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Bluefin Regulations

As I examine it you can kill one fish a day among 27 and seventy two inches and 1 fish a 12 months about 73 as a recreational angler with your HMS permitt right now appropriate?

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Winter Fishing Smoker Kings, Sails and more

Islamorada fishing is in full swing for our wintertime time of year. Climate performs a large element this time of year and cold fronts can dictate the fishery. But as of late the fishing has been rather remarkable on the King bite with some actual smokers exhibiting up and sporting out some light tackle anglers.
Sail Fish have been supplying us some pictures, and we have been creating the most out of it and acquiring our releases. We also have had a great catch of Mahi, with a single true nice bull above 25lbs.

Capt. Johns Sound Report
http://www.prettyworkcharters.com/wp…ing_Report.mp3

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SW FL-Bonita Beach:Grouper to 32 inches reluctantly released!

:great:After two days of windy, tough, unusually chilly weather conditions, thank you to a powerful chilly-entrance, I lastly acquired again out fishing on Wednesday morning, one-4-12. It was even now a chilly 35 degrees first thing that morning, and seas were residually rough offshore, so Andy Oliver and Pat O’Neil opted to depart later on in the morning and to fish the bay, instead than the gulf. We fished Estero Bay, down towards Wiggins Pass, making use of dwell shrimp. The men caught a 17-inch black drum and a 14 1/two-inch sheepshead, both of which they kept for dinner. They chose to release a 19 1/two-inch (keeper-sized) redfish, and they also released two 20-inch snook and a dozen scaled-down sheepshead.

Thursday, it was lastly calm adequate to head offshore, with two-to-several foot seas, so I headed out about fifteen miles with long time consumer, Ron Musick and his usual crew of buddies, Dick, Fred, Invoice and Eddie. We fished with live shrimp in 38 ft off Naples. The guys caught two keeper mangrove snapper, fourteen keeper lane snapper, a half-dozen great porgies, ten grunts, and two keeper sheepshead. They unveiled tons of mangrove snapper shorts, more compact porgies, a porkfish, a little hogfish, and a lot of red and gag grouper shorts.

Friday early morning was even now chilly, but it warmed up speedily, and soon it felt like SW FL once more! Seas ended up tranquil, and I headed offshore about 19 ½ miles west of New Pass to fish with live shrimp in 43 ft. Tim Gustin, his son Chase, and buddy, Clark McCloud, had been waiting considering that weather canceled their unique options to fish on Tuesday—It was worth the wait around: The trio caught seventeen nice mangrove snapper to 17 ½ inches, 4 porkfish, a mess of porgies, and grunts. They introduced some yellowtail snapper shorts, and determined to launch all their other catches apart from the mangrove snapper, as they had plenty of those. They reluctantly launched a 23 ½ inch gag grouper, which ate a shrimp, as nicely as a beautiful 31 ½ inch gag that ate a porgy. Gag grouper are at present out-of season.

Saturday early morning, I had an inshore trip with Sal Rodando and Bob Walker. We fished Estero Bay, making use of live shrimp. The tide was fairly gradual so the fishing action wasn’t stellar, but the men managed to catch a pair keeper-sized sheepshead. They released a 17-inch redfish, lots of scaled-down sheepshead and snapper, and ladyfish.

My next day on the drinking water was Tuesday, one/10/twelve, when I fished with Ron Musick and close friends, Dick, Fred and Eddie, all of whom had fished with me the previous Thursday. We headed out to forty five feet, about 21 miles west of New Pass to look for some of those huge mangrove snapper I had been catching out there final Friday. We didn’t locate any really that large, but we did catch a half- dozen keepers to 14 inches, and launched a whole great deal of smaller mangs. We also caught 7 keeper lane snapper, and launched tons of lane shorts. We stored 7 wonderful porgies out of a mess of individuals caught, and we introduced a couple of brief triggerfish, alongside with about forty red grouper to 19 ½ inches. We utilised live shrimp for all our catches.

