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marvin4239

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I picked up my new 16' C-Dory Crusier today in Palatka Florida and sailed her up the St Johns River to the ICW then north on the ICW to my dock by Amelia Island. Boat preformed flawlessly. Seas were very calm except when I passed through downtown Jax which had about a 8" chop. I was really impressed with the handling of the boat. I don't know exactly how far this was somewhere around 70 miles. I had 14 gallons of fuel aboard and made it to my dock with about 1 gallon left. My neighbor and his buddy were working on his dock when I approached and they both were really impressed with the boat. My neighbor is and Ocean going tug boat captain and his buddy is a dock master for the same company. Neither of them had ever seen a C-Dory. After I secured the boat in the lift I went over to my neighbors to ask him something and both he and his buddy were huddled over the computer on the C-Dory website. From the conversation they may be at the dealer tomorrow.
 
Capt,

I've never heard of flounder gigging. Do you do that by sight in shallow water? I saw the pictures on your site. I've heard of noodlin' and gigging frogs - but flounder?

Is this a diving spear gun thing?
 
I've been flounder gigging on and off most of my life (59years). We use to do it alot around Wilmington NC where I was raised. I now live on Nassau Sound where the world record flounder was caught. If you are set up properly it's a lot of fun. I use undewater lights mounted to the bow of my Carolina Skiff and driff along over the flats with a gig mounted on a 10 foot pole. You see all sorts of marine life that you ordinarily don't see. Once you learn to spot the flounder they are very easy to gig as they just lay on the bottom. Last fall I gigged two on the same gig. I saw two and picked the larger one. When I gigged him the other one didn't move so I stuck him also. The flounder seem to congregate together in the same areas. Usually you are in a foot or less of water. Capt Mac has a really great set up for gigging a friend of mine helped him build it.
 
marvin – I am glad the boat turned out to be everything you had hoped for. Not much chance of us crossing paths on the water, but spiritually I hope we do someday.

Good luck with your boat. Have fun.
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Thanks Dave as far as crossing paths I'll be in the Pacific Northwest summer of 2008 God willing. I'll be there for and annual reunion of my old working buddies we have each year so who knows. Exact area hasn't been determined yet. In 1997 we met in Roslyn WA. Beautiful area.
 
I love it that there are a bunch of C-Dorys in Florida... you guys should start a Florida Chapter.... We did get to see a few of you at the SBS this year....Heck Mike Taylor even won the long distance award...(should have won somesort of award for that cheesy smile.)...hopefully you will join up with some of the folks that are already there ... for a flotilla.

Joel
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Often compared to hunting, Flounder Gigging is best done anywhere from a few inches to a foot or two of water using a flats boat with bright lights to illuminate the bottom. Flounder will normally stay in one place when they are spotted, but will depart with blinding speed when approached by a flounder gigger during times of twilight or full moon. Flounder gigging is fun for all ages. I have had customers as young as 4 to 94. This is because flounder gigging (FG) is done in tranquil, non-turbulent bay and backwater areas with land always being in sight. If anyone is interested, I will be offering FG franchises in the SE us from Tx to Va. Last year I had over 200 charters, including doing two charters a night at times. One can keep their day job as they begin a new fg charter business at night. FG is also an economical business since the Captain is operating only a low hp fan motor and a generator while fg. Sat night, 2/10/07, I took a family of five FG on a 4-hr charter, got over 70 pounds of Sheepshead and Flounder and the total gas bill after the charter was just $16.41 for the fan motor, generator and Honda 90hp outboard. Another reason for considering fg as a business is lack of competitors. While there may be many day-time charters out there, there are few fg charters. Plus, there is no bait to handle, no lures to figure out and no lines to get tangled. While most of us are protected from the sun with our C-dory cabins, a sun burn on a day charter is quite common. Obviously, this is not a problem with a fg charter, which is always done at night. Well, I didn't mean to turn this into a forum to find interested fg Captains, but I figure since I am both a C-dory and FG fan, there may be others on this web site with a similar interests. Interested parties may e-mail me directly at mac@floundergigging.com and I will be glad to answer any questions you may have.
 
marvin4239":26ygx4r3 said:
Thanks Dave as far as crossing paths I'll be in the Pacific Northwest summer of 2008 God willing. I'll be there for and annual reunion of my old working buddies we have each year so who knows. Exact area hasn't been determined yet. In 1997 we met in Roslyn WA. Beautiful area.
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marvin – once you know when you will be up here, let me know.

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