HHSSSC meeting April 16th

[OBAMA]

The Hollywood Hills Swordfish Science and Social Club's next meeting will be April 16th at Boston Johnny's & Tiki Bar in Hollywood, FL (33020) at 2120 N. Dixe Highway, south of Sheridan St and on the west side of Dixie and Lee St, see www.bostonjohnnys.com. I hope you and your crew can make it. We will be meeting in the OUTSIDE Tiki Bar. Boston Johnny's has wireless, food at a very reasonable price, pool tables, etc. so come early. To optimize planning, please RSVP to theother1@bellsouth.net if you will be attending or post here.

6:00-7:30 Social Hour
7:30-8:00 Fish Stories
8:00-9:00 Swordfish Seminar
9:00-9:30 Group discussion

PLEASE send this invite to friends and colleagues, and post this message at work, in tackle shops, appropriate forums, blogs, event calenders, etc. cheers, O

[OBAMA]

The Hollywood Hills Swordfish Science and Social Club (HHSSSC) is having its next meeting that is free to attend and is open to everyone.

The HHSSSC is very pleased to announce that Capt Vincent Montella, a world-renowned swordfish captain with three decades of experience, will be sharing his knowledge with us this Thursday, April 16th, in a group discussion at Boston Johnny's Tiki Bar. Boston Johnny's & Tiki Bar is in Hollywood, FL (33020) at 2120 N. Dixe Highway, south of Sheridan St and on the west side of Dixie and Lee St, see www.bostonjohnnys.com. I hope you and your crew can make it. We will be meeting in the OUTSIDE Tiki Bar. Boston Johnny's has wireless, food at a very reasonable price, pool tables, etc. so come early.

Meeting Agenda:
6:00-7:30 Social Happy Hour
7:30-8:00 Fish Stories
8:00-9:15 Group Discussion on Swordfish Behavior and Migration

[Tackle Engineer]

O, Count me in. I will be late cause of work as usual. Blonde Hotties Brother should be down tomorrow too . Don't know if he told her.

[Harry Klauber]

Arthur,
I plan to be there. Harry

[quack quack]

I am going to try.

[Broadbill-Pro]

Originally Posted by Harry Klauber

Arthur,
I plan to be there. Harry

PRIVATE JOKE

[quack quack]

I got ten bucks on the white guy!

[GENERALturtle.]

Wonka Joe crew will be der

[Harry Klauber]

Thanks Vinnie - It is deserved. Harry

[catching]

guess I will be there to see this

[2ndChance]

will try to make it

[OBAMA]

I'm getting ready for this evening and putting together a review of
the results of over 40 papers on swordfish into a PPT for discussion.
Fact or BS?? We'll let Vinnie and the audience decide tonight.
This one will be worth the drive. Be Green and safe, car-pool
with a DD! cheers, O

[Special_K_III]

I'll be there too!!

[Tackle Engineer]

Thank you Obama for the great meeting tonight. As always the data discussion is very informative. Special thanks to BP Vinnie for being a guest speaker and answering questions. Having both the O science data and Vinnie`s true real world experience verified some beliefs on migration ,temperature, and nature of movement. sorry I always show up late Thanks again guys- TE

[catching]

thanks Frank but that was not meant for you

[OBAMA]

A big thanks to all those that showed up and contributed to last
night's meeting. As TE pointed out, the information was flowing
last night as this forum's very own Broadbill Pro freely shared his
knowledge last night and others such as Bill Collector, Catching,
and Ryan from the Wonka Joe also kept the discussion going strong
with great comments and questions. Dan I'm still thinking about what
you said last night, your suggestion is an excellent one and would
be a great PhD research question for someone to study. Would you
like to restate it a sword science thread that I will start?

The "FACT or BS" format last night was that I showed, many for the
first time, summary slides of what science knows about sword migration,
spawning, and migration. Vinnie would then add comment whether
based on his vast experience if he agreed or not. Others would then
join in with their own experience. I felt that the format really worked
and it brought out that science theory is just really someone's best guess;
that swordfish data is still very sparse and that sampling aliasing is a
big problem, that most of what we have learned about swordfish is based
on the data collected by and with long-liners, and that we still have a lot to
learn. If there is sufficient interest here, I would like to keep the discussion
going here. One hot topic is whether there are significant differences
between the migration pattern of males versus female. One small data set
suggests that large females do stay put more than males. I'll start a
swordfish science thread later. cheers, O

[Tackle Engineer]

Originally Posted by OBAMA

. Dan I'm still thinking about what
you said last night, your suggestion is an excellent one and would
be a great PhD research question for someone to study. Would you
like to restate it a sword science thread that I will start?

I felt that the format really worked
and it brought out that science theory is just really someone's best guess;
that swordfish data is still very sparse and that sampling aliasing is a
big problem, that most of what we have learned about swordfish is based
on the data collected by and with long-liners, and that we still have a lot to
learn. If there is sufficient interest here, I would like to keep the discussion
going here. One hot topic is whether there are significant differences
between the migration pattern of males versus female. One small data set
suggests that large females do stay put more than males. I'll start a
swordfish science thread later. cheers, O

O, What Dan brought up is very interesting. Is there a theory of this with any other fish in general ?? will save for next thread for now. -TE

[Broadbill-Pro]

The meeting last night was the perfect forum for science to meet experience. I am not so comfortable with giving a presentation, as I do not really have an agenda. When the Professor raised an issue and then allowed me and others a chance to comment on it a lot of good information was revealed. I enjoyed the night and will be at the future events. Thanks to Arthur for hosting and I would like to extend an invitation for him to fish with us.

[iriesoul]

O SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!


sucks I missed the meeting