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Sorry Larry looks like we will be drinking Richie's warm Busch :mad:

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You only rent it anyway, and its not that DIET stuff thats only fit for cooking.:rolleyes:

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18.5 Hrs to lift off. List updated at 34 plus a few tire kickers / walk ons.
STILL SOME SPOTS LEFT.
Monger, Golden Touch , Andreas Toy trips, Rod Reel Combo (Scottys BT), Oasis Massage (sorry shrimpy Tony doesnt do elbows but a pink "sling" may be in order:eek: ) and Landau Custom Tees up for grabs.
Worth the price of trip alone.

Looks like a good day for buck tail suppliers, a bad day for peanut bunkers, spots, squids, spearings and clams!

See u all tomorrow AM!

THANKS

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Im definitely going to go if there is openings :)

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There are openings. Cash at boat PM Sent
Thanks,

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Thanks for the call Jimmy. YOU ARE IN

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No problem I cant wait! Looking foward to meeting all I dont know:D

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Just picked up the food for the second time. Drinks in the cooler on ice. Rods in the car new leaders done. I think I am ready to get skunked again......

Oh I forgot Rubber gloves -- if shrimpman can land a fluke I am going to get one also. :p

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once again, I am pulled back in:eek:

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Hope its not to late jimmylive bait and madman twisted my arm im in c u guys in the a.m

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See you in the AM. Thanks

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I will not be able to make the trip.:( Thankfully, I am alive, or not in a wheelchair.... I fell off a roof at work on Friday, and gratefully I am able to walk n talk. It may be a lil while b4 I can fish tho:( I broke my right hand and have a herniated disc(where I have previously had surgery) Have fun guys!!! Wish I was gonna be there:cool: Im sure Shrimp will have plenty to say and a bunch of laughs at my expense!:eek:

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who me? That hurts!

I have one word for you..........GRAVITY:eek:

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Sorry to hear that Doug. Hope you're back in action soon.

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I just wanted to thank you guys for putting this trip together. The fishing could've been better, but it's not always about the fishing. sometimes you need to just enjoy the day. we had some good laughs.. Congrats to all the winners in the drawings. and congrats to my buddy mikey Topaz with the pool fish.... To think, he almost did'nt go :eek: Gotta love those last minute walk on's :)
Thanks again, I'm looking forward to seeing you guys again soon,
Jimmy

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WELL I JUST WANT TO THANK DALES AND FRAN FOR PUTTING THIS TRIP TOGETHER,GOOD JOB;) AS FOR FISHING I NEVER SEEN A CAPTAIN THAT MADE 20 MOVES,BOAT RIDE AFTER BOAT RIDE TO FLUKEFISH ,7 TO 10 MINUTES THEN THE HORN, REELEM UP TAKE A RIDE,HE DIDNT CHECK OR REALLY CARE IF WE WERE CATCHING OR NOT 7 MINUTES LINES UP,TAKE A RIDE,ALL DAY LONG THIS WENT ON,I HAD IT DOWN PACKED AND YELLED TO EVERYONE REELEM UP,ONE MINUTE LATER THE HORN:mad: IF THAT IS THE WAY HE FISHES EVERYDAY,DAMM THAT IS WRONG.I MEAN THERE WAS A CHARTERED BOAT OF REAL PULLERS,THAT WERE JUST AS PISSED AS ME.ITS SAD CAUSE I NO WITH A CAPTAIN THAT REALLY CARED,EVERY DAMM ONE OF US WOULD OF HAD AN AWESOME DAY,IM SURE ALL THAT WERE THERE CAN RELATE,TO THE FOOLISH GAS BURNING THAT WENT ON TODAY....SORRY BUT ITS THE TRUTH,MAYBE WE WERE LOOKED AT AS TOURISTS IN HIS EYES:rolleyes: NUFF SAID...PS MATES WERE ON POINT....

