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General Board / Almost Complete

« on: November 16, 2022, 06:21:54 AM »

Getting closer to finalizing the Mezzanine, got the stairs built. I had some angle iron so I cut and made brackets for the treads which I used from another project, then had to make another Home Depot run to get more wood

They turned out pretty solid

Got the OSB and 2x4's, ready to lay the floor and build a Pony Wall

Time to start organizing my fishing gear. The long rods will lay up top when I am finished

Started to organize the chaos in the Shop below

The only thing left to do is build a railing around the stairway and hang up all my road signs and she will be complete

Hopefully my wife Janie doesn't think this is ''her extra closet space''

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General Board / Got Wood

« on: October 29, 2022, 08:24:55 PM »

My work shop has been a nightmare lately so I decided to add a Mezzanine to gain some square footage. The shop is 32x40 with 14' walls so I came off of the bathroom wall and went to the end which was 34' in length and I decided to go 8' wide, giving me 272 additional square feet to fill with more stuff

I have to organize my fishing gear and get things out of the way to be able to have working room for projects

Off to Home Depot to get wood

Had to make 2 trips

Clearing stuff off of the back wall created a major Cluster F*ck

Installed the Ledger Board and bolted it to the studs, Myles helped out by taking down the signs

Time to lay out the posts (6x6) and drill holes for the anchor bolts .....5/8x 4 inches

Now it was time to notch the posts, after a bit of math and measuring twice

I let max finish the cut that the cut off saw couldn't do. I didn't tell him I have a Sawzall

I down, 3 to go

2 2X8X11', 4'' will go in the notched posts after installing all the joist hangers

Next was setting all the joists in place and making sure all was level, looking good so far

Now I just have some blocking to do and add some Simpson Strong Ties to the joists, then build the stairs. I more trip to Home Dump for the Plywood flooring and I should be done. Not bad for 2 days of creating a mess

Hope to get the boat out again soon when things calm down.

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General Board / Ready For The Road

« on: October 25, 2022, 07:15:56 AM »

The 5th Wheel is due for new shoes so instead of trying to take it to the Tire Shop (36' eats up a parking lot), I jacked her up and took off the rims and tires myself. My other utility trailer was way overdue for tires too so I made a day of it. Since I only have so many jacks and blocks I decided to make two trips to town for the tires as I had to be down there again anyway. At least now I feel at ease knowing the tires are new and road worthy, nothing worse than having a blowout on your RV 1/2 way to the destination

Camping/Desert Season is here

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General Board / Time For A Clean Start

« on: October 18, 2022, 03:44:10 PM »

Well, it's that time of year to start prepping for Winter

October is when we usually start to burn the wood stove and start warming the house on the cooler evenings. For 23 years, every October I have called the Chimney Sweep and he cleans not only our stove but a couple neighbors and a few family members as well

Cheap insurance and piece of mind against a chimney fire

He starts on top and removes and cleans the cap and the stainless steel pipe inside the Chimney.

Right on time as usual

I don't do ladders anymore, he is way up there

Nice view of my neighbor from up there

After the cleanse from the top, he moves to the clean-out and gets busy

This is what causes chimney fires.....CREOSOTE !!!

This is the tool that he attaches to his drill, no metal, more like weed eater string

Now to clean the wood stove, Mongo was supervising

All clean, now I get to clean the glass

Cozy warm now, Mongo happy

If you have a fireplace you should have it cleaned on a regular basis, stay safe out there

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General Board / Another Score

« on: October 11, 2022, 01:50:25 PM »

My neighbor gave me some of his rods , reels and 2 tackle boxes full of goodies, the rods are in decent shape and need to be cleaned up and hopefully still have life

The reels will probably need to be serviced and be put to good use along with all the lead and lures

Here is the bounty

SeaLine 600's go with the Trolling Rods

Nice haul for free

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Food & Recipe / Taco Time

« on: October 11, 2022, 08:57:40 AM »

Since we did well fishing, I wanted to eat some fish before freezing it so Tacos were a must

Frying outside on the BBQ

I made my own spicy batter

Plate them up

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Lake LJ

« on: October 09, 2022, 07:38:45 PM »

Conditions were forecast to be great so I took The Cyclops out to La Jolla and my dad wanted to go this trip so it was a perfect day for it

We had to launch out of Ski Beach cause South Shores was closed (Thanks for the heads up ,Tom) and I figured Dana Landing would be a cluster F@ck

Quiet ramp but there is a hump at the top and my trailer scraped a little so I wont be back there, not to mention all the Water Hornets buzzing everywhere causing wakes

Oh well all was good.

