Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Trip 7/21-7/26 Report!

[swell rider]

Brain,
Great report and pictures. Looks like you and your family had a great vacation. Now you need to come down to NC and put that gear to use. LOL.. Talk to you soon. Ken

Swell Rider Sportfishing
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[paul708]

Originally Posted by JerseyBrian

Thanks Brad. I try my best with my Point and Shoot Canon SD870IS camera


Catching a fish on your own gear is the best kinda satisfaction in fishing IMO. I can't imagine how proud one must feel when catching a fish on a rod they've built from scratch! I would feel like I was on Cloud 9

The REAL pics of the sunbathers will be kept in the computer vault


Me too Paul, me too If we still have spots left on the NC Jigging trip on Labor Day weekend, you should definitely try jumping on!

maybe i will..i want to get down ther
holiday is tough travel ..but maybe

[di hrd]

Great pictures and story man. I'd say the camera takes super pictures. It would be hard to come back after a trip like that, that place is too pretty! Thanks for sharing.

[JerseyBrian]

Originally Posted by swell rider

Brain,
Great report and pictures. Looks like you and your family had a great vacation. Now you need to come down to NC and put that gear to use. LOL.. Talk to you soon. Ken

Swell Rider Sportfishing
www.swellriderfishing.com
910 233-1714 910 200-2502

Well, I'll be flying down to go fishing in Miami and the Florida Keys in 13 days and then I will be taking a trip down to NC to fish Labor Day weekend with the guys from APS. I've got a few trips lined up already which I'm just counting down the days for. Maybe I could squeeze in another trip to NC for a Meat Haul in September

Originally Posted by paul708

maybe i will..i want to get down ther
holiday is tough travel ..but maybe

I'll be taking Friday, 8/29, off and driving down with Tony (Bret's dad) from the Philly area. Hope you can join us if there is room left. Last time I checked, Ichiban, d-a and Enoch all were expressing interest.

Originally Posted by di hrd

Great pictures and story man. I'd say the camera takes super pictures. It would be hard to come back after a trip like that, that place is too pretty! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the compliments man. Yea, it was definitely sad leaving Punta Cana, but I left with great memories with my family and a super fun-filled week of fishing new waters

[paul708]

Originally Posted by JerseyBrian

Well, I'll be flying down to go fishing in Miami and the Florida Keys in 13 days and then I will be taking a trip down to NC to fish Labor Day weekend with the guys from APS. I've got a few trips lined up already which I'm just counting down the days for. Maybe I could squeeze in another trip to NC for a Meat Haul in September



I'll be taking Friday, 8/29, off and driving down with Tony (Bret's dad) from the Philly area. Hope you can join us if there is room left. Last time I checked, Ichiban, d-a and Enoch all were expressing interest.


Thanks for the compliments man. Yea, it was definitely sad leaving Punta Cana, but I left with great memories with my family and a super fun-filled week of fishing new waters

we are fishing with tony and bret next week
wanna go
capemay tuna monday
may have spot for 1 or 2

[Jer]

Awesome report and pictures, JerseyBrian!

[JerseyBrian]

Originally Posted by paul708

we are fishing with tony and bret next week
wanna go
capemay tuna monday
may have spot for 1 or 2

I wish, but I can't. I gotta save up for this trip down to Florida. The Keys are calling to me

Originally Posted by Jer

Awesome report and pictures, JerseyBrian!

Thanks Jer!

[wacky tambaqui]

Hey Jersey,

This is some pretty cool stuff you got there on the DR.

I see you're using a medium-light spinning outfit for the shore fishing. Well I'm now thinking about bringing mine there this January as well as my muskie rod.

The resort where I'll be staying has kayaks the guests can use for free and I'll likely be using one for the fishing. My group and I will be staying at a town called Juan Dolio. I understand there is a fishing village called Guyacanes close by.

That one small barracuda has a frame just like our Northern Ontario pike and muskie. As for the other fishes some are pretty strange-looking but then too, this will be my first time venturing into saltwater.

I'll be back to tell you all about it.

Tight lines!

[JerseyBrian]

Originally Posted by wacky tambaqui

Hey Jersey,

This is some pretty cool stuff you got there on the DR.

I see you're using a medium-light spinning outfit for the shore fishing. Well I'm now thinking about bringing mine there this January as well as my muskie rod.

The resort where I'll be staying has kayaks the guests can use for free and I'll likely be using one for the fishing. My group and I will be staying at a town called Juan Dolio. I understand there is a fishing village called Guyacanes close by.

That one small barracuda has a frame just like our Northern Ontario pike and muskie. As for the other fishes some are pretty strange-looking but then too, this will be my first time venturing into saltwater.

I'll be back to tell you all about it.

Tight lines!

Thanks wacky. You're going to have a great time down there! Definitely bring some inshore rods to use off the rocks or from the kayaks. I mainly used medium power and heavy power inshore rods for anything from small Jacks to BIG Tarpon (they are there ) while I was there and it was a lot of fun on such light tackle.

Yea, those juvenile Barracudas are like the Chain Pickerel I catch up in Northern New Jersey. Tons of fun and jumpers

Keep an open-mind and you'll have fun no matter what. Try and get some Berkley Gulp! and even some raw shrimp from your hotel when you get there and your lines will be tight all day. Also keep you eyes peeled on the water at all times because you never know what's around or what might be swimming behind your caught fish. There are always big fishies eating little fishies