Welcome back, Captain Dan!

[~~Snakeman~~]

Do me a big favor, and quit making those visits to the hospital unless you're going to see a friend. I can think of a lot of better ways to spend thirteen days.

~~Greg~~

[PK]

gota couple of Capt Dan's emails this afternoon.. nice.. glad he's back home.. enuff of that hospital crapola already, already

[DanS/FL]

Your right Greg, it took 13 days this time. Not the normal 6 or 7 days. A few more things messed up this time. Another blood clot in the right leg, more kidney failure. Not much left in the way of kidney fuction. I turned down the dialisis so they sent me home. I told them if that kidney wanted to work it would have to do it on it's own. Of course the left kidney died 2 years ago. They gave me blood to help me on my way out the door.
I left the 4th floor, went down to valet parking, retrieved my car, went home and had a rum and coke. It was a light one tho.
Again I want to thank you guys for your best wishes and calls while I was in the hospital.
Bless you all~~~~~~~~ Dan

[SpeckTackler]

Dan, it is good to see you back home with family and friends.I bet that rum and coke tasted goood ;)
Rusty

[Joe/GA]

Gee whizzzzzzz! I've been away from the board for a bit. Been preparing for our annual family reunion and just got back from the mountains of Tennessee. We took my sister and b-i-l up there for their first time. Anyway, glad to see that the crisis is over and that you are back home, Dan. :D
Now, stay healthy and stay away from the hospital! That place is for sick people! :eek:
Get well, my friend!

[Jesse]

Get feeling better.

I'm sure you are happy to be home.

Spring is trying to spring up here in the woods.

[Mont]

it's great to hear you are feeling better, Capt. Dan.

[Bryan/BC]

Hey Dan-- I raised a glass (or two) to your recovery last night!! :rolleyes:

But I left enough for your R&Cs.

[DanS/FL]

I had my rum and coke, now back to RC Cola and little Debbie, OOPS, wrong name. But I used to know her. ;), she worked in a liquor store over in Ft Pierce, FL just done the street from the motel.:D
Dan

[Howard/Jax]

I think you, JohnnyB and I spent an afternoon with her and came back to find my new boat with a couple of hundred gallons of water in it. Our dear friend PK was there to record it. No harm, no foul. That was the year that Greg, DanG, Joe Ga, PK and I filled every place on the boat we could find with fish at the Boil.

Memories for old Men!!!!!!!

[PK]

now how could I ever forget those good times...

p.s... I try not to let you forget it either... hehehehee :eek: :rolleyes:

[~~Snakeman~~]

I must've cleaned fish for three hours. Not only did we all get fish to take home, the maids at the hotel even got some. Dan G. pulled up a beauty of a redfish. We caught spadefish till we ran out of live shrimp, then talked some other guys out of some dead shrimp, & caught some more. I learned the hard way to wipe my d#@n hands off after handling fish, before fishing again...lost a spinning outfit.

That was one helluva fishing trip, with a bunch of great guys.

~~Greg~~

[PK]

geez...that's right it was the same week as 'Howard's excellent bailing adventure' .. I remember that Spadefish taking that nice pretty spinning combo overboard

[DanS/FL]

Youse guys were down on one dock cleaning fish and I was on the other dock drinking Mount Gay and coke. Somebody came to my dock with 4 catfish and said they didn't know to clean catfish. That lime juice did a hell of a job on them after I cleaned them. They really are a good eating fish. Nice white meat.
Dan

[PK]

me-ooooooow :eek:

[DanS/FL]

Was that the muck where someone threw a cast net off the dock, over a dolfin or some other large citizen of the sea? It's in the back of my mind some where, but to foggy to come forth.
Greg, was that by you that the woman got chewed up by a big cat of some kind?
Dan

[Howard/Jax]

I think it was the famous PK, throwing one over a smallish Tarpon.

