04-23-2004, 11:16 PM
I was thinking of starting a new thread, but decided against it.
This morning, Andria and I decided we were going fishing. I sent her off to get some new squid while I got the boat ready. Filled up the reserve 1 gallon tank, topped off the 3.5 Johnson, re-rigged the lines.
Now, here in the Bahamas we do NOT use poles. We use the 6 inch reel with between 20 - 30 pound test. Then you tie the 3/4 oz weight at the bottom. A foot or so up the line, we make a loop, slip it though the hook eye and pass the hook through the loop. Holding the hook, twirl the weight around the line half way to the hook, and tie it off. Note: I did have a pole, but it was in the back seat of my Jimmy and one day I upped the windows, cut the sucker in half. Learning how to fish with a spool is a different story, and much better when you get the hang of it.
I had everything ready. Shortly, I found a stow away in the boat, my cat Chuckie, had to scoot him out. Another story, he is a swimming cat.
Didn't have time to catch small shad for bait, as Andria was running late to grab the High tide coming up.
Anyways, we got out there a bit, stopped at a few shoals, found the anchor hooked up. Then we learned how to release the new anchor. We had always use an old piece of a wheel, (The Bahamian Anchor). I was getting frustrated and was ready for plan B. Put a plastic bottle on the line, go back to shore, get the old anchor, and return with snorkling gear and free it up. As we were only 1/4 mile from shore the water was only 9 feet deep. I would have swam down to get the anchor. Anyways, Andria and I decided to pull up to it, tie it off, then rev the motor forward, well, it released and off we went to next next shoal further out.
We made it out between the Royal Bahamas Defense Force and the Power Plant, dropped anchor and threw our lines out. Immediately, Andria was pulling in something heavy. She landed a Margaret Fish. Good enough for dinner. I then pulled in a Red Eyed John.
The last 6 months, I have been told and have been careful of their stingers, well, today it got me in the first knuckle of the middle finger. It was numb for the first hour, then just throbbed the second hour, I wasn't fishing.
The wind picked up as showers were between us and the shore, so after the shower past, I decided I had had enough. We had our peanut butter & jelly sandwichs, V8 and headed back home.
Not a good day fishing for me, but a good day on the water for Andria.
We'll be out again this weekend....
DAve
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This morning, Andria and I decided we were going fishing. I sent her off to get some new squid while I got the boat ready. Filled up the reserve 1 gallon tank, topped off the 3.5 Johnson, re-rigged the lines.
Now, here in the Bahamas we do NOT use poles. We use the 6 inch reel with between 20 - 30 pound test. Then you tie the 3/4 oz weight at the bottom. A foot or so up the line, we make a loop, slip it though the hook eye and pass the hook through the loop. Holding the hook, twirl the weight around the line half way to the hook, and tie it off. Note: I did have a pole, but it was in the back seat of my Jimmy and one day I upped the windows, cut the sucker in half. Learning how to fish with a spool is a different story, and much better when you get the hang of it.
I had everything ready. Shortly, I found a stow away in the boat, my cat Chuckie, had to scoot him out. Another story, he is a swimming cat.
Didn't have time to catch small shad for bait, as Andria was running late to grab the High tide coming up.
Anyways, we got out there a bit, stopped at a few shoals, found the anchor hooked up. Then we learned how to release the new anchor. We had always use an old piece of a wheel, (The Bahamian Anchor). I was getting frustrated and was ready for plan B. Put a plastic bottle on the line, go back to shore, get the old anchor, and return with snorkling gear and free it up. As we were only 1/4 mile from shore the water was only 9 feet deep. I would have swam down to get the anchor. Anyways, Andria and I decided to pull up to it, tie it off, then rev the motor forward, well, it released and off we went to next next shoal further out.
We made it out between the Royal Bahamas Defense Force and the Power Plant, dropped anchor and threw our lines out. Immediately, Andria was pulling in something heavy. She landed a Margaret Fish. Good enough for dinner. I then pulled in a Red Eyed John.
The last 6 months, I have been told and have been careful of their stingers, well, today it got me in the first knuckle of the middle finger. It was numb for the first hour, then just throbbed the second hour, I wasn't fishing.
The wind picked up as showers were between us and the shore, so after the shower past, I decided I had had enough. We had our peanut butter & jelly sandwichs, V8 and headed back home.
Not a good day fishing for me, but a good day on the water for Andria.
We'll be out again this weekend....
DAve
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