FOH: A Week In Pictures.

[Ken Gargett]

  On 8/1/2021 at 10:56 PM, Kaptain Karl said:

Ha I should have included that!
White Sea Bass. They’re native to Baja California and California. They’re are notoriously difficult fish to catch, which is why they’re called Ghosts out here. We got it drifting dead market squid right above the bottom through an area where squid are actively spawning. We’re at the extreme northern edge of they’re range and they havnt been caught up here since 2015, so it’s pretty damn exciting to see them up here again! 

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fantastic. thanks for that. squid seem to work all over the world. 

[Chibearsv]

House has been completely remodeled now the outside is getting a re-make. One more week to get the stoops finished and the pavilion built. I can’t wait to use the new patios. 

 

[Rhinoww]

  On 8/5/2021 at 12:13 AM, Chibearsv said:

House has been completely remodeled now the outside is getting a re-make. One more week to get the stoops finished and the pavilion built. I can’t wait to use the new patios. 

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Looks great!  You will enjoy that pavilion a ton. 

[Chibearsv]

  On 8/5/2021 at 12:16 AM, Rhinoww said:

Looks great!  You will enjoy that pavilion a ton. 

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You and me both 😁.  Your setup is looking sweet too.  I’ll post the finished photos next weekend I hope. 

[Rhinoww]

  On 8/5/2021 at 12:19 AM, Chibearsv said:

You and me both 😁.  Your setup is looking sweet too.  I’ll post the finished photos next weekend I hope. 

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I’ve got another two weeks or so then I’ll turn to the landscaping. 

[StogieSteve23]

  On 7/25/2021 at 3:18 PM, GVan said:

July 4th vacation with the family.  Wife had a professional photographer come out to the house to take pictures of the grandchildren.  Of course, had to sneak one of my own pictures in - "My Three Sons" is going in the man-cave !

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Looking good @Devo and @GVan!! 

[StogieSteve23]

My brother and I linked up with some nice snook. They’re no @Kaptain Karl slobs, but fun as hell to fight. 
 

[Kaptain Karl]

  On 8/6/2021 at 12:35 AM, StogieSteve23 said:

My brother and I linked up with some nice snook. They’re no @Kaptain Karl slobs, but fun as hell to fight. 
 

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 I LOVE fishing for snook! Such a cool fish!! And this happens to be the year of the slob for me, I wish fishing for me was always like this! 

[inter4alia]

Awesome. I've trolled for snook several times in the Panama canal and always came up empty. Always left with a ton of peacock bass though. Good times. 

[StogieSteve23]

  On 8/6/2021 at 12:48 AM, Kaptain Karl said:

 I LOVE fishing for snook! Such a cool fish!! And this happens to be the year of the slob for me, I wish fishing for me was always like this! 

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Get em while the gettins good! 

  On 8/6/2021 at 1:11 AM, inter4alia said:

Awesome. I've trolled for snook several times in the Panama canal and always came up empty. Always left with a ton of peacock bass though. Good times. 

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We were lucky. This is the time of year where the bite is red hot. They’re migrating and spawning right in the inlet (a couple other areas also). The water was so clear you could see hundreds if not thousands in certain areas. 

[Connoisseur Kim]

  On 8/6/2021 at 12:35 AM, StogieSteve23 said:

My brother and I linked up with some nice snook. They’re no @Kaptain Karl slobs, but fun as hell to fight. 
 

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That fish looks like a big tuna to me @StogieSteve23 😁.

[Ken Gargett]

  On 8/6/2021 at 12:35 AM, StogieSteve23 said:

My brother and I linked up with some nice snook. They’re no @Kaptain Karl slobs, but fun as hell to fight. 
 

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good fish. 

not something we encounter down here.

my one chance at snook was fishing las salinas. i usually have a fabulous guide but on one occasion, i ended up with the village idiot. bone lazy. in the end, the only bones i caught that day were when i actually walked off and found some myself, off a sand bank.

at one stage, when i presume he knew i was seriously pissed with him (although perhaps he didn't know because at the end of the day, he clearly expected a tip - so i said i would give him a tip - don't be such a lazy sod and actually try and help the client catch a fish instead of chain smoking from the first minute and having to stop punting every five minutes because you are stuffed. he seemed shocked), two large fish swam next to our punt.

i asked what they were.

snook.

don't we fish for those?

well, you can if you want. 

by the time i got the rod ready, they were long gone and there was just the steam coming out my ears. 

