Florida road trip - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

fishaholic18 · 03-04-2007, 06:00 AM

Well my Dad finally retired and I'm taking a road trip with him to Florida to get his car down there. This is gonna suck, 1352 miles in a Mitsu Spider convertible..

At least I'll be in 80 deg. temps and fishing for a week

I'll post pics when I'm there.

Slingah · 03-04-2007, 07:17 AM

later gator...

tynan19 · 03-04-2007, 05:29 PM

Have a nice ride Dave!

fishaholic18 · 03-05-2007, 12:05 PM

I'm here.
Me and Dad drove straight thru 1340 miles.
Got in 5:30 this am.
Left at 8am yesturday.
It's sunny and 80 deg..

fish4striper · 03-05-2007, 12:35 PM

who you kidding, florida is in the 60's!

Slingah · 03-05-2007, 01:02 PM

good timing.....post pix pleeze....
I'll be there in a few weeks.....fishing of course....

riverrat2 · 03-05-2007, 01:19 PM

Just got back from sanibel island area. Cought pompano, snapper, a milliong ladyfish and sheepshead. Also had a fish on for about 2 mins that I couldnt move on my cheapo uglystick freshwater rod. My guess is a snook or a big pompano.

eelman · 03-05-2007, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by fishaholic18

I'm here.
Me and Dad drove straight thru 1340 miles.
Got in 5:30 this am.
Left at 8am yesturday.
It's sunny and 80 deg..

Yup they drove all night! I was getting the state by state updates...22hours thats good time!

chris L · 03-05-2007, 02:03 PM

that is good time . must not have been doing the speed limit .

have fun fishing Dave

PNG · 03-05-2007, 03:25 PM

See you on the back slide

fishaholic18 · 03-05-2007, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by fish4striper

who you kidding, florida is in the 60's!

78 here in Vero Beach dude

fishaholic18 · 03-05-2007, 03:32 PM

The ride. My back is still killing me. 1300 miles in a match box car.

chris L · 03-05-2007, 03:45 PM

so your Dad is styling in that car ? a nice ride but 1300 might be too much for anyones back .

Clammer · 03-05-2007, 03:52 PM

MATCHBOX ><><><

taJon · 03-05-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chris L

that is good time . must not have been doing the speed limit .

they were doing the speed limit........................plus a whole bunch more.

nice work on the 22hrs. I drove straight for 20 hrs to WI once, very long.

eelman · 03-05-2007, 04:46 PM

What you left behind! Wicked squall right now...Dog seems perplexed?? He hates snow....Wimp dog!

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eelman · 03-05-2007, 04:47 PM

Far cry from the boatride on Saturday!

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Nebe · 03-05-2007, 05:43 PM

hey dave- im in ground vero until the 9th if you want to do the sebastian inlet thang after dark. my days are shot.

Raven · 03-05-2007, 06:19 PM

glad your warm and cozy Dave! & good luck fishin...!!

i got ya beat tho on long range drivin in a car that size.

it was a red fiat 124...we(my brother and i ) left san diego cal, headed to the grand canyon in arizona then to new orleans over to florida...up to massachusetts ....then to montreal . niagra falls glacier national park
in montana back to into canada over to washington state and back down the
coast all the way back to sandiego. it took us 22 days.

fishaholic18 · 03-05-2007, 09:32 PM

I've been trying to sneak up on the gator in Mom's back yard but he won't let me get too close. I'll keep trying..

fishaholic18 · 03-07-2007, 07:07 PM

I'm havin' one for you guys..

fishaholic18 · 03-07-2007, 07:08 PM

PNG · 03-07-2007, 08:59 PM

Lookin good there whitey

fishaholic18 · 03-07-2007, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PNG

Lookin good there whitey

I'm workin' on that...

Katie · 03-07-2007, 09:23 PM

that last picture there reminded me of nemo.. mine mine mine

florida looks really nice just from the pictures

Finaddict · 03-07-2007, 09:53 PM

Have a fresh Mahi sandwich on us ... this weather is killing me, Florida is awesome this time of the year.

Enjoy it while you have it ...

sok · 03-07-2007, 10:17 PM

I drove to FL once. ONCE. Never again. NEVER. EVER.
I was hired to drive from Revere,MA to Ft Lauderdale,FL in a GMC 24' box truck five speed. (On my vacation. Subcontract for a friend.)
I regretted my decision to drive down 1/2 way across the GW.
Gas engine not diesel.(55 MPH all the way)
And lights that didn't work. Daylight only.
And a car trailer. With things stuffed under the car on the trailer.
GVW 25000
I got stopped in a weigh station/chicken coop in NC at approximately 36000 lbs.
Five and a half tons over. $900.00 ticket.
"Truck don't move until the ticket is paid, BOY." NC takes Mastercard at the scalehouse.
Four horrible days.
First night was Aberdeen MD. Second was South of the Border NC,SC
Third was Jacksonville,FL (Where I called ahead and told them I want a 1-way ticket NON-STOP TO LOGAN ON THE FIRST AVAILABLE FLIGHT!)
Turned the truck off in Ft Lauderdale at 5:30PM and I was on a plane at 6:30.
The only two good parts of the whole trip were the night flight up the East Coast(clear skies over DC,Baltimore,Philly,NYC etc. Last time I saw the WTC)
And getting back to Boston and feeling cold air again.
I have no interest in ever going south of Foxboro again.

daceman63 · 03-08-2007, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Raven

glad your warm and cozy Dave! & good luck fishin...!!

i got ya beat tho on long range drivin in a car that size.

it was a red fiat 124...we(my brother and i ) left san diego cal, headed to the grand canyon in arizona then to new orleans over to florida...up to massachusetts ....then to montreal . niagra falls glacier national park
in montana back to into canada over to washington state and back down the
coast all the way back to sandiego. it took us 22 days.

But just one tank of gas thought, right....lmao!!!!!

fishaholic18 · 03-08-2007, 02:17 PM

Dad got his 1st Florida fishing experience. He loved it.

fishaholic18 · 03-08-2007, 02:29 PM

A Spanish Mack and one of the 10 Snook I caught.