Don Ordes and Jerry Goldsmith as a manatee tips over their canoe, also as a sailfish pulls them off the stern of the boat, also as they miss the end of the dock while fishing for snook at night...........
I guess they decided not to come to Fort Myers and fish for 7 pound snook and reds...................hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
At 09:03 AM 1/10/2005 -0700, you wrote:
Answer: Paul Bunyan's toilet.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jerry goldsmith Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] WAS wascally wabbit in Florida!/ NOW A RIDDLE FOR THE LIST
First the PRIZE- SEVERAL AWSUM HAIR FLIES by the MASTER DONO and his disciple, THE BAGWHAN GOLDSMITH !!
Now the Question.
What weighs 550+ lbs and goes KER-PLUSH!!!!!
Will grade the answers and proclaim the winner upon our return from fishing on TUESDAY NIGHT !!
next trip-- flats in the morning/snook at night/ Sails on Tuesday.
JG & DonO
Jerry Goldsmith Altamonte Springs, Fl [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ken Staples > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 2:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Dat wascally wabbit is in Florida! > > Sounds like a great trip so far! Wish I was up there! > > Jerry, got the message last night; must have missed it. It's been kind > of crazy this weekend with my wife out of town. Just me and my 2 yr > old daughter! Oh yeah, and the babysitter I got yesterday to go > yakfishing!! (report separately). > > Which guides are you going out with? Kumiski? > > Also, what was the "flats canoe"? Was it a gheenoe? > > Keep us posted on the details!! > > Ken > > > On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:30:21 -0500, jerry goldsmith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, one of us is snake bit. Two gloroius 70 degree days. > > Two highly regarded guides (both friends so the trips are GRATIS) > > and I have caught 4 sea trout and DonO has caught 1 sea-trout and 1 > jack. > > > > Our first trip was DonO in a flats canoe being poled all over the famous > "No > > Motor Zone" (east Coast , south of Cape Kennedy )and me more or less > blind > > casting from my kayak. We only saw one > > tail the entire trip and as that fish showed itself, the only other > vessel > > we saw the whole day(another Kayak) , paddled right on through the spot > and > > put the fish down (redfish) We spooked countless fish poling and > paddling, > > but we did not have another shot. > > > > Next day over to fish south of Tampa out of one of the nicest boats in > the > > state.- A custom built 23' flats boat. We were fishing for Jacks and > > Black Drum. There had been fish in the area for days and we were there > > because the fishing had been so good all week. > > > > This trip was extraordinary in that we had manatees all over the place. > > At one point two cows and a calf were actually nibbling at a trim tab at > the > > stern of the boat. And we had a couple of dolphins that put on a "Sea > > World" jumping exhibition about 50 feet from our boat. DonO had a > seagull > > swoop down and pickup his shrimp fly, but he was slow on the hook set so > the > > gull got away. > > > > Today day we were supposed to go Sailfishing. Last night the guide > called > > to say that there were no sailfish. In the last two days he had cast to > > only two sails and neither of them would bite.... soooo we just sort of > hung > > out and ate !! SMOKED RIBS !! (and as I watched football, Don has been > > restocking my fly box. > > > > Freshwater Shad fishing tomorrow. Then a day on the flats and a night > > throwing for snook on the docks on Monday, and then another try for > > Sails on Tuesday. I go back to work on Wednesday, and am I have friends > > taking Don for trips on Thursday and Friday. Hope to have a bit more > > productive day or two this week. > > > > (Ken-- you are around. Left a message on your answering machine) > > > > JG > > > > Jerry Goldsmith > > Altamonte Springs, Fl > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
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