Fishing last weekend
 

All,
We have had kind of a dry spell fishing and bad weather for the last month. This weekend the
wind stopped blowing, and the waves stopped crashing over the bow. Most of all, the fish
started biting. Here's a few shots of the lane snappers (avg 18"), and the Mahi's we invited
for dinner. We also caught sharks, cudas, short groupers (they have to be 24" now), triggers,
remorras, and bonita.
http://www.revcmpsys.com/fishing/picts/new/m.jpg
http://www.revcmpsys.com/fishing/picts/new/s.jpg

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JOHN B:

ARE those gold fish?

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Steve,
Don't know if you where kidding, but the 2 big ones are Mahi Mahi (dolphin), and
the others are Lane Snapper. You should see what they look like when they just
come out of the water. They ran between 15 and 19 inches each.

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JOHN B

It looks like you had a great day on the water. Yes I was just funnin with you. But I have gold fish in my little pond up front that lookS just like those. I haven't tried to eat one yet but the ones you have there look yummy. We went out walking tonight [water] and got into some good size striped bass, adv. size was around 40".
we ran out of live herring, so I had to come home [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

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JohnB - what's the bag limit on the snapper? If those fish were striped bass (and at least 28 inches long) in Rhody, you'd need 5 people for them as it's 2 per. In Mass, it's only one per day over 28 inches... Good eating?

Steve, so you got into some decent bass, eh? Bucky runs slowing down now [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

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Steve-

I'm reading your fishing posts and trying to crack your language! Call me Jack Ryan out of the latest Tom Clancy movie! Didn't know you fished up north also. I have worked for Don Parker on the Prime Rate for years on and off both in the cockpit and most recently running the show. I do like it up there, but the south is where it's at for me. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] I have the boat getting some engine work done now, I think I have a water in fuel problem despite my new Ryacor filter. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] I'll fill you in later. I can't wait to get back out there!

All for now, Hooper.

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Steve - I could make a guess or too but I wouldn't want to cloud Hoop's thinking [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

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John R,
Those particular snappers have a 10 fish per person limit
and must be over 12" in length. They ran 15-18 inches.
They came out of 140 feet of water off of Port Canaveral
and taste just wonderful (although I am partial to the Mahi's).
Everyone on board limited out snapper Sat, going back out
on Thurs again.

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JOHN R--HOOPER:

I had a reel off night tonight....ya, nothing went wrong.

Went to the harwich herrin run,got my 12 fish w/out getting into any fights with anyone.

went to my spot[north side-CAPE COD BAY] about 7 people fishin, WALKED by them an kept going, had the whole place to myself.

13 herrin -13 s.bass

tossed the herrin about 20-25 feet...count to 3...
bang your on.

smallest was about 29"...lrg.est 38"
kept one 30" for my mom. [loves fish]

didn't hook myself
no back lashes
over cast
3' water
no fog
if your wonderin how I got 12 herrin an 13 fish I stopped at brewster an picked up a few more.

In the water by 8pm. out at 9:30

like I said before a reel off night. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

ah..JOHN R..tell Soupster he can't have any their all mine. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] just kidding..maybe I should just join your gang, just so you don't have to repeat this sort of thing for me...thanks.

H.H.S.A

[ June 04, 2002, 11:51 PM: Message edited by: steve ]

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Hey all you guys up in cape cod, do you ever get a shot at giants? or are they too far offshore? Marc

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JOHN R:

YES & NO--There's this spot in the BAY, alway's good fish right under everyone's nose, but they all fish the wrong way. most that fish that spot don't like getting their feet wet, to bad because they don't know what their missin. Waters only 3-4' deep, but the bigen's hang out aways off the beach. the rat's come in close and that's what most of the people catch. The only problem with that spot is your 1/2 mi. off the beach an the fog rolls in , w/out a compass your dead meat [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] may as well have put a black bag over your head an hope the tide is going to float you to shore, but it's worth it just the same. I've only got caught once with my paint's down there, night time in the fog,in coming tide. I'll never leave home again w/out my compass.

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Marc

As the guys here will tell you, there are plenty of SeaCrafts off shore fishing on a regular basis for giants. The spot lately has been the BB bouy (about 35nm SE of Monomoy and 25nm east of Nantucket). In fact the guy who I bought my 23 from fished there all the time. But, you really need to pick your days b/c that run in when it turns nasty can be awful. He took 14 market fish from this thing. I'm not sure if I am ready to run out there in this yet [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] . I need more time to become confident in the boat and all its' systems first. But the guys who run s/c's offshore do very well. Steve, aren't the guys like yourself who run aroung Chatham called the "Mosquito Fleet"??? Got Wings [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ???? -Hooper

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SORRY-- my wing's were clipped...my mind doesn't work that far off shore. now I just go out to cod fish these day's.

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Ahah! That place was #2 on my thoughts of where you were [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] - first thought was a inlet at the end of a little river that almost decapitates... But the first place I thought of was just around the corner from where my wife & I had our honeymoon... Across the arm from B.B. & almost into the - Well, 'nuff said hehehe...

BTW - your son sent me an e-mail last week before my work machine blew up. I haven't had a chance to restore it yet so he can either reforward it to me or I'll get back to him once I've recovered my files... BTW - he's a smart kid if he's doing what he says. He's learning some topshelf technologies...

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JOHN R:

Just got back from that spot, holly cows.
I had one fish that came out of the water 3 times doing backward flips. who said bass don't fly. A good 25#er.the three of us were there for 11/2 hr's ....28 fish, again bigest was 41". wave height was a foot an a half. winnnnnnnndy it was for shore. NO more fishin for the next 3 day's.
SAM has his grad. fri. night, all my wife's rel******* are coming from all over the U.S. to see that and have a big party. I will make sure that he get's your mess.I know he didn't get his smart's from me [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] OH well!

H.H.S.A

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HOOPER, Thanks for the response on the tuna question.