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    Hi Guys,

    I'm a New England bluefin guy and thanks to these forums get to follow how you guys do on the bluefin in the winter. Keeps me warm by the fire with a cocktail.

    With this bluefin season winding down just curious how you would rank your NC season (1 to 10) vs past seasons.

    2009 in NE I'd give a 6.5. Call it the season of the future. Tons of small fish 55-70". Decent run of giants off of chatham in October. Migrating fish. There one day gone the next. But we came no where near to hitting the quota. The huge numbers of small fish are a bright lite and hope for next season. Without the small fish I give the NE 2009 season a 3.5.

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    id say a 1 down here, started ok, but went to hell ina hand bag quick, my opinion anyway, i know a lotta guys that that fished alotta days without a smell.

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    Ill bet there was less fish killed out of MHC this season then last yr.

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    I would say less this year than any year.

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    .1 on a scale of 1-10.
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    I'd have to say a 1 since we aleast killed one but one of the worst season I can remember..I think alot of it had to do with the constant NW wind and a change in weather pattern.. Just my theory..

    Ken

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    Worst NC season since commercial season inception by far.
    Could be the end of this fishery.
    SeaBiscuit

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    Thumbs down

    This year El Nino played against us. Last time it came winter was warmer. This year one of the coldest we'd had in 20 years.... I'd rate it a 2 for the BFT season....

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    All I heard were blank reports! Many frustrated people. At least they were able to go fishing.

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    I fished every almost fishable day from Dec. 1 to Jan 28th... (We got 5 bites killed 3 fish).....This year was worse that I could have imagined....

    I look at the fleet as a whole and the amount of bites the fleet got and it was a joke..

    1 to 10 huh ? ..... I give it a 1
    Last edited by Mako Wish; 02-01-2010 at 08:00 PM.

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