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
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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
! 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!
