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     Captpete |
Interesting double exposure there. I think I'd be a little more interested in the faded image. | |||
| Captpete |
What's a squid? I thought everybody knew they were fish bait. | |||
| Captpete |
You hook 'em on one a these:  | |||
| Awprior |
I just saw a stunt riding magazine at a grocery store today... Probably one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I may have to buy it and post a few pics from inside. It's the Squid bible. | |||
| Crusty |
Oh, well. | |||
| Nevco1 |
Captpete...Any squid large enough to fit that hook would taste better than the fish it was intended to catch. You must be doing the swordfish or marlin thing, eh? The squid we jigged for bait in So Cal was considered "candy" for the intended catch of the day (bass/yellowtail). Always bartered for the remaining squid. LOL Squid also provides for lots of amusement on the way to the fishing grounds. Made great "squirt guns" and that ink never washed out. However, the best use for "way too dead" squid is revenge! Just leave it in a bucket with some water and pour the sun ripened juice in the outside air intake just in front of the perps windshield. Oh man, you never will get the smell out of the vehicle.  | |||
| Captpete |
Nevco1 That size and style of hook will catch anything from a 30-lb. deep-water bass to a 1000-lb. shark. The most recent use for me has been for sharks. Man, you must be reading the squid manual. You hit all the bases. The universal marine lunch. I know what a handful under the front seat will do, but I've never heard of the air vent gag. (pun intended  ) Even better. edited by captpete on January 04, 2004 | |||
| Captpete |
P.S. Notice to all you vindictive types: We will no longer be taking orders for dead squid, thanks to Nevco1 putting our business in the wind. (But a Snail will work just as well. Hint, Hint, Hint) | |||
| Nevco1 |
Squid...The multi-purpose tool. Now you know one of the reasons I hate being land locked in Wisconsin. The fishing here stinks!!! Although the fish taste great. Waste a good squid on a shark? Yikes! I thought that was what mackerel were for. Then again, The Pathetic Pacific Mackerel are nothing like what you get on the Right Coast. In fact, neither are the squid. Lived and fished So Cal for 30 years. Took fishing and dive charters on my boat for 10. Lots of fun, wish I were still doing it. Hopefully, will be again in a year or so. | |||
| Wyckedflesh |
Try fishing Hawaii Nevco1...once you taste the fish there plus all the different types to catch...you will never want to fish anywhere else  | |||
| M1combat |
Except maybe pink salmon in Alaska  . | |||
| Wyckedflesh |
That isn't fishing, thats hunting with a fishnet | |||
| Nevco1 |
Know many that did the Alaskan Salmon and Halibut. Will get there someday, but I think I would prefer Hawaii. Correction...I know I would prefer Hawaii. Much better for the tan, eh? Plus I get to surf real waves for a change.  | |||
| M1combat |
I hear you there. As far as the net thing goes, never used one although I can tell you I've watched people pull in ten 16-24lb fish in ONE net... I prefer the 80lb test on a real fishing pole as that's the only way to feel the terror as a FISH begins to pull you into the river, you really fight for your life . And yes, I've had them break 80lb test, even a few on 100lb test. Too much fun . It's always fun to watch (no offense) oriental people, being generally a little smaller than me, trying to catch Salmon in a River and see their line break. They almost always take a dive backwards because of how hard they are pulling on the pole... Uhhh, the fishing pole... | |||
| Nevco1 |
Salmon fishing in a river. Now that is something I would love to do. Especially with one of those big steelhead rods. Biggest problems I have in the midwest is learning cast with a level wind reel and how to work a rod with no butt section. After that it is boredom. In the ocean, if things are slow, you can always go catch a mess of mackerel in little time and then go chum for shark. Interesting, that a lot of my charters just wanted to catch a lot but not take anything home as the wifes didn't want the smell in the house. They really got a kick out of catching the mackerel on freshwater spinning gear and barbless bonito jigs. They would fill two large plastic garbage cans in an hour or so and then we would either go chum for shark or give the mackerel to the local lobster boats. Actually, I wish I had kept my salt water gear. Would have worked great for all the local species. Especially my surf and salt water jig rods. Would save on the boat rentals. Hell, I could launch a lure half way across most of the small lakes and get down to the big fish without getting my feet wet. Oh well, between the X1 and the Wide Glide, I have the good weather months already planned.  | |||
