1/31/07 1 for 2 [@63 incher]...almost didnt make it home

[snooknreds2]

so i have been looking for a ride tonight for a while now and finally i was supposed to go out on my buddy marshal's boat. his boat is a cuddy cabin and NOT set up for swording so i wanst planing on a productive night, i just wanted to get out there and soak some baits. but then long story short that fell threw.
Instead bluewater25, my usual fishing partner whos wife is pregnant, actually got last minute clearance to go tonight from the wife. BUT only if he goes to church on sunday morning (no sseriously im not joking that was the deal!!!!) (i think maybe for two weeks in a row also) [hey when they are pregnant they hold they ]
so we ended up heading out on his boat. went 1 for 2. the one we lost ended up breaking off our whole rig (wind-on, lp, hook like and sinker.....about $100 worth off shit just gone...but hey we bought it to use not to look at right????). it hit a 300ft bait on a full moon which makes perfect sense to everything that i have read.
the one we landed hit the 50 ft TIP rod ON A FULL MOON, with a hydraglow light on which goes against everything i have read, and experianced!!!
I could tell this fish was either really big or foul hooked, by the way it was fighting. it took a long time at @ 1 hour 15 min to get it into the boat because it turns out it was about a 63 inch fish that was foul hooked through the dorsal fin, then bill wrapped. so i finally get the fish up to the boat, after several times of him deciding he didnt "like the color of our boat", or something like that!!!!, and jake, bluewater, sticks him with the dart. Nice looking dart shot i i must add!!!
so we get the fish in the boat and clean up and so on and so on getting ready to run in and i go to start the motor and NOTHING HAPPENS!!!!!
so the boat, which is brand new, wouldnt start, tried changing batteries and all that good stuff. even tried jumping from one battery to the other, and it still wouldnt start. called sea tow (because no one would come back to us on 72). from there on it was just a waiting game untill sea tow showed up and jumped us...but that didnt go very smooth either, maybe bluewater will explain since its his boat .....this ordeal ended up taking probably over two hours all in all so. what started out as an early night, the fish was in the boat by @9:15, turned into a REALLY late night. hence while i am writing this at 6:30 in the MORNING......WELL THAT AND I HAVE MORE TO DO...because i can and i dont have anything to do tomorrow..

bluewater has the pics and should put them up tomorrow at some point.

OH THE FISH ALSO HAD A LANCET FISH (WHICH IS THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE ever SEEN) IT ALSO HAD WHAT I THINK WAS TWO MORE LANTERN FISH....PICS TO COME OF THOSE ALSO


forgive me if this post is a little sloppy as it is 7:00 in the morning and i havent gone to bed yet

[igotbenefits]

Sounds like a brutal night..That's why they call it sportfishing..Can't wait to see the pics..

[snooknreds2]

by the way we stoped and weighed this fish at light house point.
i dont know how accurate there scale is but it weighed out at just 120~121 lb


oh and jake's vhf antenna didnt get put down for Mr. tree branch who was hanging out to say hello i want to break you today.........

so this was kinda a expensive trip for two broke azz college students

P.S. we are taking donations.........

[reefling]

nice job on the fish.

[billspilingup]

Originally Posted by snooknreds2

P.S. we are taking donations.........

"So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice." - Bill Murray as "Carl Spackler" in Caddyshack

[Fishalways]

Wild trip.

The light is all personal preference I have determined.
Doesn't seem to make a bit of diff either way going by all the stories on here.

Ps.. I'm now looking at Sat nite instead of Friday.

[LIGHTS OUT]

Crazy night. WTG

[Verado06]

Hey atleast you got one!

What ended up being wrong with the boat? Did seatow tow you back?

[mannyc]

Originally Posted by Fishalways

Ps.. I'm now looking at Sat nite instead of Friday.

I don't know if the weather is going to hold up Saturday night. Lets hope so.

