Finally Boating Fish

Knot Proper · 02-21-2007, 09:46 AM

Out last night conditons could not have been better My buddy Weekend BENder and I had 4 Slashed baits and one 53"on the boat. Once on board fish Spanned from one side of the boat to the other. Just the right fit for my first Swordy

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Capt'n Shane · 02-21-2007, 09:57 AM

WTG fellas!!!!!!!! I heard someone talking about a legal fish but that was all I could hear accept for the pups.

LIGHTS OUT · 02-21-2007, 09:58 AM

WTG KP. Congrats on your first.

quack quack · 02-21-2007, 10:18 AM

congrats on your first fish

swordstalker · 02-21-2007, 10:29 AM

Way to go on your first fish!

Knot Proper · 02-21-2007, 10:44 AM

Thank You all. What a rush!!!!!!!!

billspilingup · 02-21-2007, 10:49 AM

Uh oh... now your boss is going to be upset at your constant exhaustion, your wife will wonder where her husband is every calm night, your bank account will empty, and you'll go months without fishing during the day...and when you do fish during the day, it'll feel weird.

Congratulations and welcome to the club!

Tunachaser · 02-21-2007, 10:52 AM

Congrats on your first! Billspilingup is not telling you any lies. . .

Fishalways · 02-21-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billspilingup

Uh oh... now your boss is going to be upset at your constant exhaustion, your wife will wonder where her husband is every calm night, your bank account will empty, and you'll go months without fishing during the day...and when you do fish during the day, it'll feel weird.

Congratulations and welcome to the club!

Congrats and now your doomed!!!

Knot Proper · 02-21-2007, 11:31 AM

I totally agree i am beat my back is sore, my eyes are barley open, and my wife is crankey. But all this means nothing in comparison to getting that bad boy into my boat.

quack quack · 02-21-2007, 11:38 AM

Now you know the power of the darkside.

I was looking at some recent pics of myself and could not figure out why I looked so pale.Then I realized the last time I fished in the day was last June in the islands

I work inside and only come out to fish at night.

WhItEoUt 23 · 02-21-2007, 11:49 AM

sweeeeeeeet

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TIGHT LINES AND SHARP HOOKS

weekendbender · 02-21-2007, 05:20 PM

We had a blast. Here is teh report I did on another website..

I got a call from my buddy Brian (Knot Proper) with Sundance Marine yesterday around 3:30pm asking if I wanted to go swording. I had just finished my last appointment of a pretty long day in Miami and was already racing home to Ft. Lauderdale to try to beat the rush hour traffic. Well needless to say that didn't work. I made it home and luckily Brian was running late too. Met up at 6pm and cleared PE shortly thereafter heading Southeast to the sword grounds. His 26' sailfish has a nice ride to it and made easy work of the way out.
I rigged the squids and had a four line spread out by about 7ish. We used his two 80's and my two Tiagra 50w's at depths of 100, 200, 250 and a deep tip line we adjusted a few times throughout the night. I counted about a dozen other boats in the area and we heard a few reports of landed fish with all the baits hit at depths less than 200 feet. One boat - I don't know who had a 66incher on the deck. At about 8:30pm the green light on our 100' ballon started rising to the surface. Right about then we started the swordfish scramble dance which is pretty much like rednecks breakdancing. Not pretty. Brian came tight on the line and I raced all over the boat pulling in the sea anchor, trying to clear the lines and helping him into his harness. It was a good fight with Brian and his Penn 80 vs the sword. They duked it out for about 20 minutes or so then one of the lines that I had not yet cleared starts screaming off.

My first thought was "This is awesome a sword double-header." Then my second thought was, "Crap, a sword double-header!"

It took about a few more seconds before we realized that we were fighting the same fish. Brian did an awesome job leading the fight. He pulled the very green sword to the boat and she promptly showed us her big eye ball and went off on a run. She ran directly under the boat and popped up on the other side.

Now I am thinking she is going to break us off, good thing she is bill wrapped on the second line at least - right. She somehow missed the engines and popped up again when I decided to sink the gaff in her and invite her for dinner. 53 1/4 inches.

We reset the lines and pressed our luck again until a little after 10pm. I washed the blood off of the deck and was pulling in the last of the lines when a huge shark made his presence felt by scraping into the engines and circling around us so close you could have reached his dorsal fin knee high. I am trying to see if my shark pictures came out on my cell phone and if they did I will post them. I think it was a big ol Lemon Shark which reminded me of that line from jaws - we are gonna need a bigger boat. We headed home as our night was through.

