[p.j. petiniot]

Tim–

I was siting in the passenger seat of my Yukon Denali on my way back to Florida when I posted this from my iPhone–

I didn’t dare take my eyes off the road long enough to do a full blown search–;)

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Sounds Great Zach,

I haven’t been around any fishing forums of late, with moving half way across the country, starting a new business and all that jazz-

I live amongst some of the best salt water fishing in the nation and am in the process of putting together my 2013 fishing plan–

I will be hanging out here more often-If I need to re register, so beit

P.J.

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Thanks George-

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Where do you strap the cooler onto?

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Beautiful fish—

Smallmouth are one of the finest looking of all warm water species-

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Zach,

My guess for the Woodcock being so far south, so early is the draught in the mid west and upper midwest.

Its been my experience that woodcock tend to prefer moist bottom land, not swamps, but just soil wet enough for them to probe with their beaks for food.

I recently moved from West Central Indiana, and we would have wood cock much of the spring and summer, if it was wet enough. On the dryer years, they would go elsewhere.

Before I moved to south Florida in August, I only mowed my grass one time in 11 weeks, if that tells you how dry it was in central Indiana.

No rain worries in Jupiter though– 😉

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Great report—

My avatar is of sunrise in over the Marquesas–

I want to go back badly. Now that I live in south Florida, I am sure I will very soon.

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Wish the xI3 was a 10 wt–or a 7 wt-

Nice rods—

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foolish question here–Is this reel a normal super 8, other than the color and engraving for Gander Mountain? is it the same in every other way to a normal Super series reel?

Thanks in advance–

P.J.

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Welcome Sven–I hope to see you post more in the future–

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Great—I would love to go and get myself educated on the ways of these game fish—

I need to count my pennies—- :-/

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Brian,

I sent you a PM about a guy in the area—

P.J.

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Tim,

I work for a very large, electric utility company—(One of the biggest, and we are about to get bigger)

I hired on with my current employer about 4 names ago, lol—

I hired on as a lineman, was already in this field back in 90, then I eventually transferred to the substation maintenance group–3 years ago, I accepted a position within out training organization and left the field.

Working for a fortune 500 company is just not my thing anymore. We are about to become the largest invester owned electric utility company in the nation with this latest merger—Frankly, I see nothing good coming from it, other than meybe my stock will become a little more valuable. But from a “how is this good for P.J. stance, I don’t see it being of any value for me, or our customers, imo”

The bigger we get, the dumber we get it seems–A complete lack of good sense at times—Sort of like working for the Federal Government–

I am ready to slow down and get away from the BS–or at least discover a new set of BS and problems–

HArd work, both mental and physical have never been something I shy away from, long hours, not a problem, I am just ready to control my own destiny again—which I do not these days—

I am currently in the brain storming phase right now—-

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Bob,

I have never really fished from a beach in the gulf–

I have fished from boats, flats boats, jettys, sea walls docks ect, but never just walk along the beach casting to whatever happens to be ther.

My wife and I have been talking about relocating to the Gulf Coast and we have been hanging around that area a lot the past couple years-

Although I am gainfully employed, I have been seriously considering a career change—and relocation–I am ready to completely re-invent myself–

Today is my 47th birthday and I still have two kids at home–Working in my current career for another 15 or 20 years does not appeal to me–

Beach/Tarpon bum is the job I am after, but I hear the pay sucks– 😀

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Thanks guys—This is the sort of info I was looking for–Just an idea of what to expect.

Brian, I have already given much thought to putting myself or others at risk during low light conditions when it comes to sharks–

I am really not one for luring sharks into swimming areas, so I will not be fishing once people start showing up ti swim–

I do not have a 7 or 8wt travel rod so I am limited to my 691- 4 XP and my 990- 4 Xi2 or my RPLX 1190—I believe I can leave the 11 weight at home;) might take both, might just take the 990 just to make it simple–

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Thanks for the link Cameron-I’ll create an account and send in the picture.

Zach,

My son is only 5 but he’s a pretty big kid. He’s about 46 inches tall. That fish was around 20 inches. He accidentally drug his worm through this girl’s nest I believe. She had already dropped her eggs and after I released her, she appeared to be guarding her nest after I let her go.

Ian was thrilled.

I have been busy with our remodel project and haven’t done much fishing this season–Ian has the distinction of catching the largest fish in our family this year so far.

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Mark,

are these the only model of Bear knives you have available?

I have an older Bear Cutlery knife and it is a nice knife and a very affordable price-

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If you ask if his shoes and belt matched, I believe we will have to start procedings to revoke your man card;)

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Right handed retrieve fly angler? FREAK! lol.

Great job-I went to the Keys for the first time last JUne–I will be back!

One of my fishing buddies succumbed to the pressure (self imposed pressure) of trying to use left hand retrieve reels for a couple of years. It was like watching a Monkey make love to a football-He finally changed everything over to right hand retrieve and he has never looked back.

I will use a right hand retrieve on casting rods and left hand on spinning and fly rods-I can go either way (man, did I just say that on the internet?) Some people really have a hard time fighting strong fish when they are using a reel that is not set up to be on their preferred or strong side-I am lucky in that respect I guess.

Those pics are really making me long for the flats–I think I am going to sell a kidney so I can go back next year 😉

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Those boats are nice–That seems like a great price-

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