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| | I will start off by saying it was a real treat to be at work and receive a call from Blair, and an honor to be offered the chance to use my boat as the camera boat for the first Hi-Def episode of Addictive Fishing and see what goes on behind the scenes. Trim-Tab and I dropped the boat off the hoist and headed for the boat ramp, making a short detour by one of our favorite fishing spots ......Trim-Tab managed to hook into a couple upper and over-slot redfish, while I caught a pompano dinner for Fishndbridge and Lyken_moon. We pull the boat and are off to the races to get everything ready for the trip to Shell Point. We hit the road about 9PM, after a delay that was caused by Trim-Tabs truck (our tow vehicle) being hit in a parking lot an hour before we planned to leave. Thanks to Lyken_moon, they managed to get the truck back on the road and we were finally on our way. We arrived in Apalachicola and got about 2 or 3 hours of sleep before meeting up with Blair and heading on to Shell Point. We stopped to fuel up the boat, and noticed the winds were already blowing 15mph at 6 AM, not looking very good....... We meet up with our guide for the day, Capt. Jody Campbell, and head out...... 
We head about 3 miles out into Apalachicola Bay, and find the winds blowing hard, and less than favorable conditions, but anchor up to start fishing. 
Blair and Jody hook into several different species of fish from small grouper to trout and even a couple of small cobia. 
After a while, things start to calm down a bit and we move up to some flats where the guys tore up the trout using the D.O.A. Deadly Combo...On the way we shoot a couple clips of the AF Ranger running 
We get up on the flats where the guys start tearing into the trout, and get a few close-up shots 
Towards the end of the day, (and it was a long day) Blair starts to demonstrate various rod handling techniques (still not sure if he was making fun of my right hand retrieve spinning reels, lol) 
I guess a snake thought Blair was waving him over, 'cause shortly after that shot they had a snake wanting to come aboard the Ranger, the Minn Kota out-ran the snake, but it wasn't from lack of effort on the snakes part......he wanted in the boat really bad. We headed back in and Blair did the "Bait Check"......after a long day on the water and a bunch of people at the ramp forming an audience, it requires a few takes to make Bryan happy with the footage......I will upload some of the video later. I don't mind saying that I have an entirely new appreciation for what goes into shooting a show, and that its not nearly as easy as they make it look in the final product. I still don't know how Bryan shoots video in 3 foot waves without getting sick.....I could barely snap a still shot and he was shooting long segments non-stop, not to mention about 30 lbs of camera gear on his shoulder. Blair also has my respect (even more than before), we spoke several times in the days leading up to the shoot, and every time, no matter how early or late it was, he was on the water pre-fishing for the FLW Tourney. Now, I fish for 10 hours some days, but not constantly throwing artificial baits, and not doing it for 10 or 11 days in a row! This guy is like a robot on the water! Rumor has it that this episode, the first one shot in HD, will be airing sometime around the end of June, but there was no confirmation on the exact air date. I will try to add some of the "Bait Check" video later.....most of the files are too big to upload. chumhead
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| That is definitely cool!! What a cool opportunity to get to see what goes into the making of a show.
Awesome of Blair and the crew to invite you along!
Vegetarian: Old Indian word for bad fisherman.
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| | "Oh Chumhead, you've done it again" LOL! Great job, even though it was a long day, I'll bet you loved every second of it. You are very fortunate not just anybody gets an invite like that one. Loved the pics & video can't wait to see more! Sorry to hear about the accident, I assume you guys survived, were you IN the truck? If so, watch out for injuries showing up later. Congrats on gettin out there, and helping to getterdun! We're especially looking forward to that episode! Mike 
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| | Let's just say that, Joe is very thankfull that his leg wasn't already out of the car, when the scatterbrained, cell-phone attached, pathetic excuse for a blaming everyone else... woman... turned into the adjoining parking spot, or Joe would be missing some leg parts! She was talking on her phone and not paying attention to what she was doing. Joe had the truck door open, and was about to step out. She didn't cut her wheel hard enough and drove right into the sharp edge of Joe's door! With Joe's wife and kids in the truck at the time, I'm surprised there was anything left of the woman, when Steve and I got there, with tools in hand!!! Joe's wife can be very...um...single-minded!  Although she knew, and was very chummy with, the Deputy, she WAS cited. But she had the nerve to tell Joe that he should have been paying attention!!!!! Gotta love BONEHEADS with phones!
"Not till the loom is silent, and the shuttles cease to fly, shall God unroll the canvas, and explain the reason why."
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| | Tow Vehicle: Survived Leg: Survived Fish: They made a few famous. Road-Trip: grueling, sleepless, and long... Worth it? You bet. would do it again tomorrow. I'll have to jump on again later and make a few posts. too late brain on autopilot. Mi yoose compuuter guud.
Trim-Tab -=*=Floating Gnome, Denouncer of Fishing Myths=*=- "You may only be one person in this world, but to one person, you may be their world..." Th' Fish 'R Bitin'
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