Wednesday introduced rain and gusty winds, as yet another weather front approached. I remained in port. But Thursday, I fished Estero Bay with Robin Latham and Chris Welch. We baited with reside shrimp, and caught 5 keeper sheepshead to 17 ½ inches—a 17 ½ inch, a 17-inch, a 15-inch and a pair of 14-inch sheepies. The men also caught two redfish, one particular of which was a keeper at twenty inches, and the other one particular 17 inches and introduced. We also caught two keeper mangrove snapper at eleven inches each.

Seas got rough after again, with an additional cold entrance that achieved the area Friday afternoon. I canceled my planned offshore charter for Saturday.

The picture shown is of yours really, Captain Dave, with a 31 ½ inch gag grouper, caught on a porgy and introduced ( due to closed time) on an offshore excursion January sixth.
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Magnets

So its that time of yr when Im seeking over all my stuff and generating ideas for a a lot more successful 2012. I have a Mako Magnet that i’ve hardly utilised b/do most of my offshore time is trolling for tuna / marlin. But i did get to asking yourself about the big difference amongst the mako model and the other two (tuna teaser, and Marlin Magnet) provided by the identical company. While I recognize the tried variations… i wonder if they genuinely are specie particular and how I could make use of a wonderful gift thats been sitting in my garage for many years.

With that in mind I have a handful of of question for one and all. one does anyone have a tuna teaser or marlin mag? If you are inside driving length I would like to carry mine to yours and lets plug them in facet by aspect and see/ listen to just how much of a variation there is in between them. two. Can anybody say they employed one particular of the other people and did not attract sharks?

Of course we all know the value of boat harmonics on the troll. I have a pair of four stroke outbroads that are pretty quiet. Spreader bars and teasers can give the appear of bait over but could I use one of these to develop the audio of bait earlier mentioned? In quick, has anyone glassed one particular into the hull for use in trolling?

I really in no way shark fish so Mr. Mako biting my glass isn’t a huge problem, of program if its on for the duration of a evening chunk that could be diverse, but lets preserve that aside for now.

Several Thank you,

Glenn

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Unbelievable-44066/TT4 adrift?

This is genuinely unbelievable. It appears like 44066/Texas Tower 4 off Hudson Canyon is adrift soon after just a few months recently deployed!
Searching at GPS coordinates it does not look like considerably motion but loose just the same.At present 39.41 -72.52
Awaiting some phrase from NDBC on what may possibly have took place.

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Canyon Runner Seminar – DayTime Swording Breakout & Report – Lindgren-Pitman!

We have huge news on two fronts.

one. Capt. Mark just had the Sword Excursion of his existence – (Study Under)

two. We are delighted to add Day Time Swording as a Breakout Session hosted by the premier guys in swording. We also additional yet another new breakout session – Tuna Tagging 101 – How and Why we Do It!!! This session will be hosted by the individuals from Help save the Bluefin.

Tim Pickett of Lindgren-Pitman Inc. and R.J. Boyle of R.J. Boyle Studios

R.J. is one of the pioneers of daytime swordfishing, and regarded as 1 of the worlds foremost specialists in daytime swordfishing. R.J., a maritime artist and lifelong fisherman, was the founder of the SE Swordfish club and has caught more than 1000 swordfish on rod and reel, with above 300 of individuals in the course of the daytime, which includes several 500lb additionally fish to his credit.

Tim is the engineer who works in new merchandise development and resident &quotswordaholic&quot for Lindgren-Pitman Inc.

If you have not obtained your tickets nevertheless for the January 28 Seminar make sure you call now – 732-842-6825

2012 ALL NEW In no way Just before Seen BREAKOUT Subjects

Just Extra

*Day Time Swording – Crew Lindgren-Pitman
**Tuna Tagging – How and Why

1) Movie Coaching Session – Be a part of Us in the Cockpit – Perform-by-Play – Capt. Mark Deblasio
two) Massive-Eye and Large Fish – Track Them, Locate Them &amp Catch Them – Capt. Mark DeCabia
3) Advanced Bait Rigging – All the Never Prior to Noticed Tricks We Use – Capt. Mark Deblasio
four) Marlin Trolling Strategies &amp Designs – Tournament Winning Angler – Brad Burgess
five) Drinking water Temp – 12 months in Assessment – Capt. Len Belcaro
six) Motor Stop Upkeep &amp Repairs at Sea – John Lane – Forked River Diesel
seven) Tournament Winning Sharks Methods – Capt. Steve Rhodes
8) How To Jig Massive Tuna – Up to 600 Pounds – Dr. Greg DeFelice

