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KPI... Key point of interest... Don't forget fillets in cooler!:eek:

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Call Kennt I live close will be coming up ur way Monday. I can pick them up tomorrow bring up to you Monday. Will that work for you ?

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I believe I left my rain jacket on the Mimi. Hanging over railing near the food. It's a cabelas jacket with a 10 oz sinker in it. Anybody grab it by chance?

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Congrats DRod! Guess the message I sent you this morning inspired you.

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I had to come home rushing from fishing to a baby shower where I am now, I will post pics tomorrow, but I just wanna say thanks to tats for the pep talks! Lol

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Congrats DRod, nice hat!!!

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Congrats D-Rod! Well deserved!

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Good job Drod. Your time and effort has been rewarded

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Congrats on an awesome fish Dave! You worked your ass off all day long and it paid off for you!

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True that Marc. DROD has a lot of energy and enthusiasm. He jumps around the boat, tying rigs cutting crabs and switching out rigs and poles like kid opening presents on Christmas morning. That boy's got game!!

Thanks again for the kelbasi and kraut. The only one who didn't appreciate that was my wife when she got in bed last night :)

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You didn't do the old Dutch oven, did ya! :eek:

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One person I forgot to thank was Hartattack. Every time I couldn't find structure you just had to look for him, yesterday he could have got a sinker stuck in a bucket of grease!

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Not on purpose :rolleyes:

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Great time on both trips, some quality fish caught, good eats, lots of ball busting and even the rain didn't keep us all away from the rail yesterday! Thanks again to Gerry and Alex for putting this whole thing together, and congrats to Drod for gaining the crown....see you guys at the Christmas party :)

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OK.....Now that I'm finally dry and rested the detailed report.

Left the dock right at 6:30 sharp with 19 of us on board the Mimi. We headed north, got set up and as the anchors came tight, without anyone's sinkers even hitting the bottom yet, we heard the all time infamous NJFishing.com trip chorus of "This spot sucks".. It never gets old :D

First part of the morning we had a light south wind and a strong current running down the beach in the opposite direction, which made it difficult to stay put on the anchors... A few wiggles and adjustments here and there by Kenny and Chris and we started finding some life... Nothing crazy but enough to keep you interested.

We pretty much stayed in the same general area the whole day with some short moves and some little adjustments and then around 11 it started raining and the wind flopped out. Not being deterred Kenny and Chris kept us on the pieces as best they could, we all stayed at the rail and started to get a decent bite...

DRod was talking to himself for most of the morning but in the afternoon he got in the rhythm. Hookset refused to leave the rail to put his rain gear on and got soaked. Dfish was into fish almost the entire time and I think he limited out, if not on the togs then certainly the Budwisers. Kurtis was patient and had a few nice fish and busted off what I think may have been a contender. Blackfish Bobby, Dupes and Thing did OK. I did not think that was the case until I skated up to the bow and saw Thing quietly putting more then a few fish in their team cooler, not wanting to draw attention to the bite they had going there for a while;)

Alex had a good day with 4 or so, I got 3, I think Reefsquatter had 3 and the 2 Joey's Murr and dah Fish had a tough day along with HD Marc. I think As mentioned above HartAttack donated a ton of tackle and he had 1 or 2 as did Capt Yasar.

The tag team of Cadi and Salt, who were set up with me, right in what I think is the best spot on the Mimi, right behind the microwave, had a tough day. Scotty, a former PUOSU champ who is usually right in the mix was a bit off his norm and could not find the sun. Our other former champ JLrotary had 3 or 4 but no contenders.

Lots of laughs and skating... Funny that everyone was so interested in hearing how others thanksgiving were after they caught a fish :rolleyes:

Once I get all the accounting done, I will take great pride in having the pleasure of representing you all and our sponsors when I see the Wells family and present them with a nice Christmas present from all of you.

All in all another great PUOSU with the most supportive, generous and friendly group of fisherman in NJ. Thank you all for coming out to show your support and all the best from my family to you and yours for the upcoming holidays. A special thanks to my partner in crime MVP for all his help coordinating everything and to eveyone who brought food, drinks and snacks.

Hope to see you all at the party.

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I had 4 keepers to 5.5lbs thats a tough day for me I agre but you'ld sell joey dah fishs soul for that day!!!!!!!!!! geez ur jelly Mr.Z!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats to mi hermano Drod couldn't happen to a better guy im proud of him but i am even prouder to everyone who came out for LAB's family I hope we can help every year because not a day goes by I don't think about that loud little old man

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Hmmmm - Didn't hear your normal banter most of the day Joey, thought you were off and that's why I thought to lump you in with the other Joey :rolleyes:

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Just want a separate post here to thank Gerry and Alex for all the hard work they did to organize this event again this year! Only my second time fishing it and again it was a blast and great way to put faces with screen names! Can't wait till next year already just a great time altogether!! Thanks guys

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Another great trip for an awesome cause. Lab was one of a kind. I'm glad that we can remember him in this way.

