HOW2 MAKE $$ ON SFC & CHARTERING

[WAHOONBOX]

Originally Posted by cape_fisherman

Actually they were Doing the Dew three years before Sun Drop was introduced.

While still incredibly sweet, I don't think Sun Drop is as 'thick' as Mt. Dew.

Still...neither rank very high for my taste.

Everyone has a favorite.

Jay

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

[WAHOONBOX]

LIKE I SAID EARLIER....FANCY WEBSITES AND A 6 PACK LICENSE DOESN'T BRING IN THE COIN......DO NOT...I REPEAT DO NOT RELY ON YOUR PERSONAL CHARTER WEBSITE TO OBTAIN CHARTER CLIENTS! IMO, YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITE IS NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE....AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT A SEARCH ENGINE IS....AND YOU ARE SITTING HIGH AND DRY RIGHT NOW DOCKSIDE PAYING THE SLIP RENT WITH FEW CHARTERS....

I CHALLENGE ALL CHARTER BOATS WORLDWIDE TO CONTACT THE SFC HEAD OFFICE FOR A FREE CONSULT ON HOW YOUR AD DOLLAR CAN BE PUT TO BETTER USE
AND NOW SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE FROM A GUY WHO HAS BEEN AROUND DA DOCK I MEAN BLOCK A FEW TIMES

MATES/ CAPTAINS/ BOAT OWNERS: PAY ATTENTION

IF YOU ARE A MATE, THEN LOOK LIKE A MATE....DRESS LIKE A MATE ....PRACTICE RIGGING LIKE A MATE ....AND MAKE YOUR MATE'S JOB A REAL BUSINESS.....
BEING A MATE SHOULD BE YOUR SECOND JOB AND NOT YOUR PRIMARY JOB UNLESS YOU ARE WORKING ON A PRIVATE RIG WITH AN ANNUAL SALARY.....WORK OUT THE SMALL DETAILS IN WRITING WITH YOUR EMPLOYER....JOB DESCRIPTION ETC...WHETHER IT BE BOAT DETAILING, ENGINE ROOM DUTIES, OR WHETHER YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAINT HIS BEACH HOUSE OR HEAVEN FORBID, PICK UP HIS MRS. AND TAKE HER SHOPPING....

DO NOT UNDERSALE YOUR WORK AS A MATE.....A CHARTER BOAT MATE SHOULD RECEIVE A DAILY TRIP SALARY AND IF A TIP COMES YOUR WAY THEN THAT IS A SWEET BONUS....IF YOU WORKED HARD AND GAVE YOUR 100% BEST AND NO TIP WAS RENDERED, THEN YOUR CAPTAIN SHOULD STEP UP AND AT LEAST APPROACH THE PARTY...HE SHOULD HAVE YOUR BACK!

IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WORK ON A CHARTER BOAT PERFORMING VARIOUS SMALL JOBS BETWEEN CHARTER TRIPS YOU SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR IT FAIRLY. THERE IS NO DEBATE TO THIS.

THE CAPTAIN IS THE CAPTAIN. SOMETIMES US MATE'S WILL NOT APPROVE ALL HIS DECISIONS BUT...IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH IT...THEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE ON.
CHARTER OPERATIONS REQUIRE TEAMWORK....SOLIDARITY.... PATIENCE AND NO HOLLERING & SCREAMING IN A NEGATIVE UGLY MANNER BETWEEN THE CREW....AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST....THE CREW MUST PRACTICE TOGETHER.....LEARN NEW TRICKS AND SETUPS AND THEN PRACTICE

A CAPTAIN SHOULD HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN HIS MATE TO LET HIM MAKE PIT DECISIONS...LET HIM RIG UP....AND ALLOW HIM TO SWIM WHAT RIGS HE HAS CONFIDENCE IN...THIS IS IMPORTANT TO A PRO MATE! THIS IS TEAM WORK....NO ONE MAN CAN DO IT ALL FROM A BRIDGE BOAT....IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR MATE THEN FIND ANOTHER....PERSONALLY THE RIGGING IS HALF THE FUN TO ME.....TAKE ME OUT OF THE RIGGING EQUATION AND I BECOME SLACK

