Used to live in Gulf Breeze, FL, a piece of land sticking out between Pensacola and Pensacola Beach. This was back in the '60s before it got built up. They used to bribe you to build on the beach, but that's another story. The old US Navy live oak reserve is there. Used live oak for masts, etc. back in the wooden ship days.

Well anyway I used to get up early and hit the fishing pier on the beach before heading to work. Occasionally I'd get lucky and bag 3 or 2 Spanish Mackeral. Brought them home and left them in the sink for my wife to clean. Not to popular, but she's still my wife.

Don't know why I did that. It only takes a minute to clean one. I guess because I could. Those years on the beach were the best.

Could buy a house on the beach then for 6-7000. Ten times that now or more.

Bob S