| Rocketman |
I'm no fisherman but this past summer I went out on a friends boat into the North Sea somewhere off Whitby. The three of us had been out on the piss the previous night (Whitby is a great place for pubs - some very old mariners bars - just ask Dracula) so well before I'd recovered from my hangover Rob and Frank had steamed well out to sea. They'd caught codling, a handful of fair sized cod, whiting and a crab with a broken claw. When I surfaced from the forward berth looking the worse for wear and after throwing up (beer) over the side Rob handed me a rod equipped with these shiny spinning things and three hooks. Well I'd never fished off a boat in my life and within an instant I had a bite. reels in said line and there on the hook was a beautiful mackerel. My friends shouts over and sez 'if you'd have left it in a second longer all three hooks would've had a fish on 'em'. Sure enough in a matter of minutes they did. We then spent the next hour pulling up more mackerel than you could shake a stick at. Tasted bloody gorgeous too. Rocket  | |||
| Mikej |
You don't need a level wind for around here, and there are salmon and steelhead runs in the local rivers. Come up to Port Washington sometime in the warm months and head to the docks and see what the locals haul in without a boat. I'll probably finally be getting a fishing license this year, my first in Wisconsin, and may have to dust off the flyrods and find where I buried the reels. | |||
| Easyflier |
Another great place to fish is Panama. Freshwater on Lake Gatun, or saltwater in either ocean. | |||
| Captpete |
Here’s a shot of one that got away. I know it’s hard to tell just how big he really was unless you’ve spent a lot of time looking at the surface of the water and can judge by that reference, but my guess was something around 1200 lbs. Notice the size of the dorsal fin beneath the surface.  I recently emailed this picture to a friend and he replied with a comment. So as not to bore those who are not interested, here’s a link to that comment, along with a recount of that and the next day’s fishing:
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| Nevco1 |
Captpete...You win!!! That was absolutely hilarious. Sorry to hear you missed out on the "Shark Fin Soup Special." Came close to that once. Landed a 6' Mako. Thought I killed it. Even stuck my knife a few inches into his eye as a test. Dang thing lied. As soon as I got it on deck, he lunged at me and started snapping. My wife was doing the LMAO thing. She said I jumped so high I was lucky to land back in the boat. Tail roped and dragged him for a few miles before lashing him to the dive platform. Seems I always learn the hard way. Wonder how good two wheeled squid are for shark bait? Suppose you have to knick 'em a little to start 'em bleedin' before you hook 'em and toss 'em over, eh? | |||
| Hardluckxb |
most street squid come pre-knicked! just "hook 'em and toss" | |||
| Nevco1 |
Rocketman...Never saw a pic of the North Sea where it looked like anything I would care to be out on. Evidently the fishing grounds aren't quite as bad as the oil rig areas. Best thing to do is eat a large greasy breakfast of eggs, bacon, hash browns, over-buttered toast, etc before you go out. Then drink COLD beer on the water. The heavy breakfast settles your previous sins and the carbonation from the COLD beer gets the gas out in the form of nasty belches. I am sure there are other preventative measures, but that's the one recommended by 9 out of 10 skippers I knew. PS: I told ya Atlantic Mackerel are better than the one's in the Pathetic...er, I mean Pacific. | |||
| Dynarider |
What the hell are you still doing up at this hr Bill? | |||
| Wyckedflesh |
