What an awesome day on the Ocean. Weather was great. Today was all about quality and not quantity.Trolling strikes were scarce.
And people when a 66 pound wahoo is coming over the side. GET OUT THE WAY[:0]
We had a first time crew member take a Wahoo nose to the crotch and arm. Thank goodness he was wearing briefs!!
Close call on the hoo teeth! After seeing the surgical precision that they can cut a ballyhoo in half with I started wearing shoes offshore. For such small teeth they sure are sharp!
Russ B. www.joinrfa.org
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wouldn’t a 35lb snowy be a record? Did you have it weighed at the dock?
“If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel .” Benjamin Netanyahu
Shane, electric reel-caught fish aren’t eligible…
not saying that’s what this one was caught with because I don’t know, but I do know that hundreds off SC are/have been caught bigger than our record with electrics. Fishery is healthier than it has been in decades, but what do we fishermen know? Nobody fishes for these species anymore off SC but a handfull of people, and hopefully it stays that way. The deep species are truly vulnerable to our pressure because most folks don’t know how to release them where they can survive.
Also, for anyone going after these things, keep in mind that warsaws look similar but are illegal to keep. If it has 10 dorsal spines, throw it back, and don’t post a pic on the web. Use a release tool that can get the fish back down 100ft or so before you snatch the tool back upwards and the fish can swim back down. Otherwise, you’re killing these fish by catching them at all. 11 spines in the above fish, so it is a snowy, and we get to keep one per boat now.
DO NOT GO BY COLORATION. Young warsaws (15-40lbs) often have spots just like snowies.
The enviro’s are pushing to shut down GTH and expand the Edisto MPA to protect warsaws and kitty mitchells (and snowies), in case you haven’t heard.
Phin,thanks and i am sure most have seen the Travesty of Venting Fish video If not Could one of you guys or gals put it on this website it is kind of cool and has some good music too,I am not to savvy with this stuff. Thanks