[DIRTYFOOT2]

Glad you fellas made it back Congrats on the nice fish. Sounds a little light on the weight ( was it a skinny fish? ). Know that feeling when she doesn't crank....Makes your butt pucker

[Tunachaser]

Originally Posted by DIRTYFOOT2

Glad you fellas made it back Congrats on the nice fish. Sounds a little light on the weight ( was it a skinny fish? ). Know that feeling when she doesn't crank....Makes your butt pucker

We had a VERY similar experience a couple of weeks ago. . . pucker factor was definitely in full effect! We actually boated two fish (48" & 62") and released another two while waiting for Towboats US. If you're going to be drifting, you might as well have some baits out We can laugh about it now, but definitely not a good feeling when she won't start

Man Jason, you're buddy isn't having much luk with his new ride . Sorry to hear about the troubles, but at least you got one and came home safely!

[Kawama]

crazy..i was supposed to go with you guys in marshals boat, anyways i got stuck in key west with a broken down airplane until right now.. Good job on the fish.

[Uncle Buck]

And that's why we leave the engines ON.

I did hear of Bluewaters recently having some ignition switch problems. Maybe that's the culprit?

[bluewater25]

what a night . just rolled out of bed. Will pst pics soon. How does 3 batterys all die

[quack quack]

Originally Posted by bluewater25

what a night . just rolled out of bed. Will pst pics soon. How does 3 batterys all die

Motor not charging or a short in the system. age of the batts?

[snooknreds2]

Originally Posted by Fishalways

Wild trip.

The light is all personal preference I have determined.
Doesn't seem to make a bit of diff either way going by all the stories on here.

Ps.. I'm now looking at Sat nite instead of Friday.

yea i agree the light doent matter too much. we caught fish with it and with out it.
my point was that i have always read and experienced that on a night with a full moon they stay deep cause the bright light from the moon hurts their eyes....needless to say i dont think i agree with that anymore.

im just now getting up it is 5:00 PM

[snooknreds2]

Originally Posted by Tunachaser

We had a VERY similar experience a couple of weeks ago. . . pucker factor was definitely in full effect! We actually boated two fish (48" & 62") and released another two while waiting for Towboats US. If you're going to be drifting, you might as well have some baits out We can laugh about it now, but definitely not a good feeling when she won't start

Man Jason, you're buddy isn't having much luk with his new ride . Sorry to hear about the troubles, but at least you got one and came home safely!

yea why we were waiting for sea tow i kept saying we should put a spread back out, since we were drifting anyway, but it was decided not to

[snooknreds2]

Originally Posted by DIRTYFOOT2

Glad you fellas made it back Congrats on the nice fish. Sounds a little light on the weight ( was it a skinny fish? ). Know that feeling when she doesn't crank....Makes your butt pucker

we used the scale at light house point and i dont know how accurate it is. the fish was 63.5 X 39 (which lets me know that we messed up the girth measurement on the 65" we got last week cause that fish was way fatter than this one. i think that the 65" from last week was about 160
(63.5 X 39 X39)/800= 120.73 lbs so the formula is in concurrence with the scale

i will proably get ripped for this but i think people are quick to say there fish weighs alot more than it does cause they have never actually weighed one. such as the "200 # sword caught on catch my drift" if that fish was 200 lbs then our 65" one last week was like 250#..........BUT IT WASNT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT!!

[miamiangler1]

When I go on a long trip out ..Since i`m in a 16ft`er I carry my battery pack that has jumpers on it ... I know it`s a pain to carry around but it will get you started ... I keep it in the car and helped a lot of people who need a jump on the boat docks ...... it run s about 70 bucks in the store,,,at least you got a nice sword for your trouble ...

[miamiangler1]

Originally Posted by Uncle Buck

And that's why we leave the engines ON.

I did hear of Bluewaters recently having some ignition switch problems. Maybe that's the culprit?

Congrates on your white marlin by the way have you done anymore deep dropping ?