Jeffs FS14 LS

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Have fun on your trip Jeff. Tom
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VT_Jeff wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:48 pm My sister Meg having a laugh...
:lol: :lol: Good to be loved! Right?

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TomW1 wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 2:07 pm Have fun on your trip Jeff. Tom
Thanks Tom! So far things are great, just getting to homosassa today. Pics to come.
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Dan_Smullen wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:20 pm
VT_Jeff wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:48 pm My sister Meg having a laugh...
:lol: :lol: Good to be loved! Right?
You said it bud! I am extremely fortunate to have a large, close family. True wealth!
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Couple pics from the trip so far. Lake Seminole State Park in ga is a great spot!
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There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.

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Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
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Skiff pulling diuble-duty as cargo trailer. Learned this from my dad who would load his O'Day Javelin to the gills with camping equipment for yearly trips to Sebego Lake State Park in maine, half a century ago, foreal.
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Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
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Nice!!! Jeff

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Spare time has been very hard to come by since we hit the road 3 or 5 or 6 weeks back(it's all a blur at this point)....it's wake, work, fish, eat, repeat. Seizing the day is a big time commitment!

But.....I wanted to take a moment and mention the incredible hospitality we got from Trent and his family in the keys last week. Their generosity even outshined his boat finish, and that boat holds up to very, very, very close scrutiny! I kept hoping I'd find a flaw somewhere to make me feel better but it was not to be, it's a true gem! He was also kind enough to keep our spare time filled up by having us searching for a pin-fish trap which was not actually in the water. I'll post a photo of my tracks at some point. Trent is sure that I ran over it, and I'm not convinced I didn't. Apparently they do get stolen occasionally, which sucks royal balls.

Also, Trent told us exactly where to find juvi tarpon. We went there, and there they were. Elaine hooked and jumped a few. Nothing boated to due my limitless ineptness but that's ok.

Also, in addition to being a talented fisherman, cook and boatbuilder, Trent is also a talented six-strummer and a vocal dead-ringer for Eddie Vedder! We had a great jam session after eating all the deliciuos snapper that he and his family caught-n-cooked for us. Great, great time!

We're in Yankeetown this week and ozello next week. Looking forward to meeting up with Cameron this weekend so we can console each other about Trent's FS14LS winning the coveted Seaslug award, and maybe do some fishing and oyster-bed-dodging together.

Till later,

Jeff
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Awesome report, Jeff!

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What I'm hearing is we have to the battle to the death for 2nd place! :lol:

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