#1 GAFFMAN-JOHNSEAFOOD ....OVERBOARD!

[WAHOONBOX]

"LOOK OUT!!...." ...."O MY GOSH!!! HOLD ON!!! " WHERE DID IT COME FROM???? SHIT!!!!! IF WE GET THROUGH THIS ONE I'LL RETIRE!!!! HO-L-D O-NNN !!!!!


I NEVER SEEN THE ROGUE COMING .........SHE WAS 14-.....MAYBE 16 FT AT THE SHOULDER....HER WHITE CREST WAS SLOBERING FROTH....AND LOTS OF IT!

IT HIT THE 23 GRADY "WILD GOOSE" SIDE -TO WITH GRIM REAPER ON IT'S MIND....BAGALAMA WHAP-BOOM!! THE GRADY ROOLED OVER ON ITS SIDE 80 DEGREES..........RODS, GEAR AND JOHNSEAFOOD....AND #1 GAFFMAN WENT OVER THE SIDE INTO DA BRINE!........GOTTAFLYLEE WAS SCAMMERING OUT TO TRY TO GRAB GAFFMAN BY THE ARM....IT WAS PURE PANDEMONIUM!!!! 64 DEGREE WATER! WHERE DIE SHE COMES FROM? A QUAKE? A TERRORIST BOMB?

ONE RINGY DINGY...TWO RINGY DINGIES......THE BEDSIDE ALARM BANGED OFF AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN ...IN... MY EAR ....AND NOT ON THE NIGHTSTAND!.....GOSH WHAT A HORRIBLE DREAM........I CRAWLED OUT OF BED AND STUMBLED AROUND A BIT.....THE NIGHTMARE ROGUE MADE MY BACK ACHE.....HELL ....EVEN THE FLOOR FELT WET

I FELT MY WAY TOWARDS THE DARK FAR BEDROOM AND WOKE JOHNSEAFOOD UP....."TIME TO ROCK & ROLL DUDE".....THEN HE MUMBLED SOMETHING BACK AT ME.......


THEN I WENT UPSTAIRS AND WOKE DA #1GAFFMAN UP ....THEY GOT JUST 3 HRS SLEEP AFTER THEIR WALK-OFF THE JOB TREK TO CAROLINA TO GO TUNA FISHING

WE LOADED UP GEAR PILED INTO MY HEMI AND MADE OUR WAY TO THE MARINA.....I HOPE NO ROGUE COP PULLS ME CAUSE MY TRUCK SAFETY INSPECTION STICKER HAS EXPIRED.... GEEZUS H SEEMS LIKE I HAD IT IINSPECTED 2 WEEKS AGO AND NOW THEY WANT ANOTHER TAX.....oops...sorry for the secondary tangent

IT WAS A SLIGHT NORTH WIND AS THEY PREDICTED AND WE HAD A 23-25 KT RIDE OUT....CAPT LEE SAT BESIDE ME ALL CAMO'D UP ....AND I WAS HOPING FOR A BLODDBATH....AS I PULLED UP TO THE MARINA...THE DOCK FLAGS WERE FLUTTERING OUT...WHAT THE HELL??? LIGHT AND SLIGHT???

THE RUTGERS SST SHOT SHOWED A COUNTER ROTATING EDGE ...I HOPE I COULD FIND THE HONEY HOLE

2 HRS LATER ....WE PULLED UP NEAR AN AREA BELOW THE BIGROCK CALLED THE RISE ......AND AS SUSPECTED.....THE N-NW WIND WAS STACKING UP 5 FTERS AS I FEARED....AND THERE WAS NO LET UP....NONE! NOW KEEP IN MIND THE 4 OF US ARE ON A 23 GRADY GULFSTREAM 1994 WITH TWIN 140 ZUKES.....

IT'S ROUGH PEOPLE!!! BY MID -MORN IT WAS SORT OF HANG ON FOR ONE'S LIFE .......AND KEEP WATCH FOR THAT 8 PLUS TO COME HAMMERING IN ON US....

