FIshing report

[CAJUNLAWYER]

in a word-skunked!!

Fished the CajunCanyon tournamentFriday & Saturday-spent two days fishing all the floaters some 65-70 miles out and had 5 bull dolphin and parte of 2 tuna (%&^$# Barracudas

) to show for it-The closest to a marlin was one of the dolphin got wacked while reeling it in and had a big marlin sized bite taken out of it. Thank goodness we didn't waste any money in any of the calcuttas. We've never been skunked that bad for 40 hours of fishing.
Oh well, it's just the start of the season

So what's been going on?

 

[zercool]

Caj, the alternative is working ... what's that old saw? A bad day fishing/hunting/shooting/golfing* is better than a good day working.

* - I'll debate the golfing being better than working.

 

[Joni_Lynn]

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him to fish and he'll sit in a boat day after day drinking beer.

 

[Damn Yankee]

That's why they call it "Fishing" and not "Catching"

 

[reerc]

yeah ... quitcherbitchin!

You could've been working, or even worse, looking for work!

Oh, BTW ... welcome back.

 

[charlie sherrill]

Jr. and I are waiting for the invite. We'll pay our share.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Originally posted by charlie sherrill:
Jr. and I are waiting for the invite. We'll pay our share.

Charlie-it's an OPB (other person's boat) the very best kind in the world

PS - it had a 1200 gallon tank. We went through about 3/4's this weekend-it wasn't pretty at the fuel dock

 

[Clayton]

Nothing like a $2500 gas bill.
I notice when I take people fishing they never think about gas for the boat...or the truck.

 

[ingmansinc]

Lets see now, 900 gal. boat gas, food and drinks, licenses, bait, transportation, lodging, and misc. other expense, what does that come out to per fish sandwich?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Originally posted by ingmansinc:
Lets see now, 900 gal. boat gas, food and drinks, licenses, bait, transportation, lodging, and misc. other expense, what does that come out to per fish sandwich?

Don't forget a weekend away from home with the guys-priceless-I coulda been moving my middle daughter back home.

 

[mwtdvm]

I notice when I take people fishing they never think about gas for the boat...or the truck.

My friend had a boat in Destin, 23 footer IIRC, I hope I was a better than average guest because I put the 6-5 gal jugs in the back of my truck and filled 'em up before we went out(usuallly X2). I know how much the boat cost and the cost of keeping it running.

Gas is a small price to pay...well not so small now.. for a couple of days on the water.. I also brought the beer.. Otherwise it might have been Miller Lite.

 

[Rikkn]

Maybe you should have taken that morning shower...

 

[zercool]

Originally posted by Clayton:
Nothing like a $2500 gas bill.
I notice when I take people fishing they never think about gas for the boat...or the truck.

My hunting buddy and I fish the lake here a couple times a summer. His boat, nothing super fancy, think it's an 18- or 20-foot I/O. He brings the boat and gas, I bring a cooler full of beverages.

Works out well. (But I always try to flip him a tenner towards fuel.)