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About Midnightpass
- Birthday 04/07/1948
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Fishing, BBQ
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What I do for a living:
Electrician
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La Mirada CA
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Mexican Pacific coast surf fishing - swimming plugs??
Midnightpass replied to SurfFishDan's topic in Main Forum
Cabo… The gear m taking down to Cabo in a couple of months will only cast up to about 2-1/2 oz… I was thinking of getting the smaller Roberts that is only 2-1/2 oz… I think it’s called the “Whistler”… You know any thing about it?... It looks similar, but smaller… Butch I see now there is a smaller ranger about 2-1/4 oz as well.. Now I’m really confused. -
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They have been doing this to both sides of the Alamitos Bay Peninsula (So. Cal.) for the last few years.. It used to be a great fishery… Almost dead now.. They have killed off most of the bottom marine life, which supports all of the surf fish… Gotta protect those multi-million $ homes built at sea level, on sand bars…. Butch
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You as well Terry Mac… Butch
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Sir… You don’t know $hit… Butch
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I’m not saying there aren’t some excellent craftsmen that are non-union, but I am saying that union tradesmen are usually better trained and more professional than someone that has no formal training in their trade… I have never been limited to the amount of hours worked by me or my crew…But we expect to be paid accordingly… Why would a builder or client EVER pay more for any labor?.. Because they need to pay for what they get… My local union is very into training and producing the best employee a contractor or client could want… Butch
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I’ll put me and my union crew’s productivity up against any non-union crew, anywhere, anytime… Skills, a union electrician goes thru 5 years of training and school (Apprenticeship), so he should be better prepared… Not saying there aren’t great non-union electricians out there, but there is no guarantee they have the training…. Cost, maybe not so competitive… A non-union contractor can just drop his labor price by paying his guys less, which a union one cannot… Nothing wrong with fair wages for your labor and skills.. Butch 54 year member IBEW Local 11
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Why “thank God”? Something wrong with union contractors working in the “East End”?… I went where ever my employer sent me, and did what ever was expected of me…. Butch
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I worked in a private housing project, but the code requirement was an LA City Building Code requirement for any building built in LA City... No romex any where in the city.. I still have my old code book around here somewhere... Butch
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When I 1st got in the union (1967 Got accepted in, but the US Army had 1st dibs, and started working in 1970) nepotism was pretty rampant... You had to have the requirements, do well on the entrance exam, then do an oral interview... In the interview they asked you how you knew about the program... You would say "My Dad, Uncle or good friend is a member, and told me about it"... That is where the nepotism showed it's head... Later on when my son was trying to get in (He aced the entrance exam), I asked the apprentice coordinator, why it was taking so long for him to get accepted.. He said "If your Son was your Daughter she would be in right now"... He told me that it wasn't important haw many woman were let in the program, but how many completed the program, and there were a lot of female dropouts... Many more than their male counterparts... So they cold never fill their quota... In my mind, any kind of preferential treatment is a bad thing... Butch
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I've been a union electrician since 1970... My 1st job as an apprentice was building an apartment complex (There was a lot of union residential work at that time)... After that job I never did another residential job... They just went away to the non-union contractors... But they were around back then... Los Angles had a conduit only code requirement, but HUD said no more money to LA, unless they let in romex... LA caved, and I think that helped hurry the non-union take over... But I think it was pretty inevitable even with out the code change... Butch
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Welcome to So. Cal…. Huntington Beach is pretty much my home beach… I know some pretty good surf fishermen, but I don’t keep track of many guides.. There is a good book you could pick up by Bill Varney that would give you a little head start when you get here.. He has a few on beach seminars every year.. I have attended a few (more to see old friends than a learning experience), and that would help you a lot too… It’s not rocket science, mostly just time on the water.. There are a few FB groups that pertain to our fishery also… Any questions , ask away… Butch
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That's a pretty flat fish... Starry Flounder, correct?... Butch Butch
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Yea... I get it, I'm 76, and no more extension ladders for me... I did my own tile roof 37 years ago.. Needed some roof work done because of this years rains. Had to hire some one.. No more roofs for me.. Butch
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Some people!!... Butch
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Anyone hear a definitive answer from DFW on the use of bait nets is legal or not for sand crabs? Butch