A few blackfish pics...
First is my father, circa 1980ish, his Peresonal Best blackfish at 17.5... an absolute moose of a blackfish.. I might bass fish 100+ trips a year but when we go blackfishing, I usually get smoked... and I know how to catch em... I think he smells the %$%$%$%$ers before they bite.... He lurks occasionally as Tautog01 on here and a few other boards...

Second is my grandfather with an average blackfish... OK, not back in the day, but he was a 'back in the day' fisherman. Pic is circa late 90's, one of his last fishingtrips. he was a great blackfisherman 'in the day' and still laugh when I think about his stories... he didnt fish with us much his last few years, but was always willing to dole advice from behind his desk and is sorely missed. Every now and then ,thinking of something (i.e. looking for a new piece of structure) and I catch my self thinking I'll ask Red...) He still provides some MoJo, and his trusty squidder is still always at ready!

Pic 3... Again circa 1980..
Blackfish and Cod... inshore grounds...

Before people go PETA on me, this was the days before bag limits AND this was commercial rod and reel..
I dont think either of us kept more than 4 or 5 blackfish a day last year... just a few fillets then trophy hunting... :rocketem: :tooth:

Karl - they are real keepers. Do you still have the hat? Great mem:kewl: ories.

:hihi:... Hey! I Resemble that Remark :hihi:...
Maybe not an inch in height VB, but the Girth has Suffered ;)

GF.. no on the hat, but it jogged my memory, finding that box of black and whites... I remember that rod :o.. funny, somethings you don't forget... like a dad who worked two, sometimes three jobs, had six sons, and still found time to teach me how to drown worms...

JPI.. not a Ford.. That's "Christine" in the garage :D.. 57 Sport Fury (Sand Dune White, not the Banana Yellow)... I wish I still had the hat, the rod, and Dad's old Hot Rod :D