Hit our 1st spot and we cleaned up on Whitefish and a few small Starry's

Spot 2 was the hot spot

Then Myles and I doubled up

My buddy got a few Sheephead

I got another Chucklehead

It was a lake till about 1:30 and it got breezy but still nice

Dad had fun but I could tell he was getting tired

I maintained between 27 and 30 MPH heading back to Mission Bay, it was smooth

Had to dodge the Lobster buoys, they were thick but we made it back and only burned 10 gallons of gas today

Now for the fun part, this Kill Bag is full

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Food & Recipe / Smoked Meatloaf

« on: October 04, 2022, 06:44:03 PM »

My cousin gave us some hamburger from a steer they had butchered recently so I decided to to mix it with some ground turkey and make a Meatloaf

Added some peppers from my garden along with a bunch of other stuff to give it some flavor.

Fired up the BBQ and roasted some Chili's for the top

Onto the smoker she went

Added some BBQ sauce and the roasted Chili's for the final 30 minutes

Sh%t looks GOOD

Had to test it out before the Vultures got ahold of it

Super moist and full of flavor, everyone loved it

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Food & Recipe / Spicy Patio Thighs

« on: October 03, 2022, 08:49:41 PM »

Been eating lots of chicken lately, family is getting bored with it, so it was time to bust out the cast iron again and switch it up

Fresh peppers from the garden helped too

Had to use the Patio Table, Antique Stove is full of Dutch Ovens

A little over an hour later, they be done

Be safe out there

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Tackle Talk / Another Reel

« on: October 01, 2022, 07:07:42 PM »

Picked up a Seagate 20, looks like a nice little reel, gotta get a variety of reels to find the favorite

What happened to the nice conditions

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Tackle Talk / Roddy

« on: September 28, 2022, 05:01:33 PM »

I just happened to be in Big 5 today and saw this rod....... A Roddy BR80. The Roddy name has been around for a long time and I have seen the rods but never owned one, so I picked it up and gave it a look

I know you Tackle Snobs are loyal to a specific brand but I have a mixed assortment, so poke away but be gentle

Anyway, $60 and a $5 off coupon seemed like a good deal for an extra boat rod or spare for backup so I snagged it. Time to find a reel but there is no rush. Let me know if you have experience with these rods, I know an Ugly Stik is about the same price but thought I would switch it up a bit since I already have a few.

Time for another Rod holder, this one is full

OK, tear me up

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General Board / Another Procedure

« on: September 25, 2022, 07:42:17 PM »

Covid Test tomorrow for upcoming Lithotripsy on Thursday $:-\$ Hopefully these Kidney stones will be a thing of the past

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Tackle Talk / Braid

« on: September 20, 2022, 06:57:53 PM »

Lost a spool of mono on my reel last trip to LJ, got hung up in the rocks and had to cut the line so back to Turner's I went. Braid got put on this time so if I get snagged again hopefully the leader will break. Lost a weight at $5 a pop as well

I think I should be part owner of that place by now

12oz lead is almost 6 bucks, oh well it's a fun hobby

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Food & Recipe / Chicken Kabobs

« on: September 20, 2022, 06:48:03 PM »

I haven't made these in a while, usually while camping, but I thought they would be good tonight. 20 should be enough, yeah right

Fired up the grill and they made for a nice picture

Always have to shuffle things around and add BBQ sauce at the right time

Brought them in the house and watched the Vultures destroy my creation

One last pic before the carnage

Hopefully fish is on the menu again soon

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / From Arizona to La Jolla

« on: September 18, 2022, 11:35:53 AM »

It wasn't Bat Fight season but Will, AKA, ''Cheez'' came out from Arizona to take a trip on The Cyclops. Conditions were not the best in the forecast but they were doable. We launched out of South Shores and made our way to La Jolla. All was quiet at the ramp.

Beautiful morning heading out

Conditions turned out to be ok, we still had a few rollers but all in all it was good.

I think we followed Quint on the way out

Found bait balls on the Fish Finder, couldn't get the Macks in the boat fast enough, they were big and feisty

Sabiki was on fire as well as lures too. Filled the live wells with over a dozen each

I think Cheez was the first to hook up, Bonito

Whitefish and Barber Pole was my next few fish

Got a few others in the mix too but they were dinks

I think we headed back in around 1:30 or so, came into Mission Bay to see the chaos of the boat races. This was on Friday so I can imagine the Chit Show on Saturday