Great time out there and "my leaders don't break" - LOL. Nice job on the sword Biran and I am looking forward to dinner.

Tight lines,

Ben.

Liquid Gold · 02-22-2007, 09:19 AM

Nice job Knot popper!

Flyin By · 02-22-2007, 09:23 AM

very nice job, now just keep it up.

P33JP3 · 02-22-2007, 09:31 AM

your luck has changed, great catch guys

Knot Proper · 02-22-2007, 10:05 AM

Thanks all, Can't beat team work especially when it pays off like this. Dinner last night never tasted so good.

DonK · 02-22-2007, 10:09 AM

WTG.
"redneck breakdancing"? OTFLMAO!!!

JupiterSailfish · 02-22-2007, 03:59 PM

Great Job Knot

Congrats

quack quack · 02-22-2007, 04:02 PM

It was a great white

02-21-2007, 09:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Knot Proper Hooked Up Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Boat: Knot Proper 26' Sailfish Best Catch: 200+ Blue Marlin Occupation: Boat Sales, Sundance Marine Posts: 155	Finally Boating Fish Out last night conditons could not have been better My buddy Weekend BENder and I had 4 Slashed baits and one 53"on the boat. Once on board fish Spanned from one side of the boat to the other. Just the right fit for my first Swordy . __________________ LIFE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THIS MUCH FUN! Brian@sundancemarineusa.com www.sundancemarineusa.com

02-21-2007, 10:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 5,014	congrats on your first fish __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.

02-21-2007, 10:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
Knot Proper Hooked Up Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Boat: Knot Proper 26' Sailfish Best Catch: 200+ Blue Marlin Occupation: Boat Sales, Sundance Marine Posts: 155	Thank You all. What a rush!!!!!!!! __________________ LIFE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THIS MUCH FUN! Brian@sundancemarineusa.com www.sundancemarineusa.com

02-21-2007, 10:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
Tunachaser Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fishwhistle, FL Boat: Tub Works Custom Best Catch: 83" Sword Occupation: Arabian Goggle Provider Posts: 310	Congrats on your first! Billspilingup is not telling you any lies. . . __________________

02-21-2007, 11:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
Knot Proper Hooked Up Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Boat: Knot Proper 26' Sailfish Best Catch: 200+ Blue Marlin Occupation: Boat Sales, Sundance Marine Posts: 155	I totally agree i am beat my back is sore, my eyes are barley open, and my wife is crankey. But all this means nothing in comparison to getting that bad boy into my boat. __________________ LIFE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THIS MUCH FUN! Brian@sundancemarineusa.com www.sundancemarineusa.com

02-21-2007, 09:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Capt'n Shane Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Aventura, Florida Best Catch: 63" Swordy Occupation: oilfield production Posts: 386	WTG fellas!!!!!!!! I heard someone talking about a legal fish but that was all I could hear accept for the pups.

02-21-2007, 09:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
LIGHTS OUT Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Plantation, Fl. Boat: 26' Open Fish/ Twin 200 Best Catch: 300+ Swordy Occupation: entrepreneur Posts: 554	WTG KP. Congrats on your first.

02-21-2007, 10:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
swordstalker Hooked Up Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Deerfield Beach, FL Boat: 36 Yellowfin "Nauti Girl" Best Catch: My Wife Occupation: Self Employed Posts: 411	Way to go on your first fish!

02-21-2007, 10:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
billspilingup Hooked Up Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lighthouse Point Boat: 31' Ocean Master Best Catch: 300lb & 200lb back to back daytimers Posts: 510	Uh oh... now your boss is going to be upset at your constant exhaustion, your wife will wonder where her husband is every calm night, your bank account will empty, and you'll go months without fishing during the day...and when you do fish during the day, it'll feel weird. Congratulations and welcome to the club!

02-21-2007, 11:38 AM	#11 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 5,014	Now you know the power of the darkside. I was looking at some recent pics of myself and could not figure out why I looked so pale.Then I realized the last time I fished in the day was last June in the islands I work inside and only come out to fish at night. __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision. Last edited by quack quack; 02-21-2007 at 11:41 AM..

