Storms and gas

[HURRICANEBOB]

Who's the young lady jumping into the boat??

My brother was a coxswain in the USCG on Nantucket Island back in the 80's. He's got some great stories about people who erred on the side of foolhardy. Some are really funny; a couple are pretty tragic. He now lives near Turkey Point, and boats on the Chesapeake all the time. I love the Eastern Shore!

We fished 2 different Turkey Points. One was up the bay when we ramped in at Middle River and turned north toward the Elk Neck State Park area near the netrance to the C&D Canal. Like that area alot. We also wen out of the Severn River, passed the Navy Academy and Anapolis then south to the South River, down to Thomas Point, and then into South River to Turkey Point right by Ramsay and Selby Bays.

Any trip included dragging a danforth ahchor to dredge up some oyster, and sometime spent dangling chicken necks by bridge piers to catch Blue crabs. Bay Stripers with lemon, butter, and Old Bay seasoning, steamed oysters, boiled blue crab, and a National Bohemian long neck!!!!!!! Sometimes the best part of the trip was meal after.

[mhall]

I guess I was more referrng to the constant use of excuses to raise gas and crude prices. I do hope you guys know I would not want to risk someone's life for gas prices. Not even I'm that crude and shallow. Sorry if I offended anyone it wasn't my intent.

[RoadToad]

We fished 2 different Turkey Points. One was up the bay when we ramped in at Middle River and turned north toward the Elk Neck State Park area near the netrance to the C&D Canal. Like that area alot. We also wen out of the Severn River, passed the Navy Academy and Anapolis then south to the South River, down to Thomas Point, and then into South River to Turkey Point right by Ramsay and Selby Bays.

Any trip included dragging a danforth ahchor to dredge up some oyster, and sometime spent dangling chicken necks by bridge piers to catch Blue crabs. Bay Stripers with lemon, butter, and Old Bay seasoning, steamed oysters, boiled blue crab, and a National Bohemian long neck!!!!!!! Sometimes the best part of the trip was meal after.

I'm talking about the Turkey Point near Elk Neck. I didn't know there were two of them. We went camping at Elk Neck a lot when I was a kid, and of course I went to Camp Rodney with the Boy Scouts. I love that neck of the woods. Have you seen North East lately? It's quite a hip little town these days, with a real nice main street.

[HURRICANEBOB]

I'm talking about the Turkey Point near Elk Neck. I didn't know there were two of them. We went camping at Elk Neck a lot when I was a kid, and of course I went to Camp Rodney with the Boy Scouts. I love that neck of the woods. Have you seen North East lately? It's quite a hip little town these days, with a real nice main street.

Man you are tickling my heart stings. Nope, ain't been to the bay with feet in salt for over 10 years now. And I agree with you, that whole end of the bay is a great place to be to fish, or just kick back and drift with the tide on a warm Saturday as the sun sets.

Hey, all macho stuff aside, thanks for sharing the memories. Still on my bucket list before the final curtain is to get back to salt and the Bay. Just a darn fine place to enjoy what the man built for us.

Gonna sound crazy, but Cumberland in a storm, just before or after, or in a morning fog, has been the only thing that has come close to filling the void when the bay became in my rearview mirror. So day.....some day.

Hey......SWA airlines none stop Louisville to B-more = 1.5 hours, and a cab to the Inner Harbor makes it reasonable. When do you want to just escape and go for some crabs. :-)

For grins: http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showth...429#post497429