:fishslap:

A little humid out there today?

:alien::alien::alien:

Not at all humidity was not part of the equation

it was 100 pct the whole time

thanks for coming everyone - wish it was a little fishier. we'll have to switch up a few things for next time. next year stellwagen. and no one puked :yak5:

great fun. big thanks to everyone that contributed to making this happen. got some nice haddock fillets in the oven right now. hope everyone else had a good day also. couldn't think of a better group of guys to be tangled up with all day.


p.s. Striperman36....you may have won this time but this is far from over......

p.s. Striperman36....you may have won this time but this is far from over......

PSS: the other one I have frozen is even bigger!

Great to meet everyone. I'm pretty sure every move we made was a big circle back to the same spot. :)3
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Thanks Niko for setting this up. If EelSkimmer hadn't brought the banana we probably would have caught more fish.

Great time today. Paul, thanks for setting this up.

Great time. Fillets are all bagged up for delivery tomorrow. Im still feeling like im on the boat, swaying back and forth, almost took a spill in the shower.

too funny, it was pretty flat

Paul,
Thanks again. Also, thanks for staying awake to whole ride up AND back! It was a great day overall.

John,
Thanks for the S-B.com stickers. They will be well served.

Derek,
Those brownies were awesome. Wish I had one with dinner

Nice meeting some new guys too.Wish I met more of you. Came home and cooked up some fresh Haddock. Wow, was it delicious (Paul, still can't believe you don't eat this stuff)!!!

That's It!!!!! A Bunch of guys sleeping?

Where's the Fish Porn? Any Pics of some Fish? :hee:

I think they stopped at a fish market on the way home!:jump1:

It was a good S-B.com trip, nice meeting more S-B finatics and thanks to the FishOn, Zacs, and Niko for their work in putting this together however back to Stellwagon ground fishing for me! The Cove/Jeffries surely didn't hold up to it's reputation.

Paul, Thanks for the plug for 1st fish boated in the stern! Glad it didn't have to be a keeper to qualify.:)

How long did my brother make it before he passed out or fell down??

He was locked in the bathroom all day Nacho Libre.

:fishslap:

Yes, 90 minutes of sleep in the previous 32 hours was not cutting it on the way back from the slamzany cod fishing we accomplished :tooth:

That's It!!!!! A Bunch of guys sleeping?


See note above.

It was a good S-B.com trip, nice meeting more S-B finatics and thanks to the FishOn, Zacs, and Niko for their work in putting this together however back to Stellwagon ground fishing for me! The Cove/Jeffries surely didn't hold up to it's reputation.

Well said! Thank you gents for putting this all on together :btu:

Great time & Crew. Only missing: large numbers of fish & splash pants.

How long did my brother make it before he passed out or fell down??

I believe he made the whole trip upright :btu:

Nobody :yak5:

no one tossed JackK over, wow.. I'm shocked!

had a great time...allways a lot of laughts....thanks to the people who put it together

no one tossed JackK over, wow.. I'm shocked!

We made an effort to deny his martydom. Clearly, walking around with the Phillies cap on, he wanted us to toss him over the rail. So rather than to be goaded in, we pretty much ignored him all the way up until he had a tantrum on the deck stripped down to the spidey underoos...

We made an effort to deny his martydom. Clearly, walking around with the Phillies cap on, he wanted us to toss him over the rail. So rather than to be goaded in, we pretty much ignored him all the way up until he had a tantrum on the deck stripped down to the spidey underoos...

Did he then break into a a chorus of the Eagles Fight Song......There's a visual.

I dont see a report or pics, come on guys, I;d love to hear how it went and see some pics of fish (or at least fishing)

:uhuh:

In all seriousness, I had a blast... Thanks to everyone for getting this all together. Good to meet some new people and catch up with others.

Bummer that the fish didn't cooperate, but at least most people went home with something. I'm going to enjoy my $120 haddock tonight :jump1:

Big congrats to SM36... While he still hasn't proved that he can jig at all, he did prove that he can chuck a clam with the best of them!!

I dont see a report or pics, come on guys, I;d love to hear how it went and see some pics of fish (or at least fishing)


Reports are - fishing was slow:
Some Cod, Haddock, Pollock came over the rail into the boat. Nothing big. Striperman36 had the biggest Cod.

John Pollock almost joined his kin on the ocean side of the rail :hihi:

Amazingly, I think only one Dogfish was caught - heard but did not see.

Some flounder and occasional wolffish, and cusk came up as well.

John Pollock almost joined his kin on the ocean side of the rail :hihi:


LOL he came to our side to toss his banana peel :wall:


Great day, love meeting everyone, some again and some new
Zacs thanks for the ride and the conversation.
John thanks for the S-B stickers as well.

and to the gentlemen on my rail. " Fish em long and dangly!"

