Happy Birthday, Vic - hope it was a good one for ya!
Yup, some day you too will be a D.O.M. (Dirty Old Man) - enjoy it while you can...
Gotta say I do like the pic of you and the ...uhh...waitress...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.