Adam Bomb

Oh boy, your scaring me now Ken!...lol...Actually we're four years apart. Erics 32 and ill be 28 on Nov. 26....Theres definitely no mistaking that we're brothers though. And in this case i can definitely say thats not so bad.

Cool pics Peter. Are you available on Fridays from Mid July through September? I could get to the boat allot quicker that way!...lol

Nice looking chrome DD!

Good deal Joe. Hopefully you can recover some of your other gear as well. I wish people would go out and earn their money then go BUY their equipment instead of stealing it from other people. Same way my Dad taught us boys. If its not yours, leave it alone and if you find it, give it back!

Nice job Dan. You and Mark sure are having allot of fun out there lately. Keep it up and stay warm!!!

Nice job out there. Sounds like fishing was great up and down the entire coast yesterday.

Nice job fellas.

Nice job Ken. I hope the wife recovers soon.

Sorry to hear that Jarod. Seems you cant get on a piece of land anymore without someone messing with your stuff. Sorry to hear that. I had a problem with a guy that deer hunts a property i have permission to small game hunt on. Got all bent outta shape and accused us of deer hunting just cause it was the youth deer season the weekend we were squirrel hunting. Said he was the only one that had permission and all that jazz. He didnt have much to say when we were up there talking to the land owner and he said ya, he can be back there. But, no, he had to stick his nose in someone elses busines without consulting the landowner first. Thats the same thing this chap shoulda done when he encountered your stand. No respect out there anymore...Quite sad.

Nice work "Killer"!

Thats awesome!...What better way to end the season than a limit of steel with your Dad!...Rock on man, great job!!!

Thanks Jason. Waterfowling is definitely one of my passions. I really love it. Theres just something about seeing birds respond to your spread and callling that does it for me. Probably why i love turkey hunting so much as well. The interaction makes it so personal.

Anyhow, i use High Mountain Jerky cure in Wild Goose and make jerky, grind them with pork and add fresh diced jalepenos and onions and make duck burgers, bbq duck in the crock pot for bbq duck sandwiches and i just tried a simple recipe today that i saw on Hunt Fish Cook TV. Take a duck breast and rub it with olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Put a little olive oil in a pan and get it good and hot. Put the duck in and sear it very quickly. Dont overcook it. The chef repeated it like 10 times throughout the segment, dont over cook the duck or itll taste bad, thats why noone likes duck, they overcook it. Anyhow, i cooked a mallard breast for like 2 minutes a side and that was about right. To check for doneness push down on it with tongs and if the meat seems springy, then its done. You should be able to cut it and it should be purple in the center. Well let me tell ya, i tried this today and its great. Will be doing more of that.

Well, i havent been on a whole lot lately because ive been out in the marsh after ducks. Despite a slow start things picked up midweek. Brother and i had a great shoot Thursday morning. We pulled a limit consisting of 8 gw teal, 2 pintail and 2 mallards. At one point we had 10 of our birds and had Pintail working the spread or landing in it. I bet we could have killed 30 of them easily...Of cousre we already had our alloted 1 pintail per man. Still fun to watch them work. Finally finished with a double on teal.

Hunted the same spot the following morning and managed 6 ducks. Not allot flying. 4 teal, 1 mallard and 1 wigeon.

Saturday morning we moved acrossed the marsh from where we were on Thursday and Friday and set up shop. We had birds coming in great, just couldnt hit em. I think i was rushing my shots and not getting my gun up all the way. Was getting quite frustrated missing these chip shots that i normally make. Bro wasnt helping any either as he was whiffing just as much!....Finally i slowed down and was actually able to eek out my limit and Eric scratched out 3 birds. Ended up with 9 for the morning. 6 GW teal, 1 black and 2 wigeon.

Hunted this morning. Temps were 27*, bluebird sky and calm winds. As expected not much bird movement. Only had a few come by all morning. Ended up with 1 black and 2 gw for our efforts. I also missed a nice drake wood duck that came scorching through at mach 3!!!

Great job out there.

Sounds great Mike. I love blackened salmon.

Great job again Jay. Keep hammering them!

Wow, nice fish, great job guys!

Hey Sea-Mac, how does the line go in those original Walkers? I bought a box of miscelaneous downrigger parts and got like 8 of those original Walker releases. Do you just twist the line like you do on a Blacks style and put it in there?

Or duck hunting...LOL...Ill make it over there buddy.

Im curious about this myself. Just picked up a N.I.B. Penn 330 GT2 on Ebay very reasonable. I hope they work as well as my GTi's have.

Nice work Dan. Give my regaurds to Mark, hope he feels better soon.

I like to clean the outside of the reel of any dirt and grime from the season. I also grease all the gears and bearings with reel grease. And as mentioned, back the drags off to keep from compacting the drag washers. I have a Penn 320 GTi and a Daiwa SG27LCA that need some service on the clickers after about 10 years of trouble free service. Ratchet gear on the Penn and the click spring on the Daiwa. I also have a couple that need the drag washers replaced. Gonna get the tournament drags from Tuna Tom in Ludington. Not too worried about line just yet. I'll do that in the spring.

I should clarify that i use Walkers Terminator/blacks style release. Pulls double duty as a cable terminator for the cannonball as well as the release.

Yup......that's just like me. Wake up 3 days in a row before 7:00am and my whole world gets turned up-side-down. Come to look at it, my other "bonanza" post was a day a head of time as well. The only way to fix it and bring the Time space continuum back into order is to go fishing again yesterday in the same spot that I fished tomorrow. :confused:

I bet some tournament anglers would love to fish a day ahead of time to see if the spot was worth it!

The Blacks Releases work great. No false releases and you can really crank the rod down. Quick and easy to reset too. I might try the Chambelins as i guess theyre the cats meow. Works on the same prinicpals as the Blacks, but has both vertical and horizontal tension adjustments.