New Years Get Together 2012

[duckydoty]

Had a good time at the get together today. Weather was good with no generation which made the fishing fantastic. Good to see all the OAFers out there and the food was awesome. I ate way too much.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Sounds like fun... and the food looks delicious.. I always miss these. Not next year.

[Leonard]

What a day!!

Thanks to everyone .. Great food... great friends.. New friends and awesome fishing

Food was awesome...

Meatball subs.. jambalaya .. goose poppers (Im going need a few of those) and the seahorses!!

plus we had some donuts.. meat and cheese tray.. and sweet little sub tray... and I dont remember everything else...

again Thanks everyone!

as always...

Same time ... some place... See ya all next New Years day!

Leonard

[Patrick M]

Looks like it was a fun time. sorry i couldn't make it. Wife had the day off and spent time with her. hope to see everyone next year. Is there any other time of the year that everyone gets together?

[Gatorjet]

Great to see everybody from last year, and meet new people this year. Donuts, meat & cheese tray, Goose Poppers, Meatballs, and Seahorses! WOW Fantastic. Already working on the wife for a Branson trip next New Year's!!!

Thanks everybody for pitchin' in, and making this another great get toghther.

See Y'all next year, and watch out for growlin' Gators!!!

[Gary Lange]

It was a good time and glad those that came had a good time also. Hope to see more out next year eating, fishing, and supplying some good old conversation.

[crappiefisherman]

I also attended for an hour or so, before I had to pick up my daughter from another get together, or as she called it a news years gala.I enjoyrd the fellowship and the food was outstanding.Thanks for the great start for a new year.John Koch

[Fredrick]

That was great the wind was annoying but I had alot of fun got alot of good tips.Those poppers and jambalaya were great.

[MOBass]

It was a most excellent get together. I am glad I finally made it to one. The goose poppers were oh so good, Lenoard would you care to share the secret on those? Sea horses were awesome, there was a little spice too them I wasn't expecting. And the jambalya and meatballs.....mmmmmm. I need to hit the gym hard now. I brought muffins this time, but will be sure to have something more substantial next time around. I am leaning towards chocolate cake.

Fishing was excellent. It was all I wanted on the spinning gear throwing a 1/6 oz Bass Pro XPS spinner. The hook seems a little on the large side, but made it very easy to grab at the bend and turn the hook out. The 1/12 oz Kastmaster in gold worked well also. I only managed three on the fly rod on a scud before throwing in. The upper end is a lot different than it was a year ago.

[duckydoty]

MOBass,

I took the goose breast and sliced them on a bias cut getting 12 slices out of each breast. I then took the slices and marinated them for 2 days in a mixture of one can Mt Dew, 1/2 cup worschestershire sauce, 1/2 cup soy sauce, and a squirt or two of lime juice. After marinatining, wrap each slice of breast around 1/4 piece of string cheese and a slice of fresh jalapeno, then wrap a 1/2 strip of bacon around the whole thing and peg with a tooth pick. Cook on the grill on high heat untill the bacon crisps up a little and the cheese starts to squirt out the ends.

Love eating goose this way. We also save some of the sliced breast after it has marinated and use it in stir fry with pod thai noodles and peanut sauce. My mouth has started watering again......