back from the edge - 8/9>8/10

fshsltwtr · 08-12-2008, 02:14 PM

first off, thank you to all for the pm's with some intel. greatly appreciated!! didn't get the name of the sport heading in from the Dip early saturday morning with a full box and calling it a day by 11am, but thank you for the info as well!! now, if only my cpt took to what you all said, our trip would have been a little more productive.......

against everything we had learned, we put in at the west wall of the tails. we trolled all afternoon saturday with nothing. time we got to the dip, it was time to set up chunk. nothing to speak of on the chunk, as the boat was completely surrounded by skip jacks eating our slick. we did catch a handful of small yft that were released. morning came, started back on the troll, short rigger got hit and we boated a nice ~80lb eyeball. rest of the day was spent trolling the dip, went 0-4 on marlin - which, on a side note, this is only my 4th yr fishing the edge and this is the first time i saw this many marlin out there!! - we confirmed 3 whites, as they launched and put on a great show - the 4th and this was mine, hit our deep center, which was a green chain w/green bird....this large, dark backed fish, much different than the whites we saw earlier, slashed away, i slowly dropped back the artifical and soon was tight...which lasted about 10 seconds and the hook was spit. the guys say a blue, i can't be honest, as this was my first marlin experience. it was an exciting 10 seconds, but that's about all i can say.

our spread consisted of variety of bars, chains, rigged and naked ballyhoos and chuggers and jet heads.

Judging by the chatter, seems everyone was catching eyeballs. Seems the dip was def the place to be!!

except for the marlin, this trip was ehh, blah....but, it was my first of the year and can't wait to get back out this weekend!!

shoefish · 08-12-2008, 02:18 PM

An 80# Bigeye and 4 shots at marlin doesn't sound too shabby to me dude. Must have been nice to be out there in the blue- thanks for the report!

chumtini · 08-12-2008, 02:42 PM

Doesn't sound to shabby to me either. Still a slow nite bite, eh? WTF? What was the word from the Dip?

fshsltwtr · 08-12-2008, 03:27 PM

ok, my tone seemed a little blah - the trip was loaded with problems the moment we arrived at the boat. power surge on the dock shorted out some electronics. capt/owner was a royal pain in the ass this trip. we spoke to enough people to know the fish moved west, but he was hell bent on starting at the tails. his choice, i know, but.............we do the research, he doesn't. weren't running at full power due to filters he didn't want to change so the steam out took forever and burned more fuel than necessary. the eyeball was an awesome catch, absolutely!! and it tasted even better!! and as i said, this was my first marlin experience and it was f**king killer!! seeing those fish following our baits in teh spread, just waiting to pounce, crazy!!!

we were started our drift north of the west "claw", so inbetween the dip and the deep. we drifted east, north of both claws and never made into the 450f area. if i recall correctly, boats in those waters didn't see any skip jacks and did catch some fish.

backman · 08-12-2008, 03:50 PM

a couple comments - take them as you wish:

* what happens on the boat stays on the boat. Tossing the captain under the bus on line is bad crew.
* no one caught mid day anywhere this weekend; nothing wrong w/ trying a hunch during the slow time
* you get on a boat; its the captains call where to go and how the boat is run. If you feel the boat is unsafe or poorly miantained; step off before it leaves the dock - after that - your crew and get to follow orders.

A handful of small yellowfin, an 80# yellowfin and 4 marlin raised is an excellent trip. Stop complaining - you did better than 90% of the boats out this weekend.

fshsltwtr · 08-12-2008, 05:48 PM

noted.
i'll be in timeout until next trip.