LET'S SAY A CAPTAIN ALLOWS A MATE TO PUT OUT A SIX ROD SPREAD OF THE MATES CHOICE AND THE BRIDGE ROD IS THE CAPTAINS PICK.....LET'S SAY 4 HRS GO BY AND THE CAPTAIN IS GETTING VERY ANCEY....NO CLIPS HAVE POPPED...YOU HAVE WORKED YOUR BAITS WELL...CHANGED THEM OUT WITH REGULARITY....YOU ARE TRYING HARD......THEN...THEN COMES THE CRY FROM THE BRIDGE TO CHANGE OUT THE ENTIRE SPREAD. HE HATES WHAT YOU ARE SWIMMING....HE BLAMES IT ALL ON YOU....IT'S ALL THE MATES FAULT.
YOU ARE SHITTIN' ME RIGHT? I CAN'T MAKE FISH BITE WHEN THERE IS NO FISH HERE TO BITE!! IF YOU ARE IN THE WRONG LOCATION YOU ARE HUNG OUT TO DRY! ....PICK UP AND MOVE FOR GOSH SAKES! IT AIN'T THE SPREAD...THE FISH AREN'T SIMPLY SWIMMING DOWN BELOW MY BAITS SAYING: "IF ONLY THOSE DUMBASSES WOULD PUT OUT A PINK CHAIN I WOULD CHEW!!" ....HELL NO!!! THE FISH AIN'T SAYING THAT CAUSE THEY AIN'T THERE TO SAY IT!

NOFISHNBOX USUALLY GETS BLAMED ON THE MATE....I SAY HOGWASH TO THE NO BITE THEORY....I HAVE HEARD CAPTAINS GO ON THE RADIO AND LITERALLY LAMBAST THEIR MATE ON THE VHF FOR THIS & THAT........IF I KNEW MY CAPTAIN DID THAT WHILE I WAS FISHING, THERE WOULD BE A RECKONING....NOT DURING THE CHARTER BUT THERE WOULD BE A RECKONING-TRUST ME.......THE FISH ARE NOT SITTING THERE WAITING ON US TO FIND THEM.....THEY ARE SWIMMING THEIR ASSES OFF ALL OVER THAT BIG OL POND! .....YOU CAPTAINS FIND THEM-I'LL CATCH THEM!

TEAMWORK...HARMONY....

I HAVE FISHED WITH SEVERAL CAPTAINS IN MY TIME WHO COULDN'T RIG A BALLYHOO IF YOU HELD A GUN TO THEIR HEAD....AND THATS A CRIME.....A CAPT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SWAP POSITIONS WITH HIS MATE .....WHAT IF THE MATE WAS HURT DURING FISHING HOURS? SAY HE BROKE A FINGER.....THE MATE COULD AT LEAST TAKE THE HELM AND FINISH OUT THE DAY AND GET THE CHARTER OBLIGATIONS FILLED.......BEEN THERE ...DONE THAT. AND , IN ALL FAIRNESS, I HAVE MATED FOR SOME CAPTAINS WHO COULD PUT ME TO SHAME WITH NEEDLE AND WAXED THREAD....

THIS ONE'S FOR MATES/CAPITANOS/BOAT OWNERS:

ALCOHOL

NO ONE WILL LIKE HEARING THIS PART BUT I KNOW I AM RIGHT HERE.
NO VISIBLE ALCOHOL IN THE PIT OR ON THE DOCK BEHIND YOUR RIG. NO EMPTIES LYING AROUND LIKE THEY ARE SOME KIND OF WAR TROPHY.....NO MATE OR CAPTAIN SHOULD BE SEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL AROUND THE WORK PLACE. GEEZUS! YOU CAN'T DRINK IT AT YOUR BANK BEHIND A LOAN DESK CAN YOU?...NASCAR PEOPLE DON'T DRINK DURING A RACE DO THEY?...I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FOOTBALL COACH DRINK ON THE FIELD SO WHY DO SOME CHARTER CAPTAINS AND MATES THINK IT IS CUTE TO DRINK BEER AND LIQUOR IN THE PIT OF A CHARTER BOAT?

