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  1. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, I watched my friend do the fuel pumps on his 150 Johnson and then his 200 Evinrude - It looked easy - But I wasn't an outboard guy - I had an I/O in mine - What a pain in the butt they are - I'll check your progress out in the repair section - That's how I knew you were having a problem...
  2. Giorgio

    One fluke

    I don't see those melons any more - Maybe it's only up here - I'm going to ask my sister what kind she gets in Florida - The Big Bow Wow is when you are coming off the Belt going along Cross Bay Blvd towards the bridge - It was on the right hand side, in Howard Beach - I forgot all about that...
  3. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, we can't dig for worms, we can't go the rocky beaches and turn over rocks for Asian crabs, for Black fish, they don't even let you take drift wood any longer - The reason is, they say you are disturbing and destroying the natural environment - Digging for worms and turning over rocks is...
  4. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, I don't think we might've crossed paths - I'm 82 - I made my own Mackerel rigs also - But I learned the hard way - Don't put on more than 4, plus your Diamond jig - Like you said - The line would break, because you had to try and swing them over the rail - The Boston's were big back then...
  5. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Blue, sure they did - We used them for our Boston Mackerel - In the 60's - We'd put on about seven hooks with a diamond jig at the end. Step, I would wade in the water and snapper fish - That little coffee shop was right at the end of the bridge - At one time they rented row boats My father and...
  6. Giorgio

    One fluke

    My memories of Coney Island are great- Steeplechase was unbelievable at the time - When you first went in - You had to walk over this place where they blew air up the girls/women's skirts - We would stand out side and watch - Then they had the horses - My favorite - The also had a salt water...
  7. Giorgio

    One fluke

    I never caught a thing off the pier - They were selling hot pretzels and Mom's knishes - When I would walk from my house to Canarsie Pier, their was this old Jewish guy right on the corner selling Mom's knishes and hot pretzels for 5 cents - I always got a pretzel with plenty of salt - No...
  8. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, I'll bet it was a Blue - I remember when it was called Steeplechase Pier - Your right - It was a little shack right in the middle of the pier - At first all it sold was bait - Then coffee, soda, hot dogs fries and hamburgers - I think it was run by two women, because I remember two women...
  9. Giorgio

    One fluke

    They had the roast pork on a bun, chow mien on a bun, bbq on the bun and roast beef on a bun - Nathan's fries for me are the only fries I only put on salt - No ketchup at all - They were delicious - When Captain Walter passed, his son Bob upgraded the boat to the Lady Flamingo - As far as I know...
  10. Giorgio

    One fluke

    When we fished off the Eagle - We caught Macks and Blue fish - We gave the fish to the boat and asked what do they do with them - I was told they will use some for bait and donate the rest to the religious houses to feed the needed - In the bay, was told they couldn't sell the fish - The fish...
  11. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, in New Jersey you can fish for Tog all year long - They just have 4 different seasons - They are also 15" - We have 2 season as you know - For the month of April, 2 fish at 16" - October 15 - December 22, 4 fish at 16". I use fish off the Golden Eagle out of Belmar once or twice a year -...
  12. Giorgio

    One fluke

    You can't compare today's fishing to 50 years ago - 50 years ago - There were less regs - less fisherman/woman - less boats - There wasn't a storm like sandy to tear the bottom of the ocean apart - It's like trying to compare going fishing on a party boat - Where it might've cost $40 or so 50...
  13. Giorgio

    I have a question

    Step, you can't drag nets, they would lose them or come back all torn up, they use traps/pots - Like those hotel crab traps - They throw hundreds of them in Jamaica Bay - We were in the creek one day and we watched this guy pull up trap after trap, we counted 50 when we stopped - They were...
  14. Giorgio

    I have a question

    I love Black fishing - I love eating Black fish - When Black fish season opens, it's crazy - Had to order your crabs in advance - Everyone is fishing for them - So here is the 64 thousand dollar question, that no one can answer right now - Even the guy's I know selling fish - Why is it we can't...
  15. Giorgio

    What’s going on with prices

    Step, here in Staten Island we don't have that many privately owned fish stores left - I think there is only one left and it's now owned, by Asians The prices are off the charts - For me the best place for me is, especially around the holiday's is - La Bella Market Place - They have fresh fish...
  16. Giorgio

    Cracker Barrel

    WE don't have any by me - I heard good things and bad things about their food - Mostly good - Now with their disgusting new logo - To me, if I was to drive by it, it doesn't look like a restaurant - it looks like a - CAR DEALERSHIP - A place if I could, I would not go there at all - 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇺🇸...
  17. Giorgio

    Ghislaine Maxwell

    Hey everyone - Who does deepdrop remind you of😂😂 - 🇺🇸 GOD ❤️ BLESS 🇺🇸 AMERICA ❤️🇺🇸
  18. Giorgio

    War criminal Vladimir Putin

    Here's my lousy 2 cents - Zelinsky & Putin don't want peace - Zelinsky wants our money, so he can get richer - Putin wants land and loves the power - So between them both President Trump will get nothing from those two - No matter how he tries - This is what I would do - Stop all aid, includes...
  19. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, I can't fish, I can't walk, I wish I could - As a matter of fact I'm thinking of selling all my reels and sticks - The one off the VZ bridge is West Bank Light and the other is - Your right, it's Roamers - West Bank, right off of Ambrose Channel, buoy 17 is a great Striper spot, early in...
  20. Giorgio

    One fluke

    Step, good luck next week - Sorry I don't fish any longer - I'm handicapped now - I sure do miss it - You saw what that storm did to the Old Orchard Light - Took it down - Check out the pictures - I don't know if it still looks like that - Hopefully they cleaned it up -Black fishing use to be...
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