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What Vinny said, Plus My side of the boat had to fish under the boat ALL day. Would not turn boat to alternate sides...
Other then that, I believe we had a fun day, a little catching , but not much keeping...BIG thanks again to Dave and Capt. Fran and to all those that donated some very nice prizes...

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Thanks Dave and Fran for putting together another fun RFA trip. Dave congrats on picking a day that the weather didn't suck even if it took two tries. I had a good time, got lucky and won the raffle rod. Can't wait for the next one.

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Thanks to Dave, Fran and anyone else who took the time and went thru all the BS to put this trip together...twice. Had a great time, lots of fun, lots of laughs and in spite of the lovely boat ride :rolleyes: we caught a good amount of fish! Just a great freaking day!

PS, I understand the owners of the boat have rules that must be obeyed but before reading the mate the riot act about how playing the radio is offensive it would have been nice if the Capt. found out if anyone was actually offended...I felt terrible for the mate and I really enjoyed having the radio on in the cabin.

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Thanks to Dave and Fran for putting this trip together. It was great seeing some old faces bringing back great memories working deck. Vinny i couldnt agree more and thanks to the mates for their great efforts. Congrats to my boy Mikeytopaz for the pool fish and outfishing me again! Was great to make some new fishing companions as well.

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Dales and Fran thanks again for putting together a great day of laughs and fun even though the fishing wasn't the greatest but low and behold we still managed to bust chops all day in the stern. Congrats again to all the wins, I ended the day with three nice keepers and an open boat on my man Gansta Freddy's Andreas Toy. Also won a thirst and my boy flanagan won a open monger trip.

Few things worth mentioning, first Doug sorry to hear about your hand bro lucky your alive to be honest, but I wanted to let you know that crab you mistakened the other week could have been a turtle...(still funny) as I actually did see a sea turtle out there and also a jimmy swimming by, and there is no way you could mistaken the two.. Hopefully that spill you just took cleans up your eyesight.

Jonny tomatoes might have the sexiest pair of star wars storm trooper boots I have ever seen, Shrimp and i had the soundtrack going (dun dun dena dun de dun dun de dun) and I swear I thought the Evil Emporer was going to come out of the wheel house... Pics to follow

Tropics thanks for the Cuban, nothing better than cigar and a buttered bagel for breakfast.

Fran actually caught a keeper today, it went in my cooler, and also caught quite a sizable bluefish as well, but after that I'm certain he didn't wet a line the rest of the day.

I've never targeted Ling with buck tails before but I'm sure at one point we were all fishing for them whether we knew it or not.

Shrimps thanks again for bringing the trusty satellite tunes, I swear if we didn't have that radio there might have Been a coup on the boat...

Gents although the turnout wasn't the greatest and the fishing well... Vinny coved that already, I still manage to have a blast on these trips rockin out to tunes, smoking some stoagies ;) and busting horns all day.. Really no other way id rather spend an afternoon than with such a pleasant group of fishermen..

Thanks again for everything the Rfa does for us and you can bet you will have my continued support..

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Fran and dave id like to thank u guys i think you guys did a hell of a job arranging and setting up this trip its alot of work as we all know. I mean 90bucks for trip plentey of fishing room,food,tip,and a great time and laughs,and a chance for wonderful raffle prizes com'on cant beat it ! Slow day with the boat constantly moving evrey five mins. would have deffinetly liked wen i got done tying my ling set up to hit bottom before capt. blew the horn to move. owell i got the pool fish with one other fluke and some sea biscuts and had a blast, looking forward to fishing with all u guys.

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Thanks RFA guys for putting on the trip. Vinnys and Sams comments were absolutely on point. Seems like every time we started to catch fish the horn went off and we were moving again. If this is the way the Star runs charters they should be tied up at the dock for the rest of the summer. Send the Capt. up to Waterway-I'm sure he could do a good job ferrying people across the Hudson River! I will definitely enjoy the trip on the Touch I won today--the only bright spot we had all day.

