Yankee Fleet

[bart]

Originally Posted by Smellfish

If bait fishing.... use at least 16 oz of weight to get vertical as possible

should i bring my own weights? thanks

[t.orlando]

gimme a call

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Going agaisnt the flow, i always head to the bow, bout 10 feet from it. Started out doing it when i was a kid and it stuck. If using the rental rod , on the way out check things over good, i always sharpen the hooks, and re-tie. Might want to bring a couple red gills with ya, they make a good teaser for all sorts of stuff, beef up the hooks a bit though. Good luck out there. Tip the mates good.

[bart]

thanks for all the replies.

tony if you get this tonight will you call my cell, lost your number. thanks..

[bart]

thanks to everyone who replied on this thread and in PMs. we had a blast catching haddock, my girl caught the biggest between the two of us so i was pumped for her. it was an absolutely beautiful day on the water. yankee fleet definitely puts you on fish, everyone seemed to be hooking up. a big wolfish took the pool.

only problem/concern i had was that i saw a lot of dead fish in the water. also, are those burlap sacks they use to hold fish biodegradable because they just dump them over the side after they fillet the fish.

other than that it was an awesome day and i would definitely do it again.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I dunno bout the burlap, i would assume its degradable. When i go out there i think its key to bring a cooler with a block or two of ice in it, and bleed the fish when they go in the box. Dont know how much of a difference it makes, but i am a bit sketched out by letting the fish sit on the deck in a sack for 6 hours.

[sapo]

did a half day trip today myself (birthday present from a couple of years ago)5 keepers out of 30 people. The mates said that more and larger are caught on full days. Nice people but their rental gear seemed like crap. I almost exclusively surfcast so I didn't have my own.

I also made note of the dead fish, you can't keep 'em but they die on the way up, or from handling, anyway? Also noticed the Burlap sacks going overboard, and washing the boat with bleach and soap and then rinsing it into the water? hmmmm?

Took the rest of my gift certicate and bought overpriced lures. Hope this doesn't come of as too negative but I probaly wouldn't go on a half day again. I did see some jumping tuna, very cool.