Additional BREAKOUT Subjects

nine) Inshore Bluefin Chunking &amp Light Tackle Methods – Capt. Gene Quigley/Capt. Jim Freda – Shore Catch
ten) Water Temp Evaluation – Fundamental Courses for First Time Attendees – Capt. Len Belcaro
11) Learn How to Rig Ballyhoo for Tuna – Canyon Runner Crew
12) Find out How to Rig all your Chunking Gear like a Skilled Mate – Capt. Mike Zajac
13) Learn Everything You will At any time Require to Know about Swordfishing – Capt. Mark DeCabia
14) Harpooning – Offshore Improvements
15) Spectra/Top-Shot Methods – Basil Pappas – BHP Tackle
sixteen) Electronics Troubleshooting &amp Upkeep – Team Simrad
17) Reel Maintenance and Repair service – Team Penn
eighteen) Knot Tying – Staff Berkley

Here is Capt Mark’s Report – Enjoy – Images to Adhere to
He’s Working a Personal Ritchie Howell for A Couple Months This Winter months

Friday morning dawns even now as predicted and we set off in research of wahoo. We use the regular higher speed set up and right after a few hrs have absolutely nothing to show for it. We collectively choose that the trolling weights never search purely natural and it just will not feel proper trolling at twelve-15 knots, so we slow down and go to a a lot more regular disperse that we would pull at home. Shortly thereafter we get two flatline and one particular rigger bites, coming restricted on two. Jimmy and Lou land their first wahoo and substantial fives adhere to. We stop up the day likely six for eleven on the wahoo and including a Blackfin tuna to the blend. As the sunlight gets very low in the sky, we begin hunting about for prime bottom to set out the sword pass on. We set the pass on and wait around about 50 percent an hour when the lines start off to cross. I selected up the rod to transfer it around and experience the “tap, tap” of a sword then slack. I reel like hell and come restricted and the fight begins. Lou is up and lands his 1st sword fairly speedily , a nice 55” fish. We get another shark bite , then another sword, releasing yet another keeper about the same size as the first. The bites proceed with yet another shark, a missed sword, then a great hookup around four:15am. I get my opportunity on the rod and boat a great 170 lb sword in about 20 minutes. We make a decision to finish up the trip with a little bottom fishing and catch a good mixed bag of snapper, grouper, AJ’s and a really great African Pompano, releasing almost everything except the pompano.

Sunday dawns stunning and we set off in lookup of wahoo once again. We discover the bites , but pull a bunch of hooks only landing one particular hoo. With the sunshine obtaining very low, we make a decision to overthink points and go to a diverse sword spot that appears even better on the charts. We get set up and invest four hrs with one shark bite and one particular Blackfin tuna prior to we decide to go back to exactly where we had fished two evening previously. We get set out and start off the wait around. We needed to fish a deep bait with the total moon, so we set out the LP1200 electric as the 400 foot rod. About 12:thirty am the line will start burning off the reel and we get started what would turn out to be the most epic battle any of us have actually noticed. The fish showed alone after only 20 minutes or so , coming to the surface area slashing its enormous sword and jumping as soon as. It then made the decision it did not like what it saw on the surface and sounded. We viewed the line counter on the reel commence its descent, not stopping until finally the sword was at 1300 ft. For the following 3 hrs we battled it out with the fish between 1000-1400 feet and exhibiting no indicators of slowing down. We began incorporating a lot more drag hoping to bust the swords will, bit it would not budge. I started incorporating strain with my gloved hand and really little by little we commenced to obtain foot by foot. By the 6 hr mark we had the fish in a couple of hundred ft of the boat but exhaustion was setting in and the gear was turning out to be a stress. With no option we ongoing adding drag and ongoing attaining line. By the 7 hr mark we ended up finding the fifty foot topshot on the reel. The topshot was on and off the reel at minimum a dozen occasions but we ended up slowly gaining. By now the sunlight was up and the swivel eventually breaks the surface area. We achieve for the excess weight but its just out of attain. As the fish circles we are seeking correct at it and ready to harpoon but it takes back a small line. We perform it near once again and are acquiring prepared for the harpoon shot when the fish decides to flip and burn up. As she takes off the top shot flies off the reel and the braid explodes as it clears the rod .. the fish is gone. One particular of the toughest losses I have ever had, but at the same time a modest smile on my face as I know that fish swims absent strongly and we have something to shoot for.

