Recent content by Dave Sikorski

Thanks Vince. I agree! This is a nice little spot where I can park my truck about 150 yds away and make a short paddle. It's a great place to watch the world wake up. -D

I bought a pair for me and a buddy and enjoyed a nice october wood duck hunt from the boat last year. It must be a lucky boat. The first band I shot from it was a Jack Miner band up in Manitoba. I'm 6'4" 250 and this boat might be a touch small, it definitely gets the job done. Tony...

Decoy body blanks. $1 bill is 6" long for reference. Sorry I forgot a measuring tape while stopping at my storage locker. 3- teal or small diver 3-5/8" duckblind cork -$30 2 brant. 5" thick duckblind cork with a western red cedar tailboard. $30 3 others....1 oversized wood duck, 1...

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Very cool Chris. I've been toying with the idea of getting set up for free diving. Those Tog will eat good for sure. the fisheries conservationist nerd in my has to clear up one thing you said...that big old striper is a she....any striper over about 32"ish is most likely a female. not...

Thanks guys. Chris I don't blame you! They're a tasty treat. If all goes as planned I'll be fishing for them and sea bass on Monday. -D

Thanks all.... Mission complete, other than a clear coat to add a little shine. -D

Posting these for George since I'm a nice guy and he's left handed and old and can't figure out how to post pictures.... ;) 6 Hens 6 Drakes Keels included, just not in pics... single-$100. pair- $95 each, all 12- $85 per Cost does not include shipping. If nearby( Dover DE), make...

The scales were almost dry when I started on the first coat of color. The hard part is reminding myself that is take a number of layers to get these fish paintings right and to just be patient. I almost went too far with this one, but with a few more layers it should really come together...

Tog have quite the ugly mug and some gnarly teeth, so I took a page out the Yukon Mike book and made some teeth out of deer antler tips and epoxied them in place. I really wanted to do a whole mouth full, but my impatience and deadline to get this one done got the best of me. We'll pretend...

This one isn't as creative as the menhaden/driftwood piece I did last, but it's for an important cause as well. The Ocean City Reef Foundation is having their annual fundraiser dinner this weekend in OC and like always, I waited til the last min to finish up the piece I'm donating. This is a...

I guess we've officially hijacked the April workbench thread! We have all sorts of run off and water quality issues in the Chesapeake as well and it is the most important mid atlantic nursery for just about all of our economically valuable fish and shellfish species. here are two good...

Thanks guys. Oysters are worse off than menhaden, and they both play VERY important roles in the ecosystem. It's funny, I can take about 30 seconds and explain menhaden to people, and they all reach the same conclusion, but we have one hell of a time explaining it to the fisheries managers...

Thanks for the kind words gents. I volunteer a lot of time doing fisheries conservation work and menhaden are really getting the short end of the stick in this region. I donated this carving for a Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland Chapter banquet. It did well that night and now...

Here's one I did for a fundraiser. They're menhaden, "The most important fish in the sea" that we manage as if they're no better than dog food. I did some relief carving into a rotten old piece of 2x12 that I found on an old deserted island in the Chesapeake. Added some detail with a...