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Tom: How the heck are you? I hope all is well with you and your family. I remember hunting together, it was a good time. Are you still breeding Chessie's? Jim O'Brien

Thanks for the replies everyone! Yes it was a fun weekend with the family. I did miss my oldest son and daughter who are away at school. Interestingly my son is at school in NH and my daughter in VT but neither could break away from school schedules and get to the farm in Belmont. For all of...

I spent this past weekend Grouse and Woodcock hunting in Vermont. My brother in-laws wifes family owns a 235 acre farm in Belmont Vermont. I is absolutely a stunning piece of property with a great farmhouse, barn, man made pond (2 acres), etc etc. We were lucky to get the invite! Hunted...

Chuck: Sorry for not replying earlier, just got back from a two day business trip. Your questions are not "stupid" at all, but not that simple to answer. The first question on boat size really depends on weather conditions, fuel capacity, type of boat etc. The trip is approximately 80 to...

I like the second picture best. That is my oldest son holding the fish and my youngest son is in the background fighting a mahi that we hooked up. That was my last canyon trip for the season, I will likely go Bluefin Tuna fishing a few more times east of cape cod this summer and then focus on...

Tom: Nice pictures of a great day! Hopefully I am a few years away from being a grandfather but have 3 kids, 20, 19, and 17. Two boys (20 and 17) and one daughter. As much as I have tried, could not get my daughter to really enjoy the outdoors. She has been on more duckhunts and fishing...

Duck season just opened up here but I decided to make one last trip to the gulf stream (90 - 100 mile run for us). Sea conditions start getting rough around now so for a small boat to run that far is not always possible. Ran out with my two sons and two friends. Ended up catching 3 swordfish...

FID cards in MA are good for a 6 year period. I just looked at mine to make sure it had not expired! Jim O

Fish as often as I can out of Falmouth Ma. In waters East of Cape Cod for Bluefin tuna and south of Cape Cod for most of the Pelagics (yellowfin Tuna, Albacore tuna, wahoo, white marlin, blue marlin, mahi mahi, and swordfish). Weather looks decent but not great for Saturday so I will head east...

Cape Cod checking in.. Some damage along the south coast. Power has been out for most of the cape since about 7 am yesterday! Power company says not to expect power for 3 to 5 days. This is all from a TROPICAL STORM. Good thing it downgraded a bit. Hauled my big boat and it is already...

This one does not look like it is going to be fun for us here on the sandbar (Cape Cod). My sneakbox is in the garage and should be fine. My 13 foot whaler was pulled out yesterday and my 45 foot sportfish is being pulled today or tomorrow morning. All outside furniture etc at the house has...

Al: Your pictures and stories are all great. It is interesting to me the environment that you live in compared to where I live in the northeast. Your photography describes the extreme dry conditions and blue skies.. I just spent a day fishing off the coast of cape cod with humidity near...

Tod: This is the only picture I have of her on my computer at work. This was from quite awhile ago, she was just under one year making a LONG retrieve on a goose that was crippled and swam away on her... Jim

All: Thank you VERY much for all the information. I will be speaking with my brother over the weekend and see what he wants to do. I will contact many of you if he is committed to getting a dog. All the information is very helpful. The Toller idea is another good thought. Regarding...

My brother called me yesterday and told me he was thinking about buying my nephew (his son) a dog. My nephew is 14 and lives about 20 minutes away from me. My nephew wants a dog that he can train and hunt with and requested one "like" my yellow lab Holly (I got my nephew into hunting and...

email me at jobrien@vertexeng.com and I will help you out as best I can. Please let me know what you have for gear and equipment and what type of hunting you would like to do. There are many places to hunt sea ducks on Cape Cod, depending on what type of a hunt you want. ie layout boats (lots...

Greg: Thanks for the reply. Note on my first post that I stopped in Georgetown on the way down the coast. Looks like a GREAT area to hunt. I saw plenty of ducks and wide open areas to hunt. Georgetown looked like a nice place too! We were at Hazard Marine and went into town for dinner...

Bruce: That would be great. I will PM you my number. Thank you! Jim

Well since I have never fished for grouper, snapper or AJ's I could use all the help I can get! Jim O

Carl: THANK YOU for pointing out that website. The first thing I learned is that I need a saltwater fishing license in SC! That is new to me, since they are not required up here (yet!). Jim O