Interesting Day on Water...

[Robalo]

Coe:

You're lucky he didn't ticket ya-he was nice to you. Maybe he saw how red you were and felt that you'll suffer enuf!!

Bokey: You can drink & drive a boat; however, if they have "cause", like an open beer your slamming in front of the GW and have empties laying around, he can BUI you and basically is about same as DWI-lose TDL, fine, probation, community service. Not a good thing. But yes you can D&D in a boat. Passengers can get P.I.s also. Just be sensible and respectful of GW and Leos. Unless you're shirtfaced or doing stupid stuff, they usually don't mess with ya. Empty the empties after each trip also.

[Unclehandy]

Yeah, empty beer cans on the boat or in the cooler will get them all over you real quick!

[007]

Always make sure to cull the empties.

[WestEndAngler]

You can have an open container, you just can't be above .08 BAC!

This is ture, I work with a Harris County S.O. who does Marine Patrol, he says he can breathalyze with probable cause and pull over anyone just to say "be careful" then Oh I see the 40 beers on the floor I'm assuming the captain isn't drinking... Yeah Right lol...

[WestEndAngler]

Jerry there was no reason for him to ticket me he could have asked me to get off the water but I had all legal documents in my car and if he was going to be a jerk and follow me back to the launch then by all means I was going to slap him in the face with the Title

[Robalo]

Cool-and show him what an EPIRB is!!

[WestEndAngler]

I did...

[Unclehandy]

Cool-and show him what an EPIRB is!!

Yes, I mean what kind of captain doesnt know about an epirb?

[WestEndAngler]

Yes, I mean what kind of captain doesnt know about an epirb?

Most don't its an off shore tool.

[Milkjug]

I had found some stuff on 2cool that said it was OK, but upon some more googling and looking at some govt websites I can't find anything directly saying it's OK. However I can't find any thing about the extension of the law on keeping it in your home w/o CHL to allow you to concealed carry in your vehicle. I know that is OK now, and I'm sure it would talk about carrying in boats too. Saying "Milkjug from FWE said so" probably won't hold up in court so don't take my word for it

[dbarham]

Those first two days of heat and prickling will look like a cake walk compared to a bout of malignant melanoma later on! Don't mess around with sunburns.... those UV rays chew up your DNA bad.

Hot showers (yes, hot), dry it well and use some of that blue stuff with aloe and lidocaine and avoid wearing a shirt as long as you can has always worked OK for me. I've had some nasty sunburns in early spring fishing those cloudless days. I peeled off a 6"x8" square of skin off my leg one time. You could look close and see the little holes where hairs poked thorugh.

ewwwwwww

[Robalo]

Ewww Miljug-that's gross!

[Milkjug]

Dude, and it was in 1 piece too, amost a perfect rectangle. I had been drum fishing for 5 hours in the ship channel. Not a cloud in the sky and I got it bad on my upper leg where the trunks ride up but the sun normally doesn't shine. I keep a bottle of sunblock in the truck at all times now along with the bug spray.