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Since my last report its been an all out marathon of fishing and a little frustration tossed in. Went and did a half can exploratory and picked a single... Off to the JCSA Capts meeting. Alrready confusion...
Forgot which crew I was fishing with. There were three boats within two block of each other that I fished last year and couldn't remember who was who. Finally met up with the right crew and stuck around to see if we won the 50/50... No such luck.
Late getting to the boat later getting to bed. The boys were enjoying some good conversation and a drink or two into the late late. Froze my cahones off as I tried to sleep. Seemed like I blinked and it was time to hit the briny.
I knew the rats were south and had been seeing rats to my north too so I went to my old standby stomping grounds. Laid up in gorgeous but too warm water. We tried four drifts but dusky and rats were the words for the day including a brute dusky that fought like a thresher at the end of the day... So much for JCSA...
It was good to get on Cammys Dad again. SHe has issues. The owner hit something late last season and tor a shaft and wheel off. The repleacement three bladersgave up about four knots and a blown up genset would mean no microwave for the historicly great food that joins us for this event each year.
I had sent Deep Deckhand fishing with the owner of the contender I run as I couldn't be both places at once and they scored five nice makos where I sent them. So that would be where we would head.
Arrived to perfect condition and fifteen minutes later we had a moderately good fish. I had six voices over my shoulder telling me to kill it. It was no winner and I didn't want to. The arguements started and ran all day. I'll elaborate in a bit. Colin and I did our ledgendary third gill kill and it was back to fishing. We had a slob bait get drilled but the fish was no bigger than the first. We let that one go with no discussion.
Now back to the arguement. Somebody is misinformed. Me or the tournament comittee... Seems that they announced that it is a two fish limit per day??????Said directly that it was from NMFS?????? First I have heard of that. I know jersey has a two fish limit for fish taken in state waters but thought fed was one fish and that it superceedes any sate law. Since makos are taken outside the state waters I would think fed one fish rule is in place
We then had a tripple of little rats gather at the chum bucket. We caught and let go two of them in quick order...
PETA? GREENPEACE? Humane Society?
Then began the most bizarre thing I have seen sharking.
I had heard chatter of an express boat with blue balloon floats on their rods running through and setting in peoples slicks and causing quite a scene. We had just reset when here came that very same crazy bunny hugger piece of shit. I barked at him on the radio. He turned up our slick aiming directly at our midships. I took that as an act of aggression and took clear and careful aim. I announced my intention to unload one round off his bow and the next would be through the eisenglass. The dumb pick started zig zagging at us closer and closer. I came off the helm and was ready to unload. I guess he realized I wan't kidding and could probably see the bore of my weapon when he took off.
The boats name is the "MS. Kinnison" from Montvale, NJ. If anybody knows where it docks please let me know. I think there is a reward for that info from others as well as my self.
BAD SALESMANSHIP
Got back to the dock wore out from rats. The marina we were at had no cleaning table. We had to use Hoffmans next door at the suggestion of Rob B who I fish with now and then. I had finished dicing up our fish and was back at the Dad when about three hundred pounds of angry man unloads on me.. Who told you you could use that table? I told him and he started asking if I knew somebody else. No... He got all in a huff. "I didn't see you buy any fuel from me today." We hadn't fueled yet.
"That table's off limits to you..."
I understand the guy is new but if he had taken the time to find out who I was I think he would realize that I have probably run over 100,000 gallons of his fuel through variious tanks through the years... So in response to his kindness I took on 220 delicious pricey gallons elsewhere...
Today got set up... Perfect conditions but the fish werent there. Six drifts covered the entire area before we found two ginormous bluedogs close to fifteen feet long each... That was that.
So to date I'm sixteen makos, six blues and four duskies into the season without a good one yet. I should have retired from sharkin two years ago...
Gonna have a bag of white castles and answer some pm's now...
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who's held responsible if indeed you could only keep one fish per boat?
Joe