American Angler

Bottom Line · Oct-07-2006, 07:13 PM

The Angler is returning from a 10 day on this coming Wednesday (10/11) with an estimated eta of around 8:30 am. A very good friend of mine is on this trip and I usually take a half day off work to help him cut fish. This time I'm thinking of taking the whole day off and watching the boat arrive. So far, the main catch has been a wide open wahoo bite on day 3. Is anyone else planning on being down there? If so, maybe we can hook up and BS.
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Iron thrower · Oct-08-2006, 05:50 AM

Hi Steve, have a buddy also on the same trip, SteveK. Saw the 1st day picture & report. He is the second from the left with his whoo. It appears its been a bit rough out there fishing wise. I hope not for eveyone's sake. They were suppose to head back too the rocks last nite an fish there today. Want to meet him also but taking the 10day on the RP leaving Sat. if I have time will go down. Will be the old fart in my BD T-shirt.

Ray

Steve K · Oct-14-2006, 05:40 PM

What is your friend's name? I just finished the trip with him.

Cuda/Hoo_Killer · Oct-14-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve K

What is your friend's name? I just finished the trip with him.

That looked to be an awesome trip. Thanks for the fish bro (one of the perks of working at the landing , you can pelican like no other). BTW, you caught 5 in one day

, I'm hatin on you bro. Damn good to see you.

Steve K · Oct-15-2006, 10:59 AM

Yeah, I did very well. Two on bait, three on the bomb, no troll fish for me. The boat had fifty the first day on the 13 and everybody on the boat got to catch one due to a little creative editing on the trolling teams by Sam.

Bottom Line · Oct-15-2006, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve K

What is your friend's name? I just finished the trip with him.

Bill Salyer - bald guy with a goofy straw hat and about $20k in tackle. I wasn't able to make it down to the boat due to family issues but did hook up with Bill at his place and helped him cut fish. It was pretty much a weak trip as far as the catching goes but Bill said the passengers and crew were great.

Steve K · Oct-15-2006, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Bottom Line

Bill Salyer - bald guy with a goofy straw hat and about $20k in tackle. I wasn't able to make it down to the boat due to family issues but did hook up with Bill at his place and helped him cut fish. It was pretty much a weak trip as far as the catching goes but Bill said the passengers and crew were great.

I know Bill, fished with him on the trip last year, too. I don't know that you could classify the trip as weak. We caught a lot of fish. Many (most) of the Dorado were released. We did not catch near the volume of tuna we got last year, nor did we get the quality, but the Wahoo fishing was crazy off the charts. It was also a good trip for trophy Yellowtail. I'm not sure what you mean by weak? Are those your words or Bill's?

Bottom Line · Oct-15-2006, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve K

I know Bill, fished with him on the trip last year, too. I don't know that you could classify the trip as weak. We caught a lot of fish. Many (most) of the Dorado were released. We did not catch near the volume of tuna we got last year, nor did we get the quality, but the Wahoo fishing was crazy off the charts. It was also a good trip for trophy Yellowtail. I'm not sure what you mean by weak? Are those your words or Bill's?

Bill was specifically after tuna over 100 lbs - it was great that you guys got a lot of hoo, tails and dodo's but I know Bill was disappointed by the lack of larger tuna. I wasn't trying to bag on your trip!

Steve K · Oct-15-2006, 08:03 PM

As far as bigger tuna goes, this trip was a bit of a dissapointment, but we had good chances on those on the same trip last year. JP fish were 124, 106, and 97 lbs. I don't recall if Bill got a big one last year or not. He's a blast to fish with and so is his runnin' mate, Doug. The two of them are planning a 16 day in '08; that ought to produce for them.