Now I'm seeing the correlation... More fish, more money spent at BPS and vice versa.

Well damn Tim! Great trout trip up there again! I don't know about any more cow bones in the truck though. That might get you some more stuffed fun stuff in your cab. Lol

Great read and pics boss!

Well, the wife is starting to get mad because she wants it to look like a boutique and doesn't like the inside shed finish.  I paid for and built it, so there is no way it's going to be all painted and pretty inside. (I'm a little frustrated at the moment)

Anyway. the build is coming along but attracting more attention than I care.  I think the neighbors think I'm building an ADU or something.

In any case the frame went up...



Next day we made the roof.



We knew weather was coming in so we put the shingles on.



Moisture barrier was set and ready for insulation.



It would be hot as hell in the summer and I would bake like a potato, so my buddy suggested and we installed insulation We even a radiant barrier roof and shingles to make sure it stayed cool in there. 



I guess one day it can be used as a tiny house (minus plumbing) so we sealed up every gap/crack leading to daylight.  We also left a Ridge Beam so we could use as a hoist to get heavy things into the shed or just to weigh a 300# fish. 



The walls are up inside, but now I have to think of what to do to keep the wife off my back or just put a cot in the shed I guess.

At least all of the smaller fun stuff can start like building a work bench and shelves and adding the essentials.  I still need to pain two sides (we painted the far sides, but the rain forced us to act quickly and delay the painting).

Well, what do you guys think so far?

What a crazy day...  Got started early and things were moving right along.

Back wall was done, moisture barriered and painted.





Damn heavy wall to lift and prayed I didn't bust my shoulder.  Looked exactly how I thought it would but definitely going to be tall by the looks of it. 



We ran out of moisture barrier and knew we would need more paint so jumped into my buddy's truck and shot over to Lowe's.  This project is already too expensive, but I'll finally have my own quiet place, and my wife can get the computer room back.
We load the truck, and my buddy goes "where's the key?" Um... (me) you had it to open the door... and sure as sh!t, the truck was locked up with the key inside.  Still not sure how he managed that.  We had to call his wife to bring the spare key down since we had no way of getting anywhere unless he called AAA.

1.5 hours later and we were back at the house with fresh supplies.  We got to work.



All of a sudden, his air-nailer blew a gasket... The universe was telling us something, but he ran to his buddy's house 30 minutes away to borrow his nailer.  Another hour down the tubes.

I could see he was rushing, and I was trying to slow him down, but he works at a totally different pace than I do. All of a sudden, I hear AHHHH!  Shot a nail into his hand but the nail bouced off of his bone, so it didn't go straight through.  He just wanted to work when I said to just go home and get everything cleaned out, but he has some other type of motor in his head I can't even fathom and the work went on.

We got the 3rd wall up when I finally said we are done.  The neighbors don't want to listen to saws and nailer's during dinner and made him stop.  We have some catching up to do but I'm already stressed from this shed. 



It's big... and already heard a few neighbors' whispering about it... I don't take that to heart because they have people living in a broken-down trailer in their yard, but the hard part was having the wife not like it so far.

After a month of explaining exactly how big the shed would be and what it would look like, the wife apparently couldn't visualize it but only knows how to actually see it.  I shouldn't say too much though since I knew how big it would be it still caught me off-guard in real life.

I'll keep you updated.

Excellent Squatch! I was super surprised when I saw your text.

Glad to see you still have it!

My buddy said I need to put it on blocks.  I said I had 1"x18" square blocks but wanted 10" blocks, so I ordered them.  After they got here, he said, lets go with the 1".  LOL

10" looked like a deck.



1" looked just about right.



Considering this was only the first afternoon, we got a lot accomplished.  I took the next 2 days off to hopefully finish the project.  We built the floor to home standards and what a sturdy platform!

I cut and he nailed them in place.



3/4" particle board for the floors and we even glued on top of nailing it down.



Solid as a rock.



Tomorrow walls go up and possibly start on the roof.  When I showed him my plans on my graph note book, he said I should have made it bigger than 8'x14'... but anything over 120' needs a permit so I only have so much room to work with.

The good news is the shoulder is still holding up for now.

To be continued tomorrow.

A few truck loads arrived on Friday.  Of course, about 6 hours later than they said it would get there, but it got there.

Quote from: Dark_Knight_9C1 on April 19, 2025, 08:12:21 PMThese go in the trash. Only problem is my trash pickup is on Fridays. First two got pretty ripe.
The last one I packed in an ice chest with ice. The ice lasted long enough.
Big Bear Lake has a disposal site which uses them to make fertilizer. Lake Elsinore doesn't.
I've tried burying one once, the coyotes found it and dug it up.

