We ventured out yesterday with my 4 year old nephew and 7 year old neice in hopes to get on the hot BSB bite. They’ve never been past the rocks before, so we were hoping to stay as close to land as possible which meant, I couldn’t just drive straight out ot Phin’s famous snapper spot. Anyway, checked out our first spot in 50’ and didn’t mark the first fish, so had to push out a little further. Got anchored up in 65’ and as we were anchored up, first fish over was a dogfish. Never been so happy to see a shark in my life!!! Although I leaned something new about the dogfish shark today. When I had it’s head pinned against the rail, it curled up on me and I felt a sharp, needle like thing pressing into the top of my hand. I had no idea these things were armed with a huge barb in front of both it’s dorsal fins. One kick and he could have made it a bad day for me.
Anyay, once the boat settled in on anchor, the sea bass bite began and, again, I’ve never been so happy to see black sea bass come over the rail.
Kids had a great time and screamed and giggled the whole boat ride out there. They kept yelling “faster, faster”. Everytime we hit a little bump they yelled, “higher, higher!!!” So, easy to say, the boat ride wasn’t the least bit problematic to them. And as in normal catamaran fashion, both fell asleep for the ride home.
The recent posts about getting spiders safely outside reminded me of something I heard once about house-spiders being an entirely different species group from the spiders we generally see outdoors and they have evolved overtime for indoor-life only. This means that when we “set a spider free” we are actually killing them.
Spiny Dogfish from the www.
The spiny dogfish, spurdog, or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias, is one of the best known of the dogfish, members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes. While these common names may apply to several species, Squalus acanthias is readily distinguished by having two spines (one anterior to each dorsal fin) and its lack of an anal fin. It is found in shallow waters and offshore in most parts of the world, especially in temperate waters.
Kids had a great time and screamed and giggled the whole boat ride out there. They kept yelling “faster, faster”. Everytime we hit a little bump they yelled, “higher, higher!!!” So, easy to say, the boat ride wasn’t the least bit problematic to them. And as in normal catamaran fashion, both fell asleep for the ride home.
Next time you go give me a shout. I surely can help out in the faster, higher kick. Those kids sound like they will be more the Contender style than cats.
Good job Skinnee! You will have the favorite uncle category sewed up for sure!
I will not get into a battle of wits with a man who is completely unarmed!
that is what fishing is all about… out on the water haveing fun… and if you can educate a child and give them the itch to fish that makes it even better… thanks for the pics and congats on the trip, looks like they had fun
May your reels continue to sing and your lines stay tight
Did the same with mine the other day. One trick you might want to try. Take a 4 hook sabiki and cut in 1/2. You get 2-2 hook rigs. No bait, no mess, and just as many fish. The full 4 hook rigs get nasty when you have more than one kid on board, lots of sharp little hooks flying around. Nice job!
