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Offline IrishAyes

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had a scare in the fog today
« on: July 07, 2008, 06:24:55 PM »
Left the dock with five aboard today. Bob Cole, Harold, Captain Mike, Hareball and myself. Again, a blanket of fog.

Running with the electronics we got to our first spot in due time. Drifted for a bit and picked up some short fluke.

Decided to move further north. Visibility was under 1/8 of a mile. My eyes were going from the radar, to the chartplotter to the seas. Constant back and forth. We were travelling about 5 knots when I see not far off of the port bow a large black object. Fear set in for a second as I thought I was about to run into a boat that I somehow missed on the radar and in scanning the area. I quickly pulled the throttle back to nuetral. Then I spot a giant flat tail come out of the water behind a massive whale! Scared the living hell out of me! I yelled to the crew and they spotted it as it cruised past our port side at a respectable distance.

Continued onto our next fishing spot uneventfully.

Back to fishing and starting to catch some keeper fluke and seabass.

At about 1pm the fog lifted. We finished the day with 5 keeper fluke with Captain Mike being hight hook with two and also snatching the largest fish pool with a 22 inch fluke.
Also put ten seabass on ice. Threw back at least a three man limit of last years keeper fluke and many more smaller than that.

Will be out again tomorrow.
No bunker spotted today. Seas were pretty much flat, no wind in the morning and a very slight breeze in the afternoon. Not the best conditions for fluking.
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Offline Reel Time

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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2008, 06:32:23 PM »
 man the difference radar makes,, with that kinda conditions i woulda kept it in the dock.
 
 way to put a catch together.

 and wheres the pics of the whale?
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2008, 06:38:46 PM »
Every day is something new and exciting , That's why we love it so !
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2008, 06:49:02 PM »
Quote from: Reel Time on July 07, 2008, 06:32:23 PM
man the difference radar makes,, with that kinda conditions i woulda kept it in the dock.
 
 way to put a catch together.

 and wheres the pics of the whale?

Didn't have time to get a pic of the whale, but if you want a pic of my shorts before they get laundered... ;D  nosmly
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2008, 06:53:31 PM »
nice catch and a very exciting site
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2008, 06:55:22 PM »
Too Cool Joe t^
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2008, 07:01:05 PM »
Nice report and sighting Capt.

NJDEVIL  >:D
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2008, 07:17:19 PM »
Very cool trip today! The Whale, the debris all over, hearing motors in the distance....Capt. Joe had not a minute to relax!!

Thanks for another great trip and good times and bringing us all back in one piece Capt. TT^
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2008, 07:19:41 PM »
Good times today Hareball. Wanted to get you another 10 pounder but it wasn't meant to be today. Maybe next time.  t^
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2008, 07:30:23 PM »
Quote from: IrishAyes on July 07, 2008, 06:49:02 PM
Didn't have time to get a pic of the whale, but if you want a pic of my shorts before they get laundered... ;D  nosmly

Great day Capt. Joe! t^  It's always fun to see a whale on the water! ;D  On the other hand, it would never be fun to see your dirty shorts! :P nosmly
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2008, 07:37:55 PM »
Great day on the water with Capt. Joe, Capt. Mike and Hareball.
No drift but the Capt had us on fish all day.
Thanks Joe. TT^
Nice fish Capt. Mike.
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2008, 07:43:25 PM »
They are down there Capt Joe, somebody needs to pull one or 2 of them up a season. TT^

What depth were we fishing? That one drop seemed pretty deep yet Bob was able to use 2oz! I used 4 and it was glued to the bottom. rofla
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2008, 07:45:49 PM »
Bob, the last area we were in was between 30 and 40 feet of water. The fish are there, just need to go over them to catch them.  TT^

With the lack of drift, you could hold bottom with an ounce, if we had that size sinker on the boat.  ;D
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2008, 07:48:59 PM »
It was alot of fun jigging the Spro through there!

It was the spot before we headed inland. Those lumps...seemed like 50' there?
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2008, 08:17:29 PM »
nice catch and spotting t^
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2008, 08:22:54 PM »
Hats off to Capt. Joe and crew for another great job and great day on the water... Thank you Capt. Joe for having us, always a great time fishing with you and the fluke master
"Bob C". Great day guys!  chrz TT^ chrz
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #16 on: July 07, 2008, 08:57:06 PM »
Quote from: hareball on July 07, 2008, 07:48:59 PM
It was alot of fun jigging the Spro through there!

It was the spot before we headed inland. Those lumps...seemed like 50' there?

Yeah Bob, that spot is 50-60 ft.  t^
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #17 on: July 07, 2008, 09:12:36 PM »
Sounds like a good day: The fog, a whale,some shorts ,some keepers, some sea bass and most of all some dirty shorts.
Way to go Joe and crew.Nice report.
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #18 on: July 07, 2008, 09:58:48 PM »
Quote from: IrishAyes on July 07, 2008, 08:57:06 PM
Quote from: hareball on July 07, 2008, 07:48:59 PM
It was alot of fun jigging the Spro through there!

It was the spot before we headed inland. Those lumps...seemed like 50' there?

Yeah Bob, that spot is 50-60 ft.  t^

That spot is only known by you and a sitting duck in a Sailboat rofla hhppy rofla
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Re: had a scare in the fog today
« Reply #19 on: July 07, 2008, 10:27:12 PM »
great report guys .. never saw a whale in the water before, pretty neat i must say..
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