Alan,
That number was starting to creap up on me too.
Fortunately, it got reset. Now I am at only 1 fishless trip, and always optomistic to keep that count as low as possible.
If you want to put fish in the boat, don't troll for them. It seams like a perfectly viable tactic to find the fish. But from there you settle into drift mode.
At least that is the conclusion I have come to so far. But as soon as a fish actually gets hooked up, I may change my mind.
I'm looking forward to seeing a Catch my Drift bring home 8 swords, someday.
BTW - when is the 203 trip? I haven't managed to catch one yet. It sounds like fun though: fishing with a bunch of addicts.
What was the cost? like $75 +$25 for raffle stuff if is follows the same theme as prior trips. Will there be any harpooning of the pumpkins contest?