clayton86

Gotta do it. Like I told my gf you want a successful man your gonna have a busy man. I've gone from just a fiberglass guy who came to learn something new to several job offers doing it full time, as of today I got left in charge of the whole operation which started a little rough with a temp no call no shows and the two Texans that supposed to know how it goes a little better then me were 3 hours late I got it all reigned in now. Making great time which has me a little worried that things are going to good if you know what I mean. Talks of me possibly doing a giant project next year in ocean city or another in Virginia some where. The owner said he wants me a phone call away to be able to go lead some bigger projects. Ill get some progress pics up later it's coming along nice.

Awesome thanks, I'm haven my gf mail my fly rod and one of my casting set ups this week. Stopped at BPS down here and got some leads on some other spots also. Funny you mention speed traps cuz y'all fly down here I take 275 back and forth to work and the hotel I'll do 80mph and people fly by me like I'm standing still.

Where about is this? I'm in Ohio for 6 weeks on business and been wanting to fish I'm down in blue ash. I just got permission to fish the private lake at the job site that the county record bass was caught out of.

Yeah we passed kings island on the way in. This place does seem a little fairish so to speak. It's mostly waterpark with a big concert hall off on the side. Either way I'm gettin a big pay raise for the training and talking about sending me to Brazil to do a park next year and one in Puerto Rico. Not holding my breath on the out of country or the PR parks but I'm supposed to travel a few times a year to over see parks after I build them in the shop.

Better?

I'm here for 6 weeks working at Coney Island in Cincinnati staying in blue ash. We work 6 days a week then have Sunday's off so I'm gonna be trying to get out on my days off maybe after work on some days also depending how beat I am.

Elk horn creek you say that I might have to go do next weekend. We're building at Coney Island so the casino is right next door and the track. Then I heard there is another one farther down the road. I'm not a gambler though.

I had posted in the regional sub forum and got some spots to fish but what else is there to do around here anyone from the area?

Finally a day off after killing it at the job site. The whole thing is completely new to me but I've caught on quick. The owner and I have been talking and bouncing ideas off eachother. We ran into a hiccup yesterday and he couldn't figure it out for the the life of him he stood there looking trying to figure out why and how to fix it, I took a look had an idea showed him and bam fixed he was impressed. After that I got pulled off doing some of the manual labor and went and looked and prints and the lay out of everything and came up with a easier fool proof system different from what he's been using for the last 16 years. Heres what were building its all fiberglass no steel beams nothing that's all fiberglass. Once we get the structure up all the slides and covers all that is what I make back home in the shop and now I'm putting it all together.

First day down, the owner of the company we are working for loves me and the guy I brought. We caught on super quick and all our cuts and measurements were spot on. I got extremely sun burnt but it's all good. Working right on the river in Cincinnati. Thinking bout fishing the whole time. Now to go have a few brews with the owner and his foreman.

What's the fishing like in the Cincinnati area? I'm gonna be there on business living out of a hotel on my free time I'm gonna try to fish to help pass the next 6 weeks.

No getting screwed over this time I got everything in writing. Just got off the phone with my boss I leave tomorrow morning it's the only thing he screwed me over on was the time frame.

