The key to good tasting Bluefish is to bleed them out right away. Cooking them in Mayo or Horseradish will suck the oil out of them. I used to fish the Rips off the end of Long Island and always had a blast down there with the Bluefish. One time I pulled in and landed one that had to be almost 2 feet long. It hit the boat floor, threw my hook and jumped right out of my 22 footer cabin cruiser. My friends and I were pissed. We caught over 60 Bues that day in just over 5 hours. The limit was 10 per person. All the small ones went back in and we took home 30 of them.
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Our 36' x 60' post and beam pinned barn was built between 1860 - 1865 based on the design.
Your rafter support are different than our barn. The supports we have are mid position on the rafters. I'll try to look yours up in our barn book. Your rafter puring design looks like 1840's.
Our1860's barn was made out of Chestnut. The 1735 - 1750 farmhouse and attached buildings are also made of Chestnut.
Ditto Steve. Been missing for a few weeks.HAPPY BIRTHDAY Steve, Enjoy your trip.
DittoHAPPY BIRTHDAY @MustangMike . Have a good one buddy.
I don't know if I ever posted up pictures of our barn restoration that we did back in the 1980's and again in 2004. This barn was build around 1860 - 1865. The barn is 36' x 60'. Back in 1980 we lost the left rear corner support. I replaced that with a new beam and 8' x 8' x 12' sill beam. Then we rebuilt the 36' collapsing stone foundation wall on the right front side of the barn that had pushed the barn sideways 13". The center of the barn had also dropped down by 9" in the center of the barn due to rotting basement upright posts. The first step was to raise the right side of the barn off the 36' collapsing wall and rebuild it. Many of the rocks were too big to manhandle. My FIL, one older brother and I busted them all up with sledgehammers. We rebuilt the wall with those rocks and cement. I would have used my tractor to move the rocks but I didn't have enough clearance to get the tractor under that part of the barn. We pulled the barn back over into position using 12 ton house foundation screw jacks and posts laid up against the left side first floor barn beams. On the opposite side I had my old Ford backhoe up against the new barn foundation wall which is 3' thick at the base. I had cables attached to the opposite side of the barn and my backhoe dipper arm. Once in place we lifted the barn up section by section in the middle to square up the first floor and replaced all the basement posts. In 2000 the left front section had collapsed internally from the ridgeline outward and back 3 rooms all the way to the basement. In September of 2004 I quit my fulltime job to get this barn back up. We hired a guy to do it but he was not up to his reputation and was never there a full day until I started on the barn myself fulltime. All the outer beams and rafters in Barn 23 picture were replaced including the purlings. The 8' x 8' x 12' beans were bought already cut. Finish sizing was done onsite. The roof rafters were brought in as 24' long Lodge Pole Pine trees. I cut these onsite down to 23' length and squared up one side and debarked them all. I did the squaring up using a Husqvarna 55 chainsaw freehand and planed them flat with a Makita 6"planer. . Since December 22nd 2004 the barn has been secure.
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Front differential in and the passenger side is just about done . Now I start on the bearings on the drivers side
If this had actually happened, there would be pics
Fair enough. No cell signal there (perfect) so there aren't a lot of pics. I did make an artsy maple leaf from a live edge slab.
MechanicMatt
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When I was toddler my dad twice brought home a Blue longer than I was tall. Somewhere I’m sure he or Mustang Mike have pics
Mustang man is the one with the pimp hat
I just purchased a new straw cowboy hat ... the one in your pictures was my first and the new one is #3. In addition to shading your eyes, it is good to protect your ears and the back of the neck from the sun when you are on the boat. Those cowboys knew what they were doing!
Went to the range today with my new birthday present ... a Garmin Chronograph and was very pleased with the results from my 338-06.
The Hodgdon Load Data (available on-line) shows 61 grains of H380 pushing a 210 grain bullets at 2,725 FPS. H380 also produces lower pressure than other powders producing similar velocities, and no powder exceeded 2,780 FPS.
My rifle loaded with 60.5 H380 pushes a 210 grain Barnes TTSX bullet at an average of 2,827.9 FPS with an SD of only 11.2 and a 200 grain Hornady SST at an average of 2,847.5 FPS with a SD on only 12.9.
Both bullets shoot well (and in the same place), but I took both the Bear and Buck with the TTSX bullet last year. That said, it is nice to know that I can target shoot with a bullet that cost only about 1/2 what the Barnes TTSX cost.
I'm very pleased that my "pet load" shoots a little flatter and hits a little harder than I thought!
The Hodgdon Load Data (available on-line) shows 61 grains of H380 pushing a 210 grain bullets at 2,725 FPS. H380 also produces lower pressure than other powders producing similar velocities, and no powder exceeded 2,780 FPS.
My rifle loaded with 60.5 H380 pushes a 210 grain Barnes TTSX bullet at an average of 2,827.9 FPS with an SD of only 11.2 and a 200 grain Hornady SST at an average of 2,847.5 FPS with a SD on only 12.9.
Both bullets shoot well (and in the same place), but I took both the Bear and Buck with the TTSX bullet last year. That said, it is nice to know that I can target shoot with a bullet that cost only about 1/2 what the Barnes TTSX cost.
I'm very pleased that my "pet load" shoots a little flatter and hits a little harder than I thought!
Oh man it’s been a while since we’ve had a good reloading discussion!
What role does the feather plume play? Asking for Matt...
Beware the Hodag!!!
Stay out of the woods, kids.
EchovsStihl63
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Dad and I have 15 antique tractors between both of us so plenty of stuff to keep us busy. We just like having an old piece of Americana around, they are so simple and robust. I am planning a shop build in the near future and it is going to have a lift in it, I am also tired of wallowing around in the dirt and gavel
Made some progress over the weekend. There is going to be a 12x16 screened room and an 8x16 open veranda on the front. Screen under the decking on the rear section as well because the blasted mosquitos will find a way if there is one. 
I can tell you first half how glad I am my shops up and I don't have to work in the stones or run to someone else's shop to work on my stuff. Make it twice as big as you think it should be. I'm already trying to figure out how to make mine bigger and it isn't even finished yet.
I always tell guys who are building a shop/barn to make it twice as big as they think they need. What you say @chipper1 ?
I thought when we bought this place the existing 40x60 pole barn was plenty big. NOT!!! Saving stuff for future use doesn't help me.
