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11-06-2008, 07:56 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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The Macojoe 3 gets its first Tuna
Well as some of you may know I have had a bad time this summer with my health. So I have not been on the water in my boat since July.
But I have been feeling a bit better and with the help of a cortisone shot in the back I am pretty good theses days.
So when a friend said what I thought about taking my boat out to Stellwagon Bank for a Tuna trip I said sure lets go!!
So it was I, Bigbo, friends Kenny & Mark. We had some small engine problems (fuel related) but they did not stop us!!
So here is Mark reeling in the fish, Mark is a body builder and is like a power winch reeling this thing in!!
Fish was 60" about 150#
Bigbo did the harpooning
Kenny worked the leader and Mark the gaff and I did the cutting for the bleed.
The reward
I was the driver, and let me tell you that is no easy task with a missile zooming back and fourth in and out!!
It is all team work!! Everyone had there job! We were hoping for another as you are allowed 2 fish. But they all went down deep after the morning bite and we had no deep divers with us this day.
Here are some more random shots some from me some from CB
I have seen many whales out there before, but not as many as we saw today! At one point I had to stop a troll just to let a mother and her calf to go by us! It was great!!
Can't wait to go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS 
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11-06-2008, 07:57 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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11-06-2008, 07:59 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Awesome pics Joe and what a great fish...congrats! Glad you are feeling better!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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11-06-2008, 08:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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Nice job Macojoe.
Just for a clarification,
regs are
1 fish 27 in - 47 in
1 fish 47 in - 72 in
and one giant 73 in + per year.
So in other words, you can't keep 2 60 inch fish
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LETS GO BRANDON
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11-06-2008, 08:02 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Way to go!! That's no fluke!!
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11-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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Quote:
Raider Ronnie Nice job Macojoe.
Just for a clarification,
regs are
1 fish 27 in - 47 in
1 fish 47 in - 72 in
and one giant 73 in + per year.
So in other words, you can't keep 2 60 inch fish
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Thanks Ron!! But I knew that, there is only one fish there they are all of the same fish!
We got it on a slugo top water, after the morning feed they went deep and I had no deep divers, so the rest of a day was a site seeing trip and that was fine by me!! |
"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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11-06-2008, 09:04 PM
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chathamblue30
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Middleboro Ma
Posts: 219
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You can catch a bigger fish than that in the Macojoe 3 way to go pal !!!!
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11-06-2008, 10:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 2,031
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Congrats, great fish. Looks like you guys had a great time!!
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--Mike Malone
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11-06-2008, 10:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
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nice work boys. next wednesday looks good. ho-ho-ho
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11-07-2008, 08:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: 14000 / 44031.5
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That's a heck of a harpoon shot - buttonholed through the gillplates - wow.
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11-07-2008, 09:09 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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that is great stuff, thanks for the pics, I cant imagine seeing a fish like that hitting on top. CONGRATS !!!!!
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11-07-2008, 11:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
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nice pics
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11-07-2008, 12:30 PM
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Southsider
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Bass River, Mass.
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Way to go Joe! What a way to end a tough season, good for you guys!!!
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11-07-2008, 12:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: MA - Ol' New England - USA
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Awesome pics !
WOW - thanks for the tease!!! Nothing fights like a tuna. Big, bad and tasty - woooooooo hooooooo!!
I never knew people used sluggos for tuna. Hmmmm..... everything else likes to chop on sand eels so why not.
It would have been worth it just to watch it live. Whales that close are an added bonus!
May be BigBo will bring a piece next week. 
Heck, I would have been eating that bad boy while you were still bleeding him ..... lol. Got wasabi!  |
Ray 'md2020'
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11-07-2008, 01:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maddog2020
WOW - thanks for the tease!!! Nothing fights like a tuna. Big, bad and tasty - woooooooo hooooooo!!
Heck, I would have been eating that bad boy while you were still bleeding him ..... lol. Got wasabi! |
Hence, the name maddog2020
See ya next week Ray. |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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11-07-2008, 01:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Lakeville,Ma
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Beautiful PICS...
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11-07-2008, 02:55 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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Good for you Joe. Must have been a ball and great photos.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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11-07-2008, 03:17 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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Thanks Everyoe!!!!!!!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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11-07-2008, 03:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
Posts: 4,143
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WOW Gr88888T fish,
Joe, glad to hear your feeling better ,looks like you dropped some poundage also
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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11-07-2008, 04:03 PM
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Get off my Rock
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 208
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Your all done now. This tuna fishing is a freaking addiction.
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11-07-2008, 06:52 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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awesome!
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11-07-2008, 07:29 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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Congrats!
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11-07-2008, 07:38 PM
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Princess of the Rocks
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: On the Rocks...
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Great story Joe and Nice Fish!!
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Is There Anything Sexier Than A Hot Babe With A Bent Rod? ~RHern
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11-07-2008, 08:20 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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Thanks everyone!!
But Like I said it was Team Maco that got that fish!! I drove, Mark reeled in the fish, Kenny worked rods and leader, Bigbo worked the harpoon and rods!
We all worked toghter and had a great day!!
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS
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11-08-2008, 02:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2003
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congrats!
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11-08-2008, 05:05 AM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
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Congratulations!!! That is a great story a nd one hell of a way to end a season. Getting your first tuna is a memory you soon won't forget. It is one of the best ways to spend time with friends. Congrats and continued success catching these great fish.  |
Make America Great Again.
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11-08-2008, 08:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: East Prov RI
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Awesome Joe! time to buy some 50's fo next year!
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11-08-2008, 09:32 AM
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Got Necco's?
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Franklin
Posts: 1,339
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congrats on your first tuna Joe! welcome to the addiction.
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HAMMER TIME! 
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11-08-2008, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Good story..........good fish !!!!!!
Congrats...... 
I feel your pain with the back (no pun intended),,,,,been there,,,did that,,,took a couple of years before it was all good again.
Hope yours is not as bad as mine was.... |
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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11-09-2008, 09:29 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Glad to hear it Joe 
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