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09-17-2006, 08:01 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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tuna got you down?
ARRghhhhh...
sharking on jeffreys today. whell all last night too.
left the merrimac about 7:00 for some all night sharking but only managed one 60# blue shark all night.
at sun up we took off for the eastern side of jeffreys to try another slick. got 7 blue sharks from 60# up to 300#
i saw the biggest "shark" i've ever seen in my life "alive" besides a basker. HUGE blue shark. i mean a monster !!!
400-500# EASY no chit !! we all saw it.
she came right up into the slick with 2 more about 80# and a 200# we ripped the bait away from the 80 pounder to try to get the big one but the 200 pounder got the mid bait and we had to fight him. we never saw the big one again.
you know those BIG blue sharks over 300# how they look. there all battle scared and maybe a little wiser from there years of travels. nose starts to square off.
8'th and last fish of the day i'm up next for my second shark.
after a long,,,,,,,,,3 hr. lull. we decided to make lunch.
you know what happens when you get all the food out to make lunch. 
MAKO!!!!!
not a monster, but the first one we've seen north of the cape.
thats capt. chaos Jon"Riff-Raff" "leakyrivot" on the right. and his brother Jay on the left..
we didn't see one sign of any tuna all day.
no bait, no birds, no whales, no nuthin !!!!!!!! |
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09-17-2006, 08:27 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,550
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Very nice!! You get good fish Freak. I'll be out tuesday and wednesday for tuna, bottom fish, and of course our beloved striper if time permits. I haven't got a non junk-shark on my resume, but the tuna gear should handle those, so thats food for thought.
How were the dogfish? They were hitting jigs last weekend.
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09-18-2006, 04:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 1,160
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That would look awsome on a wall in your house....
but even better on your grill!
Great work, you the man FF
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09-18-2006, 04:24 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
Posts: 1,412
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nice maco mike , and a good day on the blue dogs , i know u wanted that big one. you boys are hard core, all night and all day, fish them up...... i went to rs, slooooo kept movin found whales , some fish but slooo
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09-18-2006, 05:51 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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TFF; Saw a bluedog like that fishing OB one year... the same year they weighed the 454lb.... she was north of 4 but we couldnt get her a bait between a bunch of 2-300lbs fish....
scary big when the head and shoulders are that big across!
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Bryan
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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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09-18-2006, 07:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Buzzards Bay MA
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Hey freak I was wondering what you guys do with the dogs? Garden fertilizer?? We usually just release them... Nice photos.. Take Care Tip-n-Ring Dave
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09-18-2006, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Nice fish Mike. Congrats to you and Jon and Jay.
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09-18-2006, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: WELLS, ME
Posts: 66
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Nice Mako. I got this 7' last weekend.
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09-18-2006, 12:24 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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nice one sea-gar. you get that north of the cape?
thats the first one i've seen up here. caught many down off nantucket and south, but not up here. got a thresher last year up on northern jeffreys, but mostly blue sharks and porbeagles are all we find east of stellwagen and up on jeffreys. i know the tuna guys get some big makos every year.
we need a new 6 foot gaff. looks like a pretzel now. 
rumor is there's a great white on northern stellwagen harrasing the tuna guys..
hmmmmm,,,,,  |
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09-18-2006, 12:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: WELLS, ME
Posts: 66
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Yes - caught it on northern Jeffery's. I fish out of Wells, ME - usually fish between the fingers and the curl.
He broke our 6' AFTCO gaff as well - they may replace it though. Broke the tip of my tuna stik also.
Sounds like you are out there a lot - give me a call on the radio. Boat name is Sea-Gar. I'm thinking about taking Friday off to try for tuna. I have yet to hook up.
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09-18-2006, 01:33 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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Top Shot gaffs.  |
Ski Quicks Hole
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09-18-2006, 02:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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Harpoons!
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09-18-2006, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
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Watch out on Stellwagon.
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09-18-2006, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
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Just out of curiosity, what do you do with it? Sell or eat?
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09-19-2006, 06:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: WELLS, ME
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There were 3 of us on the boat - we split up the 150lbs of steaks and gave it to people at work. 65 families had a nice dinner from that shark.
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09-19-2006, 07:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 1,160
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Cool, that was a pretty nice thing to do. Can you sell it at the fish auction? I wonder what it gets per pound.
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09-19-2006, 07:48 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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You need a special license from the feds to sell any shark, you HMS license isn't good enough, even if you are in the general category. In fact if you are in the general category, you can't even fish for sharks.
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09-19-2006, 08:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: New Hampshire
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I was just curious, as usual. I like to let them all go myself. although haven't caught a mako yet. Should be real exciting when we do.
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09-20-2006, 05:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: everett ma
Posts: 330
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Hey mikey thanks for tthe mako steaks yesterday Pete
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09-20-2006, 10:58 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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Originally Posted by pete santini
Hey mikey thanks for tthe mako steaks yesterday Pete
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nooooo. problem pete..
Last edited by thefishingfreak; 09-21-2006 at 10:46 AM..
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