Well all my constant over time and what seems like impossible work loads has paid off. My gf has been complaining for the last two years that I do all this for the company and get no return on it I've been passed over on promotions, lost wages, lied to, center of attention by haters and written up all while staying late and coming in early when asked to get certain projects out the door. All while getting 100% accuracy and quality ratings and hitting every deadline given. Two weeks ago the owner said I have been doing so well on the hitachi/anseldo Breda cars with doing it 100% alone from the mold work, gel coating, machining, assembly, and shipping something that took 4 guys in the past 700hrs to complete and got stuff rejected constantly, I now do alone in under 200 hours and getting faster with each set with no rejects. We get paid to do it in 225 hours so for the first time in history of the project(4years) we are making money on it. Anyways he said I deserve the pay of 4 guys for doing 4 guys worth of work at the rate I do with the quality I do. Which I knew he was blowing smoke because he's not going to pay me that much. Well then we took on another project that is crazy big and we're having issues meeting the requirements till I stepped in and added it to my already busy work load. With this project we need to train guys to go and install the parts... That's where things got interesting. The crew will travel making more money and benefits but at the cost of being away from home for 10 days to 6 weeks. Everyone jumped wanting it but it was quickly cut down with drug testing and just common sense on managements part. Pretty much I was the last man standing. My my attention to detail, my quality of work, my work ethic just landed me a supervisor position the head guy the only guy the go to guy for this large multimillion dollar contract. It was short notice but I walked in today at 6am and was grabbed by the GM and asked if I object to going to Cincinnati for 4-6 weeks to install the new waterpark going in at Coney Island. Great pay, rental car, hotel and food paid for. Only downside is being away that long without the chance to come home till done since its 6 day work week 10-12hr days. The girl friend is a little upset the kids are used to it from me being in the guard. I leave tomorrow to make some serious money pay off some debt and get my savings built maybe a toy or two for myself also. So if anyone is from the area im going to be bored when not working and want to fish and explore the area. I'll be there tomorrow till the park is complete.

My boys fish and have tagged along hunting but in NY it's illegal for them to shoot or carry a gun to participate till 12yo. I hate it personally think it's almost discouraging

That's awesome!! I wish New York would allow youth to hunt that young but they can't till 12 and then the youth hunting starts.

All decent movies besides hurt locker. i still say go fishing but I probably will be inside in the cold this weekend also so I don't have much room to talk.

Make sure it's legal first it's a big no no here in NY even if your not hunting you can't feed wild life but some how putting road kill deer out and sitting waiting for coyotes is legal.

Enlist in the army you can eat them blow stuff up and get paid......... i always dug for the buffalo chicken, sausage and gravy, boneless pork rib imitation. Best three there is. If you can find one and want to really challenge yourself get a veggie omelette one and actually eat it bet ya can't lol.

I used to do it now all my trucks just sit and collect dust. I been thinking bout selling them since I haven't fired them up in about 4 years and nitro is EXPENSIVE!!! I always stuck with traxxis trucks I'v got the Revo 3.3(two of them) ones decked out nothing stock on it the other is mostly stock besides power upgrades. 3.3 tmaxx and a 2.5 rustler. They are fun and sound like weed whacker on roids but a pita to tune and expensive to feed and fix.

Well then if that's the case shoot me a pm sometime I'll give you a few spots in the area you can put I and hammer some fish. The addressfor the main launch is below but if you have a canoe it's a haul to the far end where they like to spawn 1762 Clark Mills Rd Waterport, NY 14571

Great fishing in my opinion, it's 125acres average 30fow deepest is 60fow https://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=XFA057-085 I catch mostly small mouth when I fish it but if you run to either end where it gets shallow there are some nice largemouth to be caught. I've done a few tournaments on the lake and seen 30lb bags come in. DEC also started stocking walleye last year I believe also. There are also pike....like a lot....they suck

Lake Alice is in the "town" of waterport it's also called waterport pond on some map apps. There were some boats out there today when I drove by but the dock at the launch hasn't been put out yet.

Anthony my trooper buddy sent me a pic the other day at the dam of 30 steel head all schooled together just past the cable at the dam. I haven't been yet this year to the dam or Alice but might fish it today once the women gets up and out of bed to take over watching the kids. I had a few hits at johnsons creek the other day and missed em all. I did get a 10" pickerel at the Holley falls last week on a wooly bugger fly.

Expected to see they hired you a blonde secretary but nope.... Nice view get a pair of good binos lol

I've been out a few times only luck has been a 10" pickerel. My hunting buddy has been fishing the canal with some luck going after carp and has seen some bass I'm planning on joining him this week for the bass but life keeps happening and I don't get out