CONGRATS TO CHAD & CASEY

Oscar Julian Crowley was born yesterday around 10:30am. Mom and baby are doing fine. Congrats to Chad, Casey, & Grace!!

KEY WEST FISHING CALENDAR

March looks like a great month for fishing in the Key's. We'll probably be chasing Kingfish, Wahoo, & Tuna.

Reich...Call me on my cell

Reich: Give me a call on my cell...E

Taking it to the next level...

The picture above pretty much sums up the "fishing portion" of the 2nd Annual DFF. Thus, the Research & Development phase for the 3rd annual DFF has begun. I believe that we must go southward to find fish if we continue to take the trip in early March. So, the time has come to take it to the next level. Sights are currently set on Key West for March 2007.


Yes...this will be considerably more expensive, but start saving $20/week now and money will be no issue. We will not be driving to Key West; hopefully we can fly to Ft. Lauderdale and then rent a 12-passenger van to drive the 3 or 4 hours to Key West. Volunteers to drive the van are being accepted now. Feel free to post any comments or suggestions for the '07 trip. Jay, Doug, & Chad- we missed you guys; y'all better be ready for next year.

I'll be posting photos soon from the Destin Trip. I'll let you know when they are up.

F-U too Steve...

GO TIME! THE BEER IS ON ICE!!

E = mc2

After much thought and cosideration, here are the travel plans. West will drive to Dewey's condo and ride with him, Reich will pick up Chris and drive to Stephen's house, I will drive directly to Stephen's house. Reich, Chris, Jeremy, and myself will jump in the Expedition and hit the road. The plan is to leave Stephen's house between 8 & 8:30 (earlier the better) and rendezvous with Dewey and West for breakfast somewhere between Newnan and LaGrange. Chris will then hop in Dewey's car to make more room in the Expedition and off we go. We'll probably hit Destin about 2pm local time and have about an hour before check-in, so we'll head to Hooters like last year and get things started.

I'll send out directions directly to Dewey, Derek, & Stephen's e-mail. I'll also have a copy with me. I don't care who rooms with who but this is what I have listed:

Room 1: Derek & West

Room2: Dewey & Chris (both are snoring champs so they deserve each other)

Room3: Eric & Reich

Room4: Stephen & Jeremy

Almost Go Time Boys:

Bill Lumbergh is an Asshole!!

Lumbergh is having Derek work until 4:00 on Thursday, so he'll be driving down by himself that evening. What an Asshole!

Transportation details are being hammered out. The plan as of now (since Derek will be flying solo) is to take Steve's Expedition and either Dewey or Chris's car. I'll update tonight or tomorrow with the final plan. Only 2 more days bitches...

Fishing Update

I talked to Capt. Bill yesterday. He says that if the water temp passes the 60 degree mark then we'll go shark fishing. It sounded like we'll probably end up doing some bottom fishing and shark fishing if we get the right weather. Water temp right now is around 58. The weather channel has it 65+ degrees air temp until we get there, this should translate into higher water temps. They now have Friday listed at cloudy and 71.

A few folks have asked me where the hotel is located relative to Destin's famous watering holes. Hog's Breath is suppose to be almost across the street and AJ's is about 1/2 mile down the block. We should be able to avoid long taxi rides this year.The transportation and logistics plan is currently being finalized. We'll firm all this up next week, but I think taking 3-cars (Chris, Dewey, and my truck) would make for a comfortable ride (only two back seat riders) with plenty of storage and minimal gas expense. More to come next week....

First Weather Report:

The weather channel has issued the first forecast for Destin on Friday March, 10th...69 & Sunny; Although I'm sure this will change.

Reich- call me on my cell when you get a chance...