[bayala]

  On 8/6/2021 at 2:10 AM, Ken Gargett said:

good fish. 

not something we encounter down here.

my one chance at snook was fishing las salinas. i usually have a fabulous guide but on one occasion, i ended up with the village idiot. bone lazy. in the end, the only bones i caught that day were when i actually walked off and found some myself, off a sand bank.

at one stage, when i presume he knew i was seriously pissed with him (although perhaps he didn't know because at the end of the day, he clearly expected a tip - so i said i would give him a tip - don't be such a lazy sod and actually try and help the client catch a fish instead of chain smoking from the first minute and having to stop punting every five minutes because you are stuffed. he seemed shocked), two large fish swam next to our punt.

i asked what they were.

snook.

don't we fish for those?

well, you can if you want. 

by the time i got the rod ready, they were long gone and there was just the steam coming out my ears. 

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The Snook do look a little bit like a saltwater barramundi caught in the ocean 

[Ken Gargett]

  On 8/6/2021 at 2:30 AM, bayala said:

The Snook do look a little bit like a saltwater barramundi caught in the ocean 

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yes. very much so. just smaller. 

[StogieSteve23]

  On 8/6/2021 at 1:56 AM, Connoisseur Kim said:

That fish looks like a big tuna to me @StogieSteve23 😁.

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LOL not quite, Kimster.  I wish they were tuna though! Nom nomm. 

  On 8/6/2021 at 2:10 AM, Ken Gargett said:

good fish. 

not something we encounter down here.

my one chance at snook was fishing las salinas. i usually have a fabulous guide but on one occasion, i ended up with the village idiot. bone lazy. in the end, the only bones i caught that day were when i actually walked off and found some myself, off a sand bank.

at one stage, when i presume he knew i was seriously pissed with him (although perhaps he didn't know because at the end of the day, he clearly expected a tip - so i said i would give him a tip - don't be such a lazy sod and actually try and help the client catch a fish instead of chain smoking from the first minute and having to stop punting every five minutes because you are stuffed. he seemed shocked), two large fish swam next to our punt.

i asked what they were.

snook.

don't we fish for those?

well, you can if you want. 

by the time i got the rod ready, they were long gone and there was just the steam coming out my ears. 

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Sounds like you DID get stuck with the village idiot.  Needless to day, he didn't get a 5-star Yelp rating 🤣

[Connoisseur Kim]

  On 8/6/2021 at 3:42 PM, StogieSteve23 said:

LOL not quite, Kimster.  I wish they were tuna though! Nom nomm.

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Thanks buddy! I thought it looked like a big tuna until I typed snook fish on Google (totally different fish after all) 😂.

[El Presidente]

Taking the new BBQ for a spin!

 

 

[ChangBang]

Those look great!  What's the plan?  Reverse sear?

[El Presidente]

[westg]

Parked up . 🌴😎

 

[Fuzz]

  On 8/7/2021 at 8:12 AM, El Presidente said:

Taking the new BBQ for a spin!

 

 

 

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What happened to the built in bbq you had?

I've been eyeing a gas/charcoal combo bbq.

 

[El Presidente]

  On 8/8/2021 at 8:23 AM, Fuzz said:

What happened to the built in bbq you had?

I've been eyeing a gas/charcoal combo bbq.

 

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Di had it for around 12 years and even after a few rebuilds, the Matador was near end of life. We cleaned it and sold it. 

[Chibearsv]

  On 8/8/2021 at 6:56 AM, Heels82 said:

Better keep those boxwoods shaped up!  Looks great, Noonan!  

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Yeah, they've taken a beating throughout the remodeling process.  We'll see how they recover next spring.  

[GVan]

Past Friday was in Toronto and took in the Jays' / Red Sox game.  Incredible seats, beautiful night and observed something I have never seen before.  After the game got away from the BoSox, they put their shortstop in as a pitcher and he was throwing literal half-speed softballs to the Jay's hitters.  It became just like the home run derby at the All Star game.  12 to 4 Jay's and way too many beers - but lot's of fun.

[El Hoze]

  On 8/6/2021 at 12:35 AM, StogieSteve23 said:

My brother and I linked up with some nice snook. They’re no @Kaptain Karl slobs, but fun as hell to fight. 
 

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Nice snook!!! I am just north of you, been catching some nice ones up here too!