At the Old North Bridge, site of the 'shot heard round the world,'
where Concord Gun Club members discuss the right to bear arms.
HALLOWED GROUND — America was born at 9:30 a.m.
On a Wednesday. Blue skies above. Swirling flood below. Spring buds on branches. Sparrows in the air. Ducks in the pond.
Fifty yards of dirt and gravel between freedom and oppression.
The King on one side. Farmers, blacksmiths, shop keepers on the other.
And in between them, an old wooden bridge, built from timber surrounding the town. Built by hands now holding muskets, pointed at the most powerful army on earth at the time.
April 19th, 1775. Concord, Massachusetts.
Outfitted in blazing red uniforms are the 4th, 10th, and 43rd Regiments of Foot, British light infantry companies.
Dressed in work clothes, The Minutemen, some still running over the rolling hills to join their neighbors at the bridge.
The King's Regulars vs. regular guys.
Isaac Davis, a 30-year-old gunsmith who lived with his wife and children in the small neighboring farm village of Acton, was Captain of the Acton Minutemen, and while saying "I haven't a man that is afraid to go," he took the lead and advanced on the British army.
Need something big enough to follow the boys of B.A.S.S. around on the tour during the day with the wife and puppy, but small enough that at night it can chase Bigfoot, The Lizard Man of SC & Werewolves in Minnesota with my NSA Spy Buddy, Denver, Spinner our State Cop bud who always carries a throw-away-piece on all Monster Hunts, and the best Monster Tracker on the planet, Yakima Native American, Mel.
Most times we will take good care of your RV, but sometimes the Lizard Man has been known to chew minivan bumpers, so if we rent this from you, I would be happy to pay an additional bumper bite mark fee.
It would be great if the RV had a window by the kitchen because we will be cooking massive amounts of bacon in our attempt to draw Bigfoot, and the Werewolves to us so we can limit the amount of tramping around we do in the woods at night, preferring like I do to watch American Idol on your big arse RV flat screen.
I would also be VERY happy to pay extra for any RV you may have that comes already pre-drilled with GUNPORTS just in case you are sensitive about holes in fiberglass. A full revolving turret on top next to the bathroom fan would also be nice.
I’d be happy to actually take you along on these monster hunts for a slight reduction in the rental fee with the one stipulation being that while you are with us, you don’t mind the use of nicknames, your’s being known as, BAIT.
Please email me at db@donbaroneoutdoors.com if you happen to have a BASS/MONSTER tracking RV or something like this:
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My Schedule
Feb 19-25: - Bassmaster Classic in Greenville, SC
March 13-16: Citrus Slam, Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Lake Wales, FL
May 15-18: Carolina Clash, Lake Murray, Columbia, SC
May 22-24: Women’s Bass Tournament, Lake Neely Henry, Gadsden, AL
June 12-15: Bluegrass Brawl, Kentucky Lake, Gilbertsville, KY
July 31-Aug 3: Empire Chase Back HOME to Buffalo, NY and Lake Erie
Aug 7-10: Champions Choice, Oneida Lake, Syracuse, NY
"It's descended to this. Scrolling down, I see that even if I could whiz in a cup and get it past my family and outside, it's not the right kind of pee.."
- A Day at The Race
▪ People who fish better than me
Skeet Reese 2007 Bassmaster Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year is a bass fishing professional.
Kevin Short. Bassmaster Elite Angler
Capt Paul Fisicaro, Strip Strike Charters, 10 year veteran fishing guide in the florida keys. www.stripstrikecharters.com
Everyone else on the planet
Are you starting to get the picture?
It has come down to this. I'm currently the high bidder on eBay, for coyote urine. Someone in Kansas outbid me on the red fox whiz. Bobcat tinkle has no bids. I've got it bookmarked.
I've never seen a coyote in my life, but suddenly I'm desperately bidding $20.50 for 16 ounces of his No. 1. And it's even in "a convenient spray bottle."
Blame my wife, and Father's Day. Maybe Home Depot too, but I'm afraid that someday I might need an orange extension cord, so I'm leaving them out of this.
For Father's Day, my wife bought me a "Squirrel Proof" bird feeder and 25 pounds of something called "oiled sunflower seeds." It had a cardinal -- feathered, not St. Louis -- on the bag.
The squirrels have been having a free banquet in my backyard ever since.
Big-time ESPN writer/producer finds in bass world he's just a candy-ass co-angler
This is the first installment in a two part series about Don Barone's shot at being a co-angler in a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament.
(I'm sorry if I have offended any of the 1,000's of various men/women/bass out there who will take offense to this title but I thought about it long and hard and decided that it was just a damn good title so I'm keeping it. Accept my apology, and my title. Thank you.)
Dateline: Plattsburgh Boat Basin; Day Two of a Butt Kicking (mine).
Thursday was the last time I could get my neck to turn right. Only half of my face is shaved since neither shoulder can get to the stuff growing on my left cheek.
I haven't been this bruised since Sammy "The Sultan of Slop" Marranca ran overtop of me at shortstop, and my high school second-baseman, Davey "Donuts" Muscarella, landed on top of me trying to make the tag. It took the third-base coach and two Kenmore West Blue Devil cheerleaders to untangle that mess.
That’s my 10 year old Nephew Jake Niland who stands 53 inches tall, the Lake Trout he’s holding...37 inches. Jake caught it in the Devil’s Hole Drift on the Lower Niagara River in WNY on 12/30 using live minnows on 8# test. If YOU happen to catch a fish that’s more than half as tall as you are, send me the photo, Capt. Paul, the Web-God, will get it up on the site.
▪Archived Articles - “I wrote them, the corporate folks own them.”
LEGAL NOTICE: In case my site is giving any of the Corporate and Lawyer types wedgies all you people out there reading the site here should know that I pretty much own NONE OF IT. I’ve blowed up all sorts of copyright/trademark stuff and really only own that picture up top there of me in the scraggly ass hair that my wife took of me coming back from a ghost hunting story, and besides that I’m sure no one would own up to remotely looking anything like that, except me, who has to because of birth. So if I get sued by some of the more cranky types, I’ll be adding a Paypal link down at the bottom there to help with the costs of freaking out the legal-types. And quite possibly, bail.
