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[fishin'girl422]

welcome to the boards Justin!

[ocsnapper]

welcome aboard Sam

[mega-bites]

Hi all,my name is Eric and I've been surf fishing Fenwick & Assateague since about 96. I just bought my first boat this summer; a 19' Chapperal. I've been out twice already and caught some sea bass & flounder. Boat ownership is not inexpensive so my wife Janene & I continue to hit the surf of AI with our two black dogs in our blue 4 Runner as well.

[fishin'girl422]

Welcome Aboard Eric - looking forward to hearing what I can learn from your years of experience on AI. We (myself and ffemtreed) fish AI as much as possible, but not as much as we'd like this summer because of the price of gas - We have a white F-250, and once we get a cap for it we'll have our two dogs (a mastiff and a lab) with us again - but until then it's just the two of us - we'll definitely be out this coming weekend - stop by and say HI if you see us!

[Randy Stinchcomb]

Welcome Aboard Atlantic Anglers guys

[ocsnapper]

Welcome hope to see ya on the sand....

[Jeepcreep]

This is a good thread!

I'm Chris Schwartz, I've got a small General Contracting business that i just started in SE PA. Mostly doing high end Kitchens, and trim carpentry.

I grew up in Newark, moved to Dewey Beach (where i learned to hand-line crabs....because i needed to eat), with friends, when i was 17, stayed a while and went to culinary school. since then I have bounced around MD, VA, and DC before settling in PA.

The first Striped Bass I ever saw was caught by my mother on the Cape Henlopen Pier when i was 9 years old. My dad decided to take us to CH to fish and camp, we grabbed a bunch of fishing gear from my grandpa's garage and headed for the beach. She caught it on a Penn Mariner #49, and an old fiberglass honey colored boat road with a turned wood handle, and guide wraps that were coming unwound. Did I mention the 30 year old Dacron on the reel? It was a short bass, But i think all Stripers were throwbacks at the time. It made a serious impression on me....

I've been throwing bait into the atlantic ocean, from the beach, since I've had a driver's license. But in the last 4 years i've been actively surf fishing. Learning all i can about migrations, habits, lures, presentation, tides, wind, reading the waves, gear, location, light.....all the things that make it such an obsession.

Winching in Cow Stripers in the chesapeake is a thing of the past for me. I used to do it alot, and I can pull a bucket of water in too, with a giant reel and a short stout rod.

The only boat fishing I do anymore is Susky flats, there is no greater rush than a thrashing 30lb'er jumping clear of the 4' water, on a flyrod, or LT rod.

I love AI, more often in the spring and fall, summers are more in DE. I've got a Red 4-door Wrangler, I'm happy to shoot the bull, or hand-off some unused bait on the way out, just wave me down!

[fishin'girl422]

Nice to meet you Chris - maybe we'll pass ya on the sand - look for the white F-250

[Steve]

Eric and Chris,
Welcome to both of you!
We are happy to have ya'll in here with us.
Hope to see ya in the sand!

Chris, are you doing green kitchens? That's all the rave now, using recycled stuff. Discovery's Planet Green channel has a show titled Renovation Nation, they do A LOT of cool kitchens.

[Jeepcreep]

Green kitchens is something i've been learning about. Unfortunately it's a hard sell. With the cost of a new kitchen equaling that of a luxury car, there usually ends up being a lot of "Cost engineering". The eco-friendly stuff is generally more expensive than the more readily available standard materials, and sadly is the first to get scratched.

The last two that i've done, however, have both had extensive Low-Voltage lighting plans installed. which cuts the wattage draw considerably. They too are more than twice the cost of a standard lighting layout. I try to steer customers in the LV lighting direction, it makes the lower-end cabinets really pop. furthermore, the efficiency offsets the initial cost over time.

I did a Beer bottle backsplash, on a basement wet-bar one time. It was pretty sweet. We had the bottoms of beer bottles shaved off, and set them in different color-tinted mortars. We used larger liquor and wine bottle bottoms as accent mosaics too. I wish i had a picture of it.

[Steve]

Chris, I have some Q's about LV lighting.
I started another post so to keep this thread clear.
You can find it here if you would have a look-see.....

http://www.atlanticanglers.com/forum...html#post43078