Just back from Islamorada FL Keys

[CIGARHead]

Well, we just got home on Saturday and Im already wishing I was still there. It's so bad, on Sunday morning I cracked open a beer at 9am.

We had a beautiful house on the Atlantic with our own private beach:

On the 2nd day we went out for some Yellow Tail Snapper and we found 'em....here are some YellowTail and some Mangrove Snapper, gutted, gilled, scaled and breaded going whole into the deep fryer:

No "cooked" pics, as I was hungry and drunk.. a lethal combo...just ask my good friend Brent. He got a little too cocky in the pool so my little brother socked him one:

We chartered a sportfisher. the captains name is Steve Leopold and the boat name "Yabba Dabba Doo" - if your ever in IIslamorada I would encourage you to take a charter with him..one of the best. We ended up with 23 Dolphin (Mahi):

The ever present "**** Fish":

Some of my crew:

All in all a damn good week and I cant wait till next year.

[Colt45]

» We had a beautiful house on the Atlantic with our own private beach:

Great! Is that one of the houses you were looking at for the "FOH" fishing get together?

[CIGARHead]

» » We had a beautiful house on the Atlantic with our own private beach:

»

» Great! Is that one of the houses you were looking at for the "FOH"

» fishing get together?

No, I found this one just about 6 months ago and booked it. Damn good deal..4 bed 4 bath 4000sqft $3500 total for 7 days. We had 4 couples so it worked out to just $875 a couple. We had a few straglers come down to vist so they bought the liquor and beer.:-D

Im just about to rebook the house for next year..only this time for 2 weeks!

[El Presidente]

That looks absolutely beautiful!

First beer at 9am aside (what a pissweak effort), it looks like a hell of a location :-P

[CIGARHead]

» That looks absolutely beautiful!

»

» First beer at 9am aside (what a pissweak effort), it looks like a hell of

» a location :-P

Pissweak!? I forgot to say that beer replaced my milk in the Cheerios....and I swished with Whiskey instead of Listerine dammit!

Oh, and Im missing my middle finger because I used chunks of it to catch the fish. Am I coming off Aussie yet?;-)

[El Presidente]

» » That looks absolutely beautiful!

» »

» » First beer at 9am aside (what a pissweak effort), it looks like a hell

» of

» » a location :-P

»

» Pissweak!? I forgot to say that beer replaced my milk in the

» Cheerios....and I swished with Whiskey instead of Listerine dammit!

» Oh, and Im missing my middle finger because I used chunks of it to catch

» the fish. Am I coming off Aussie yet?;-)

Close but no cigar

You lost most Aussies when you took your wife

[CIGARHead]

» » » That looks absolutely beautiful!

» » »

» » » First beer at 9am aside (what a pissweak effort), it looks like a

» hell

» » of

» » » a location :-P

» »

» » Pissweak!? I forgot to say that beer replaced my milk in the

» » Cheerios....and I swished with Whiskey instead of Listerine dammit!

» » Oh, and Im missing my middle finger because I used chunks of it to

» catch

» » the fish. Am I coming off Aussie yet?;-)

»

» Close but no cigar

»

» You lost most Aussies when you took your wife

:lol3:Yes, I brought my wife...but what's worse, me bringing my wife to paradise, or you bringing Ken to fish?

[El Presidente]

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» :lol3:Yes, I brought my wife...but what's worse, me bringing my wife to

» paradise, or you bringing Ken to fish?

This is where you are still a Rookie ;-)

Learn grasshopper:

1. Ken makes us laugh. Try laughing at your wife

2. Ken selects the wines and to his credit does a stellar job. He will pull a bottle of French Champers, give us a brief rundown of its vintage history, pour us each a glass and then reach for another and repeat.

3. Ken poses no risk to the fish or female population of anywhere we go in the world.

4. Ken is a firm believer in a morning Double Corona.

5. As the board knows...... Ken only has one set of clothes. He is ready to go fishing, swimming or to dinner at a moments notice.

[Mel]

Lovin it guys!

Now in defense of CigarHead, like he needs it;

1. Ken has no special area twix the legs that we are interested in.

Do I need another point????

2. Leaving the wife to go to such a "chick friendly spot" as the Keys will cost you for months. Yes I am still refering to #1 above.

3. The wife will never bum a cigar off ya.

4. She smells better.

5. She will baby sit the kids while your off smokin wid da boyz.

Kens a good "mate" and all but lacking somewhat.;-)

Hey CigarHead I am coming to JAX in Sept. for a Jags game maybe we could meet for a smoke?

[Colt45]

House full of men vs. house full of chicks.

Men's rugby vs. women's beach volleyball.

[CIGARHead]

» Lovin it guys!

»

» Now in defense of CigarHead, like he needs it;

»

» 1. Ken has no special area twix the legs that we are interested in.

»

» Do I need another point????

»

» 2. Leaving the wife to go to such a "chick friendly spot" as the Keys will

» cost you for months. Yes I am still refering to #1 above.

» 3. The wife will never bum a cigar off ya.

» 4. She smells better.

» 5. She will baby sit the kids while your off smokin wid da boyz.

» Kens a good "mate" and all but lacking somewhat.;-)

»

» Hey CigarHead I am coming to JAX in Sept. for a Jags game maybe we could

» meet for a smoke?

