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Tyler Site Admin

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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject: Billy's Stuck at Port Mansfield N. Jetty as of 7P 6/15 |
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| Joy called Ace, who sounded the call. If you or anyone you know happens to be headed that way tomorrow PM me. It sounds as though he needs a starter for his 88 Suburban with a 350. |
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robul Full Grown Flour Bluffian

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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| man thats no fun!! Im sure you guys told him to beat the heck out of the starter with whatever he can find right? also jump the soloniod in case thats the problem.. hope somebody can help me out.. |
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Tyler Site Admin

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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Billy knows the beat the starter trick. It happened to me in my suburban and I knew what to do but did not have a hammer with me and my four way got hung up before I could get any speed to it.
As of 7:30P 6/15 Mike McBride is said to be bringing a starter via boat from Port Mansfield. He is supposed to be there around 8:45 or 9p. In the meantime Billy's customers are with him and his clients for tomorrow are upset at driving 400 miles to find him AWOL. |
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threelegcoyote Horse Mullet

Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 145 Location: Corpus Christi , Texas
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject: Capt. Billy |
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Just got news @ 9:10 PM, Billy got his truck running and is on the way back . Thanks for everyones concern.
Ace _________________ Lord, help me be the person my dog thinks I am. |
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chuck Member White Shrimper Boot Club

Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Posts: 889 Location: BLUFF
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Tyler wrote: | | In the meantime Billy's customers are with him |
they got the charter deal of a lifetime, if they fished thru the whole thing, not to mention just the experience of it |
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Reeldoctor Horse Mullet
Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:10 am Post subject: |
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just got a call from Joy and Billy's still not back yet. She called the hotel that the customers were at but no answer. Shes called the cel phones that Billy gave her and no answer. We need to check with her later to c if he made it back. He told her that it was low tide. Not sure how fast billy would drive but if he's driving at 15mph it'll take almost 4 hrs off the beach. he left a little after 9pm. I'm off to bed but have to get to work at 730 am. _________________ Fishing's a disease without a cure and I got it bad!! Fish on!!
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1bgsub Horse Mullet
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Any word yet on Billy?
later
Trey |
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Tyler Site Admin

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| 1bgsub wrote: | Any word yet on Billy?
later
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Ace called and got the answering machine, which could mean he didn't make it back( "they'll find our bodies in the spring" as Billy told me one time when we got stuck in the bay during a weekday in the winter when nobody was out on the water ) or he did and he is back out again with today's customers. I will let you know when I find out. |
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cuzn dave Flour Bluffian in training

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:25 am Post subject: |
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threelegcoyote Horse Mullet

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Billy's back safe. He got in at 1:45 last night. It was a nightmare trip to start with , as he got stuck up to the axles at the 5MM and couldnt get dug out. Finally he got someone to pul him out and proceeded. The beach is a M_____F_____! according to the Capt. Had good baits out and nuttin but weed. Lost a $900.00 charter this AM. and he's not in a very good mood.....more later.
Ace _________________ Lord, help me be the person my dog thinks I am. |
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Bluffer Full Grown Flour Bluffian

Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 4858 Location: The Bluff...Bring back the Porch!
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:07 am Post subject: |
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Stuck at the 5MM? man thats unreal, must be REAL bad! _________________ -STAY THIRSTY MY FRIENDS!- |
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ironmanstan Exalted Ruler of Flour Bluff

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:57 am Post subject: |
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So you wanna be a guide, well let me tell ya.
glad he's ok... _________________ I LIKE MINE FRIED. |
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cuzn dave Flour Bluffian in training

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, you can make a million $ in the guide business.
First, start with 3 million... |
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Capt. Billy L. Sandifer Horse Mullet
Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Posts: 109 Location: Flour Bluff, Tx.
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:50 am Post subject: |
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Thanks so much for everyone's concern. Capt. Mike McBride dropped everything he was doing and drove to a parts store in Raymondville from Pt. Mansfield then back to Port Mansfield then came to the jetties in his boat with the starter when he had a charter to get ready for today. Yeah, tough losing that $900. today but needed to have the truck checked out by a professional and would have been too exhausted to shark fish today. I work for my money and I know my customers work for theirs and I respect that. Fresh grass was coming in bad down near jetties. Driving just absolutely sucks. Period. 3 different people went out of their way to help us yesterday and my customers were real troopers. Gotta' love it.
Rocky was going all the way down there after working all day yesterday and having to work all day today if we couldn't get it fixed and get my customers out. It ain't friends. It's a lot more than that. Most my blood kin are dead and I was never close to many of them. I think somewhere around VietNam I realized that actually we are free to choose our own family instead of being stuck with the one our gene pool gave us. I've lived that concept ever since and I'm awfully lucky and very proud of my family. They are the joy in my life. They make it worthwhile. We caught 6 pomps yesterday. Go figure. Stan is right. Being a fishing guide is far from what folks think it is. Very few guides make much money and no one ever has on PINS. Too much overhead, maintenance and breakdowns. Not to mention red tide and such. It's about being where the Creator intended you to be and sharing it with others and having a part in making them realize how very precious PINS is and how important it is to take care of it. Humbly Yours, Dad _________________ If we don't leave any there won't be any. |
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robul Full Grown Flour Bluffian

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Glad your home and sound Capt Billy. Hopefully you have worked out all the problems with the suburban and its all smooth sailing from here on out. |
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