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Following the shrimpers
Our day started out running through an interesting weather window. On our left to our east we had a sunrise of beauty. To our right we had a glimps of things to come. As we were rolling offshore this twin rainbow reminded us of what was to great us once at the dock. Actually that rain never made it to Venice but it rained 20 miles up the road in Empire all day and is still raining. We ran to the shrimpers and found about 6 of them in the area. The first one we approached was swarming with birds. Once there the sharks were so thick you could litteraly walk on them. We did try and see if any tuna were with them but the situation was hopeless. Our second boat had nothing at all on it. Our third boat was a good run away in a tough head sea. This one had bonito and an occasional blackfin mixed in. We managed to pull the fish off the shrimp boat and had then following us for a long way. We fished this for a while and managed about 8 blacks in the box while catching many bonito. We did also find the occasional shark but they were not that much of a problem. Once the fish got wise to us the bite ended so we ran back to the boat and started over again. This run was not as productive but we did welcome a few more blackfin aboard. We bounced around all day looking for any signs of a yellowfin but today was not to be our day. There were no yellowfin landed today by anybody. We however came in with 20 good blackfin tuna. A good mess of meat for the box. That fish on top in the middle is a bearded brotula. A bonus fish for the dinner table. Life is Good! Fishing is not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that. CAPT HOOP -- OUR FREEDOM |
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That's not a bad trip Capt....... good mess of fish right there.
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Great job capt!!!
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Dat'll eat!
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Nice haul and great read like always capt.
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Forgot to mention the first cast of the day a popper nails a seagull in flight and down it goes as if it had been shot. Both trebbles are in the birds wing and it is mad as heck. Without touching the bird and keeping away from the snapping beak I got it released with a large R&R flipper. It was quicker and easier than I immagined. Some blood on the gunnels but ended well.
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FYI. Take a towel and throw it over the birds head and the instantly calm down and you can get them unhooked
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Nice report capt hoop
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