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November 9, 2006: Fishing with Michael and his 1250

What a pleasure to have come to know Michael, Jackie, Richie and their friends. Michael and Chris are about all that remains of the Testa group, but here is Michael and his 1250, refitted for fishing. Today he is pulling Grace segments from the Cooper River and perhaps some debris from the old collision between a ship and the Grace bridge - way back when.

First the Mt. Pleasant worksite

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- a couple of cranes and a bit of fetching and toting going on. Here, fetching a load of dirt

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Loading

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Dumping

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Almost all dumped

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Now Michael and his refitted 1250 - jaws for fishing

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and fishing

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Hmm - some debris

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More fishing

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and debris

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like a game of pick-up-stix

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and deposit on the barge

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Then back to the water.

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Here, instead of High Reach we have Deep Reach

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Another view of Michael fishing - Joshua - wanna help?

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A closer look

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Deep water fishing

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And for the big picture - Michael's fishing spot and a couple of C-17s looking on

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and a look at the Mt. Pleasant pier worksite

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