Thank you for the welcome NYHellbender. I greatly appreciate it. Well I will certainly do what I can about posting on here. I am currently here at my sister and brother-in-laws house here in Crestview,Fl. I really got sick shortly after I got here. Now mind you I am the youngest one here at 56 yrs old. My sis is 66 and her husband just turned 74. Now on with why I got sick. Some time before I got here my brother-in-law traded an old tri-hull boat with a 65horse murc. on the back for a riding lawn mower. When I asked when the trade was to take place, he said "whenever the other fellow brings the mower over.No matter how much I told him he was being taken, he wouldn't listen to me. I told him I would buy the boat as I was already using a push mower to cut the grass anyway...no deal. Well I can respect the fact that he kept his word on the deal, but can't figure out why he made the deal to start with. To make a long story short, I am stuck here with no wheels at the moment and no way to even get to the water if I had a boat. But it sure would have made me feel better about it if I had that boat to go fishing in rather than sitting here not able to even wet a line. It's a lot easier to get someone to take you fishing, even if they have to haul the boat to the water, knowing they are going out in the water , than it is to get them to go knowing they are stuck on the shore. Least wise that's been my luck, anyway. so as soon as I can get to the water and fish, I will post pic's and give a report of the trip. Mean while I will enjoy the fellow ship of all you all as I read your stories and admire your pic's, and congratulate you all on the fine mess of fish you have caught. Once again I want to thank you all for helping me fell better about my situation here till I can get it changed....