Fred Burkett (ME)
celebrates his 90th on the "India
Marie" July 7th 2004. 1st mate
Keith
McAvoy holding up Fred's 1st double keeper catch of the day, a
20 pound cod and a 13 pound cusk. Fred's daughter Jeanette Dublois (NJ) with her 1st trophy
haddock. Of
course these fish were all caught on the "Burkett 16 oz jig and
teaser".
The Burkett "All American" 16
oz. cod jig for sale!
In January
of 2005 Captain Whit set up a little work shop to make "Fred
Burkett" cod jigs.
Fred
Burket's daughter Jeanette was kind
enough to trust Whit and I with her dad's famous "Burkett cod fish jig" mold, when
he passed on last winter. Fred
was our elder statesmen on the "India Marie"
going offshore cod fishing with us on his 87, 88, 89 and 90
birthdays... Many of you know about Fred's
famous 16 oz cod jig because it was used on the "Bunny
Clark" as well as the
"India
Marie" for years and has landed literally hundreds of
Maine State trophy
cod!
Captain Whit has
named his jig..... The Burkett
"All American" Cod jig. In honor of Fred's patriotic effort in
the Pacific during WWII. Fred like my dad was a member of the greatest
generation. True american patriots and great story tellers!
The initial offering
price is $7.50 US.(Minimum lots of 3) (How I
hate to see the value of our dollar declining so fast!) But
thats "still
a super value "for a fine cod jig! You can e- mail Whit with any
jig orders @ Satch
@
wellsharbor .com
The
shipping charge for (three to twelve jigs) is $10 via prority mail and
insurance is included. Max.three days!
During the winter
months November 15th thru March 15 our
jigs
can be shipped on a days notice via priority mail!
During the busy summer season we can
barely keep up with the demand to furnish enough jigs for our own
offshore vessels. While we are very happy to accept
orders via e mail at any time.. your jig order will have be placed on a
first come first served basis for delivery after November 15th! Captain Whit and I are both operating
our own boats the "Gath III and
the India Marie" every day from June 1st thru Nov 1st. The
remaining jigs that we have on hand can only be
purchased aboard our vessels during the busy summer fishing
season.
Captain Whit and his 2nd mate Bob show off
a couple
finished 16 oz Burkett "All
American" jigs. You can specify
your color preference on
treble
hook skirt!
" Blue, white, purple, Flo-green, Flo orange, yellow, and cherry red are available.."
A few of the many "Maine State
trophy's" caught on
the "Burkett
All American Jig"
aboard the "India Marie" in 2004!
Dave Rush (CT) with his largest ever 20.5 # trophy Wolfish !
Joey
Tavares(NH)"age10" with his largest ever 25.5# cod!
Conor Hughs (MA) with his largest ever 50# cod!
Captain Den McMahon (ME) with his
largest ever 36.5#cod !
Gloria's Country quilts.........
Meanwhile my lovely wife Gloria is busy
making
quilts for sale. Gloria has always been a fine artist and
craftsman, allot of you have know and enjoy her water color paintings.
This
time she's designed her very
own light house quilt. This
is a country
patch type design with a Maine lighthouse in the middle. If your
looking for a special present for a loved one,
you'd be hard
pressed to fine something as nice and meaningful.
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