What Are Your Plans for 2008?

[Blue_Runner]

Tsub, no problem. I liked the "wings with teeth pic." Never seen those before but they look gnarly.

Hey I might be down in Nags Head on Memorial weekend and would love to take the boat off shore. I've been out 4 time in the V but sense the motor has a few more years on her I'm not up to running out alone. It adds safty for both of us and it would be fun making the run. Let me know what your plans are as we get closer to Memorial day. I'm sure I'll be down that weekend as my parents have a cottage around the 81/2 mile post in Nags Head.

Still, I'll let you know when I get down that way. We'll probably be heading out of Hatteras inlet, so it'd be a small drive for you but I bet you $5 we'll catch some good fish!

I would like to try to catch a tarpon, they say they are around the Fryingpan Shoals in the summer.

Emerald Isle, right outside of bogue inlet in mid July they are there. Saw them rolling there 2 years ago. It was cool. We were not prepared to throw at them.

[parishht]

1 - Nope - I'll know that I planned the trip when I step foot on the boat.

2 - Nope - Whatever I manage to hook, that's what I will catch.

3 - Lay in bed, I am just too lazy and work too hard during teh week to drag my *** out of bed.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Tsub, no problem. I liked the "wings with teeth pic." Never seen those before but they look gnarly.

Still, I'll let you know when I get down that way. We'll probably be heading out of Hatteras inlet, so it'd be a small drive for you but I bet you $5 we'll catch some good fish!


Emerald Isle, right outside of bogue inlet in mid July they are there. Saw them rolling there 2 years ago. It was cool. We were not prepared to throw at them.

Blue I was given a cottage to use that week so I will be down for MM weekend. I lucked out and was given a three story cottage right on the beach for the week. We will have a few friends down that weekend so I would have a crew of 3 to make the run. Ther's no problem towing to Hatteras so thats not an issue. As we get closer to that weekend lets talk and see if we can make it a trip.

[Blue_Runner]

Absolutely SR! It would add a nice comfort level for me have another boat go out - one for safety and two for seek and destroy. I'm hot and heavy looking for an insulated fish bag in case we catch a big wahoo, dolphin or worse a big yft there will be nowhere to put it....its a great problem to have when the fish is too big for your fish box or cooler. We broke off a large wahoo last year and probably a good thing because it would not have fit!

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Absolutely SR! It would add a nice comfort level for me have another boat go out - one for safety and two for seek and destroy. I'm hot and heavy looking for an insulated fish bag in case we catch a big wahoo, dolphin or worse a big yft there will be nowhere to put it....its a great problem to have when the fish is too big for your fish box or cooler. We broke off a large wahoo last year and probably a good thing because it would not have fit!

Always a good problem to have when the fish is too big for the box. My second off shore citation was a Wahoo which weighed in around 64 pounds. We lost one that was allot bigger but we never really had much of a chance with that fish. If I'm correct don't you need a seperate tuna lic.? For that insulated fish bag. If you go to thehulltruth.com and ask there you will get some good info on them and the best place to order one.

[Blue_Runner]

Yes on the tuna permit. Federal HMS (highly migratory species) is required which is like $22 or so.

I got boarded by the coast guard last year and the coasties tried to tell me you have to have the HMS for mahi. I had it but what kind of idiots are they if they don't even know the law? I had to just nod and say yes.

[Bosts1]

Hey blue, If you catch a big tuna you can core it out and fill it with ice, and then wrap in a big space blanket. We have used many fish bags especially on the kingfish tournament trail, we used them a lot for toting the fish to the weigh in. But when we go out of NC for giant bluefin tuna, and 500-600 pounder won't fit those bags, so we use the space blanket idea and works. its all about reflecting the heat.

Also on a side note guys, we line our fish boxes with more insulation, and then space blanket reflective insulation. its like a emergency space blanket thats kinda thick. And we can hold ice for a few weeks. We can keep fish fresh for three days, and on the third day the ice in the bottom of the box is all frozen together with the fish. So it works!!!

Oh and these we dont fish the pro tourneys, or the BFT in my little V. For those we got a Wellcraft scarab 35. I didn't wont you thinking i was crazy. The ideas will work on the V just a smaller fish box.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by Bosts1

Hey blue, If you catch a big tuna you can core it out and fill it with ice, and then wrap in a big space blanket. We have used many fish bags especially on the kingfish tournament trail, we used them a lot for toting the fish to the weigh in. But when we go out of NC for giant bluefin tuna, and 500-600 pounder won't fit those bags, so we use the space blanket idea and works. its all about reflecting the heat.

Also on a side note guys, we line our fish boxes with more insulation, and then space blanket reflective insulation. its like a emergency space blanket thats kinda thick. And we can hold ice for a few weeks. We can keep fish fresh for three days, and on the third day the ice in the bottom of the box is all frozen together with the fish. So it works!!!

Oh and these we dont fish the pro tourneys, or the BFT in my little V. For those we got a Wellcraft scarab 35. I didn't wont you thinking i was crazy. The ideas will work on the V just a smaller fish box.

So Blue your planning on catching a 500 to 600 pound tuna? I'll be glad to video that from my boat.