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Originally Posted by frugalfisherman
Yes they were Captain Joe, except they weren't on the good boat like I was. Same reef with different results. What could it be?
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Interesting...
there were a few pretty well known boats in our area, all within a stone's throw.. thats why I mentioned that perhaps fishing was slow everywhere.. All the party boats there stayed there all day, except to reposition/re anchor..
I was hoping the captain would bail out and find a piece we were alone on, but he didn't...
I am probably just old fashioned and don't really 'get" it, but i have never been a fan of sitting in a dead or almost dead zone..
years ago i was on the old Sea Fox for weakfish, back when party boats actually targeted them.. It was a slow bite first few stops, although the fish were there, according to the screen..
the captain got pissed off, and announced over the boat PA system..
that these fish just didn't want to eat, and said, "lets go find some fish that are eating"... Actually he did, and we wound up with 14, my 2 sons and I, and others had even more.. For whatever reason, that really stuck with me, that that captain took it personally, and made it his business to find active fish..
The late great Capt Dom Vitolo years ago did the same thing many times on his little 40 footer the Skipper.. Never sat on dead pieces, and took it personally when the fishing was poor, which didn't happen often.. He refused to give up and never just sat long on hot bergal or pout bites.. The more I think about it, i'm probably just an old crab that longs for the good old days...
I guess i just miss the fishing the way it was when I was a younger man, and need to adjust to the modern day ...bob