The following day with just a few of us on the boat and becoming tired , we plan for two guys up and one particular sleeping on rotation. Inside minutes I see a bite on the deep rod and we are restricted .. its not even dark yet and its gameplay on . Fish cooperates and we have number one sword of the evening on deck at 58” … we reset and get started the wait. It will not take long and we are tight once more. This continues and by 1am we are 7 for 8 and really very low on bait. I am using a nap when Jimmy comes in and wakes me to say he popped a hamstring hoping to net a flying fish. He is in a good deal of pain and is formally out of commission but insists we maintain fishing. I make the call to fish till four:thirty or so, so that we will have some light coming in the inlet. I lay back again down and leave Lou on watch. At all around 2:15 he announces we are restricted when yet again and he and I go to function with Jimmy coaching us on from the sofa in the salon. We make great progress and have shade in 25 minutes or so .. we unclip the fat and get leader in hand … I sink the poon and we have the fish safe. Lou and I determine to pull her more than the transom and I guess adrenaline had kicked in because we pulled her over and were really stunned to see she was 78 inches in the 270 lb class. We commenced cleaning up as we had utilised up all our bait, ending fishing ahead of 3am with my greatest evening of swordfishing actually under my belt likely eight for 9 on swords. All in all a excellent trip for absolutely everyone … with a night time of slumber , I am chomping at the little bit for the wind to lay out and get on the sword grounds once more.

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14 Days till Vacation

It is time to escape this bitter cold here in NC. Holiday time is 14 times absent. If my luck retains I just want you to appreciate the snow and ice that you will be finding although I am away.(it has happened eight out of 10 many years) We are heading back again down to Puerto Jiminez Costa Rica for the third 12 months in a row. Considering that our amount grew by two this calendar year we had to get a second boat. We are fishing yet again for 4 days with Bobby McGuinness and he assured me he would not accidently toss me off the boat this year. We also are likely to fish with a Captain we fished with two a long time back for three days. This will almost certainly be the very last time we are permitted to fish out of Puerto Jiminez. We pushed the envelope with four NC rednecks but with our 2 new members those folks down there are in for a real treat. The beginners deliver redneck to a new level. It nearly can make me truly feel sorry for the Chicas.

Depending on the internet services once more this 12 months I will try to article some every day studies. Oh and Frank if you examine this there is a great likelihood there will be photographs as effectively.

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Reality-show boat makes rescue in sea off NJ

BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — A fishing vessel capsized ten miles off New Jersey, killing a single man or woman and leaving another to be rescued by a passing vessel known for its crew’s purpose on the fact tv present &quotSwords.&quot

The Mandy Ness, a 44-foot industrial fishing boat based mostly in Barnegat Light, capsized off Prolonged Seaside Island around eleven:fifteen p.m. Tuesday, Coastline Guard Petty Officer Crystalynn Kneen stated.

The Coastline Guard released a lookup right after obtaining an unexpected emergency transmission from a beacon that activates when it gets moist. The agency dispatched a helicopter from Atlantic Town and a 47-foot rescue boat from Barnegat Light.

It also broadcast an urgent request for aid to mariners. The crew of the Frances Anne observed the broadcast, went to the aid of the capsized vessel and took a single person aboard.

