Baby Sitter Needed

[Bait O' Eggs]

I plan on hitting bouy 10 on Saturday morning for some fishing adventure. I am taking Gus Oviston along with me, and for those of you that know this flatlander, [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img] know it would be tough for one person (myself) to run the boat and keep on eye on this guy and his gear while operating the boat and fishing my own rod. I have this fear he will fall over the side of the boat when I have my head turned and hit his head on another boat and hurt himself I was thinking about rigging a harness system to keep him in the middle of the boat but that seemed like a lot of work for a days fishing. :shocked:

I plan on leaving Portland Saturday morning around 2 AM, (going down HWY 26) arrive in Astoria area 4 AM. Get fresh bait and get to the line at the boat ramp by 4:30. With any luck we will have the boat in the water by 7AM :shocked: :shocked: (that may not be a joke)

I have never crabbed the estruary and may deploy a few crab traps in hopes of harvesting some crabs. I have no idea where to drop pots I suppose we could find a location fairly quickly.

With low tide at 4 am The tide will be coming in strong by the time we get to Bouy 10 which is when fishing is best at Bouy 10. High tide is a little before 10am. If we havent limited the boat by then, I plan on moving up towards the Astoria-Megler bridge and fish this area. Around 2 or 3 pm I plan on heading to the boat ramp to enjoy the pleasure of long lines and watching some people who have no idea how to back up a boat trailer.

I have a crew cab truck and will have room for you to ride with me. Gus will be with us in my kids car seat. So after all that rambling, basically I have an open seat for somebody that wants to go to bouy 10 on Saturday and watch the circus.

email me at Rjackalope@aol.com if interested. BTW - Gus is usually potty trained and wont require any diaper changes (crossed fingers), but he does get cranky if you dont burp him after he has his warm milk. :tongue:

[Gus Orviston]

doh, I have been set up....Where are the moderators when you need them?

Nice try Baiter.

Diaper trained maybe, but I am eating mexican tonight. Maybe that will help cancel the smells coming from that tuna boat. Have you found all the Shad I hid in there yet?

[crabbait]

Right here, Gus, but I have plans for Saturday.

Hey Roy, sounds like burpin' him will be the least of your problems. You better pick up a fresh box of Depends and some Handiwipes.

Good luck, fellas. :grin:

[Miss B Haven]

BOE - If your putting in at Hammond, the best crabbing area is just below hammond between 20 and 22). Watch out, there'll be a hundred other pots out there. I usually drop in 20-25 feet. I haven't heard any reports, but there's probably a lot of softshells out there this time of year.

[Bait O' Eggs]

Nice job fresh mex you have scared everybody off with your flatulent problems. Maybe I need to leave you behind.

Crabbait, I think I can get up on plane and hang is 6 off the back of the boat in the water and do a better job than some handiwipes.

I got an email from catch and eat telling me to call him on channel 68, he will be starting the hog line at buoy 10. He has a 200lb anchor and 2000 feet of rope. I dont know if it will hold when the current gets to ripping there but I want to film it. I think everybody will have a hand gesture for him. He shouldnt have any problem keeping the boat straight at mid tide change. :tongue:

[Phish_on]

Just get there early and tie off to the buoy!! [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img]

[NEUTRON]

Hey Otolith, here is your chance....to talk a little
college football all day while fishing.

This is the guy who put up a post of those
sports illustrated #1 ranked Bevos last fall and since your a hurricaine
grad, you could set him straight for me.

Gus really doesn't seem that bad, just don't let
him launch or borrow your boat.

Speaking of which, my driftboat and motor could be available for your use. We need to
talk...

BOE. Boowie 10. Why? LOL. :grin:

[Otolith]

Well now I have confirmation that people in Oregon just don't know football. Any real football nut would know that getting your team's mug on S.I. is the "kiss of death" -- definitely not something to brag about. We in HurricaneLand are praying that those bozos at SI pick Florida State to be #1. Or better yet, Florida State and Florida as co-#1 to jinx both of those sorry excuses for a university.

Hey, if Roy is willing to teach me how to catch salmon, I'd be willing to listen to his OSU Beavers sales pitch. If the fan conversion and fishing lessons take, maybe we can team up on Neutron and get him off of the Ducks and *********. :grin:

And I'll let you all in on a little secret I learned from Dennis Erickson's days at Miami: The key to good gameday coaching can be summed up in two words -- Bud and Weiser. I think that might apply to fishing to.

:grin:

[NEUTRON]

Bill, don't bring any BUD on BOE's ship.
Have him tell you about his deschutes trip in
his younger days.

I think I missed your call...try later

[Bait O' Eggs]

Seat is filled. :grin:

Neutron told me Otolith may be a hurricane by education but a carp fisherman at heart

****** - It is this weekend of I dont get to go to B10 at all this year. So it is off to the circus we go.

[ 08-05-2002, 10:27 AM: Message edited by: ****** ]