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Fishing!
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Weather forecast for the next few days looked good enough last night to inspire me to drive home last night and drag my boat up to NH this morning to do some fishing before the season gets iced.
Got a few hours on the water this afternoon, enjoying the scenery in between casts. Had the entire 11 mile reservoir to myself.
There's been so little rain the last month that the reservoir is down 5~6 feet, displacing fish from their bank-side homes and making them tougher to target. Normally I'd be casting to the wood seen here expecting a fish to be under it.
Boated a handful of smallies including this guy.
Have to work on the house tomorrow but Sunday I should have a full day of fishing...
Cheers!
Got a few hours on the water this afternoon, enjoying the scenery in between casts. Had the entire 11 mile reservoir to myself.
There's been so little rain the last month that the reservoir is down 5~6 feet, displacing fish from their bank-side homes and making them tougher to target. Normally I'd be casting to the wood seen here expecting a fish to be under it.
Boated a handful of smallies including this guy.
Have to work on the house tomorrow but Sunday I should have a full day of fishing...
Cheers!
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heading out long range for tuna tomorow . 120 miles out. about 8 hours to the grounds, 10 to 12 hours fishing and 8 hours back to the dock. not my first rodeo. the bite is off right now but should still be fun . will try for swords 250 ft down at around 2 AM with a whole whiting.. with any luck i will have sushi by monday.
heres a picture of a much younger fluketamer with a huge sword.
and heres a small tuna from a few years back :
hopefully more pics to come.
heres a picture of a much younger fluketamer with a huge sword.
and heres a small tuna from a few years back :
hopefully more pics to come.
^Beeg Feesh!^ Aside from bone fishing in the Bahamas I've only done ocean fishing a handful of times, mostly kings and silver salmon when I lived on the Olympic Peninsula in the early '70s, and a few day trips out of Cape Anne in MA for bluefish and stripers. I do fish the salt in New England but it's all in-shore stuff.
Did get out on the water today (weather was simply spectacular, sunny and balmy). Caught a handful of smallies and one modest pike. Reservoir was down another couple of feet which made for a thin water launch and retrieval and moved the fish around even more, but it was still a fine day to be fishing!
Wondering if I may be done for the year. Weather and work on my NH place will dictate that...
Cheers!
Did get out on the water today (weather was simply spectacular, sunny and balmy). Caught a handful of smallies and one modest pike. Reservoir was down another couple of feet which made for a thin water launch and retrieval and moved the fish around even more, but it was still a fine day to be fishing!
Wondering if I may be done for the year. Weather and work on my NH place will dictate that...
Cheers!
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definatelty one fro the record books. this was my best trip.
we got a late start saterday due to a stragler who didnt take into account the traffic on the belt parkway. chugged out to the fire island bridge at 340 which happened to be up anyway so i guess it didint matter that the guy was late. we usually have to wait for the birdge ot go up everytime,. (can be 10 minutes)
turned the corner into a very sunny warm day with no wind to speak of but a long tall ocean swell leftover from the storms offshore. almost 5 feet but a long 8 or 10 second period. very light crowd of only 19 people on a 110 foot aluminum, FV with triple diesels. that prolly gertnerate a couple thousand horses cause they use up thousands in gas over the 24 plus hours that we our out there.
about half were absoulte greenhorns who had no idea what they were doing. a few 90 plus pound girlfriends were dragged along as usual and that almost never turns out well for them lol (more later - i have seen divorce threats in the past on the boats as well as all out scream fests. - why the f did you bring me out here...im going to kill you when we get home - if i let you in the house. etc )
i set up for the long ride out to the grounds by grabbing a bunk in the hull down below and getting all my tackle ready for the battle that was about to take place. i got a little lazy and asked the mate to set up one of my rods (this would later cost me my first fish) . grabbed a bite and a drink and tried to get some sleep. i forgot my ear plugs so didnt get much sleep out to the southeast tip of the hudson canyon in 600 ft of water 92 miles from the dock . it took a slogging 7 hours to get out there.
the captain read fish and had good temperature readings so he decided to drift to see if the fish would follow us. absoulte beautiful night about 62 degrees air temp water about 69 but not good color. usually purple or turquoise it was a light green prolly from the storms and swell?
immediatley they started chumming spearing , ground menhaden, and fish chunks. captain yelled out theat the screen was lit up with fish at 150 ft down. two big sharks came into the slick and grabbed two lines and bit them both off pretty quick like a few minutes but then 20 minutes later at maybe 11 oclcok the first tuna came tight in the bow then 2 mins later one in the stern then THEY CAME!
down the starborad side like ducks in a shooting alley one after another all the rods went off. screaming madness. loud burning drags. steam flying off the line. 10 fish on at once. i was about the 5th down the line and mine went off just like the rest and it was game on. litereally 5 secs later the knot that the mate tied parted and i was upset but not worried as i knew you just had to get you bait down to 150.