Shortly after the survivor was taken aboard the Frances Anne, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer went underneath the capsized hull and introduced out a single victim, who was unresponsive. The target was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The survivor was treated on the shore and was in great problem, the Coastline Guard mentioned.

The boat involved in the rescue is a 72-foot vessel identified for its function in the Discovery Channel present &quotSwords,&quot which follows the crews of four boats as they catch swordfish in the Atlantic.

Someone who answered the cellphone Wednesday at Francis Ann Inc. in Barnegat Light verified the boat involved in the rescue was the very same a single from the present but would not give other particulars.

The incident is becoming investigated. Winds had been about 17 mph and seas had been 3 feet, not particularly rough for this time of calendar year.

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wahoo video

This was my 1st try with the gopro online video I promise Sick get much better lol. Still arrived up with some fairly excellent shots however including some dirty water blackfin.

http://youtu.be/-gTM2DiOmCM

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New Concerns with Fluke Allotments for 2012!

New Worries with Fluke Allotments for 2012!

Recreational Fishing Alliance
Contact: Jim Hutchinson, Jr. / 888-564-6732
For ImmediateRelease
November four, 2011

RFA CALLS ON FISHERMEN TO UNITE

Fluke &amp SnapperClosures Admirer Flames Of Angler Discontent

Simply because of obsolete NOAA harvest data and questionable evaluation information, summer flounder (fluke) fishermen will consider another strike in 2012 – in flip, coastal fishermen are planning to strike back again at Washington DC sometime later this winter!

A Northeast Fisheries Science Middle report signifies that while the summer time flounder stock was productively rebuilt in 2010, angler harvest info compiled by means of the Marine Recreational Fishing Statistical Survey (MRFSS) and applied to NOAA assessment models predicts fishing mortality rate will be exceeded in 2011, when once more leading to statutory overfishing to arise. In addition to identified flaws with the MRFSS information, independent researchers have also been important of the evaluation models used by the federal fisheries service.

Citing new findings, the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) warns that harvest limitations formerly advised by council members for 2012 are truly as well large and could require to be diminished. On top of modern reviews from the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico regional fishery management councils that sea bass and red snapper fisheries have also been closed to anglers due to flawed info, the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) explained they are shifting ahead with an additional rally in Washington DC later on this winter like the a single held during the winter season of 2010.

&quotIn conducting stock assessments, NOAA Fisheries is employing recreational harvest info regarded fatally flawed and woefully inaccurate by the National Academy of Sciences, which is exactly why Congress informed them to halt making use of MRFSS as of 2009,&quot explained Jim Donofrio, RFA’s executive director. &quotWhether it can be sea bass, red snapper or fluke, yearly or semi-annual stock assessments never mean squat when you might be employing illicit info and questionable types.&quot

&quotFive many years is extended adequate to wait for Congress to react, so if they are not coming to us then it appears like we will be heading back again to see them this wintertime,&quot he added.

Reauthorized in 2006 by unanimous consent with assist from ‘green’ groups like Pew Charitable Trusts and their Pew-funded affiliates like Marine Fish Conservation Network and Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the Magnuson Stevens Act calls for rigid rebuilding deadlines even though incorporating yearly catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures like catch shares to aid ratchet down regulatory controls on fishermen.

&quotRFA has taken our lumps by some in the industry simply because we’ve been so openly vocal about the concerns with Magnuson whilst also rallying for a lot more accountability from our federal govt, but who can sit back again quietly whilst this injustice carries on,&quot Donofrio asked, incorporating &quotthis is a work opportunities matter.&quot

Final week, Donofrio appeared before a Property Source Committee hearing on behalf of America’s coastal anglers, and particularly brought up the problem of NOAA’s inattention to meeting needs set forth by Congress. &quotWe don’t have a info collection program that Congress mandated in the 2007 reauthorization for maritime recreational statistics, the new MRIP plan, they’re still making use of the MRFSS info and they’re shutting down fisheries,&quot Donofrio advised committee members,&quot including &quotthey advised the judge we are not employing MRFSS info any longer.&quot

Two a long time back, RFA introduced a federal lawsuit versus NOAA for closing the black sea bass fishery employing info compiled by way of MRFSS. Based mostly on the NOAA testimony, a federal decide established that there would no future fishing closures based on MRFSS data presented the reality that NOAA was no more time utilizing MRFSS,rendering RFA’s lawsuit moot. That is a worry which Donofrio and the RFA have especially brought to the attention of Congress.

