Southward bound!

[The Bug House]

Well, it's that time again! Every other Spring or so, the Wife and I pack up the fam and head to Florida for a couple weeks. My friends call me Clark Griswold .... lol! The beauty of working 12 hour shifts is the ability to take 2 weeks vacation and wind up with 22 days off! We plan on leaving at 0300 and driving until NC where we'll stay the night. I was looking at places to stop and decided on Cabelas in Newark DE .. it's just about halfway and just off I91 from what it looks like. Anyone ever been there?

Then we'll get to my Moms place in Sebastian Fl the next day, My Step father is an avid sportsfisherman and we've planned several fishing trips, my Son wants to catch a "huge Baracuda"!! Also try offshore if weather permits. Stone crab are in season, we have several pots to pull ... hopefully we'll get some to eat! Then of course is the possibility of another Hog hunt .. although thats up for a bit of debate .... I'll post a poll about it ....

After a week at Mom's we head to Kissimme for a week, rented another "vacation villa" ..a real bargain IMO ... our own pool, hot tub, game room. a great option if you're driving and have a large family. Got an airboat ride booked, and kayak rentals reserved .. and my wife is already packed! lol

Looking forward to warm weather!!!

[Ravin R10 man]

Good luck and have fun!

[wtnhunt]

Have a safe trip.

Did a deep sea fishing trip once about 33 years ago, we went a pretty good ways out offshore, seemed like a couple hours. I remember catching a couple baracuda. Nasty fish. About all i can remember aside from that was the captain had a continuous loop of "joy to the world" playing.

[Shaun_300]

Have a safe trip! I haven't been south in a few years now. Hoping to take the family down somewhere in the spring of 2018, my daughter will be 2 1/2 and able to enjoy herself more. We'd also like to drive out to Newfoundland sometime too, so we will see!

[Ravin R10 man]

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[The Bug House]

Hey Fellas! Sorry for the late response, it's been one heck of a six weeks (or so) since I posted. We had a wonderful trip, the weather was phenomenal, and we missed a snow storm and single digit temps at home! Well, just before we left, my furnace crapped out and I needed to replace it, I had just put over $2000 into our van before leaving to boot! So needless to say the emergency fund took a big hit and I couldn't justify paying for a Bass fishing trip. A bit dissapointing, but no biggie. But the most devastating news came just 2 days after starting this thread. My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes, as some of you may know my 9 year old Daughter was diagnosed 5 years ago. We did not let it slow us down!! We managed to leave the house at 3:15AM, with 4 kids thats quite the feat! Made it to Cabelas in DE for lunch, which was pretty cool and a great place to stop for a break. We made it NC the first night.

I did get out fishing quite a bit while staying at my parents, we caught a bunch of Pompano to eat ... delicious! Tons of Bluefish, Fluke, Ladyfish, Jacks and Catfish also. No Barracude, I guess they're more common further south. My stepfather keeps 15 crabtraps soaking and we dined on Stonecrab as well! Kids were in Grammy land, so they were waited on hand and foot! Lots of swimming and other adventures. The guide I got a Hog with a couple of years ago is an aquantence of my Mom's and is kind enough to give me a very low cost hunt. I was looking forward to another, but him and his family came down with the Flu! So he had to cancel, I'm glad to say they've made a full recovery. So after a week on the coast we headed for Kissimee, saw a Gator on the side of the road ... for us Northerners it's quite the sighting! We took advantage of another week of beautiful weather, Airboat ride, Kayaking, Zoo, Disney Springs ... tons of fun. I am never dissapointed by the wildlife down there!