02-21-2007, 11:49 AM	#12 (permalink)
WhItEoUt 23 Grander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: pompano bch Boat: dusky 23 Best Catch: 160 lb swordfish 52 ib rooster fish Occupation: self employed Posts: 1,295	sweeeeeeeet ------------------------------- TIGHT LINES AND SHARP HOOKS

02-21-2007, 05:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
weekendbender Hooked Up Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Boat: Contender 25' Twin 200 Yamis Best Catch: Never enough Occupation: 401k Sales Posts: 140	Here she is We had a blast. Here is teh report I did on another website.. I got a call from my buddy Brian (Knot Proper) with Sundance Marine yesterday around 3:30pm asking if I wanted to go swording. I had just finished my last appointment of a pretty long day in Miami and was already racing home to Ft. Lauderdale to try to beat the rush hour traffic. Well needless to say that didn't work. I made it home and luckily Brian was running late too. Met up at 6pm and cleared PE shortly thereafter heading Southeast to the sword grounds. His 26' sailfish has a nice ride to it and made easy work of the way out. I rigged the squids and had a four line spread out by about 7ish. We used his two 80's and my two Tiagra 50w's at depths of 100, 200, 250 and a deep tip line we adjusted a few times throughout the night. I counted about a dozen other boats in the area and we heard a few reports of landed fish with all the baits hit at depths less than 200 feet. One boat - I don't know who had a 66incher on the deck. At about 8:30pm the green light on our 100' ballon started rising to the surface. Right about then we started the swordfish scramble dance which is pretty much like rednecks breakdancing. Not pretty. Brian came tight on the line and I raced all over the boat pulling in the sea anchor, trying to clear the lines and helping him into his harness. It was a good fight with Brian and his Penn 80 vs the sword. They duked it out for about 20 minutes or so then one of the lines that I had not yet cleared starts screaming off. My first thought was "This is awesome a sword double-header." Then my second thought was, "Crap, a sword double-header!" It took about a few more seconds before we realized that we were fighting the same fish. Brian did an awesome job leading the fight. He pulled the very green sword to the boat and she promptly showed us her big eye ball and went off on a run. She ran directly under the boat and popped up on the other side. Now I am thinking she is going to break us off, good thing she is bill wrapped on the second line at least - right. She somehow missed the engines and popped up again when I decided to sink the gaff in her and invite her for dinner. 53 1/4 inches. We reset the lines and pressed our luck again until a little after 10pm. I washed the blood off of the deck and was pulling in the last of the lines when a huge shark made his presence felt by scraping into the engines and circling around us so close you could have reached his dorsal fin knee high. I am trying to see if my shark pictures came out on my cell phone and if they did I will post them. I think it was a big ol Lemon Shark which reminded me of that line from jaws - we are gonna need a bigger boat. We headed home as our night was through. Great time out there and "my leaders don't break" - LOL. Nice job on the sword Biran and I am looking forward to dinner. Tight lines, Ben. __________________ A man's got to believe in something, I believe I'll go fishing.

02-22-2007, 09:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
Liquid Gold Lines In Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Miami, FL Boat: 35' Cabo Exp Occupation: Captain Posts: 28	Nice job Knot popper!

02-22-2007, 09:23 AM	#15 (permalink)
Flyin By Hooked Up Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sebastian, FL Boat: 29' Hydra-Sports CC two F225 Yams and lots of toys Occupation: School Resource Officer Posts: 220	very nice job, now just keep it up. __________________ "When the Lights go off, its time to play"

02-22-2007, 09:31 AM	#16 (permalink)
P33JP3 Hooked Up Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Boca Raton Boat: 'Cin's Surf' 270 Wellcraft Coastal Best Catch: a reeeely big one Posts: 127	your luck has changed, great catch guys __________________ Patrick --- There's no danger here - In clear blue water ---

02-22-2007, 10:09 AM	#18 (permalink)
DonK Hooked Up Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Boca Raton Boat: "the Fish-Tank", 1986 Rybo Runner Best Catch: 395# Broadbill Occupation: Restaurant software engineer, Sun Sentinel Restaurant Reviewer, Mis-Boated 6-pack Capt. Posts: 554	WTG. "redneck breakdancing"? OTFLMAO!!! __________________ Hic Sunt Dracones

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02-22-2007, 10:05 AM	#17 (permalink)
Knot Proper Hooked Up Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Boat: Knot Proper 26' Sailfish Best Catch: 200+ Blue Marlin Occupation: Boat Sales, Sundance Marine Posts: 155	Thanks all, Can't beat team work especially when it pays off like this. Dinner last night never tasted so good. __________________ LIFE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THIS MUCH FUN! Brian@sundancemarineusa.com www.sundancemarineusa.com

02-22-2007, 03:59 PM	#19 (permalink)
JupiterSailfish Hooked Up Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Jupiter, FL Best Catch: 170lb Swordy - Tag Teamed it Posts: 585	Great Job Knot Congrats

02-22-2007, 04:02 PM	#20 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 5,014	It was a great white __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.

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