Nev we pulled a mako ontop crystal pier San Diego. Damn thing laid still for an HOUR. We figured it was dead (16-25 age span) Damn thing just started snappin no reason adn we all freaked. Old guy came runnign up with a billy club and just started whaling on the thing. When it finally stopped he looked at us and said "What ain't any you yuongun's learned the mako is a "it ain't dead til you cut it up into pieces shark?"....Course my scariest shark tale is surfing off Diamond Head. Was out waiting for a set to come in when all the locals started whispering to me to pull my legs up (I was sitting astride my board) Being smart I do as they say, lay down on my board and slowly lift my fet out of the water...not 5 mins later a BlackTip reefshark longer from dorsal to tail(the true measurement of a shark) then I am tall goes swimming smootly along side me...The locals who knew me figured it at 6 and a Half feet long...I was the haouli they let on they grounds cause I understood thay ruled and I was there to learn  ...they never gave me crap about the shark...about other stuff yes...but the shark no cause I handled it like they did, pulled my feet in and waited.... | |||
| Rocketman |
Well guys the worst I've seen the North Sea was when we steamed back from the White Sea in 1977 aboard the Arctic Freebooter. She was a fairly large stern drag freezer trawler and I was a trainee engineer on her. We'd been out 11 weeks because the bobbers (fish landers) were on strike so old Charley Pitts our skipper kept getting orders to stay out and fill her up. Fishing was poor and we chased fish from as far west as Rokal in the North Atlantic then heading east to the Shetland Island's then further east across to the tip of Norway off Nordkapp and still further east in to the White Sea off the Russian coast. After 6 weeks out we sailed in to Honningsvag in Norway and bunkered up then steamed back out for yet another 5 weeks and fished some of the same grounds all over again. It was a case of having to really and only because we'd eventually filled her up so it became necessary to land which we did in Holland. We'd filled her up with that much bloody fish in the end there was no room at all in the freezer hold so the factory deck freezer bins were utilized and filled too. I can remember that trip very well even now. The storm we sailed back to Holland through head punching all the way was massive. A hurricane force storm and coincidentally one of Newfies pics I saw just tonight brought back those exact memories of when I got my 'sea legs'. I can hear the hull shuddering now.  My home town of Hull is steeped in distant water fishing history. My generation is pretty much the last of the line where the fishing industry is concerned but I can remember my youthful days when my grandfather was a welder at Beverley Shipyard where many a record breaking trawler were built. Incidentally the Hammond Innes was the last record breaking stern drag freezer trawler built at Beverley and I was there sometime in the early 70's when she was launched. Looking back now they were great days but I'm not so sure they were at the time. Good money though. As a trainee I was earning £24.12 a week which was a kings ransom back then for a fresh out of school 16 year old. Paid for my new Wranglers and a David Bowie hair style at Chelsea Cut when I got home. After tax etc I settled with £210 and I was rich for the first time in my life. Rocket | |||
| S320002 |
Salmon fishing near the base of Danali (Mt. McKinley) in Alaska. Spinning rig with 18 lb line and 50 lb salmon. Now that was fun. | |||
| Nevco1 |
Wyked...Glad to hear the Homie's liked you enough to both take you to their break and to educate you what to do when the shark appeared. No such experience in So Cal, only surfed from Doheney to San Onofre. Know I missed out on a lot but the early morning Dolphin's were great. | |||
| Nevco1 |
Rocket...Must be neat to grow up in an environment like that. Guess with your commercial fishing resume, my comments about breakfast and beer must have provided a little humor. Works for the flatlander on a sport fishing trip, but have a feeling you have much better remedies. "Sharing is Caring." LOL Oh yeah, Nice pic. Looks like a calm day on the North Sea. Sure am glad I wasn't out in seas like that very often. I didn't mind it too much, but keeping the passengers in the boat (28') wasn't so easy. LOL | |||
| Nevco1 |
S320002...Ok, now you have my attention. 50# salmon on 18# line sounds like something I could really get into. Looks like Alaska just got back on my list of places to go and things to do. | |||
| Wyckedflesh |
Nev it wasn't a case of them taking me to their break, it was a public break off Diamondhead. It was just that while I was out there I gave them the respect their better skills deserved and they took it as a good sign that a haouli would do that so they would give me tips on riding and of course let me in on the sharkwatch. |
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