Great thread fusion, and a lot of great comments guys.

Like Pluckit, I chase the wily Speck, along with Redfish (Red Drum), flounder and just about anything else that swims the salt marsh. And like SJAdventures, I do a little crabbing now and then (love those suckers). My gardening is limited to a dozen or so tomato plants and another dozen pepper plants and some herbs. Just don't have the room for more. I still do some reloading but not nearly what I did at one time when the kids were young and could burn up several hundred rounds on a weekend.

Now I'm going to admit to what my wife calls "his peculiarity". I'm a junk collector. Can't pass up a good trash pile without checking to see if it contains something I might want. My garage contains piles of weird and broken stuff "I might need one day". I love to tinker and make oddball contraptions (such as my ball tumbler made from a barbecue rotisserie motor, a Pyrodex jug, and some old furniture casters). Why buy an ingot mold for casting lead when you can make one from angle iron from a bed frame? Every few years I throw half of the stuff in my garage away, and then end up collecting more junk.

Hey semisane, bring some stuff down to Cajun pawn stars so we can see you on tv!

Breechplug

Wow, you fella are much better at catching them Walleye than i am. Last summer i fished about 5 time, and caught 2 keeper. Wife was quite disappointed in us only having one meal of fish all summer. Now she treats me like one of her girl friends. It could be i will have to wander further this coming summer, so i can catch some fish, and gain back her respect.

Ron I forgot to mention that in the pic with you and the walleye the scenery is absolutely beautiful! We fish 2 main Tournaments in the summer, one in June the (southtowns walleye tournament) that last for 9 days and has over $22K in cash and prizes. This one has 200 places for the biggest fish on down and each day there's corporate sponsor prizes for the biggest fish caught on there product, during this tournament we usually catch over 200 walleye, but only keep the big one's if there a money fish, then keep the 3-4lb one's for eating.
Then in July there's a 2 day tournament the (Can-Am) it's a Canadian, American tournament and you can have either a 2 or 4 man team and consist of the top 5 biggest fish per team you catch each day from your boat, so after the 2 days your top 10 fish are totaled up. The winning team usually has a weight of around 85-90++lbs for there top 10 heaviest fish.
So between these 2 tournaments our freezers are pretty full of walleye for the summer and mabey into the winter, then we do some pearch fishing for a few days when there in, those are even better eating than walleye. Have you ever tried (Walleye Cheeks)???? There's a piece of meat on the walleye's cheek about the size of a quarter on top of the gill plate, you cut that off and save em untill you have a bunch of them, then you boil up some beer and water and put the cheeks in there for a little while untill there done, then have them with some butter, they taste like Lobster.
(BP)

Actually Semi the creative inventiveness of the human mind is a very complex process. It is one of the things that sets us apart from other animals. Every inventor and builder is able to tap in to this ability to create. While in your case it may fill your garage with "junk" it is nothing to feel bad about. I have all sorts of computer hardware lying around. Much of it is obsolete and has not been used in years. But I may need it some day!

I like teaching Hunter Education and have done so for clsoe to 20 yr. I like training pointing dogs and work for a kennel - that way I can get my own in for a tune up at the same time and I judge hutning tests for a dog organization. That keeps me busy all summer and I like to shoot trap!

Dave...JW

Retired Battalion Chief with a 300 man 12 station fire dept. Enjoy shooting black powder guns, shooting skeet, combat pistol shooting, fishing, motor cycling, gardening and just plain relaxing. Oh, and I enjoy building black powder rifles.