IF I WERE WALKING THE DOCK LOOKING FOR A RIG TO HIRE.....I WOULD SEARCH OUT ONE THAT HAD NO BEER CANS VISIBLE .....IF I WANTED TO PARTY I WOULD GO TO SEACRETS OR FLIP FLOPS OR EVEN CARNEYS....AND LEAVE THE ALCOHOL AT HOME...IT MAY JUST PROLONG YOUR CAREER IF YOU HAVEN'T DRANK YOURSELF TO DEATH ALREADY.

CLICK THE VIDEO NOW AND CONTINUE TO READ AS YOU LISTEN:



HAVING JUST COME OFF THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL I WATCHED AS CREWS LOADED UP AND PREPARED FOR THESE BIG MONEY EVENTS......THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MINDS EYE ARE THOSE THAT HAULED CASE AFTER CASE OF BEER TO A PIT............SPEECHLESS AND HORROR WOULD SET IN WITH ME IF THIS HAPPENED ON MY RIG

I AM PROUD TO SAY I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SUCH NEGLIGENCE WHILE ONBOARD THE SEA SPLENDOUR.....FOR THIS I TIP MY RIGGERS TO THE CREW! ....NOW WHAT HAPPENS AT CARNEYS ON A LAYDAY EVENING IS ANOTHER THING AND I CAN LIVE WITH SOME OF THAT....
IN THE WORDS OF THE 60'S ROCK GROUP "THE BYRDS" ....TO EVERY THING TURN, TURN, TURN....THERE IS A SEASON.....A TIME TO BE BORN, A TIME TO DIE A TIME TO PLANT, AND A TIME TO EAT....A TIME TO KILL....AND A TIME TO PARTY AND A TIME TO REFRAIN...

[dunn6253]

Great read Box, I always like to hear/read of what goes on and what is expected in a mate's day/life. I never really got why fishing/drinking went hand and hand with each other, but thats just me. Looking forward to part III.

[Team Boat Show Direct]

Great basic advice Box and thanks for the fill-in on Sundrop...sounds like a splash might be good in lemondrop martini's You are so right about booze and boats, both fun but not a good mix...save it for after

[Captcrafton]

No doubt about it Box, some good info there. We must all remember there ain't no I in team. I only have a couple to add: Mates, if you are not passionate about your job and fishing, you ain't going to get it, be interested in everything that has to do with your ride, EVERYTHING. Don't come to my pit to work with flip flops on. If you don't own some deck shoes, get some. A good mate will make your day , fish or not! Captains, lead by example, your attitude has a direct impact on success. If you can't do it , how can you teach it? People spend a large sum of $$$ to go on a fishing charter, you can't always catch fish but you can absolutely give them a great effort and top notch service.

[Fish Dad]

Originally Posted by WAHOONBOX

LIKE I SAID EARLIER....FANCY WEBSITES AND A 6 PACK LICENSE DOESN'T BRING IN THE COIN......DO NOT...I REPEAT DO NOT RELY ON YOUR PERSONAL CHARTER WEBSITE TO OBTAIN CHARTER CLIENTS! IMO, YOUR PERSONAL WEBSITE IS NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET IT DONE....AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT A SEARCH ENGINE IS....AND YOU ARE SITTING HIGH AND DRY RIGHT NOW DOCKSIDE PAYING THE SLIP RENT WITH FEW CHARTERS....

I CHALLENGE ALL CHARTER BOATS WORLDWIDE TO CONTACT THE SFC HEAD OFFICE FOR A FREE CONSULT ON HOW YOUR AD DOLLAR CAN BE PUT TO BETTER USE
AND NOW SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE FROM A GUY WHO HAS BEEN AROUND DA DOCK I MEAN BLOCK A FEW TIMES

MATES/ CAPTAINS/ BOAT OWNERS: PAY ATTENTION

IF YOU ARE A MATE, THEN LOOK LIKE A MATE....DRESS LIKE A MATE ....PRACTICE RIGGING LIKE A MATE ....AND MAKE YOUR MATE'S JOB A REAL BUSINESS.....
BEING A MATE SHOULD BE YOUR SECOND JOB AND NOT YOUR PRIMARY JOB UNLESS YOU ARE WORKING ON A PRIVATE RIG WITH AN ANNUAL SALARY.....WORK OUT THE SMALL DETAILS IN WRITING WITH YOUR EMPLOYER....JOB DESCRIPTION ETC...WHETHER IT BE BOAT DETAILING, ENGINE ROOM DUTIES, OR WHETHER YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAINT HIS BEACH HOUSE OR HEAVEN FORBID, PICK UP HIS MRS. AND TAKE HER SHOPPING....

