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I don't feel like the captain should be fishing on a party boat either. It is bad etiquette on the capts behalf. He is being paid to put OTHERS on fish, not himself. There will be days for capt and crew to fish but not during a chartered party.
If you were on a tuna charter trip, trolled offshore all day without a hit offshore, then at the end of the day the rod goes off, the capt jumps off the bridge and says Ill take it and reels in a trophy. How would you feel? You are paying for this trip. Why is bottom fishing any different? Yes it is more casual but the roles are the same. Capt's responsibility is the safety of the vessel and its passengers, and his duty is also to try and find fish for YOU, the paying passenger. The crew is to help you out anyway they can to make your trip more enjoyable. I have no problem with a mate dropping a line and hooking up then passing the rod to a kid to help get him in the game. But neither the capt nor crew should pounding fish along with the guests.
Whom ever was standing next to the captain was mugged big time!
Regardless, of all that, that is a hell of a fish!
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