Originally Posted by gman

What made it worse, is you know me by now. I am the customer that comes on the boat and generally tips in advance. I find that when mates dont know if you are going to tip them they are reluctent to go the extra mile. Understandably they get burnt alot

I walked on and handed the mate a $20 bill and said just make sure we have fresh bait and check in every once and awhile. I spent all day getting our own dirty clams. I hate clams

It was a ball though I invited a guy I went to high school with, havent seen him in 2 years

In the middle of all this Anthony says "Dad call Dom, we need to go sharking soon, i dont like all these small fish" The guy next to me says "why dont you see if you can reel in a bluefish first son" ha ha I laughed so hard