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08-09-2010, 01:06 PM
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Headed to the edge tomorrow morning
Headed to Hydrographers and one of the no-name canyons to the east... has a great temp break. Should be fun. Marlin on the mind... Will be back on Thursday PM. Will try to take a few photos. (I aways get distracted and forget to pick up the camera)
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08-09-2010, 01:20 PM
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Location: Lakeville,Ma
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Looking forward to the PICS!! Don't forget to pick up that Camera!!!
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08-09-2010, 01:24 PM
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Next year I plan to mount a go-pro "cockpit cam" and take video that way. I figure if it can be mounted on a surfboard it can take a fixed mount on a pilothouse ( http://www.goprocamera.com/players/channel_surf.php) |
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08-09-2010, 02:04 PM
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Location: marshfield
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good luck. definatly take some pix
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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08-09-2010, 03:52 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
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Get 3 hd flips and build some mounts. won't be waterproof though... but you will have 3 angles for the same amount of money practically. |
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08-09-2010, 05:13 PM
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Jim was that you at gay head saturday around noonish?
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08-09-2010, 05:38 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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Jim good luck.
the bite is there, just got some reports. maybe this weekend, but we won't be that far east w/ our range...
tight lines
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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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08-09-2010, 07:51 PM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
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Good luck. Let us know how you do...
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Make America Great Again.
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08-09-2010, 07:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
Jim was that you at gay head saturday around noonish?
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Yeah!! I spend the night at CH with my wife and son and then fished Nomans on Sat morning...just blues. I was rounding the head just after noon I think. There were a bunch of chunkers all anchored up, were you one of them?
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08-09-2010, 07:55 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Luv to see the boat wet!!
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08-09-2010, 08:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
Yeah!! I spend the night at CH with my wife and son and then fished Nomans on Sat morning...just blues. I was rounding the head just after noon I think. There were a bunch of chunkers all anchored up, were you one of them?
good night.
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Yeah but not in the mix...I was one of the loner's just south. Gorgeous out there.friggen things sweet.  |
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08-12-2010, 05:01 PM
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Good trip....steady pick of yellowfin averaging around 60#, largest was about 75-80. We lost one at the boat that was 90 easy and a couple of other screamers.
A few nice dolphin to 20# and only one marlin that grabbed a green machine spreader bar.
I have a couple photos but again for some reason I only took a couple photos.
The fish were all stacked on the west wall of the canyon, nothing on the east wall or in the deep.
We saw 2 mammoth rays which were in the wake of the boat and followed us for a mile or so. 12' wide easy! What a cool creature. More whales than I have ever seen out there ( usually there are more whales east than south )
Someone needs to explain to me how a "Green Stick" is used. I see them but I can not figure out how they work.
Good trip but no exotics, no wahoo, bigeye or albacore.... maybe next trip.
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08-12-2010, 05:07 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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glad you got out Jim.
w/ the forecast I think were grounded until next week at the earliest...
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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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08-13-2010, 06:25 AM
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Oh, while off loading the yft ( we sold 7 of them to cover the cost of the trip) I ran into a long liner who was out there and he was fishing for Golden Tile fish. (he let the long line go to the bottom in 700' of water! ) It was the first time I ever saw a tile fish in person. He gave me one and the wife cooked it up for the family last night. Excellent tasting fish, sort of like black sea bass texture and taste.
BTW the market for yft is pretty flooded right now, don't expect to get great $. There is a big demand for big Mahi and Bigeye right now though, if you get a large bigeye though it can really make a trip.
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08-13-2010, 06:37 AM
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a few photos...
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08-13-2010, 07:22 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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jim. heard that on the YFT, but knew about the $mahi.
nice pics.
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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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08-13-2010, 07:28 AM
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Location: East Prov RI
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Nice trip. Did you take your boat? If so, how do you like it for out there.
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08-13-2010, 07:57 AM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
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Tilefish is awesome tasting. Sounds like it was a great trip.
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Make America Great Again.
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08-13-2010, 09:26 AM
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Location: Newtown, CT
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Sandy, The green stick is used like a giant outrigger. A big bird (usually about 3 feet long) is run waaay back off the tip of the greenstick and then squid baits (either real or fake) are slid down the line so they run just in front of the bird, splashing right on top of the water. Of course the biats are rigged so they break away from the bird line when they get hit.
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08-13-2010, 11:17 AM
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Yeah I see these guys pulling with what looks like a stack of pallets off of a 35' vertical pole...makes a huge comotion about a 1000' behind the boat. I would like to see the rigging up close. I don't see the how they control all the baits when you get a strike. One guy had a hydraulic reel... No rods.
Looks like too much gear to me
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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08-13-2010, 12:00 PM
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Location: Newtown, CT
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The commercial guys use the bandit reels, no muss no fuss, 600 piund mono just engage the hydraulics and wind the fish to the boat. More sporstman like to use R&R baits can be dangled off the main line in any number of ways, cheapest is stainless rings on the bird line with a #64 rubber band to the reel line. That big bird put an awful lot of pressure on the greenstick, so it has to be mounted very well. No doubt the commotion does attract the fish. I use smaller birds on my outrigger and centerrigger lines to try to get some of the effect. I've had big blues come up and try to eat the birds!
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08-13-2010, 02:47 PM
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Location: marshfield
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nice pix. looks like a good time
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my 1st wife didn't like me fishing so much
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08-13-2010, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
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Jim - nice pics but you are so elusive with your head down in every one.
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--Mike Malone
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08-15-2010, 10:26 PM
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Great pics! Nice bull and nice yellows. Thanks for sharing Jim!
Looks pretty calm out there for the canyons. How was the ride out, back? Did you stay over night out there and chunk?
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08-16-2010, 10:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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always wanted to stick a tilefish
ncice report
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The Artist Formerly Known As Wannabe Beach Bum
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08-17-2010, 06:22 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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Hoping for the end of the week here, but not Hydro... too far for our ride....
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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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08-17-2010, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Just came back from Norfolk Canyon,great fishing and got my first ever YFT.White Marlin bite was very good as well as the Mahi.I might need a bigger boat.
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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08-17-2010, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Gloucester, MA
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Green Stick Paper
The attached paper descibes both ways it is typically rigged.
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08-17-2010, 01:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
Hoping for the end of the week here, but not Hydro... too far for our ride....
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Sounds nice. I am itchin to go again but it may be a couple weeks before I can sneak away for a few days. I want a bigeye and a wahoo.
Good luck. (Atlantis?)
Slick...thanks for that! |
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08-17-2010, 01:16 PM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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I don't know if we decided. waiting for new intel and temp shots.
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"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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