[DanS/FL]

I think your right Howard. That's one way to mess up a cast net, real quick. And with a fish you can't even eat.
I'm on a diet of 1oz of meat a day, Greg calls and says, " Dan, I just put two-2" thick steaks on the grill." I hope you burned them black, all the way thru. Thanks for calling Greg.:D ,, ;)
!!!!!!! Dan !!!!!!

[Joe/GA]

:D I think you, JohnnyB and I spent an afternoon with her and came back to find my new boat with a couple of hundred gallons of water in it. Our dear friend PK was there to record it. No harm, no foul. That was the year that Greg, DanG, Joe Ga, PK and I filled every place on the boat we could find with fish at the Boil.

Memories for old Men!!!!!!!

And some that are not quite as old! :D

Yop! Yop! Those were the good ol' days! :D

[~~Snakeman~~]

Yeah, the woman who got chewed up by a couple of cheetahs lives not far from me.

Sorry to say, Dan, the NY strips turned out perfect...rare & medium rare.

You want I should mail you an ounce?

~~Greg~~

[DanS/FL]

Your all heart Greg.:P ,, :rolleyes:
!!!!!!! Dan !!!!!!!

[PK]

I think it was the famous PK, throwing one over a smallish Tarpon.

yop.. that was me... threw it off the last dock onto some mullet passing thru.. got a small Tarpon instead... only Tarpon I ever 'caught'.. .. I 'sewed' up my cast net for the next half hour...

now does anyone remember the 'muck' when Duff nearly burned down the meeting center building burning hot wings on the grill.. not sure if it was the same get together..

..and how about this one... I like that shirt!.. I know this was the muck when we caught all the fish at the 'boil'
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e16.jpg

and a few more
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e21.jpg
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e10.jpg
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e19.jpg
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e27.jpg
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e11.jpg

and of course.. am I seeing things.. who could this be.. kinda hazy but I think I know who this is..
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Jun29%5e04.jpg

you've been warned......if anyone is sqeamish pleaze do not look at this.. was missing in pic above.. hehehehee :eek: http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Image054-1.jpg

[DanS/FL]

Classics all ,,,,,, :cool:
Dan

[PK]

you will note.. I did NOT even mention the word 'ST8K' like our good friend did..

oh.. check out the name of my last 'real boat' from a few years back :D
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/AlbemarleStakeout-1.jpg

..and the one before that... http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Stakeout-2Luhrs.jpg

..and the one before that..the first one.. http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Stakeout-1.jpg

p.s... in case anyone couldn't figure out who that was in that hazy pic in the prior post.. just wanted to clear it up..
http://www.greengrouper.com/ggserver/Howard3a.jpg

[PK]

Classics all ,,,,,, :cool:
Dan

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/Stakeout/CaptDanFishermanGetWellSoon.gif

[Howard/Jax]

Great shots Ray.

The first group was taken the afternoon and evening of the Pig Roast. (the Pig that never got done).

We did have some fun, for sure.

Wasn't there one day when we were all out on the boats, when a few of the Gals bought some big fish and tried to tell us they caught them off the docks?

I do not believe there was ever a better feed then the night Monty & Sarge cooked steaks and we had that mound of Florida Lobster all shelled. Nor will I ever forget the Mudslides that Monty, Sarge and Billy P. kept whipping up in Monty's suite. That night I thought I had died and went to heaven.

Thanks to all for some great days of fishing and friendship.

[PK]

and a big thanx to you also my friend...:D

here ya' go...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/Stakeout/PatsRedfishLIE.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/Stakeout/GGfishHowardsBoat.jpg

[~~Snakeman~~]

The gals..The real PK, Bill's wife Gail, & my loverly Diana, borrowed those fishies from someone & posed for the pix. Never trust a lady.

~~Greg~~

[Howard/Jax]

Joe GA Wife Dodie, was also involved in that prank.

[PK]

it was a friggin' conspiracy I tell ya'...:p

[Howard/Jax]

Great Gals, all of them.