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Thanks Capt. Fran, Dave for setting this trip up. I couldn't agree more with the comments that were made, I was disappointed with the boat ride, I really thought we were going to see the Statue of Liberty.
I was able to box 4 keepers, had lots of shorts, lots of laughs fishing my my buddy Fin Reaper.Congrats to every one that one any of the raffles, I won a set of custom T shirts.
Mikey congrats on the pool.
Ron thanks for the Bagels they were good.Look forward to fishing with all of you again. Also enjoyed meeting some new people.
Thanks to the mates Joe and Rick

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We cant THANK you guys enough for the continued and solid support of RFA-NJ. There is no other group of fishermen I could think of spending THAT kind of day with than the crew assembled on this trip. It seems no matter what is tried, either the weather, fishing or boat gods never seem to align for us on the day of the trip but yet somehow these trips are always a success in my mind due to YOU. Lots of fun , laughs, some fish caught (actually more than I thought when the cleaning station got going) and if nothing else some great "Karma" with who won the raffle prizes.

The positive:
Some nice fish were caught and congrats to Mikey on the Pool, Lefty with a couple of nice keepers, Tropics and Fin Reaper with some quality fish. Fishing with Vinnie, Shrimpman, Lefty, Johnny T, Billy, Gerry and Joe Z, Jimmy Madman, Mikey Topaz, Jimmy Live Bait etc around the back of the boat was worth the price of adnmission alone.
Hey and FRAN broke his northern waters PB "Fluke" Cherry with some keepers, (thats right Fran caught keepers).

Also great hanging with Long time supporters Kurtis B and brother Mark, Larry Hartattack, Sam the one and ONLY Sinkerman, Mark (Quanman) and great meeting OasisTony S, Big CC Fishteacher and the other new faces. As stated we couldnt have asked for a better crew.

The other stuff:
As Vinnie stated we had strong crew of known pullers who deserved a better chance to show their stuff. I am sorry you didnt get that chance.
I will say that it appeared to be a tough day all around for most of the fleet out there and it was one of those days where I guess you either had to:
A) Stick with the "short" life and hope for the occasional "big" Inshore game.
B) Commit to the "deep water" 60-75 feet plan and take what was available and accept the conditions.
C) I learned its possible that having a Plan B isnt always the best choice. Either there was a lack of communication on my part or a lack of commitment to what I thought was the game plan but that will be handled "Off" the board and in private with the Captain.
D) I will no longer be picking the date or the boat for the trips :eek:

Again THANKS to all of YOU. After the work that goes into these trips it always seems worth it after spending the day on the water with you guys even if the fishing doesnt always co operate.

If we decide to run another trip this year I hope you all will stick with us and return once more for another shot at the fish. Good luck to all of you for the rest of the season.

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Great RFA trip again - it's always a blast !

Highlight for me was seeing a free swimming Mako (< 100 lbs) when we finally made an off-shore drift. Would've been interesting to toss my offerings to him, but the Captain moved the boat AGAIN.

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it's all been said. Dave and capt. fran did a fantastic job setting this trip up! My thanks to them. Also thanks to ALL the sponsors who donated prizes that I didn't win:D.

Now for the fishing, all I can say is, if not for the company, I wish I was home with a broken hand because I fell off a roof:eek:! A plan was set prior, and thrown out the window the minute we left the inlet. 35 peeps, 100 fishing rods, and high expectations. The captain treated us like a boat full of tourists! Not once did the captain alternate the drift, no matter how many times we yelled at him. We were told the boat wont drift well in the NW wind if he alternated. I can understand this if he tried once or twice, but he did not. I was under the boat all day. Number two, we ALL wanted to fish the rocks in 50 or so feet. we spent the morning in 25 feet of water right off the beach, this was not a half day trip with googans, we were all ready with spare bucktails and lead to fish the deep stuff, but I guess the captain figured we were not good enough.

