AXES to ACES - Part II

A couple of days ago, Tuesday, I had the pleasurable opportunity, to do another Show and tell with another Far North native(Wisconsin) friend. AJ "pre-punctually":Rofl arrived @my driveway at 05:50(said he couldn't sleep) with some goodies and such that he off-loaded as I was finishing-up last minute check-list thingies to help make our 45 minute Westerely-trek only that long!:Rofl We stopped and got our FREE WAWA Tuesday coffee and carried on. Now, worth mentioning at this point...I had already filled him in with last week's Bitter-cold encounter Slab and I endured, and advised with warm layering. Now, AJ has Green Bay Packer support still very much alive even after the many years(50?) having relocated to Central Florida(Ocala). The manly-size of 6'4 (270+-) could easily make him a PACKER'S locker-room resident.:highfive While transferring his stuff @ramp from vehicle to boat, this is what caught my eye =Attachment 413648 OMG!!:yikes I thought they were POTHOLDERS!!:Rofl No FROZEN fingies for this FURTHER North resident! Informed him of Uhum, the Slab "revelation" from last week.:biggrin Well the tour-boat got under way and all his Sheep-wool Mitts/Hoody etc. were still stowed because Mother Nature decided to be more nice this week...from start to our glorious finish!:highfive What a day I had to see EVERYTHING fit perfectly into place for him. The GULF was our Oyster as everywhere we went, we had action(bent rods). Did a little skill-testing, cast monitoring in the mangroves:RoflAttachment 413650 Under the trees AJ not UP IN the trees!:Rofl His 1st-time single-casting/endurance could/would ONLY get better! No Snook anyone today, REDFISH bite was stingy, I did manage a nice, scrappy 19" thick-shouldered specimenAttachment 413651. Trout were our glory today...with 9 of 10(limit) in the box, I informed him of one more(hopefully Trophy-sized >19") would be HIS/mine reward. Still in need of checking/emptying our earlier deployed crab-pots(5) and "other secrets" we made our way back trying spots to fulfill the last fish and maybe our final REDFISH, last day legal SNOOK or ??? AJ gets the tick on our LAST SPOT and it was "buckle up your HELMET MR. PACKER fan!! I thought it was a Snook with the fight but it turned out to be an Eye-opener TROUT of 22"!! HIS TROPHY HALLELUYAH! Attachment 413662 Crab Time- Only 11 caught, but nice fat males. Now on Attachment 413653to other things- Attachment 413654Attachment 413656
I always new AJ was the ladies man...didn't take too long before the chicks started parading in= Attachment 413659:Rofl Even got HIS Surprise Picnic accomplished!Attachment 413660 Attachment 413663

I knew Slab's and AJ's Native states were proximate, but not as close as touchin North to South!!Attachment 413661 Irony prevailing, I thought who do I know on C.com that has a Tennessee resident(non-noative) status that I have shown a similar tour(- blue crab) Didn't take but a second = Skeetbum Tim!:highfive Alright folks, check out the 3 state Shape-profile...! Further my homestate of Maryland could fit too(OK squint those eyes a little more!)
That's all Folks! Thanks for readin', Ridin', Reelin' with us! Can anybody help me top this one?

u2s

Great report, thanks for sharing and taking me along. I licked my IPAD to taste the crab...LOL.

looks like another good trip

Great report and pictures! Share it on the salt water forum too if you would like.

Any former far-NORTH members(now FLORIDA transplants) needing any sub-freezing hoody/mitten material, please provide me with your location(GPS) and I'll send the FLOCK your way!:RoflAttachment 413804

Also, for those hard-freeze Florida mornings, when you're having difficulty with your windows...try this-Attachment 413805 Please make sure your battery is charged, however!:twocents:Rofl

u2s

Fine mess of fish.

Looks like another good trip in the books.

Thanks for sharing your adventure with AJ. Great pics and of course Crabs and Coors Light. AJ is a trout "Killa" WTG on the 22" Monster. Those monster mitts would make great Christmas stockings. Tight Lines.

JJ

Another great trip. Love that window crank, ingenious.

wow! what a trip! You are so kind to everyone! thanks for sharing