:rotfl: Hey Mel....I really think there is something Rob and Ken are hiding from us...like they're financial "partners" in that *** bathhouse across the street from Czar House - I heard they named it "The Flossy Aussie":-|

Let me know when you are getting into town and will meet up for some cigars. I'll look forward to meeting you.

[El Presidente]

» Lovin it guys!

»

» Now in defense of CigarHead, like he needs it;

»

» 1. Ken has no special area twix the legs that we are interested in.

»

» Do I need another point????

»

» 2. Leaving the wife to go to such a "chick friendly spot" as the Keys will

» cost you for months. Yes I am still refering to #1 above.

» 3. The wife will never bum a cigar off ya.

» 4. She smells better.

» 5. She will baby sit the kids while your off smokin wid da boyz.

» Kens a good "mate" and all but lacking somewhat.;-)

For heavens sake Mel move into the 21st century!

You outsource the above

[Mel]

» » Lovin it guys!

» »

» » Now in defense of CigarHead, like he needs it;

» »

» » 1. Ken has no special area twix the legs that we are interested in.

» »

» » Do I need another point????

» »

» » 2. Leaving the wife to go to such a "chick friendly spot" as the Keys

» will

» » cost you for months. Yes I am still refering to #1 above.

» » 3. The wife will never bum a cigar off ya.

» » 4. She smells better.

» » 5. She will baby sit the kids while your off smokin wid da boyz.

» » Kens a good "mate" and all but lacking somewhat.;-)

»

» For heavens sake Mel move into the 21st century!

»

» You outsource the above

So just so I understand, Ken is your outsource??? Hope not and point well taken.:-P

[nickkrav]

Islamorada FL Keys?

I also just spent 10 days down there working on a new cigar store for a very good freind of mine. The new store will not be finished until I go back in january

For all you guys going down there pick up some smokes from Danny (MILE MARKER 82) next to bentleys. The new store will have a lounge and TV for some relaxing away from the boat's. This place is going to be pretty cool when you walk into the front door you are in the humidor 2600' square foot of it. Bring your own cocktails and relax.

tell Danny Nick sent ya

[Don Candido]

Lovin it guys!

Now in defense of CigarHead, like he needs it;

1. Ken has no special area twix the legs that we are interested in.

Do I need another point????

2. Leaving the wife to go to such a "chick friendly spot" as the Keys will cost you for months. Yes I am still refering to #1 above.

3. The wife will never bum a cigar off ya.

4. She smells better.

5. She will baby sit the kids while your off smokin wid da boyz.

Kens a good "mate" and all but lacking somewhat.;-)

Hey CigarHead I am coming to JAX in Sept. for a Jags game maybe we could meet for a smoke?

1) Thank god!

2) Send the wife somewhere else at the same time

3) Yes but she will bum quite a bit else

4) I think I would make a point of not trying to smell Ken, if I was with him

5) The kids are with your wife, whereever you sent her

6) Get too many women together in the same place and they can get a little weird with each other.

7) Mel - you may be the most whipped male I have read an opinion of ever. What is the deal? Did the wife break you? Some evil succubus from your past? Grow a friggin' spine and get with the program.

(I only say this all, because I care.)

Love,

DC

[craigos]

Does the captain do fly fishing from the boat. Am looking to fish for dolphin on a fly ....

[Miami101]

I love Islamorada FL Keys....it about 2 hours away. I also love Key west.......drive down there to fish some times, or just have dinner...

I love it down here...................................Jax has some good back country spots//.///

[Ken Gargett]

Pissweak!? I forgot to say that beer replaced my milk in the Cheerios....and I swished with Whiskey instead of Listerine dammit!

Oh, and Im missing my middle finger because I used chunks of it to catch the fish. Am I coming off Aussie yet?;-)

cheerio's and listerine. not even kiwis sink so low. ruled out of potential aussie status forever!!

[Ken Gargett]

1. Ken makes us laugh. Try laughing at your wife

2. Ken selects the wines and to his credit does a stellar job. He will pull a bottle of French Champers, give us a brief rundown of its vintage history, pour us each a glass and then reach for another and repeat.

3. Ken poses no risk to the fish or female population of anywhere we go in the world.

4. Ken is a firm believer in a morning Double Corona.

5. As the board knows...... Ken only has one set of clothes. He is ready to go fishing, swimming or to dinner at a moments notice.

okay, leaving aside the defamtory and clearly ridiculously incorrect point 4, that is really scary. any woman ever gets to know me that well and they are gone.

[aavkk]

First of all great thread, this is some entertaining Sh_t. Austin, man am I jealous. That spot was 50 minutes from my house just north of Homestead. Did you hit up Islamorada Fish Co for the best conch fritters in the world? They also have some rediculous fried alligator. Yelloweye Snapper are to this day the best tasting fish I have ever had, creamy, sweet and full flavored. We used electric reels and caught them at about 1500 ft.

[CIGARHead]

Thanks fellas...this was our trip from summer '07. We did go again this year...different isle, different house. I will put that report/pics up soon - I've been procrastinating

We ate a bunch of fish...all caught by us though. We didnt go anywhere this year as far as dinner spots in the Keys. We were too busy cleaning fish and eatin 'em...oh, and drinking and smoking.

[Don Candido]

Yum.