ONE TEASER OUT ...LIME-NATION SQUIDS AND A WITCH/HOO ...80 FLUORO BEHIND IT THEN BANG! BIG BOIL ON IT....AND "SEAFOOD" GRABS DA ROD....PLENTY OF DRAG KEPT THE 48 LBER CLOSE BY AND WE PUT HER INDABOX.....THE 30' RIG NEXT TO US CALLED AND SAID THEY HAD NAILED A DOUBLE HEADER......SWEET.....AT LEAST I THOUGHT....THIS COULD BE THE DAY


AS IT TURNED OUT.....THE DAY WAS SWEET WITH GOOD FRIENDS AND FISH TALK.....WE MANGED TO SCRAP UP ONE MORE UPPER 40-ISH TUNA ....MISSED ONE AND BLEW A PLANER ROD BITE ON DEEP C'S MAMBA/BALLY RIG

IT'S 1:15PM AND SNOTTY AIN'T THE WORD.......I LOOKED AT LEE...LEE LOOKED AT ME...........THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK.......WE ARE OUTTA HERE!

BUT NOT AT CRUISING SPEED......THE FIRST 40 MINUTES WAS AT 8-10 KNOTS UNTIL WE MET OUR FIRST TEMP CHANGE..UP DOWN UP DOWN BANG POP! ...THEN IT WAS 12 KNOTS...THEN 15......AND WE NEVER FOUND CRUISING SPEED TIL WE WERE INSIDE THE KNUCKEL BUOY.......

ALL WELL ....WE GOT TWO GUYS HERE WHO WALKED OFF THE JOB TO GO CATCH A TUNA....JOHNSEAFOOD LEFT SOUTH JERSEY AT 2PM TO HUNT TUNA....HE PICKED UP GAFFMAN IN BALTIMORE WHO STOPPED BY WALMART TO BUY SOME EXTRA CLOTHES....AND HE WALKED OFF THE JOB AS WELL! I LOVE IT................IT'S CALLED PASSION..........THE KILL.... ............ROCK ON........

I'LL TAKE 95 LBS OF TUNA ON ANY FEB 28TH DAY

BOTH OF THESE TRAVELLERS HAVE ATTENDED MY SCHOOL IN DA PAST AND THEY DID AWESOME UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS....THANKS TO GOTTAFLYLEE FOR THE FELLOWSHIP AND WISDOM


#1 GAFFMAN IS A HUSTLER IN THE PIT...HE'S YOUNG.....DRIVEN....AND HAS A ZEAL FOR KILL.....LOOK OUT EAST COAST.............A NEW PIT MONKEY IS ON DA LOOSE


ROCK ON


SUSHI.....KABOBS AND FILLETS LAST NIGHT ON DA BARBIE.........MMMMMGOOD

[Stripersniper]

Wow I felt like I was on the boat during your dream. Excellent post Box. I hear you about 95 lbs of fresh tuna in Feb. You gotta love it. Sounds like a lot of Bengay is needed today.

[29topaz]

GREAT REPORT!!! NICE TO HEAR

SEE YA SOON!!

[Bite Me]

Tuna in da BOX and everyone safe and sound. That always works for me!

I tip my riggers to John nad Shane.......walking off the job and mummbling, " I'd like to stay but the tuna are bitting." Driving 8 freakin hours, ah to be young again! gotta love it.

[gradywhite273]

outstanding box , simply outstanding. glad to see you braved the conditions and made it back safetly. now what was this saying you had, if its blowin more that 25 knots, box don't get off the dock

[SeaBiscuit]

Fine report Marty and a good catch. What a crew you had yesterday! Glad you 're home safe with fresh blood on the goose and hours old tuna on the grill.
Keep up the killin!
SeaBiscuit

[hrdcor32]

Nice job guys!

[Dave Sikorski]

Pretty work fellas.

March is here....bring on some better weather and more splatter!!!

-D

[Bigeye10]

Thanks for the report , gets us thru these long winters in Boston.

Today is March 1st, The sox played last night, Daylight savings next week

I can see the light at the end of that cold dark tunnel ,we call winter in the Northeast.

[O-SEA-D]

Awesome report as always Marty. Glad you guys got out and caught some fish and made it home safely.

Great job by a great crew. Pretty work guys.