2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

There’s no doubt in my mind we’ll pay for this weather in the coming weeks or months. 
 

It kind of reminds me of one of the final scenes in the movie The Perfect Storm (the movie about the Gloucester boat Andrea Gale). They battle the storm then the seas calm, the sun peaks out, the deckhand thinks they’ve made it but the captain knows they’re not so lucky. 

Remember that one well.

My wife and I were on the water through much of that.  Along with our crews, we both saved several lives; Very intense.   The movie was decent too. 

A-Jay 

33 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Remember that one well.

My wife and I were on the water through much of that.  Along with our crews, we both saved several lives; Very intense.   The movie was decent too. 

A-Jay 

I was wondering if you were stationed in the area during that time. I couldn’t imagine being in angry water like that. The men and women of the USCG are some brave souls that’s for sure! 

49 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

I was wondering if you were stationed in the area during that time. I couldn’t imagine being in angry water like that. The men and women of the USCG are some brave souls that’s for sure! 

This pic is actually from the first morning of the storm.  

 It's Lynn's crew on the way out the inlet in Scituate, MA.

These surf boats, although no longer in service, were self-righting; meaning when there was a wave big enough to roll it over (capsize), the next one would re-right it.

Only problem was, we had to hold our breath while we waited.

(Usually 30-45 seconds - which can seem quite a bit longer hanging upside down under water)

Oh, and hope the engines were still running when it did.

At least one usually would.

And this was all kinds of fun At Night ! 

A-Jay

 

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

This pic is actually from the first morning of the storm.  

 It's Lynn's crew on the way out the inlet in Scituate, MA.

These surf boats, although no longer in service, were self-righting; meaning when there was a wave big enough to roll it over (capsize), the next one would re-right it.

Only problem was, we had to hold our breath while we waited.

(Usually 30-45 seconds - which can seem quite a bit longer hanging upside down under water)

Oh, and hope the engines were still running when it did.

At least one usually would.

And this was all kinds of fun At Night ! 

A-Jay

 

And to think I get nervous crossing the wake from a wake boat. ?

5 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

And to think I get nervous crossing the wake from a wake boat. ?

I believe it's fair to say that 'rough water' can often be a relative term.

A-Jay

 

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

This pic is actually from the first morning of the storm.  

 It's Lynn's crew on the way out the inlet in Scituate, MA.

These surf boats, although no longer in service, were self-righting; meaning when there was a wave big enough to roll it over (capsize), the next one would re-right it.

Only problem was, we had to hold our breath while we waited.

(Usually 30-45 seconds - which can seem quite a bit longer hanging upside down under water)

Oh, and hope the engines were still running when it did.

At least one usually would.

And this was all kinds of fun At Night ! 

A-Jay

 

 

You guys are Crazy...in a good way though..

2 minutes ago, Hammer 4 said:

 

You guys are Crazy...in a good way though..

Part of the job description.

At least a little.

A-Jay

17 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

And to think I get nervous crossing the wake from a wake boat. ?

Try it in a canoe...idiots near swamp me every time they pass by - even at 100yds distance

9 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I believe it's fair to say that 'rough water' can often be a relative term.

A-Jay

 

My hat is off to you and Lynn for getting wet doing the job that other people wet themselves thinking about.

4 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Try it in a canoe...idiots near swamp me every time they pass by - even at 100yds distance

My hat is off to you and Lynn for getting wet doing the job that other people wet themselves thinking about.

Thank You Sir ~ 

A-Jay

2 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

And to think I get nervous crossing the wake from a wake boat. ?

Since this is a winter weather thread, there was a guy wakeboarding by us today 

 

This is pretty wacky.

A-Jay

I have sweated through my clothes fishing the last two days 

We've had mid 30s the past few days with rain today. Ice is probably thinning and I expect to see some 'dunking' reports.

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I have sweated through my clothes fishing the last two days 

I’ve sweated through my cloths the past 24 hours too....because of the flu. The wife got it a week ago and still isn’t 100%. My son got it 2 weeks ago. 

1 minute ago, 12poundbass said:

I’ve sweated through my cloths the past 24 hours too....because of the flu. The wife got it a week ago and still isn’t 100%. My son got it 2 weeks ago. 

Oh dear that’s not the good kind of sweating. I hope everyone gets rid of that ASAP

We’re going from 50* and rain as we speak to 4-7” on snow by Tuesday morning. 
 

On the brighter side of things the “flu” I thought I had doesn’t appear to be the flu because it’s on it’s way out. As soon as I started to feel a little off Thursday night my wife made me take a couple shots of elderberry she picked up. She just read about it and had me try it. She’s just now after a week (She didn’t take it soon enough to help her) starting to get back to herself, it’s only been 2 days for me, so I’ll choke that stuff down. It’s expensive but worth it. 

The lake opened up, the temps dropped 20 degrees, the wind is blowing, it’s about to snow 1.5”/hr, what else could go wrong? Nothing because the new season of Zona started today!!!! @Ztrain hopefully this year you listened to me and recorded at least 25 episodes! Lol Looking forward to the new season. 

Looks like 2019's going out the same way it came in ~ White.

 

A-Jay

We got 4-5” of heavy wet snow last night, I just got done doing my good deed for the day snow blowing, now I have to shovel my driveway. 

We got about 3" of packed snow yesterday on top of the ice resulting from the rain the days before. Shoveling and sanding done on the porch/sidewalk and the truck extracted from it's parking slot.

On 12/29/2019 at 5:59 PM, 12poundbass said:

We’re going from 50* and rain as we speak to 4-7” on snow by Tuesday morning. 
 

On the brighter side of things the “flu” I thought I had doesn’t appear to be the flu because it’s on it’s way out. As soon as I started to feel a little off Thursday night my wife made me take a couple shots of elderberry she picked up. She just read about it and had me try it. She’s just now after a week (She didn’t take it soon enough to help her) starting to get back to herself, it’s only been 2 days for me, so I’ll choke that stuff down. It’s expensive but worth it. 

My grandson got a quick bout of the flu. Had a 101 fever yesterday and is ok today. If he's still good tomorrow, it's off to the Shedd Aquarium since he loves fish. https://www.sheddaquarium.org/plan-a-visit?utm_source=target&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=primary_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgKzwBRCjARIsABBbFujbe0ncAsaoDuRIk6GVjHFszt8kAcVZeY8EIpekrmKbDaduVJg1BmcaAvhhEALw_wcB

We had ice and snow yesterday into today, then a melt and now a refreeze with snow showers overnight to welcome in the new year

Two days of wind and low 30's. New Year's day: low 40's and sun. Gonna try to get that Jan. bass on the books right away.

Goddamit ! 

Tomorrow is going to be 69° , gotta pull out that jacket cuz it's going to be cold.

Come on Spring, can't take these low to mid 70's anymore ....

2 minutes ago, Raul said:

Goddamit ! 

Tomorrow is going to be 69° , gotta pull out that jacket cuz it's going to be cold.

Come on Spring, can't take these low to mid 70's anymore ....

(Glares)_jk