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My best friend has a 65 footer
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: RI/MA trailer
Posts: 60
Credits: 450.1
Boat: Key Largo 206 CC Four J's ch65
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First for 09
Finally after a long ride found lots of bird activity and started marking bait. Got 4 bars out and started trolling. Was rigging up a bally for a 5th rod when the long right rigger pops. I go to the rod since Bill was driving and then the short right pops, doubles! Billy grabs that rod and I'm on the long rod. Bill starts clearing the other rods. We can tell Billy's fish is small so I let him work his in while I just hold mine steady so we don't cross up lines. He gets it boatside in 10 mins, we get a lip gaff in it and haul it in. I start working on mine and it takes awhile to get it boatside. We were thinking maybe we could release the first fish and take the bigger one. By the time it got close and we're getting in gaff range, we're not sure the 1st fish would come back so I said let's release the second one. Get the fish boatside and get a lip gaff in him. We swim him for a bit and after awhile starts kicking and we release him. He was a decent fish in the 60's. ![]() We measure Billy's fish and he tapes out to 44". Nice to see some small fish around. ![]() Large fish hit an Orange FO bar with green/yellow stinger Small fish hit black bar with glow/pink dots stinger We trolled some more in the same area but couldn't get another bite. We then looked for stuff to cast to but only found bass and blues. When we headed back in we saw a couple fish roll on the surface. Cast in that area for awhile but no takers so we headed in. Great day on the water, got the skunk off the boat for this year! |
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Chum Nuts
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Portsmouth NH
Posts: 5,307
Credits: 6,058.6
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Great report, and that first pic is killer! Congrats on beating the skunk off!
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Anthony's Ark is a blowboater
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mansfield,MA
Posts: 311
Credits: 1,277.5
Boat: 30' rabco CC
Home Port: green harbor/ryders cove
Occupation: school/mate
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Nice job! Great to see a small fish being taking!
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Weaky wacker
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Eastham, MA
Posts: 25
Credits: 340.4
Boat: Seacraft 21
Occupation: retired
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nice pics, thanks.
great to see different classes of fish around
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Crab mustard is good
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 806
Credits: 3,076.8
Boat: 22' Sea Pro CC
Home Port: Eliot, Maine
Best Catch: 10 hrs~ 5 guys~ 1 fish ~ GBFT on a 50W
Occupation: Stuck in an office
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What a Great start to your summer!
Awesome job going 2 for 2! Great pics and post! |
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Pit Monkey First Class
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 24
Credits: 1,465.7
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that might be the smallest tuna i've seen caught on the bank in two years. Congrats on a great day. Good to know that the little ones are still there.
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Hide- My Wifes Logged On
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 154
Credits: 1,986.0
Boat: 28' Carolina Classic
Home Port: Hewitt's Cove, MA
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Way to go! That first pic is awesome! Glad you got your first, and way to work for it!
Not raining on your parade, but two things... 1) I'm pretty sure (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) it's illegal to cull bluefin tuna. I.e. - you can't land one, and then land a larger one and throw the smaller one back, even if it's a short time in between the landing of the fish. Also, I'd have doubts on the survivability on a fish that had been on the deck for 10,15, or 20 mins or more while you were fighting the other fish. 2) You probably already know this, but I'll put it out there, the retention limits are 1 fish 27-47" and 1 fish 47" to 73". So with that first fish being 44", you could have kept the second fish in addition to the first fish. Again, way to go on your first ones of the season. |
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