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Got a nice fat BFT on sat on josh wellfleets classic 23 off the race. This one hit a Northbar Bottle Darter plug on the spinning rod. Tough lifting these fish with that tackle! After a good harpoon shot by Josh we got the new (old) boat nice and bloody though! What a day!

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YeeeeeooooowwwwwZZZZZZZZa!!!!!

Nice Catch Steve http://forums.floridasportsman.com/s...iley/toast.gif

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Nice!

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Next time we will take better pics 'posing' entire fish and a proper measurement pre deheading. As well I should have snapped a photo of Steve's hour long battle, red sweaty face, and Bud-y-zer with sippy straw :). We opted for a quick bleeding/gutting/deheading and icing down for eating flavor. Been a long Bluefin chase as stated targeting mid to late summer. Of course we hooked up on the lightest rig on the boat! Holding off winterizing engine, with hope for a few more days off Cape Cod chasing bluefins.

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Winterizing? What's that? :cool:

Just use it year 'round!! :D

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I know these SeaCrafts are built tough, but not quite to icebreaker standards :)

Besides, we had to dress in our ski gear this past sat and it was mild for november. No heaters on these CCs :(

Steve

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If you need to break ice, just slam the bag of ice down on the dock. That'll give you all the broken ice you need. :D

Seriously, I lived for a while in OC, MD, and I remember fishing for mako and white marlin in March, and watching the ice build up on the outriggers and tuna-tower on our Rybovich. I was freezing and wearing at least 5 layers of clothing. As I was on the 28* flybridge running the boat, I couldn't retreat to the 65* warm salon where the clients were warming themselves further with brandy. We boated and tagged one white marlin in 6 hours, and released two very small thresher sharks. It was a long cold day.