Martha's Vineyard Tuna

[deepsushi]

Hooper,

We were in a 26 foot Mako that has twin 150 mercs on the back. It was a FAC day (just like those glassy calm days up in Cape Cod Bay) which allowed us to run at about 30 knots and If I remember correctly it took us around 2.5 hours from Wasque. Just as we got there and had the boat out of gear getting the rods ready and enjoying a little break from the long run...

KAABOOOMM!!!! A huge bang and the whole boat shuddered. The two girlfriends along for the trip started to freak out "yelling WTF was that" [img]images/icons/blush.gif[/img] ? It took me a second to remember past canyon trips.... and as I remembered what causes that type of noise I looked over to my friend and we both kind of smirked at each other...the noise was a sonic boom courtesy of either the Concorde or one of the local F -15's from Otis. When I looked up I could see from the contrails that the jet had gone directly overhead giving us the full blast from the sonic boom. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

edit:

Heres the website that Trayder was talking about:

http://www.clearlight.com/~tyrone/index.html

As a result of some real nasty flame wars last season it has gone to a private board where you have to register and make a contribution of $20 bucks. Its a valuable resource to getting a sense of whats happenning on the Northeast offshore scene.

[ February 13, 2003, 07:53 AM: Message edited by: deepsushi ]

[ScottM]

Ed, we'll definitley plan a trip this year. If you think you had it good in Quincy, I work in Quincy and the boat is in Hingham, so it's a simple left turn off route 3A to the marina on my way home. If traffic cooperates, I can leave work at 4:45 and be on the boat at 5:00-5:10 [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] .

deepsushi, regarding Ty's report board, I don't blame him for going private. There were some real jerks on that site, especially the supposed comms that didn't want any of the recs sharing information. I can understand it being your livelihood and not wanting "amateurs" interfering, but everyone was an amateur at one point.

In case some of you aren't aware, Rutgers University has a decent free water temp site at http://www.thecoolroom.org/fishermen/fish_sst.htm . Although not as accurate as the paying sites, it does a pretty good job.

[Hooper]

Hey Deep-

I hear ya on that KaBoom! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] It had to be about 930am or so right? I would say it was the Concorde leaving NYC. That has happened to us on several occassions tuna fishing offshore. In fact, on most summer mornings you can hear it happen while on land here on the Cape.

-Hooper

[John R]

15s from otis... I've heard distant sonic booms fishing Wasque & Smith's Point on Nantucket and not long after see 15s & on a rare occasion 16s...

When I fish the derby I see & hear the 15s about every third day.

Ahh, the DERBY [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] - Watch out Buddy V! I'm coming after Ya for the winning bass!