PSS: the other one I have frozen is even bigger!

your gonna need it...and I always say, if you're not cheating you're not trying hard enough....

Reports are - fishing was slow:
Some Cod, Haddock, Pollock came over the rail into the boat. Nothing big. Striperman36 had the biggest Cod.

John Pollock almost joined his kin on the ocean side of the rail :hihi:

Amazingly, I think only one Dogfish was caught - heard but did not see.

Some flounder and occasional wolffish, and cusk came up as well.

Mr Pollock was serious bad luck. He stood next to me for a while and the fish stopped biting. I don't think he was three steps away from me heading into the cabin and the bite started again. Pretty sure someone up the bow sent him back to try and ruin the great fishing us stern guys were sharing.

I also had a great trip. Fishing could have been better, but I went home with a decent bag of haddock fillets, so I can't complain too much. Unfortunately, the 3 or 4 people that I had promised fish to aren't so lucky.

Striperman36 thanks for the flounder fillets!

BrianS is a jigging machine. I think he might be the only person on the boat that didn't switch to bait once. And it paid off with the second largest cod... but he missed the collection for the pool :(

We had a good group of fishermen on the bow. Much superior fishermen to the slackers in the stern. The crowd on the stbd side was kept entertained by Sea Dangles running commentary.

iamskippy bought dinner at Kelly's on the way home (thanks bro!). I ate way too much, and combined with the two 5hr energy i guzzled for the drive, it made for some pretty bad indigestion all night and this morning... feeling better now.

Can't wait for a fish fry tonight!!!

Nice to see everybody. I had a really good time. I'm one sore puppy today, though!

Thanks to niko and Zac for the trip planning. Had a good time nice meeting some new folks and always nice catching up with others.
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i can't take credit for any planning, i just helped keep some names straight.

One thing that always sucks at these type of things is you meet so many people it is hard to keep faces/real-name/screen-name straight. especially when pretty much everyone is wearing orange slickers...

especially when pretty much everyone is wearing orange slickers...

Almost everyone :tooth:

Thanks to Zac for driving! Skippy for Kelly's (me must have been the smalliest in there) and SBurnsey for the jig rod loan ;)

Next year it is going to take some
serious bribe money to make sure
I do not bring a banana on board.
And even more serious money to
keep me home. I can be vindictive.

Wait I take that back, Sea Dangles
was upwind of me all day and he was
not only vindictive but LOL at every
blast. The yuppie swine. :fury:

One thing that always sucks at these type of things is you meet so many people it is hard to keep faces/real-name/screen-name straight. especially when pretty much everyone is wearing orange slickers...

Since there seems to be only a single photo, I put names on the people I know, sorry I didn't meet the yellow slicker!

I'll excuse people in the future if they can only ID me from the back of my head. Good luck, I'm usually wearing a hat.:)

that is eddie the fish pimp, aka stripercrazy

hard to tell without the purple hat

I hadn't been on a S-B shindig in a long time, even though the bite was slow I had great time. Thanks to the guys who made it happen.
I thought the crew of old salts were patience loving and understanding kind and forgiving. Those @$%&*() couldn't put me on a dam keeper cod!!!!

long and dangly long and dangly

they should have thrown Derrick off the stern.

I was surprised nobody chummed. I wanted to give a plug to the first whi got green but it never happened. The plug went to the young kid on the boat. I wish i had a set up like he was using when i was his age. Dad's doing a good job with him.

[QUOTE=iamskippy;858770]LOL he came to our side to toss his banana peel :wall:


Great day, love meeting everyone, some again and some new
Zacs thanks for the ride and the conversation.
John thanks for the S-B stickers as well.

and to the gentlemen on my rail. " Fish em long and dangly!"[/QUOTE

Fishing em long and dangly was only bring up the rudder, prop and anchor!:biglaugh:

Fishing em long and dangly was only bring up the rudder, prop and anchor!:biglaugh:
:rotf2: I don't remember the anchor but i do remember all the Jigs you caught! :fishin: :buds:

:rotf2: I don't remember the anchor but i do remember all the Jigs you caught! :fishin: :buds:I was the guy on farside laughing ! I was the guy yelling making room in the cooler.

they should have thrown Derrick off the stern.

wtf! why is it the oldest guys are always the ones
father time, one of the mates on the boat started with the cracks early and now you,

Keel Haul, the Bastard!!

I was the guy on farside laughing ! I was the guy yelling making room in the cooler.

