I understand money plays a major role but I can think of alot of more practical ways to derive income. Im just saying for some its about winning and that doesnt always equate to cash
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Originally posted by Carla Deerobkelly - not much more fun than pulling a spaghetti jack up from a couple hundred feet… that’s classic. i bet you haven’t driven a ferrari, but trust me, its not too different than that moped your “uncle” lets you tool around on. and that smoking hot chick - she’s about as much fun as the beached whale that you hop up on…
abernabbers comparing grander blue marlin to reef donkeys… the cf.com allstars have some new competition
BRAINSTORM
what is a cf.com allstar? do ya’ll have some unofficial click that makes ya’ll better then the rest? so there are regualar cf.com people then there are all the allstars who post all the time?
From reds to marlin you got it.
2001 210 Sea Fox
2009 Yamaha F150
2009 Skeeter 24V
2009 Yamaha F300 V8
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(Team Boat)
Any fish that you catch has a chance of dying. What makes a blue marlin so special that it needs to be avoided? And why does it matter that it is declining in numbers?
The only reason that it matters is that people like to fish for them. If no one fished for them then it would not make any difference how many there were.
Sportfisherman want to make sure that they are protected from commercial fisheries because that has such a large impact on the overall population of fish. Sportfishers are limited to total annual marlin landings of somewhere around 250 fish - I do not recall the exact number but it is a pretty small number in the overall picture. So while lots of folks get upset to see one weighed it does not make much difference.
Now, there is no doubt money plays a role. How much money do you think that the Pirate’s Cove Tournament brings to the Wanchese area every year? How about Big Rock in Morehead or the Governor’s Cup series in SC? How many folks are employed in marinas and boatyards and boat builders? So yes, it is about money. Money pumped into local economies.
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Originally posted by whistlingdixiewhat is a cf.com allstar? do ya’ll have some unofficial click that makes ya’ll better then the rest? so there are regualar cf.com people then there are all the allstars who post all the time?
From reds to marlin you got it.
2001 210 Sea Fox
2009 Yamaha F1502009 Skeeter 24V
2009 Yamaha F300 V8
(loaded)
(Team Boat)
i am by no means a cf.com allstar, so i can’t help you there. you, however, very well could be… reds to marlin and all… check with 23Sailfish - I think he is the captain.
I am mad at the culture that should have changed by now. I have been involved with sportfishing since before my father was born and it makes no sense to reward folks for killing marlin any longer. I dont care how the fish died. What I do know is that it had a much greater chance of survival if money were not on the line for bringing it to the dock. Years ago when not many people fished offshore it was a novelty to see big fish on the dock and unfortunately the dock gawkers still like it today. Im just saying that it would make more sense to award more money for released fish then hung fish. And I’m also saying eurofag short runnin short dude is a fool! Take it for what it is. I know the fish probably would have survived if there was a monetary penalty for catching fish over 600lbs. I have never and will never kill a billfish intentionally. Meatfish are a totally different story
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Originally posted by ChumkingMeatfish are a totally different story
Why?
Football players arrested in 2008:
UGA -8
Bama -3http://www.pcbgt.com/tournament-4-billfish-scores.htm
Did I add that correct the MiMi brought home $460,000???
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught!
War Eagle!
quote:Actually a bit more - $496K. Just for the record, I would gaff myself for that much.
Originally posted by JAL1639http://www.pcbgt.com/tournament-4-billfish-scores.htm
Did I add that correct the MiMi brought home $460,000???
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught!
War Eagle!
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I have been involved with sportfishing since before my father was born
someone help me. i’m only on my 2nd beer and that would be a neat trick…
quote:Actually a bit more - $496K. Just for the record, I would gaff myself for that much. [/quote]
i’d give my left nut and a gaff in the calf
chum the fish was on its last leg, look at it and i do agree with you about the dude in the shorts. look at it like this the marlin was at the age of the beer gut guy, think about how the marlin feels!!
For that much, I would gaff you, too!!!
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught!
War Eagle!
quote:I appreciate it. There are many others here that would stick a gaff in me for much less.
Originally posted by JAL1639For that much, I would gaff you, too!!!
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught!
War Eagle!
LOL!!!
That must be hard to take a check like that to the bank!!
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught!
War Eagle!
Carla Dee (Or anyone else who can answer). I have never caught a big marlin. How much of the effort put into catching a fish this large is put in by the boat and how much is put by the person holding the pole? Do you rotate people on the pole? If the pole holder is more involved than the boat then I would have to assume people rotate on the pole because many of these folks in these pictures don’t look like they could hold up nothing more than a 12oz. at a time. If the boat is doing most of the work then what is the point in catching these fish?
Since I am an amateur I don’t know these answers and I also don’t know what’s a cf.com allstar? Is it someone who bounces back to this website in between their porn download so they can see if their existence has been acknowledged?
Also Carla Dee, Ferrari overrated but big women aren’t.
greg,
meatfish are a different story because you eat them. I know some folks eat marlin, but not many. I have never seen marlin on the menu and I come from a fresh seafood restaurant family.
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Originally posted by Chumkinggreg,
meatfish are a different story because you eat them. I know some folks eat marlin, but not many. I have never seen marlin on the menu and I come from a fresh seafood restaurant family.
What does what you’ve seen on a menu have to do with anything?
Have you ever seen Spadefish, Hogfish, Cusk Eel, Bluefin tuna, or Blackfin tuna on a menu?
Take a look at this:
Football players arrested in 2008:
UGA -8
Bama -3I agre there is not ot many of them left out there and now theres one less. But it is a MONSTER!!!
Wishin I Was Fishin
Greg, I have seen bluefin on the menu and eaten them. The rest you ask about I cant remember seeing, but most of those species are plentiful
Really?
Do you have any documentation on that?
Football players arrested in 2008:
UGA -8
Bama -3