gates while sipping your homemade beer or wine! |
Simplify.......
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02-28-2014, 04:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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I cant believe this . im in shock . I have 2 rods mike wrapped , one he put his name on and i own it .
Not coming to this site as much as i used too , sucks cause friends die and I miss . oh never mind im rambling .
Mike Im going to miss you
John could you send me any contact info you have on smokey . I used to have his phone # but that phone was stolen .
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02-28-2014, 06:17 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chris L
I cant believe this . im in shock . I have 2 rods mike wrapped , one he put his name on and i own it .
Not coming to this site as much as i used too , sucks cause friends die and I miss . oh never mind im rambling .
Mike Im going to miss you
John could you send me any contact info you have on smokey . I used to have his phone # but that phone was stolen .
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Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
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02-28-2014, 08:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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I did
thanks
email sent .
hope it goes through . will let you know
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03-01-2014, 03:24 PM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
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Met Saltheart at work probably in 1997 or 8. As everyone mentioned, he was a levelheaded thinking man and I found him to be a mentor in all things metal. I mentioned surf fishing to him and next thing I find I am leaving for the canal at 3AM to meet him to fish. After a couple of trips I find myself spending days on the WMI message board and later transitioning to S-B. Fished on and off with Mike for years, went sailing with him where he earned the title Captain Ring Ding from my wife and had an overall good time. He taught me to wrap rods, tie flies and fish the ditch. He has built a rod for me, repaired several and helped me build one and helped me put diamond wraps on my boys Martial Arts equipment. He was influential to me in fishing and in life and I will miss him greatly.
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03-01-2014, 11:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Thanks Bruce, I have been on the board a long time and never met Saltheart. I know it is my loss, but obviously he was a good angler but an even better person who helped many along the way. I hope he knows he is remembered as a kind man with a heart of gold.
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03-02-2014, 04:29 AM
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I Had A BLAST!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: I'm from Manhattan, Live in CT., but my heart is in SoCo!
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I never met him, but that is my loss. Nice thread John!
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03-02-2014, 08:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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It is amazing how someone can effect you even though you have never met them in person. Mike really was a great person.
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06-13-2014, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Found a disk with some old pics on it, here is Mike from around 2002 at our S-B winter reel maintenance get together.
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06-13-2014, 07:05 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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He loved that day!
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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06-14-2014, 03:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
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wonder what happened to all his fishing gear and equipment?
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06-16-2014, 06:55 AM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Found a disk with some old pics on it, here is Mike from around 2002 at our S-B winter reel maintenance get together.
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Great guy, loved sitting next to him or taking advice next to him at the canal, that's an old photo seems like a lifetime ago. I think I still have that reel  . |
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