DO NOT UNDERSALE YOUR WORK AS A MATE.....A CHARTER BOAT MATE SHOULD RECEIVE A DAILY TRIP SALARY AND IF A TIP COMES YOUR WAY THEN THAT IS A SWEET BONUS....IF YOU WORKED HARD AND GAVE YOUR 100% BEST AND NO TIP WAS RENDERED, THEN YOUR CAPTAIN SHOULD STEP UP AND AT LEAST APPROACH THE PARTY...HE SHOULD HAVE YOUR BACK!

IF YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WORK ON A CHARTER BOAT PERFORMING VARIOUS SMALL JOBS BETWEEN CHARTER TRIPS YOU SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR IT FAIRLY. THERE IS NO DEBATE TO THIS.

THE CAPTAIN IS THE CAPTAIN. SOMETIMES US MATE'S WILL NOT APPROVE ALL HIS DECISIONS BUT...IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH IT...THEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE ON.
CHARTER OPERATIONS REQUIRE TEAMWORK....SOLIDARITY.... PATIENCE AND NO HOLLERING & SCREAMING IN A NEGATIVE UGLY MANNER BETWEEN THE CREW....AND THEN LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST....THE CREW MUST PRACTICE TOGETHER.....LEARN NEW TRICKS AND SETUPS AND THEN PRACTICE

A CAPTAIN SHOULD HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN HIS MATE TO LET HIM MAKE PIT DECISIONS...LET HIM RIG UP....AND ALLOW HIM TO SWIM WHAT RIGS HE HAS CONFIDENCE IN...THIS IS IMPORTANT TO A PRO MATE! THIS IS TEAM WORK....NO ONE MAN CAN DO IT ALL FROM A BRIDGE BOAT....IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR MATE THEN FIND ANOTHER....PERSONALLY THE RIGGING IS HALF THE FUN TO ME.....TAKE ME OUT OF THE RIGGING EQUATION AND I BECOME SLACK

LET'S SAY A CAPTAIN ALLOWS A MATE TO PUT OUT A SIX ROD SPREAD OF THE MATES CHOICE AND THE BRIDGE ROD IS THE CAPTAINS PICK.....LET'S SAY 4 HRS GO BY AND THE CAPTAIN IS GETTING VERY ANCEY....NO CLIPS HAVE POPPED...YOU HAVE WORKED YOUR BAITS WELL...CHANGED THEM OUT WITH REGULARITY....YOU ARE TRYING HARD......THEN...THEN COMES THE CRY FROM THE BRIDGE TO CHANGE OUT THE ENTIRE SPREAD. HE HATES WHAT YOU ARE SWIMMING....HE BLAMES IT ALL ON YOU....IT'S ALL THE MATES FAULT.
YOU ARE SHITTIN' ME RIGHT? I CAN'T MAKE FISH BITE WHEN THERE IS NO FISH HERE TO BITE!! IF YOU ARE IN THE WRONG LOCATION YOU ARE HUNG OUT TO DRY! ....PICK UP AND MOVE FOR GOSH SAKES! IT AIN'T THE SPREAD...THE FISH AREN'T SIMPLY SWIMMING DOWN BELOW MY BAITS SAYING: "IF ONLY THOSE DUMBASSES WOULD PUT OUT A PINK CHAIN I WOULD CHEW!!" ....HELL NO!!! THE FISH AIN'T SAYING THAT CAUSE THEY AIN'T THERE TO SAY IT!