Good job Gerry and Alex. Hope you keep it going. I'll be there to support you.

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I see a pic of Drod with the pretty red hat, how about a pic with him and that fish? Anyone?

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All good partner, I have them secure- still in my cooler as I'm on da roof doing the Xmas light situation... Don't want the ice to melt before I get to them... Thanks for the offer , will see ya guys at the party!!, gonna smoke a few of these guys for a fish dip...

Like Randy said, thank you again Alex and Mr. president! Good time as always expected!!

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Here is one.

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Nice pic Kurtis, you should post a pic of your two pigs

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Just a test to check in.... a few more pics to follow.....
Was a great day overall and good fishing for the Tog Team. We had fish around the boat. Great move by Capt Kenny to not leave fish to find fish. If we had conditions to sit on the anchors it would have been lights out !!!!

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If you insist.

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Another great day fishing with the NJFISHING crew, its not often I get to fish with a bunch of nice people on the same boat,it was nice seeing everyone I only see during tog season. thanks Gerry,MVP,lab and whoever else was involved in making this happen..Also thanks to Kenny for keeping us on the fish all day,also the mate he worked his ass off yesterday...
My day started of slow but after making a hundred minor adjustments and after playing tag with jmurr for 3 hours I got back in the game and found a big boy to take the hat lol...
My kids were happy when I got home and did a little victory dance for me because the day before they were making good luck daddy stickers and putting them in my tackle bag and everywhere...
Great fishing with you guys...see you at the Christmas party!!!!

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Nice fish Curtis!!!

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for participating and in this years PUOSU VII. I greatly appreciate all the help from everyone who made these trips possible. Congrats to DROD on winning the crown. I am sure the girls are proud of Daddy. Looking back everyone was a winner:
We all got a chance to what we love and go fishing.
We all got to fish with both old and new friends.
Most importantly we got opportunity to pay it forward and raise $ to help the family members of our fellow brother.

Only blackfisherman could understand standing at the rail in DEC. trying to catch our bucktooth obsession in the pouring rain. I had a great time fishing with all you guys. Time to put this years PUOSU and look forward to next year.

Allot of people were involved to make this another great event. Without our fearless leader none of this would have happened. Once again we all appreciate all you do. Time to put this years PUOSU behind us and look forward to next year

Enclosed are a few pictures of a few of the piggy's caught by the bride and brides maid. Hopefully everyone else will get their shot of a double digit this season.:o

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I thought the same, as I stood there in the poring rain waiting for that magical bite. Thinking only us die hards are crazy enough.
Love the tree DRod. Thanks again everyone, from Gerry and Alex to sponsors Capts mates etc

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I was thinking the same Jimmy.... At one point I turned to the guys fishing the stern with my soggy boots, tired back and wet smokes and said " Who else is crazy enough to do this?? We could all be home sitting by the fireplace on the recliner relaxing and watching TV".

But you know what?? Although I would not have been up for Blackfishing with all you nuts the following day, I'm sure like most, in a few days I'll be coaming the site looking for the next opportunity to jump on a boat and do it again.

These blackfishing trips are as unique as the people like us who fish for them... Nothing like spending a winters day with a bunch of die hards in the stiff wind, cold and freezing rain/snow, busting balls, cutting crabs and having fun. It makes you feel alive.

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The Boat....The Leader and THE CAPTAIN

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....The Tog Team limit....

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[QUOTE=Gerry Zagorski;385743]I was thinking the same Jimmy.... At one point I turned to the guys fishing the stern with my soggy boots, tired back and wet smokes and said " Who else is crazy enough to do this?? We could all be home sitting by the fireplace on the recliner relaxing and watching TV".

But you know what?? Although I would not have been up for Blackfishing with all you nuts the following day, I'm sure like most, in a few days I'll be coaming the site looking for the next opportunity to jump on a boat and do it again.

These blackfishing trips are as unique as the people like us who fish for them... Nothing like spending a winters day with a bunch of die hards in the stiff wind, cold and freezing rain/snow, busting balls, cutting crabs and having fun. It makes you feel alive.[/QUOTE

We sure are a lucky group of guys!!!! Laughing and sing in the rain!!! I would also thank to thank our wives and significant others for not only their support but for not having committed us to the psyc ward. Crazy fun bunch :D

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.....The Mugger.....

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and.....THE (you write the caption contest).... Have at it boys.

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.....more captions.... ?????

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OMG... I see an NJfishing.com calendar in the making here for all the women lurkers out there.

Hi, my name is Joey Dah Fish. I love cooking, fishing and lavender bubble baths...


PMP!!!

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Nice pics .. You guys killed it but then again ya always do...

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How do they do it, has anybody a clue?:confused:

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Congrats drod!