I am not in the business to trash talk any captain, but truth in reporting stands, good, bad, or ugly! I have not fished a "jamaica" boat in 10 years, and probably won't for another 10. Now to keep the truth in reporting, I had 0 keepers and only a hand full of shorts, but this is NOT sour grapes. This capt. did not show his face once on deck, moved the boat like clockwork for no reason (it's not like he was alternating the drift) every 10 minutes. and when we finally begged him to take us offshore a bit, he blew right through the fleet and took us to the flemish cap where we started to pick at ling. He finally found the fish in 50 feet of water at the end of the day, where we should have been all day.

With all that said, the company and laughs could not be beat! Always a pleasure fishing with all of you and the RFA trips can count on my support for the future!

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Thanks Fran and Dave again for setting this up and for all the 2 of you do in supporting our rights to fish.

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Glad it was a successful trip for the most part. I hope to join you guys next year. I would like to show my support.

SNAPPERHEAD

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Oh...BTW, the food was great and the donated prizes were first rate as well but I must have had the same numbers as Shrimpman :(
Thanks again to Dales and Fran and everyone else who set this up!!! I will be on the next one

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D) I will no longer be picking the date or the boat for the trips

Again THANKS to all of YOU. After the work that goes into these trips it always seems worth it after spending the day on the water with you guys even if the fishing doesnt always co operate.

If we decide to run another trip this year I hope you all will stick with us and return once more for another shot at the fish. Good luck to all of you for the rest of the season.

Dave you are one of the main gears DON'T give in. I will be on as many of these trips as I can. I thank you for all you do.

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Thanks Dale & Fran that was a great trip. Seems like everyone on the boat had a great time (other than fishing).
Was nice to meet some fisherman on this board, Gerry, Joe, Steve, Ron, Vinnie, John and of curse Mike T and Sam (thanks for the sinkers).
Looking forward to fishing with everyone again in the future.
Tony S

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It's been said many times, but thanks to Dales and Fran. I didn't take home any keepers or any of the raffle prizes (thought I might be due after putting a "goose egg" in the cooler :p ), and probably donated half of my bucktail collection to the rocks, but still had a great time nonetheless.

Got to meet Gerry, his brother Joe, Fran and many of the other faces behind the names on this website... nice to fish with guys like Dales and Larry again... and I don't think I've ever had a bad time fishing with Lefty or his crew on board!

These trips are never short on laughs -- throw in a couple of beers, a good cause and good company -- and I'm in for the next trip. :D

Bill

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few pics..

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Thanks Dave and Capt. Fran for doing what you do for all of us. The trips that I've been on have always been a great time and the cause makes it that much better.

Despite fishing under the boat all day I did manage 3 keepers, a few shorts, two short c-bass, and a robin.

Thank you Lefty for the invite but I'm calling Mick Razz to administer the punch in the nose.

Sam is not just a sinker man he catches fish too! Thanks for clearing the shorties out Sam!! :D

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Thanks Dave & Fran for setting up a great trip. It was nice to meet Dave, Fran, Larry, Tropics & I had the pleasure of fishing between my brother Kurtis & Fran all day. Larry seeing that mako was really cool! Seems like everyone in our section of the boat had at least 2 in the cooler. Fought something really big on a really lite rod for about 5 minutes till he broke my leader, probably a blue or ray?
Great food, Great raffles, Great people, Great cause, Great times, I'm in on the next one for sure.

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I hope Doug is going to be ok!

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Thanks for the support...... I had a great time landed two keeper fluke and one slammer blue. First RFA-NJ trip I had a keeper. I can't complain LOL. Great meeting everyone and for the coolers that my fish went in I hope you enjoyed the fish.

Thanks again for making it a great day.

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Sorry I couldn't make this one. Sounds like it was a good day for a good cause. Fran and Dales keep up the good work. Don't ever give up. We have a lot of battles ahead of us.