September Monthly Motivator

Well we had a beautiful day to be down on the coast. Our first stop was Flagg Hill winery. A quick tour of the vineyard and off to the distillery. It was a small building they only produce 4,000 cases of wine a year. I couldn't get many pictures with all of us clustered in the small area but i did get a couple of the distiller they make the vodka in.


Then it was off to the wine tasting i am not a big wine fan but it was interesting and informative. Then it was back on the bus to head for Seabrook for our fishing trip. Dan and his dream van while we are waiting to board the bus. I was looking forward to that and a walk on Hampton Beach after.

Rocky you may want to get the cats to see this part. There are a few fish pictures.

We arrived at Eastmans a bit early so we got to watch some guys with i think they call them Pari-boards. big parachutes and surfboards they look like fun.

It was a bit windy but i was ready with an extra windbreaker in my backpack. Never needed it though once we got out there it wasn't to bad with the sunshining bright. On the other hand Linda here she gets cold just thinking about winter she did end up taking a layer off when we got to the fishing spot.

Now that looks like fun sailing on the open sea on a bright sunny day.

Until he got a bit to close for the guides comfort and safety of our lines. Then all of the sudden the fun and caos began.



One fish!
Two fish!

HEY MARTIN THATS NOT A BLUEFISH!?!? Thats right gang if your fishing to deep you catch a stingray like my friend Martin here, can also get sand sharks to we had one of those after my batteries died.

Chris and Pat relaxing before we head back to dock. All in all it was a great day and we had plenty of fish and fish stories. As for me i didn't fish i was having to much fun with the camera and watching everyone else. Those that knew my mother can understand that just being out in the fresh air on a cool crisp late summer day is enjoyment enough.
As we came back to the dock it was low tide so low they asked all of us to go to front of boat to be sure that the boat wouldn't hit bottom in a few spots. as you can see its pretty low. The area in the back ground is actually where the guys and gals had been surfing only 4 and half hours before. The grand total for the day was one of the best they have had all summer on a half day trip. We had about 35 people fishing in all and came home with 113 blue fish. The morning tour had 25 and they got 63 in total. So we knew we had a good day to fish just didn't know how good.

I want to send a big thank you out to one of the deck hands Johnathan Scott and no he is not trying to show me his middle finger he is adjusting his sunglasses the boat rocked a bit and i snapped the picture. He was a big suprise to me when we boarded the boat. He is a PSU alumni and a good pool shooting friend that graduated in 08. So you can imagine my suprise when he leans against the rail and says i knew i would see a familiar person. He was also entertaining on the trip. He ate a still beating heart of one of the fish and even convinced a few others to try it. EWWWWWW.. but they all said it taste like steak tips.. thats what the lady in the picture is eating. Sorry i am not going to try that.

Well as you can see no Hampton Beach pictures and not because my camera batteries died. We cought so many fish by the time they finished filleting them we had fallen almost an hour behind schedule so it was straight to dinner at UNH dining hall. We landed back in Plymouth at about 9:30pm so was a great day had by all.