Guess I'm Gettin Old!

[Gunsmoke]

I started out to the Hudson canyon last night in my friends 34 Yellowfin, with two other guys, both in their mid thirties. I already knew in advance we would hit 7 to 8 footers with 20 knot winds, but the Capt. (my age) said we would be OK. Needless to say, Cap used his 3 (250 Suzukis) to try to keep us at 25 knots, in a five foot head sea. At about 60 miles offshore, we started hitting 10 footers, and he decided to head back ten miles to flatter waves. I was probably in the air more than on the boat for most of the ride. This didn't seem to bother him, or the two younger guys.
The water was totally dead, and we were the ONLY vessel out there. There were no birds, and channel 68 was dead. (usually a lot of chatter). We trolled for three miserable hours, but the radar was asleep. I finally convinced him to head back another 20 miles to fish for dolphin. He headed back at about 40 knots, which was UNBELIEVABLE! We caught about 8 or nine fish, and lost a few, and then they were gone.
My back was hurting, one knee was bleeding from hitting the console, and my hands were killing me from holding on for dear life. At 52, I felt like I was 92, and I was totally exhausted.
The worst part was the two other guys thought it was like a Coney Island ride. They know I'm looking for a 45-46 Hatt, but they told me that was too slow. I told them if we were in that boat, we could have continued to the canyons, and we would have been there two hours later. Soooo, I guess I'm not a fast CC guy, at this stage of my life, but it has convinced me even more, that I know what kind of boat, I'm looking for.
My friend asked me if I wanted to go out again tonight (much calmer seas) but I told him to call me when he gets a real boat.

 

[Genesis]

You know, I see guys blasting around in the Contenders and such like this all the time around here.

Me - I slow down. Yeah, I like to go like hell when the water's flat, but if you think that I can take that sort of abuse from a bodily perspective anymore - nope! It ain't fun and I ain't doing it.

 

[arimkus]

Yep,
I use to do it in my younger days out of Montauk's Weslake Lodge with Eddie Miller on my 25ft. Mako and at that time you can load up on Yellow Fin.
Today I enjoy my 45' Hatt and having a cocktail or two..... have to stop now, another one on the way.
Al

 

[Boss Lady]

If you are not into that kind of boating it is no fun at all, a CC boat is a wet, windy, and spartan ride almost every trip out, unless it is dead calm on the water. I have 38 Fountain CC, during tournaments we push the boat to maximize fishing time, but for pleasure fishing I run it where everyone is comfortable, if you don't slow it down some you will not have any fishing buddies real quick. Fishing is supposed to be fun, if you wind up needing stitches or worse everytime you go out, you will be fishing alone. A CC boat out in the blue water, is definitely an "in your face" experience if the waves and wind kick up. I used to have some really hateful cars, Trans Am, Corvette, they looked cool and I was younger, but now you couldn't get me into one of those to even go to the 7-11 for a loaf of bread. I like Lincolns and BMWs, I don't think that it is because that I am older, but I think I am getting smarter, and I found out that if you need bait to troll for chicks, that a fat wallet is a much better bait than a sports car.

 

[whaler23]

Here's to Lincolns, I'm with you!

 

[Liquid Asset]

Next time you go with them, before you leave, go buy a beanbag from walmart. I fished with a few of the kingfish tournament guys and they all get a large beanbag and lay feet towards the transom in the stern of the boat. I purchased one when we had our CC boat and my dad would go to sleep in 6 footers. He is almost 60 and he could stand just about anything as long as he could do that, plus it kept his back from hurting.


Beanbags are cheap, and much cheaper than a doctors visit.

 

[luckydave215]

After 20 years of motorcycle racing, I've been bounced around enough, and have nothing to prove at this point. When I want to go fast, I ride my Aprilia on the local mountain roads, when I want to be comfortable, I cruise my 60' convertible. Guess which one I spend the most hours on?
By the same token, I drive my suburban almost all the time, and my porsche usually stays in the garage.
Am I getting older? You bet.

 

[Boss Lady]

I think I will try the beanbag chair, great idea!

 

[Gunsmoke]

Yeah, my buddy mentioned how he had bean bags in his garage, and forgot to take them. If there is a next canyon run for me in his CC, that will be the FIRST thing I will bring onboard, along with a helmet!!!

 

[Maynard Rupp]

I used to drive fuel dragsters, but I can get sea sick in rolling waves. We just did a 250 mile sailboat race to Mackinac Island and I was sick and wet for a whole day. I am getting way too old to enjoy that. Maybe I should go back to fuel dragsters, I love the smell and sound, and anyone can endure any pounding for 4 seconds.

 

[luckydave215]

Ahh, the smell of nitro in the morning.....it reminds me of victory!

 

[Boss Lady]

Why don't drunks get seasick on shore? They should appear sober at sea, since the random rolling of the boat should cancel out their drunken wobble. I find that anything is much more tolerable while consuming my favorite rum or tequila.