put on another butterfish started to let the line down and at 149 ft the rod was almost pulled out of my hands . this time about a minute later the fish was able to spit the hook. . again my mistake . i used the boats small circle hooks and not my usual 8/0 4x live bait tuna hooks. i switched to my usual rig. by this time about half a dozen 90 lb class tuna had hit the deck and although frustrated i still was not woried because of the amoutn of fish we had found in the deep. i knew i would get plnety more chances. then it died. we had drifted out of the zone.
i took us about another hour to set up on the right drift and tehn we found them again and i came tight on my first fish of the night at 230 iin the morning. a huge 90 lb yellow.
my first tuna in a few years. i was very happy. i got what i came out here for. i could go to bed if i wanted and still come home with more than i needed. anything now was icing on the tuna sashimi seaweed salad that i could already taste. speaking of bed the two girls got sick on the ride out and then went down into the hold and slept the whole 24 hours . no joke. a very expensive nap.
the capt didnt liek that the fish woudlnt stay under the boat so he anchored up in 6ooft of water to wait for the morning bite. it took a while but at around 5 am the first rod screamed then another then i yelled here they come and once again it was lights out fishing. get a bait to 150 and it was game on. i got 4 yellows and a long fin. i cant move my arms. the boat had 34 fish for 19 people but only about half of the fisherman knew what they were doing and were able to fight or land these big tuna. if we had experienced anglers we easily would have boated over 60. it was easy to get the bite.
the usual whales dolphin, shrimp made a showing out there. we even did some mahi fishing in the morning and got some small tuna on topwater poppers which was crazy. the galley chef made us sashimi and rolls for lucnh. the absolute freshest sushi you will ever eat.
tired soar and full of tuna. definatley one of my best trips.
sorry for the very long post. heres some pics to make up for it.
ill upload more
we got a late start saterday due to a stragler who didnt take into account the traffic on the belt parkway. chugged out to the fire island bridge at 340 which happened to be up anyway so i guess it didint matter that the guy was late. we usually have to wait for the birdge ot go up everytime,. (can be 10 minutes)
turned the corner into a very sunny warm day with no wind to speak of but a long tall ocean swell leftover from the storms offshore. almost 5 feet but a long 8 or 10 second period. very light crowd of only 19 people on a 110 foot aluminum, FV with triple diesels. that prolly gertnerate a couple thousand horses cause they use up thousands in gas over the 24 plus hours that we our out there.
about half were absoulte greenhorns who had no idea what they were doing. a few 90 plus pound girlfriends were dragged along as usual and that almost never turns out well for them lol (more later - i have seen divorce threats in the past on the boats as well as all out scream fests. - why the f did you bring me out here...im going to kill you when we get home - if i let you in the house. etc )
i set up for the long ride out to the grounds by grabbing a bunk in the hull down below and getting all my tackle ready for the battle that was about to take place. i got a little lazy and asked the mate to set up one of my rods (this would later cost me my first fish) . grabbed a bite and a drink and tried to get some sleep. i forgot my ear plugs so didnt get much sleep out to the southeast tip of the hudson canyon in 600 ft of water 92 miles from the dock . it took a slogging 7 hours to get out there.
the captain read fish and had good temperature readings so he decided to drift to see if the fish would follow us. absoulte beautiful night about 62 degrees air temp water about 69 but not good color. usually purple or turquoise it was a light green prolly from the storms and swell?
immediatley they started chumming spearing , ground menhaden, and fish chunks. captain yelled out theat the screen was lit up with fish at 150 ft down. two big sharks came into the slick and grabbed two lines and bit them both off pretty quick like a few minutes but then 20 minutes later at maybe 11 oclcok the first tuna came tight in the bow then 2 mins later one in the stern then THEY CAME!
down the starborad side like ducks in a shooting alley one after another all the rods went off. screaming madness. loud burning drags. steam flying off the line. 10 fish on at once. i was about the 5th down the line and mine went off just like the rest and it was game on. litereally 5 secs later the knot that the mate tied parted and i was upset but not worried as i knew you just had to get you bait down to 150.
put on another butterfish started to let the line down and at 149 ft the rod was almost pulled out of my hands . this time about a minute later the fish was able to spit the hook. . again my mistake . i used the boats small circle hooks and not my usual 8/0 4x live bait tuna hooks. i switched to my usual rig. by this time about half a dozen 90 lb class tuna had hit the deck and although frustrated i still was not woried because of the amoutn of fish we had found in the deep. i knew i would get plnety more chances. then it died. we had drifted out of the zone.
i took us about another hour to set up on the right drift and tehn we found them again and i came tight on my first fish of the night at 230 iin the morning. a huge 90 lb yellow.
my first tuna in a few years. i was very happy. i got what i came out here for. i could go to bed if i wanted and still come home with more than i needed. anything now was icing on the tuna sashimi seaweed salad that i could already taste. speaking of bed the two girls got sick on the ride out and then went down into the hold and slept the whole 24 hours . no joke. a very expensive nap.
the capt didnt liek that the fish woudlnt stay under the boat so he anchored up in 6ooft of water to wait for the morning bite. it took a while but at around 5 am the first rod screamed then another then i yelled here they come and once again it was lights out fishing. get a bait to 150 and it was game on. i got 4 yellows and a long fin. i cant move my arms. the boat had 34 fish for 19 people but only about half of the fisherman knew what they were doing and were able to fight or land these big tuna. if we had experienced anglers we easily would have boated over 60. it was easy to get the bite.
the usual whales dolphin, shrimp made a showing out there. we even did some mahi fishing in the morning and got some small tuna on topwater poppers which was crazy. the galley chef made us sashimi and rolls for lucnh. the absolute freshest sushi you will ever eat.
tired soar and full of tuna. definatley one of my best trips.
sorry for the very long post. heres some pics to make up for it.
ill upload more
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Tuna Omelets?
