Swordfish

Saltwater Offshore Reports
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Originally posted by skinneej

For anyone who doesn’t think secrets matter, please send me your favorite bottom fishing spots. It won’t matter. Don’t be selfish now…

32*45' 10.92" N 79*55' 3.41" W
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Originally posted by mdaddy
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Originally posted by skinneej

For anyone who doesn’t think secrets matter, please send me your favorite bottom fishing spots. It won’t matter. Don’t be selfish now…

32*45' 10.92" N 79*55' 3.41" W

Kebda is not going to be happy about that…

Seriously though… Let’s see them. You’ve already drawn the line in the sand that “secrets don’t matter”. Will you practice what you preach? Remember, you welcome competition. Let’s compete over your bottomfish.

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Originally posted by boatpoor

I remember when there was no GPS and you had to navagate with a loran or by the seat of your pants and very few twin engine boats and not many folks would brave going over 15 mi out! could fish all day and never see another boat! I remember when we got a loran wow did that open doors. I still remember the old RDF’s, got one somewhere in my pile of old junk. Times have changed, to much money out there!!!

Flashers and paper graphs...run by compass and hope you don't miss. Tuning the loran when you finally got one.
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Originally posted by mdaddy

Flashers and paper graphs…run by compass and hope you don’t miss. Tuning the loran when you finally got one.

Those paper graphs were cool.
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Originally posted by mdaddy
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Originally posted by boatpoor

I remember when there was no GPS and you had to navagate with a loran or by the seat of your pants and very few twin engine boats and not many folks would brave going over 15 mi out! could fish all day and never see another boat! I remember when we got a loran wow did that open doors. I still remember the old RDF’s, got one somewhere in my pile of old junk. Times have changed, to much money out there!!!

Flashers and paper graphs...run by compass and hope you don't miss. Tuning the loran when you finally got one.

ive heard about those on the history channel…isnt that what captain jack sparrow used on the black pearl?

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Remind me where the report was in this thread? :slight_smile:

21’ Maverick Master Angler
“There’s a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning” -J. Buffett

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Originally posted by BlondeStranger

Remind me where the report was in this thread? :slight_smile:

21’ Maverick Master Angler
“There’s a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning” -J. Buffett

It started with a great report on offshore fishing from a Captain who shared his experience:

“Have been told by some not to post reports about Swordfishing, but this forum has been pretty quiet lately so what the hell.”

It sank into a pissing match over numbers. Probably Kebda trolling to get a reaction. Either way, “numbers” used to be sacred. The advances in GPS and bottom mapping have made it easy.

Like a fool, I went out in my shed looking for my old Loran numbers to compare them to the “Maps Unique” GPS Version 4 2006. I’ll keep looking but Skinneej likes to prove a point:

“Seriously though… Let’s see them. You’ve already drawn the line in the sand that “secrets don’t matter”. Will you practice what you preach? Remember, you welcome competition. Let’s compete over your bottomfish.”

Off R7 there’s a ridge I used to fish with Loran…#29 on this chart…3143.82/8018.75. It’s west of the North Banks. Dumb lucked into it drift fishing. Red Snapper…can’t keep them today. Why they were there??? I don’t know. I go to common ground now looking for big BSB and Grunts!!! Occasional Gag(Oops CLOSED).

The only “private numbers” are either made by the owner or dumb lucked on. Put your fenders out so you don’t scratch my gel coat and bring it!!!

Well Skineej ?

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Originally posted by mdaddy

Like a fool, I went out in my shed looking for my old Loran numbers to compare them to the “Maps Unique” GPS Version 4 2006.

When you find them, send them to me. I’ll convert them for you at no charge.

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The only “private numbers” are either made by the owner or dumb lucked on. Put your fenders out so you don’t scratch my gel coat and bring it!!!

Well Skineej ?

Of course there is no such thing as "private". That's why we keep secrets. This ain't rocket surgery...

Just to show you how important secrets are, DNR’s famous “Area 51” and “Area 53” (also known as “Jurassic Park”) have been secrets for over a decade. A couple of fishermen found them, and DNR was so scared that the secret would get out, that they twisted the long arm of the SAFMC to turn them into MPAs. Some one will come on here and correct me to proudly suggest that they are not “MPAs”, but instead they are “Special Management Zones”, “just like the other artificial reefs”. But then you ask, “Well, can I fish on them like all of the other DNR reefs?”, “Well no, these are not open to any sort of fishing”. Okay, so they are just MPA’s with a less hostile name. Something a little more palatable than saying, “Yeah, we put an MPA in 90’ of water”…

Anyway, you can spin this any way you want, but I can prove to you over and over that “secrets matter”…

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Nice catch and congrats im personally 0 for 4 trips on swords but not giving up still on the bucket list !

“Destiny” 35ft
Contender and “Scintilla” 20ft Keywest, Manning SC

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Off topic, but that’s a classic boat there, Mdaddy. Hat’s off to ya.

P-Man

Sea Hunt 240 Triton w/Yamaha F250
“Daddy’s Girl”

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226 Hole is secret. .?

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Originally posted by P-Man

Off topic, but that’s a classic boat there, Mdaddy. Hat’s off to ya.

P-Man

Sea Hunt 240 Triton w/Yamaha F250
“Daddy’s Girl”

Thanks. It is a classic. The hull is timeless...it was well built. Not go fast but rather go steady...and a trolling dance floor. I got a lot of hours in them. Ready to do it again.
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sound like it