My new rifle has a new sight

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:15 pm

Just wanted to extend a special Thank You to JMiller, and Chuck 100 yd for their words of encouragement to this beginner on mounting this Williams FP sight on my NIB Dodge Truck Commemorative 30-30 that was an Anniversary gift from my wife. You guys were right, it was easy! Tomorrow happens to be my 10th anniversary, and we are taking a long weekend to our cabin in the woods. The gun will not be NIB after tomorrow. Heres a fuzzy picture of the sight, and another of the wife and I. Thanks again guys, I will post results on KirkD's winter challenge.

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:24 pm

I would use a Fool Proof but I just don't shoot Dorado.

Congrats on the 10th

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:14 am

Enjoy... Both the trip and the sight!

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:06 am

Congratulations ON:

Your 10th anniversary.
Getting your sight on.
and

That big weird green fish. What in the world is it?

Joe

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:35 am

A dolphin, or "Mahi-Mahi" I assume.

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:24 pm

k8bor wrote:A dolphin, or "Mahi-Mahi" I assume.

Yes, they are called many different things. Old Savage hit the actual name..Dorado. Most people call them Mahi-Mahi. Very good to eat, fun to catch too. This one tired the wife out fast, she got scared it was pulling her too hard.I had to take the rod over for her, almost lost it to a 12 foot Hammer Head. My brother in law was quick to get it in the boat when I got it close enough.

k8bor · Post by **k8bor** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:28 pm

I used to do a quite a bit of offshore fishing in So. Cal in the early 70's. Yellowtail, Bluefins and albacore kept your skills with the drag pretty sharp.

Dang, always wanted to catch and eat one of those, but never have. Hear tell all you have to find is a decent piece of flotsam somewhere and start fishing. Anyway, beautiful fish, I'm jealous.

66GTO · Post by **66GTO** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:35 pm

Nice bull dolphin. And the wife ain't bad either!

Fishermen around here still call them "dolphin". We call the air breathing mammals "porpoise". The restaurants call it "mahi mahi" so they don't scare the tourists into thinking they are eating Flipper.

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:04 pm

66GTO,

I actually caught this fish in your neck of the woods. Offshore from West Palm Beach. The wife is from there. We visit her family often, especially in late winter.

66GTO · Post by **66GTO** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:47 pm

Bigahh wrote:66GTO,

I actually caught this fish in your neck of the woods. Offshore from West Palm Beach. The wife is from there. We visit her family often, especially in late winter.

You caught it in the same state, but not my neck of the woods. I live in the Pensacola area, about 600 miles up the road

WPB is a beautiful area and great for fishing. I spent a summer there on a job assignment about 25 years ago. My employer put me up in a beach hotel on Singer Island. A great summer.

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:09 pm

Nice Catch...

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:17 pm

Nice on both pics
Cant wait for the range report.