&quotNOAA’s legal team fundamentally showed a duplicate of the Magnuson reauthorization of 2007 showing exactly where Congress mandated that MRFSS be replaced as of January 1, 2009,&quot Donofrio said. &quotWhile NOAA has nevertheless to satisfy their congressional obligation a few complete seasons later on, our recreational fishing community is getting pressured to adhere to a broken law enforced by an overzealous and contentious enforcement business office.&quot

Donofrio advised House Reference Committee members that coastal corporations are getting a negative enough time remaining open up in a down market, but when mixed with burdensome regulations based mostly on hopelessly flawed harvest data, many recreational fishing pros have been getting out of the company completely. &quotThey’re disgusted with federal laws that are not allowing them to fish on rebuilt stocks and NOAA’s not performing a point about it, what they want to do is include far more layers of bureaucracy that charges a lot more income when they’re not investing the funds to preserve us fishing,&quot Donofrio explained.

In response to a concern from Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) Donofrio mentioned troubles seasoned inside of the New Jersey congressman’s house district had been the exact same as those down in the southeastern United States and all through the Gulf, &quotall the way down to Mr. Southerland’s district,&quot he extra, referencing committee member Rep. Steve Southerland (R-FL) who also took NOAA to task at the recent hearing. &quotWe have men and women sitting at the dock can’t catch red snapper since the stock assessments and the information that NOAA’s been employing is flawed, we’re virtually tripping more than red snapper, tripping more than them&quot Donofrio said.

Because 2007, RFA and their coastal allies have vocally pressed forth with help for legislation to reform the Magnuson Stevens Act to rewrite the fouled language which has allowed NOAA to shirk its obligations although punishing coastal fishing communities. Donofrio explained it is been an uphill fight due to the fact of congressional gridlock and an market divided. &quotA handful of legislators were led to believe that Magnuson was just good back again in 2006, but that is naturally not the circumstance,&quot Donofrio said.

According to MAFMC chairman Rick Robins, component of the difficulty with summer season flounder is the reality that NOAA Fisheries is taking crucial scientific funding absent from his council and shifting the shelling out up north. &quotThe current situation is an unlucky consequence resulting from the redirection of Science Middle resources to New England groundfish,&quot Robins stated. Whilst the MAFMC is in the approach of scheduling conferences with the science and statistical committees to evaluation the information just before their December meetings, independent scientists such as Brian Rothschild and Mark Maunder have openly challenged the info employed by NOAA experts in their assessments models.

&quotThere are scientists in the field who have important data with consider to summer flounder to challenge the government’s unreasonable findings, but the only way to shake some feeling into this govt bureaucracy is by means of an act of Congress,&quot Donofrio mentioned. &quotWithout a new benchmark assessment or peer review of the authorities info, you will find no way for person anglers and impartial scientists to challenge the data,&quot he mentioned.

Donofrio mentioned the very best selection for guarding the future of saltwater angling possibilities is to resolve a damaged legislation although securing legislative commitments to overhauling a massive authorities bureaucracy which he states &quothas gone rogue&quot in the previous three-one/2 years. &quotComprehensive reform of the law is the only choice proper now, and the quicker the sector realizes that they’ve been hoodwinked by anti-fishing interests the faster we can deal with our coastal accessibility concerns in front of Congress,&quot he added.

&quotThere are many various Magnuson reform bills in Congress appropriate now, including the a lot more comprehensive version in HR3061,&quot Donofrio explained, adding &quotwhat we require is get the total suite of legislation into committee for evaluation and discussion so that we can get the law fixed

now to safeguard jobs.&quot

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