anyone heading out tommorrow?
 

me and 2 friends will be heading out in the seafari at the buttcrack of dawn. if the seas cooperate we will run and gun for phins, 15 - 20 miles, whatever it takes, anyone else gonna be out there? sorry if you all have that thing called work to do, what a drag. GFS - can i talk you in to going tommorrow?

spliffskiff standing by on 68

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Ben I`m off Fri, Sat, and Sundays. I`ll go in spirit and wish you great times and screamin lines.
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Alright Ben we are waiting for the report............ ;)

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broke lake worth inlet at 7 and was greeted by a real tight 1-3' sea with no wind at all. not the best, not the worst conditions at all.make our way out to 100' and put out a five line spread (no out riggers) shotgun skirted bally, mid way a tuna daisy chain on one side and naked bally on the other, and short off the transom clips a naked bally and small tuna feather, trolled from 100' out to 650' and back in with out a whiff, no weed, no flyers nothing. trolled in to the ledge of juno and got a bonita, yay... drifted up the ledge for a while and chumed up the bonitas and messed with them for a while, put one out on my bent butt tuna stick with a senator 9/0, 30 seconds into letting it out it goes slack and i thought he swam off, then it takes off!, shark on... i pass the rod off to my friend joe (who is a fisherman) and he worked it for 20 minutes and got it pretty close, my other friend jamie (who is not a fisherman but loves fishing) was cracking on him cause he was sweating buckets, so we passed it off to jamie, not soo funny anymore, haha, 10 minutes later we have a 8-10' bull shark boat side, swivel it the rod tip and then the shark took off, peeled 50 yards before splitting the wire leader. mine by me i didnt want to take that hook out.

by now its around 1230, we hear some chatter on the radio about dolphin in 800-950'... saddled up and rode out, put lines in (same trolling spread) in 750' when we saw flyers and made out way out, in 850' some guy says he killing the dolphin in 700' off jupiter, i talked to him and honestly thought he was BSing, but we decide to swing back in anyways. when we hit 715' the shotgun line took off and we made short work of a 10# cow. felt good to finally get what we were after. worked that area for another hour and half and saw quite a few flyers but didnt get another hit. decided to call it a day at 3 when we were 12+ miles off the loran tower. slow day indeed. cleaned up for the 20 mile ride home and cruised in between 23 and 28mph as conditions changed, that was against a 4mph gulfstream half the way, ran up the beach once we got around lost tree. had the boat on the trailer at phil phoster by 4.

i didnt turn the engine off at all (+9 hours) so when i fill up before i go out tommorrow i post the total fuel burn, 2 hours of the was running (3600 - 4400 rpm), 5.5 hours trolling (1900 rpm) and 1.5 hours at dead idle im guessing 15 - 17 gallons, well see.

and like i said ill be out again tommorrow, im hoping it will be reallll flat, forecast looks good, and we will run way out... GFS i know you got the day off...

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i will now sumarize that report as it is rather long:
fishing sucked but it was a great day on the water!

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Extremely high quality report Ben.............We are there with you in spirit.......Sounds like a great time out there regardless. Tear it up tomorrow!

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Hey Ben,

Nice work on the big Bull. I like the way you fish. I sent down a barely legal Y.T. with a rudder adjustment last month and got whacked in no time. Rocked up. Tried to freespool and fool it to come back out , but no dice.
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rudder adjustment, haha, i like that...

went for a quick afternoon trip yesterday, met my brother when he got out of school at 12:30 and loaded up. cleared the inlet around 1:30 only to be greeted by a 10-15kt SE breeze. pointed her straight into it and rode out to 500' and dropped the trolling spread in. in 900' straigh out the inlet we get a double header of gaffer phins, cow was 10# bull went 15#, worked that area where we saw alot of solo flyers but didnt get another whiff. back in the inlet by 5:00, thats my kind of afternoon.

we filled the boat up before we went out and my fuel guess was dead on, she took 15.8 gallons ~ $36... not bad for 9 hours of fishing

dad has sunday off so i think well be out there again... and ill try and remember the camera this time

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We`ll be going out Sun as well. Just a matter of what time I can get the Sluggos stirring. Ben are you going to be on ch 68?
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Do you guys ever go out LWI and back in Jupiter and run back inside, seems logical to me since I used to slog back outside all the time.

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egg - you got it, thats exactly what well do if its nasty out and we want to stay dry. when conditions permit we just run up the beach, just remember that the intracostal is very narrow on that stretch and on the weekends the inside can be as bad as the outside with all the damn searay wakes bouncing off the seawalls in every dirrection.

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Dixon, I often do that, as I normally launch at the NPB village ramp since it's close and usually not crowded. It's about 5 mi. north of LW inlet however, so a run back to LWI is about 10 miles further for me. That's a good option if it's really rough, but there are a couple of long manatee/slow speed zones, one from just inside Jupiter inlet all the way to the Indiantown road bridge, and another one about a mile or so, both sides of PGA bridge. There's also a short one near a boat ramp just south of Donald Ross bridge. The signs for it are hard to spot among all the docks so be careful there, as it's heavily patrolled, esp on weekends.

If it's only 2-3' outside, it's probably faster to run back outside, esp. if you launch at Phil Foster park or points south. Denny

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Dixon, I used to do just that when I managed Waterway marina (now called Soverel) in PBG, right at PGA and the intracoastal. Head 15 minutes south to LWI, troll/drift offshore, then run in Jupiter and run 30 minutes south in the ICW to the Marina.

But if it kicks up really bad, and seas build to over 5-7', you may need to run back to Lake Worth offshore.

I strongly advise against running Jupiter Inlet when it's breaking large unless you can honestly call yourself an expert boat handler in rough conditions AND you are familiar with how the sandbars at the mouth of Jupiter inlet can shift in only a few hours. Lots of people try to shoot Jupiter in bad conditions and end up having to be rescued, or even die. (Don't head for St. Lucie Inlet, it can be worse)

In 1986, the USCG named Jupiter Inlet one of the 10 most dangerous inlets in the USA. (Palm Beach County had 3 of the 10 most dangerous inlets in the country, and Florida fully half of the 10: Boynton Inlet was #4, Jupiter was #9, and Boca Raton was #10. St. Lucie was #8)

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If its going to be 5 to 7 I won't need to come in any inlet :D I am familar with Jupiter and I am experienced at running the inlets over there, mostly LW but Boyton too. First time in Jupiter I came in at night - had to make a quick jog to the south but pretty good.

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I never have. Too many slow/ no wake zones and a long way to Phil Foster. I do duck in to avoid lightning. You have to stop and count the sets in Jupiter. Usually 3 of 3. Barney surfing skills help somewhat. Or you can follow a wagon in.
Scotty Brown surfed his diesel Sea Vee 29 in once with me and his wife gave me one of those what do you want me to do looks. Glad we didn`t lose power or steering.
A 42 ft dive boat hit the bar in Boynton and rolled last Dec.. They really need to dredge it before someone gets killed. Mind the throttle in either inlet.
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