08-12-2008, 02:14 PM	#1
fshsltwtr Got fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Charlestown, MA Posts: 187 Credits: 1,352.9 Occupation: Trader	back from the edge - 8/9>8/10 first off, thank you to all for the pm's with some intel. greatly appreciated!! didn't get the name of the sport heading in from the Dip early saturday morning with a full box and calling it a day by 11am, but thank you for the info as well!! now, if only my cpt took to what you all said, our trip would have been a little more productive....... against everything we had learned, we put in at the west wall of the tails. we trolled all afternoon saturday with nothing. time we got to the dip, it was time to set up chunk. nothing to speak of on the chunk, as the boat was completely surrounded by skip jacks eating our slick. we did catch a handful of small yft that were released. morning came, started back on the troll, short rigger got hit and we boated a nice ~80lb eyeball. rest of the day was spent trolling the dip, went 0-4 on marlin - which, on a side note, this is only my 4th yr fishing the edge and this is the first time i saw this many marlin out there!! - we confirmed 3 whites, as they launched and put on a great show - the 4th and this was mine, hit our deep center, which was a green chain w/green bird....this large, dark backed fish, much different than the whites we saw earlier, slashed away, i slowly dropped back the artifical and soon was tight...which lasted about 10 seconds and the hook was spit. the guys say a blue, i can't be honest, as this was my first marlin experience. it was an exciting 10 seconds, but that's about all i can say. our spread consisted of variety of bars, chains, rigged and naked ballyhoos and chuggers and jet heads. Judging by the chatter, seems everyone was catching eyeballs. Seems the dip was def the place to be!! except for the marlin, this trip was ehh, blah....but, it was my first of the year and can't wait to get back out this weekend!!

08-12-2008, 02:42 PM	#3
chumtini I think Admin is going to let me have this space Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mass Posts: 1,528 Credits: 2,578.3	Doesn't sound to shabby to me either. Still a slow nite bite, eh? WTF? What was the word from the Dip? __________________

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08-12-2008, 02:18 PM	#2
shoefish Chum Nuts Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Portsmouth NH Posts: 4,642 Credits: 3,008.3	An 80# Bigeye and 4 shots at marlin doesn't sound too shabby to me dude. Must have been nice to be out there in the blue- thanks for the report!

08-12-2008, 03:27 PM	#4
fshsltwtr Got fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Charlestown, MA Posts: 187 Credits: 1,352.9 Occupation: Trader	ok, my tone seemed a little blah - the trip was loaded with problems the moment we arrived at the boat. power surge on the dock shorted out some electronics. capt/owner was a royal pain in the ass this trip. we spoke to enough people to know the fish moved west, but he was hell bent on starting at the tails. his choice, i know, but.............we do the research, he doesn't. weren't running at full power due to filters he didn't want to change so the steam out took forever and burned more fuel than necessary. the eyeball was an awesome catch, absolutely!! and it tasted even better!! and as i said, this was my first marlin experience and it was f**king killer!! seeing those fish following our baits in teh spread, just waiting to pounce, crazy!!! we were started our drift north of the west "claw", so inbetween the dip and the deep. we drifted east, north of both claws and never made into the 450f area. if i recall correctly, boats in those waters didn't see any skip jacks and did catch some fish.

08-12-2008, 03:50 PM	#5
backman Stop staring at my Avatar. Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mass Posts: 388 Credits: 1,896.7 Boat: Carolina Classic 28 Home Port: Falmouth	a couple comments - take them as you wish: * what happens on the boat stays on the boat. Tossing the captain under the bus on line is bad crew. * no one caught mid day anywhere this weekend; nothing wrong w/ trying a hunch during the slow time * you get on a boat; its the captains call where to go and how the boat is run. If you feel the boat is unsafe or poorly miantained; step off before it leaves the dock - after that - your crew and get to follow orders. A handful of small yellowfin, an 80# yellowfin and 4 marlin raised is an excellent trip. Stop complaining - you did better than 90% of the boats out this weekend.

08-12-2008, 05:48 PM	#6
fshsltwtr Got fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Charlestown, MA Posts: 187 Credits: 1,352.9 Occupation: Trader	noted. i'll be in timeout until next trip.