LOL i remember. thought you caught your share of Jigs as well, oh wait you were catching the 2 pound sinker fish like me! :rotf2:

wtf! why is it the oldest guys are always the ones
father time, one of the mates on the boat started with the cracks early and now you,

:rotf2:

LOL i remember. thought you caught your share of Jigs as well, oh wait you were catching the 2 pound sinker fish like me! :rotf2:Yeah I thought caugh a monster but was just some guys sinker from the other side of the boat.:biglaugh:

Yeah I thought caugh a monster but was just some guys sinker from the other side of the boat.:biglaugh:

I think it was mine. I said to the mate, "don't ruin it for me, let me have a few minutes and a few tugs. It feels good"

I had a great time Sunday! Really enjoyed seeing some of the guys that I’ve met over the years and meeting some new ones. I definitely want to do the S-B canyon trip if we can pull it together. Would also be interested in trying the cod again next year. Niko, Zacs, DerekL, JackK it was a pleasure meeting you guys and talking fish. JohnR thanks for the tips on my iPhone!

Niko and Zacs, thanks for all the efforts to pull the trip together. Great job!

Trip report card (scale of 1-10)

Weather: 4 (Better wet than rough. Would rather be damp than sick)
Cod Fishing: 1 (Where were they?)
Haddock fishing: 7 (saved the day)
The Challenger: 8 (smooth ride, comfortable cabin, clean and well kept)
Mate Bob: 9 (the guy was right there when you needed him)
DerekL’s knife sharpener: 10 (gotta get me one of those!)
Best decision of the day: 7 (Sticking with bait)
Worst decision of the day:0 (Making that last move. Never leave fish to drive 30 minutes to fish for only another 20 minutes. Tough way to end the day.)
S-B group: 11+ (Fishing with these guys was by far the best part of the trip!)

It sounds like all had a good time, even though a lot of fish weren't caught.

How'd you guys do on the Haddock?....I'd seriously rather catch those then cod myself....

That's It!!!!! A Bunch of guys sleeping?

Where's the Fish Porn? Any Pics of some Fish? :hee:

Can't post any fish porn pics: would be spot burning!

Every time I was about to pull out the camera, it was raining too hard.

FishOn, that is a great re-cap! Great to talk meet and chat. You also deserve kudos on the organizational front.

Haddock fishing was pretty decent, actually, with delicious results. I wish I could catch this fish all the time, because my kids would eat way more fish if I did!!!

Flounder was also delicious. dusted with flour and seared in butter... oh man Bill, not sure why you would give that one away, but my family thanks you! Yours plus mine equaled a flounder dinner for the Fam last night.

Rest of the fish (not much) is in the freezer now.

RE: No Pics - I have a few from inside the cabin, but when fishing, my camera/phone were under layers of rain gear, and the weather was just to wet and raw to consider breaking them out for pics... sorry...

FishOn, that is a great re-cap!

Haddock fishing was pretty decent, actually, with delicious results. I wish I could catch this fish all the time, because my kids would eat way more fish if I did!!!


I think the "7" rating is highly biased by the quality of the haddock after one of those fillets hit the mouth, can't argue that one, but the quality of fishing for haddock rates a 4-5. To fish for 8hrs and pull up as few fish as we did doesn't rate a 7!

FishOn, that is a great re-cap! Great to talk meet and chat. You also deserve kudos on the organizational front.

Haddock fishing was pretty decent, actually, with delicious results. I wish I could catch this fish all the time, because my kids would eat way more fish if I did!!!

Flounder was also delicious. dusted with flour and seared in butter... oh man Bill, not sure why you would give that one away, but my family thanks you! Yours plus mine equaled a flounder dinner for the Fam last night.

Rest of the fish (not much) is in the freezer now.

RE: No Pics - I have a few from inside the cabin, but when fishing, my camera/phone were under layers of rain gear, and the weather was just to wet and raw to consider breaking them out for pics... sorry...


I just had my 3rd Burnt End Lunch. I am outta town till 6/10.

fish on did a bunch of the organizing - thanks keith. next year we can try stellwagen w/ the viking out of quincy or capt john out of plymouth.

Please don't mention it guys. I really only made a couple phone calls. I just love to fish. What made this trip was all the guys that signed up, paid and filled the trip in only a few weeks. Great effort!

I was hoping that we would see some of the same cod fishing as these guys have experienced in late May/early June over the past several years. The cod in those fishing reports are huge. With hindsight it seems as though the cod may have been better on Stellwagon for this trip. I'm up for that next year Niko.

My family has always loved to eat haddock so taking home 9 keepers between the two of us was considered a very happy result. I've been eating haddock since Sunday and have one cooked fillet leftover in the fridge. Not one made it to the freezer. Still, I really wanted to crank up my first 40 lb cod from 200 feet....still itching to do that.