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Conference wahoo::fishing

Title:	Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:	See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:	DONMAC::MACINTYRE

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1660
Total number of notes:	20970

857.0. "Out of the black and into the BLUE(s)" by SCOMAN::WOOLDRIDGE (Worm fishermen have stiffer rods) Mon Aug 22 1988 13:35

    YO,
        I went on my first Blue fishing trip last week. Chartered a
    boat out of Rock Harbor on the cape in Orleans. It was an 8hr leaving
    at 4:30am. Just four fighting chairs and four madmen. I HAVE NEVER
    HAD A BETTER TIME FISHING! We had nonstop action ALL day. My largest
    was 16lbs. We must have caught 150 fish. To see a Blue tail dance
    on stainless steel line 200 yards out is A TRIP! We kept what we
    wanted to eat and released the rest of the day. 10lb fish was the
    average with some 15-18lb fish taken. (largest at 18.6)
    
    Location: east of the target ship several miles out off the Wellfleet
              /Truro coast line to P-Town. Trolling @ 4-6 knots in ~2ft
               of water with fake squid. Orange and clear worked
               best.
    Condition of the NIGHTCRAWLER~~~: MANIACIAL LAUGHTER WITH VIENS
                                      POPPING OUT OF HIS FACE WHILE
                                      REELING...
    
              I salute the SPORTFISHERMAN. I can now relate! I'll never
                                           forget the experience!
    
    NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
857.1	Oh! What a Feeling!!	EBBV02::DOMINICK	Joe Dominick 272-7054	`Mon Aug 22 1988 13:54`	14
	It sounds like you had a great time!!!! I too had the best fishing trip of my life this past weekend. Although I didn't catch as many blues as you did on your trip, I caught and boated my first bluefish. It was only a fifteen pounder...but what a fighter. I even broke the tip off of a brand new Penn Slammer Rod fighting the fish. I had the drag set right, but the rod was defective. I had gone bluefishing many of times before. I have gotten strikes, cleaned hooks, broken lines and shut-outs on previous trips. But I finally broke the jinx and boated 10 of the toothy blues.... The area I was trolling was out of Salem-Beverly Harbor. About a mile beyond Baker's Island.
857.2		CIMAMT::DOWNING		`Mon Aug 22 1988 14:15`	5
	YO Crawler, Which charter was it ? How many $ for 8 hrs? -Blues Bashin' Bill
857.3	I GOT DA BLUES!	STRATA::WOOLDRIDGE	Worm fishermen have stiffer rods	`Mon Aug 22 1988 14:42`	9
	re; .2 The charter was "HAY DAD". It was $70 for 8hrs. $60 for 4hrs. If you figure travel time on the water the 8hr is much better for only 10 bucks more. 15 charters go out of the harbor and many were trolling near us. If interested I have the ph# at home and will post it here. The capt. has been going out of the harbor for 15 years. The mate said he was the old man of the harbor. I believe it after this trip. My arms still hurt! NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~
857.4		16BITS::LUCIA		`Mon Aug 22 1988 16:41`	6
	Please post phone, address, etc. Thanks, NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~ Tim
857.5	gone fishin'	SCOMAN::WOOLDRIDGE	Worm fishermen have stiffer rods	`Tue Aug 23 1988 09:06`	5
	YO Tim, Rock Harbor Charters Orleans Mass. (on Rock Harbor) Ph. 508-255-9757 NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~~
857.6	HELP! Are they running in R.I.??	GIAMEM::LEAHY		`Wed Jul 05 1989 15:28`	9
	Hi, Can anyone tell me if the blues or stripers are running near the Misquamicut (sp?) beach in Rhode Island? My son would like to do some surf fishing this week and I would prefer a nice flat sandy area as opposed to the CC canal. I also asked the same question in the R.I. conference. Thanks in advance for any answers. Jack