-Keith

Probably find a quiet spot near any open space.  I bet the Racoons and Coyotes would love that!

I stopped at the church of Sandy feet this morning to celebrate this double holiday.  I actually got a parking spot on the free beachfront parking and was a little amazed. 



I armed myself with a slightly heavier spinning set up armed with the bigger YoZuri jerk bait.

I actually brought a silver one I caught mahi and yellows on and this beautiful yellow one.  I really wanted a big halibut or WSB from the surf. (I did bring a small C-Rig with some crack just in case to quickly change it out)



It wasn't the best of tides as it was dropping but there was plenty of clean water. I didn't see a ton of people out there yet, but it was wide open shoreline for casting.  This stick bait casts a mile!

I got a few bumps but I wasn't sure what was happening... then I get a hook up and know it's small, but a fish none the less. 

Hey, My first corbina of the year and not much bigger than my bait!  lol



There were a ton of crab out there, but it was the swarming hayseed type.  The entire beach was just crawling!



I then tied up the C-Rig just because my arm was starting to hurt from all the casting.  I made a few casts and thought I had a really good bump but missed it.

Next cast and I'm on!  HOLY Smokes! What a great fight!

My first Zebra Perch!  I've seen you guys showing them off before, but this one has eluded me for almost 30 years!  It was a stud too!





I rebait and cast out again... This time to get snagged.  No way of getting it out but wasn't sure what I was snagged on and busted off my only C-Rig.  I tied the silver YoZuri back on and made a few casts really fast.  Last cast and f@ck!  Snagged on something again!  I tried my heart out to get it loose and float up but whatever it was stuck on was giving nothing back.  King Neptune gets his due.

Now I tie that yellow one on, but I walk about 50 yards down as to keep the hell away of the rig eating reef or whatever it was. 

As I was casting and walking I had a good slam, but it missed it!    I kept casting and got slammed with a blistering run.  I for sure at firt from the heavy thud of the hit that it was going to be my halibut.  Then it was dogging me and not giving me any ground, so my mind went to BSB...  I really couldn't tell what it was since it was putting on a huge fight. 

Then I get it into the skinny...  and see exactly why it was fight so hard.  Foul hooked right in the NADS!



Sucker really took the air out of my sail, so I kept moving north.  Then I was in crazy packs of big guitarfish!  They were almost beaching themselves and I could almost hand grab them.

Then another hit, but I saw this one early and it was another snagged wiggles and probably 8" smaller than my first one so I moved another 50 yards down the beach.... 

I then get a bite, but it was more like my lure just stopped.  I started cranking faster and I had a fish on!  There wasn't much of a fight, but an occasional big head shake and I see a halibut at the end of my line!  16" or so and not very big but very bright and colorful!  I started reaching for my phone before I slid him on the beach and a quick shake of the head and it was a sportsmen's release.  Only bummed I jined myself, but almost near some reef and pretty sure i could get one there.

I cast my way to the reef but felt something in my pant leg sinking down and realized I missed the pocket with my phone and it was sliding down my waders into my boot!  WTF!  As I was reaching down to try and grab it I kept feeling my rod tug so I thought I had snagged some of the kelp and grass that was getting thicker up here, but nope!  It was a fish!

I got him in hand and it was a 13-14" sand bass!  Now I'm in a predicament... Phone in my wader boot I can't reach, rod under my arm that is injured, and a bass trying to throw some big sharp ass hooks in me.  It was a cluster, but I got away with any major injury except for a little blood from the hook.

That was it...  Sun was booming and my shoulder was a mess, so I made the long walk to the truck.  I needed to get home and cook the ham anyway...

On the walk back I passed a few live chovie that beached themselves from something!  I made some more casts, but nothing and the surfers were really starting to group up in the no wave zones.



In any case, it was a great morning and just felt great getting out into the surf again!



I'll be back Torrey Pines!



Happy 4/20 and Easter!  Or both if like!

Nicely done Keith! Those are some really nice goldfish, boss. 

Do you use them for bait? Fertilizer? Eat? Trash?

Quote from: Tim524 on April 19, 2025, 08:25:29 AMI think a Pontoon would look good in your driveway

I'd only get one if I lived on a lake. Lol

BTW... I covered the wrong eye in purpose. Lol

Quote from: KogaHead on April 16, 2025, 08:47:59 PMCareful, your wife may see it as a place to send you to sleep when you piss her off.

I'll have a folding cot in there just in case.

Sentry 1330 combination safe.  Good shape and everything in working order.  I just bought a bigger safe, but Have been using this one for 20 years.

I'm selling on Craigslist for $75. but if any of you guys are interested, I'll give it to you for $50.

https://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/for/d/santee-sentry-1330-fireproof-safe-combo/7843010532.html