october 05, 2002

fishing with pappi

My parents recently bought a little house in Mannahawkin, NJ right near Long Beach Island. The house came with a big dock in the backyard...so it was only a matter of time before Pappi managed to talk my mother into letting him (yep, that's right - I said "let." We all knows who wears the pants) get a boat. So Grant and I headed down to check it out and go fishing!

Here's a shot of my parents beach house from the dock out back. Cute, right? ˆ shore house ˆ

And here...(Insert 2001 Space Odyssey Music Here) is my dad's new boat. ˆ boat ˆ

And here's (Enter Kettle Drums: BOM-BOM, BOM-BOM, BOM-BOM!) Pappi! ˆ dad ˆ boat ˆ

, grant stoddard

Here's my dad's good friend and total Guinea (ha!) John Antanino and my good friend and kooky Limey, Grant. ˆ dad ˆ grant ˆ boat ˆ

Check out Skipper 'large and in charge' at the helm! ˆ dad ˆ boat ˆ

Navigating the waterways out to the open sea... ˆ boat ˆ

Ah, beautiful New Jersey.... ˆ jersey shore ˆ ocean ˆ

Skipper brings the boat to a stop... ˆ dad ˆ boat ˆ

And then casts with authority. Yes, this is where the fish will be. ˆ dad ˆ fishing ˆ

grant stoddard

Grant does his impression of "Rocky Balboa fishing." ˆ grant ˆ fishing ˆ

Here it is ladies and gents: THE CATCH OF THE DAY! Yep, after 3 different spots and around 3 hours of fishing...the only thing we managed to pull in were two blue crabs (that were munching on our bait and we yanked them aboard). ˆ crab ˆ

, brian battjer, grant stoddard

Grant, Me and Pappi. ˆ dad ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ boat ˆ fishing ˆ ocean ˆ