Meat-Fish Flags?

[N2theBlue]

i was talking about this with one of my buddies this weekend. We figured that if the guys in Morehead, Hatteras, Oregon Inlet and Pirate's Cove flew meat fish flags, there would be a lot of days there wouldn't be any room on the riggers. 20 some tunas, 40 or 50 dolphinfish, these types of days happen regularly there. Since the rest of us NC'ers look up to the guy in those ports, we follow their example.

[capt. jakeg]

Just out of curiosity why do you care how long someone flys a flag of any type? Why do you feel you have the right to take someone elses property and trash it? Is your penis that small or does it just not work that well, that it takes vandalizing someone else property to feel good about yourself? If so I do feel bad for you, you should try Extenze they say on TV it can help you with your problems.

WTF are you smoking, dude? and why are you so concerned with my penis size? Queer.

Screwing with flags is actually a pretty common thing amongst charter boats. Generally nobody screws with the weekend warriors. There's a boat in my inlet that has had two white marlin flags flying for a month. Normally, if they get you and nail you down, its a pretty funny thing. Most of the mates in the inlet run around looking for one to stick down if they have the day off. Everyone laughs about it, haha good times, and everyone is still friends. Every now and again, some pussy ass cry baby like yourself that will throw a fit, in which case the problem is easily solved by giving the person a brand new $7 brag rag. I guess you basically have to remember that there are assholes everywhere and some of them can't take a joke. But if I never actually fished and spent all my time cruising the internet and wondering about other guys dicks instead of fishing, I'd become a bitter little nerd too.

[Zummie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_CV09uRKig

[nautiduck]

WTF are you smoking, dude? and why are you so concerned with my penis size? Queer.

Screwing with flags is actually a pretty common thing amongst charter boats. Generally nobody screws with the weekend warriors. There's a boat in my inlet that has had two white marlin flags flying for a month. Normally, if they get you and nail you down, its a pretty funny thing. Most of the mates in the inlet run around looking for one to stick down if they have the day off. Everyone laughs about it, haha good times, and everyone is still friends. Every now and again, some pussy ass cry baby like yourself that will throw a fit, in which case the problem is easily solved by giving the person a brand new $7 brag rag. I guess you basically have to remember that there are assholes everywhere and some of them can't take a joke. But if I never actually fished and spent all my time cruising the internet and wondering about other guys dicks instead of fishing, I'd become a bitter little nerd too.

Did you get your feelings hurt? Poor boy, the flags they were talking about belonged to people they didnt know, not friends. Little nerd thats funny, yet your the one running around on your days off looking to nail someones fish flag to the deck. What a loser..

Nevermind what I had here I dont play dirty pool.

[Sea Draggin]

Cheech is the Bubba Gump of Pu***

[Catcher's Mitt]

Charter boats go for it. If it sells a trip GREAT. Private boats leave them rags in the bag!!!

why would you have them if you weren't going to fly them

[PurpleGold]

Damn, can't believe ya'll are still talkin' about this...

It's pretty simple in my opinion:

Keep in mind this is speculation on my part.

East Coast Sportfishing was born in NC and back then they used to bring every dang billfish they caught to the dock to show off to potential clients. When that trend died, for good reason, they started to represent the billfish they caught with flags. This was an effort to show that they could catch billfish without having the physical proof hangin' at the docks with their boat name printed on the fish...ya'll followin' me here??? The flag represented a fish caught and released.

So why in the hell would you fly a flag for a fish that is in your possesion and about to be slung on the dock???

I understand that this mindset only applies to charter guys at the time, but that is the tradition, and I tend to respect tradition...

Maybe that's why there tends to be a "geographical trend" as to who flys meatfish flags and who doesn't...

[captbones]

Man talk about beating a dead horse here.

If ya wanna fly flags fly them! If you don't, dont! Nobody has the right to tell someone how to display them, fly them, take them down whatever. The problem that I have found with some sportfishermen is that they are so concerned with what everyone else is doing that they don't even realize they are full of s*** themselves. I have been coming to the realization myself that most have to criticise everyone else in order to make themselves feel superior to everyone else.

With that said, do what you want to do but use some common sense when flying flags. Charter boats do it to dig up business around the dock. Not everyone is there when you pull in to see your catch so the flags def attract potential customers after hours. I do this myself and pickup a few trips each year. I do take them down in fairness to the other guys who are fishing days I am not and I limit them to upto 6 for tuna and one dolphin for a monster or several nice gaffers. Not one! These are my practices and I don't give a crap who doesn't like it. They don't pay for my boat, slip or gear. I do use good judgement and don't try to make anyone else look like an ass.

To all who are reading these replies, just keep this in mind.
A little common sense goes a long way.

[Zummie]

Man talk about beating a dead horse here.

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