rob, you should go fish with skinnee. start with a sailfish. there is a lot more to it than you think when you are sitting behind your keyboard. the captain and boat are of upmost importance, but so is the angler. “the boat” so to speak doesn’t have nearly as much to do with it as the captain. it will all make sense if you are lucky enough to be a part of a trip where you catch a sailfish or a blue marlin. particularly if you do it with a captain that is experienced and knows how to maneuver his vessel.
Congrats Bob!
28ft luhr’s with twin 260 yanmar’s
19 ft Sea Fox
Not completely wet behind the ears.
Have been blessed to catch a few Sails in my days but biggest was only 60lbs. Nothing big enough to warrant any help from the boat. A few dolphin OTF and reef donkey’s were the only other offshore fish that put up a truly memorable fight with the reef donkey’s being one I have no desire to do again (reminded me of pulling up a 5 gallon bucket of wet concrete to brick a chimney).
I think I would enjoy a 200lb’er.
This poor fella is now going to take his jon boat to hopefully catch a nice doormat and possibly a tailing spottail (OTF of course).
Peace be with you.
You cannot catch a big fish on light tackle ( tld 30) without the help of the boat and a good captan. By the time you get all the lines cleared and teasers in that fish has just about spooled you, so its time to go get that line back on the spool. When fishing tournaments you need to get that fish to the boat as quick as you can and get the spread back out.
The “Man in the Blue Suit” way to go! I’m still waiting to catch my firt. Have caught a few sail’s but not a Marlin yet. But, I do mostly inshore anyway so here is a thought. If I catch a small flounder I throw it back to get bigger. But if I catch a huge flounder he is getting de-boned and stuffed with crab meat! So whats the difference in bringing a Marlin back to the dock? They say that huge Malin’s like this are rare but who know’s maybe we just aren’t that good at catching them. Its not like the meat went to waste. Somebody is still eating on that fish. Marlin is actually pretty good if you smoke it. And I’m sure that fish made some Japanese family very happy!
Way to go I wish I would have been on the boat!
20’ Hoog Flatts w/Johnson 150
16’ Duracraft w/Yamaha 50
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$455K in the box- Way to go No Problem and Florence’s own John Hurst- WOW!
Bryant Stokes!!!
Good memories from the past. Remember Elbow Cay. Between the rum, cultural activities (Man O War), the Wofford way, and your dad renting the big sail boat, there were some memorable moments. I don’t have the offshore boat but if you give me a message maybe we can meet down at the “due” and site fish for some spottail. If not, we will cross paths one day. (“Bob Hamilton”)
You keep up with Dr. Goodson? Tell him hello if you do.
Wow. Just finished researching video on the Marlin and I was completely wrong. I thought when you were backing down on the fish the angler was just keeping tension. The only thing I don’t understand is how someone can hold up for that long. I consider myself pretty physically fit and I think I would “peter” out. Is the adrenaline that strong? I have seen strong mean almost have a coronary in half the amount of time.
I think I better go back to the inshore page where I know to some degree what I am talking about.
Thanks for the help!
Tight Lines!
Bob-What a blast from the past-Come down the marina in G-town and have a cool one on the Painkiller.Gave up the sailing to try for the offshore creatures. I’m down there staying on the boat about every weekend. Check out our posts under Florence fishing club. Too much tension on this site for me to post. Hope you are doing well and hope to see you soon.
B
Sounds like you living the life brother. Working for the Man in Charlotte these day but down there a good bit on weekends. Painkiller
it is. See you there for a cold one.
Bob
RUTRO and the NO PROBLEm Team putting the screws to the Big Girl! Way to go guys!! 
quote:Negative. I am just a recreational guy. I wish I knew how to catch the big ones. I've just been lucky enough to get invited to fish with some very good fishermen and witness the excitement first hand. We've always targeted the meat fish, but I think that I am starting to catch the marlin fever. Hopefully we will figure it out soon!
Originally posted by robkellySkineej
I wish I could call myself an ego driven flounder fisherman but I don’t catch enough to be considered that.
I certainly man enough to admit my ignorance.
Do you run a charter? Maybe I could book one with you and you can help me learn to appreciate catching such a big fish. Although you better start me out on something a little smaller (200lb range) and lets make it on the Fly. I’ve been blessed to catch a few decent size fish down in the “Keys” so I won’t be competely wet behind the ears. And believe me, I will be the first to admit to my limitations and do whatever the Captain says.
Tight Lines Brother
You are more than welcome to fish with us though. If we hook up with a 200 lber, you can reel it in and post your findings!