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no the galley chef made spicy tuna rolls for the whole boat. its the best sushi you will ever eat.
Ahh - I thought he was prepping beaten eggs but the bowl was actually filled with the "spicey" coating for the tuna 
So how long did it take to boat that beast?
Cheers!
So how long did it take to boat that beast?
Cheers!
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Holy crap man. Very happy for you, to have such a beautiful place to fish.
I am not much into fishing but I do enjoy being out on the water and fishing for salmon is fun. Went a couple weeks ago and my buddy caught a 11 pound Chinook.
Blessed with some unseasonably warm weather up north I spent the day on the river. The morning started out a bit chilly and cloudy but it got nicer by the hour.
Water level was another couple of feet lower than last week and way lower than I've ever seen. Had to go way out on the ramp, and many of my favorite spots had turned bony, so I was keeping one eye on the sonar all day.
At the top of the reservoir I had to stop about a quarter mile downstream from a usual haunt lest I trash my prop.
Caught a few short smallies and one nice northern pike.
Came across a family of baldies, 3 immature and the two adults. As I drifted closer one child and a parent flew off but I caught the rest, back lit.
I was only a few boat lengths from this guy...
A chance I can do this again tomorrow, weather allowing...
Cheers!
Water level was another couple of feet lower than last week and way lower than I've ever seen. Had to go way out on the ramp, and many of my favorite spots had turned bony, so I was keeping one eye on the sonar all day.
At the top of the reservoir I had to stop about a quarter mile downstream from a usual haunt lest I trash my prop.
Caught a few short smallies and one nice northern pike.
Came across a family of baldies, 3 immature and the two adults. As I drifted closer one child and a parent flew off but I caught the rest, back lit.
I was only a few boat lengths from this guy...
A chance I can do this again tomorrow, weather allowing...
Cheers!
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Went up north to ice fish before the season ends.
Sweet!Went up north to ice fish before the season ends.
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I am in Cabo for the next week. Have three days of fishing booked. Hoping for some awesome days on the water.
fyi, Cabela's is running their annual "Spring Fishing Classic Sale" through the 26th...
https://www.cabelas.com/l/spring-fishing-classic-sale-shop-all
Cheers!
https://www.cabelas.com/l/spring-fishing-classic-sale-shop-all
Cheers!
I'm currently gearing up for my favorite time of year, the trout opener in PA is a couple weeks away. I don't get to fish as much as I'd like but I take a couple long weekends each year to visit a place that my family has fished for generations, it is my happy place. Can't wait.
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striper (no - not stripper) season opens april 15th . i am counting the days.
I get a lot of these guys in my lake.
Peacock bass
Spotted tilapia
Mayan cyclids
Peacock bass
Spotted tilapia
Mayan cyclids
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the only thing i love more than brewing is striped bass season. we are in full swing. one of the best seasons yet. we had 32 bass on saterday and 26 yesterday, sore all over but its a good hurt. . spring is my favorite time. fishing when the weather is good brewing when its not. life is good!
I think my trout could have been used for bait by @fluketamer .. hahah. Here's one of many, I bet I caught 30 per weekend, fished 2 weekends this year, hopefully I'll get a little more in. You know you're having a good day on the creek when your laughing about the little pockets you're pulling fish out of.
Seeing all these great catches makes me want to get out there even more. This one is from a number of years back.
I forgot about this thread!
Last weekend, I got up to Chequamagon bay to catch a very patchy smelt run.
50 degrees and dead calm is the best weather I've ever experienced.
And around 2am our drunken antics payed off with just enough smelt that cleaning them wasn't a huge deal.
Last weekend, I got up to Chequamagon bay to catch a very patchy smelt run.
50 degrees and dead calm is the best weather I've ever experienced.
And around 2am our drunken antics payed off with just enough smelt that cleaning them wasn't a huge deal.
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i taught him everything he knows but of course hes much better at it then me.
The wind only blows on weekends in Florida
I was hoping to bring my boat with me to NH but the water temperature on the Connecticut River impound behind Moore Dam dropped to 48Ā°F over the last week or so. Not really interested in trolling for torpid fish...
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48 degrees omg. we are at 61 in the bay ( striped bass chew hardest from 57 to 64 btw. )
The gulf of Mexico is about 80 right off the beach...
A keeper at 19 inches.
