Golden Tile Fish

[Captn Joe]

got to admot, I was in a poor mood this morning, nothing to do with being Irish and its the morning after St. patrick's Day .

I always think it is appropriate to give all the credit in the world to the Skipper of the boat, and not mentioning him, is somewhat underhanded IMHO

Oh thanks for the report with pics!\

Captn Joe

[whitemarlin16]

Good catch Drop down deep for the Day Time Swords!!!

[Catch-All]

Clint - you and your father-in-law were good crew. I'm glad y'all had the patience to do drift after drift for 5 hours before we found the right depth for them. You got the Catch-All Tilefish 101 immersion course.

Next time I'm bringin' hand grenades. Then I can use a scoop net and leave the ElectraMate back at the crib.

Last night I tried some of the Tile steaks done with that Tilefish Steaks w/ Tomatoes & Olives recipe that I posted on the 100FFC site. Succulent! My favorite is still fried Tempura style.

Have you had a chance to look at your GPS yet?

Catch

[DH 111]

I HAVE CAUGHT THEM IN THE HUDSON BUT NOT THAT BIG- MAYBE 15LBS. HAVE NOT FOUND THE BIG ONES YET.

[BlueH20Boss]

we picked up a nice 37 pounder in 150 fathoms not far off the wilmington. during the night chunk before we picked up this 72lb Longfin also.....

[DH 111]

JUST CHECKING H20 BUT ITS LIGHT OUT IN THE PICTURE WITH THE TILE---ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANYONE CATCHING THEM AT NIGHT. - BY THE WAY NICE CATCH. THANKS

[BlueH20Boss]

the tile was caught early morning after chunking all night for tuna.... Sorry that sounded confusing! Yea we picked up the tile probly around 9am, very hazy day... Using an electromatic penn senator a window sash weight and some Clam. He engulfed the bait about 15 seconds after it hit the bottom.

[Catch-All]

Our fishery must be different down here. They seem to prefer squid the most, with a drop or two of shedder crab oil on each bait. We catch 'em 24 hours a day but the Golden Tiles only bite on the weekends; they take the weekdays off.

Catch-All

[iguana1]

For the Northeast guys, does anyone know how far East the tiles are? I have never heard of them east of Hudson. I imagine the eastern canyons like Veatch and Hydro would be tough to fish with the strong currents.

Thinking of giving tiles a go this summer.

[Nobody]

I would think you could find a few in the fishtales , trouble is its small not a lot of wiggle room . I'd venture a good guess there is some there though.Can't say for sure though as I've never dropped for them there but the guys in Montauk gotta be getting them from somewhere and its only 60 miles to the tails from there +/- .