thanks Doug! thanks to everyone else also!
at 49 i’d rather not celebrate any more
to those I have fished with it’s been a blast. i learn something new every time I go out with someone from this board. my St Croix buddies are the best. To Dean at Everts, thanks for putting my friends and I up when we are there and the offers to give hard to find lures or plastics out of your personal stash (ref: slo-fall jigs when i was having a tough time finding them before opener two years ago. I found them in time but your offer was above and beyond) Thanks again.
Sandbar thanks for the opener last year and all the golf lessons. Cougar I look forward to sharing a boat with you this summer, mine or yours.
Doug,
as always I look forward to our fishing outings spring or fall. you are a great stick. you have a wealth of knowledge. fishing and otherwise. thanks for letting me bend your ear once in awhile.
Big G, thanks for your advice when I was having motor trouble last year. you saved me mucho dinero.
sorry to be so long winded. this site and people I have met here have been fantastic. i lost a very good friend a month ago and just wanted you guys to know that you are awesome people.
bigpike keep up the good repos of the big smallies you are catching this summer.