Another Tuesday afternoon adventure on the PainKiller -
We had our usual crew plus a few green offshore fishermen. They had never been out of sight of land.
Left the dock at noon, headed towards the GT Hole. The forecast was for fair seas, chance of thunderstorms. About thirty minutes of abuse, we changed course and headed to the Scarp. Much smoother ride.
Scattered weeds, occasional rips, ocean temps hovering around 77. We hit a single mahi, and marked the spot. A few more mahi, and we keep on looping around the same numbers. Lots of fliers. Good sized fish, gaffers. Then the triple hookup. The last fish that came in surprised all of us when the bill broke the surface of the water. Awesome. Clean catch and release of the fish after we touched the leader. She even danced for us right next to the boat.
The wahoo came next. 51 lbs. Then a wee-hoo. A few short strikes and cut offs.
A fast ride home. Never got wet.
We ended the day with ten mahi, two hoos, one sail, and a lot of great memories. Two of the greenhorns added chum to stream - they rallied back to land a few mahi.
Oh I am hoping I get the pass for a whole day of gulf stream fishing sometime soon!
Tight lines,
Jason
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Killer pics . Congrats on th successful trip.
3rd pic is my favorite. Very cool effect on the bill extended above the horizon.
BG
Great job–all on the ledge?
Pat Condon
Way to get on’em! envious.
King Fish
31’ Fountain
Nice job.
John
Split Decision
27 World Cat Cuddy
What did you use to get those pics to turn out like that?
nice job…knew I should have played hooky!
26’ Glacier Bay
Mistress
Thanks for the kind words. All fish were caught in less than 200 feet of water.
As for the trophy sunset photo…,the technique I am using is called high dynamic range photography. Canon 60D camera, yesterday I used a Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 lens, polarized filter and manfrodo tripod. I shoot three images for the sunset/trophy shot. Regular exposure, then one over- and one under- exposed. Then photoshop to combine them, adjusting a ton of variables. Then bring them into Aperture, and fix the highlights and lowlights and spot corrections. Back to photoshop, add the watermark - then into iPhoto for storage and distribution.
The best part is having great friends and subjects to shoot. Yesterday I was in the right place at the right time with the right people and the right equipment. I was able to leave work early, dodge the storm cells, make it to the stream, drag baits, find fish, fight fish, grab the camera with the proper lens and filter, hook a sailfish, shoot the perfect shot, catch more fish and repeat with the camera, while making it home in time for a sunset photo, and post the report on Facebook.
Tight lines,
Jason
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Originally posted by PainKiller
Thanks for the kind words. All fish were caught in less than 200 feet of water.
As for the trophy sunset photo…,the technique I am using is called high dynamic range photography. Canon 60D camera, yesterday I used a Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 lens, polarized filter and manfrodo tripod. I shoot three images for the sunset/trophy shot. Regular exposure, then one over- and one under- exposed. Then photoshop to combine them, adjusting a ton of variables. Then bring them into Aperture, and fix the highlights and lowlights and spot corrections. Back to photoshop, add the watermark - then into iPhoto for storage and distribution.
The best part is having great friends and subjects to shoot. Yesterday I was in the right place at the right time with the right people and the right equipment. I was able to leave work early, dodge the storm cells, make it to the stream, drag baits, find fish, fight fish, grab the camera with the proper lens and filter, hook a sailfish, shoot the perfect shot, catch more fish and repeat with the camera, while making it home in time for a sunset photo, and post the report on Facebook.
Tight lines,
Jason
That’s awesome. I was hoping there was an app I could download for the communist iPhone.