NOFISHNBOX USUALLY GETS BLAMED ON THE MATE....I SAY HOGWASH TO THE NO BITE THEORY....I HAVE HEARD CAPTAINS GO ON THE RADIO AND LITERALLY LAMBAST THEIR MATE ON THE VHF FOR THIS & THAT........IF I KNEW MY CAPTAIN DID THAT WHILE I WAS FISHING, THERE WOULD BE A RECKONING....NOT DURING THE CHARTER BUT THERE WOULD BE A RECKONING-TRUST ME.......THE FISH ARE NOT SITTING THERE WAITING ON US TO FIND THEM.....THEY ARE SWIMMING THEIR ASSES OFF ALL OVER THAT BIG OL POND! .....YOU CAPTAINS FIND THEM-I'LL CATCH THEM!

TEAMWORK...HARMONY....

I HAVE FISHED WITH SEVERAL CAPTAINS IN MY TIME WHO COULDN'T RIG A BALLYHOO IF YOU HELD A GUN TO THEIR HEAD....AND THATS A CRIME.....A CAPT SHOULD BE ABLE TO SWAP POSITIONS WITH HIS MATE .....WHAT IF THE MATE WAS HURT DURING FISHING HOURS? SAY HE BROKE A FINGER.....THE MATE COULD AT LEAST TAKE THE HELM AND FINISH OUT THE DAY AND GET THE CHARTER OBLIGATIONS FILLED.......BEEN THERE ...DONE THAT. AND , IN ALL FAIRNESS, I HAVE MATED FOR SOME CAPTAINS WHO COULD PUT ME TO SHAME WITH NEEDLE AND WAXED THREAD....

THIS ONE'S FOR MATES/CAPITANOS/BOAT OWNERS:

ALCOHOL

NO ONE WILL LIKE HEARING THIS PART BUT I KNOW I AM RIGHT HERE.
NO VISIBLE ALCOHOL IN THE PIT OR ON THE DOCK BEHIND YOUR RIG. NO EMPTIES LYING AROUND LIKE THEY ARE SOME KIND OF WAR TROPHY.....NO MATE OR CAPTAIN SHOULD BE SEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL AROUND THE WORK PLACE. GEEZUS! YOU CAN'T DRINK IT AT YOUR BANK BEHIND A LOAN DESK CAN YOU?...NASCAR PEOPLE DON'T DRINK DURING A RACE DO THEY?...I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FOOTBALL COACH DRINK ON THE FIELD SO WHY DO SOME CHARTER CAPTAINS AND MATES THINK IT IS CUTE TO DRINK BEER AND LIQUOR IN THE PIT OF A CHARTER BOAT?

IF I WERE WALKING THE DOCK LOOKING FOR A RIG TO HIRE.....I WOULD SEARCH OUT ONE THAT HAD NO BEER CANS VISIBLE .....IF I WANTED TO PARTY I WOULD GO TO SEACRETS OR FLIP FLOPS OR EVEN CARNEYS....AND LEAVE THE ALCOHOL AT HOME...IT MAY JUST PROLONG YOUR CAREER IF YOU HAVEN'T DRANK YOURSELF TO DEATH ALREADY.

HAVING JUST COME OFF THE TOURNAMENT TRAIL I WATCHED AS CREWS LOADED UP AND PREPARED FOR THESE BIG MONEY EVENTS......THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MINDS EYE ARE THOSE THAT HAULED CASE AFTER CASE OF BEER TO A PIT............SPEECHLESS AND HORROR WOULD SET IN WITH ME IF THIS HAPPENED ON MY RIG

I AM PROUD TO SAY I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SUCH NEGLIGENCE WHILE ONBOARD THE SEA SPLENDOUR.....FOR THIS I TIP MY RIGGERS TO THE CREW! ....NOW WHAT HAPPENS AT CARNEYS ON A LAYDAY EVENING IS ANOTHER THING AND I CAN LIVE WITH SOME OF THAT....
IN THE WORDS OF THE 60'S ROCK GROUP "THE BYRDS" ....TO EVERY THING TURN, TURN, TURN....THERE IS A SEASON.....A TIME TO BE BORN, A TIME TO DIE A TIME TO PLANT, AND A TIME TO EAT....A TIME TO KILL....AND A TIME TO PARTY AND A TIME TO REFRAIN...

Good stuff Box. I agree with everything you said here, especially the no booze policy. Personally, I don't like to see anyone get boozed up while fishing offshore. I find myself keeping an extra eye on the drunk stumbling around the deck rather than watching the spread or looking for signs of life. Offshore and booze just don't mix.