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I used to ride in my younger years and after the first child was born in 1980 I had to sell all my toys to pay the doctor bills. so fast forward to 2016 and I am finally back to riding again. My orthopedic Dr. told me I should not ride bikes any more due to my artificial hip so a month ago I...

we have state farm for the insurance on our 1983 22 and it is agreed value. had no problems getting that from them.

http://www.johnssportinggoods.com/ john has an extensive set of online maps for fishing and shrimping and crabbing. I catch coonies and pinks in area 8-1 both on West Whidbey and East Camano the max depth in 8-1 is 150 ft. for them you need smaller size netting on your pots also I have also...

I bought my 2009 GMC 1500 at Dave Smith Motors and was very satisfied with the transaction process. they told us when it would be ready and we drove over and picked it up . it was everything they said it would be. my next new truck will definitely come from them.

well, best laid plans...... I was really hoping to get there this year and it seemed like all the planets were aligned and it was going to happen but alas it is not to be. due to my Father passing there will not be a vacation in my near future. :cry but the bright side is that there is always...

we drug downrigger balls all day today and only had one hit that did not make it to the boat. we were marking fish from 50 ft to 120 ft and tried all depths trying to entice them to bite to no avail

this is something I have wanted to do for as long as it has been going on. I have wanted to make my way out there to Florida to this gathering. from WA state. I am gonna try to make this this year. I have no potatos to harvest in Oct any More. the corn is coming off next week and the fall...

we went out to area 6 again today and were able to fill 3 limits of spots in about 3 hrs. the currant started to move the pots so we had to add the anchors to the pots. all in all, a good day on the water. we had a great cruise thru Deception Pass going and coming . the water was quite flat today.

we try to watch the tidal action and only set when there is less than 2 foot of change from high to low. we start about 1/2 hour before high and work the outgoing tide till low slack. we sometimes will use an 3 lb anchor on about 4 ft of line attached to the pot. our shrimp pots weigh in at...

we went out to area 6 today and were able to put 4 more limits of spots in the cooler. it was a little harder today, took 4 sets of the pots at one hour soaks. persistence paid off ....lol.....

here is a pic of Byrd standing in the same place as the pic a week ago. you have to look close to see his hands and arms holding his hat up to see him it is quite a difference a week makes. about 2 ft. in 6 days

Corn 4th of July 2015

we went out to area 6 this last week several times and were able to fill limits every day. here is a pic of Byrd and a close friend with a couple of the bounty and here is a pic of one four pot pull. we had just shy of 5 limits in the tub

well, what a wonderful spring we had for planting the corn fields. ya know the old adage, knee high by the fourth of July. how about armpit high by the fourth.....lol.....

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the WDFW gave us a 4 hour window of an opening to shrimp in area 8-1 & 8-2 today. Byrd and I went out and got 6 shy of our limits .here is a pic of me pulling a pot.

2015 shrimping