I've had a lot of luck with a popeil pocket fisherman, 20 lb test line and a ST-36 treble hook. Until the supermarket seafood department got a court order.
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I'm the worlds worst fisherman. In my whole circumnavigation I only caught 5 fish, including one so scary I cut it off, one half eaten by a shark, one full of parasites. So how is it that some people troll a line and catch a fish before anchoring and manage to clean it without destroying the cockpit?
Your fishing ability must be better than mine, so how do you do it? Whats your tips and tricks so we can all bring home dinner?
Are you more successful trolling or when at anchor?
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Your fishing ability must be better than mine, so how do you do it? Whats your tips and tricks so we can all bring home dinner?
Are you more successful trolling or when at anchor?
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I've never heard that before!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that all fish? Or Sole?
That would certainly be a healthy alternative to potato chips.
Mark
I've only found it effective for flatfish: sole, flounder, up to about 45cm in length. After cooking the fish and eating the flesh, toss whatever flesh and skin is easily pulled off; don't make any real effort here. If it's all done right, you have one skeleton with fins. Put the whole thing on a baking pan, season with salt, pepper, and whatever you wish, and cook at about 180F for 20 minutes. Time and temp may vary, you can test it along the way. Once done, the whole thing has a consistency of potato chips, and tastes like them too.I've never heard that before!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that all fish? Or Sole?
That would certainly be a healthy alternative to potato chips.
Mark
You can do the same with prawns. Go ahead, eat the tails. Then take the front end, season it, and bake 15 minutes. It should be nice and crispy. Pull the legs off, toss the rest in your mouth. Uh....ditto grasshoppers; small < 2cm douse with salt and lemon; larger, soy sauce.
You need to fish where the fish are at. You don't now where they are at? Ask a friend. Sea birds, dolphins sharks are all pretty good indicators there may be fish around. Fish don't trust weird things. Things that look funny (sails, keels) or sound weird (deisel inboards, gas outboards, yelling, barking dogs) are fish turn offs.
If you want to know where the fish are, ask a Pelican or other fishing creature.
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If you want to know where the fish are, ask a Pelican or other fishing creature.
Drag this off the back of your boat. You can buy them on Amazon from a company in Key West. The head is concave so it leaves a trail of little bubbles as it surfaces and catches air then submerged again. The first time I used one sailed from NH to St John’s. Caught my first Mahi not long after entering the Gulf Stream, caught two more Mahi and 2 smaller sailfish. Mahi love them. Caught on south of Bermuda two days ago. I tie it to a Cuban yoyo
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If there are fish in the area, a Clark Spoon behind a planer and heavy mono on a yoyo will feed you. As mentioned above a fish billy, and gaff are essential as well. That's it. No fancy rods/reels/braided lines/nada. If fish are smaller, pull aboard, open cooler, squeeze fish between cooler and lid, remove hook with complete control, fish falls back in cooler. It's just technique (read practice) but skinning fish removes scales too, although tossing on grill after gutting works fine.
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Yes handreel. That’s what the locals use in the pacific. They only use rods with visitors. You’ll want gloves for pulling in big fish. And someone already said a gaff, that’s important. Maybe run 50 to 75 meters of line, though someone else will disagree.Handreel? ✅
How much line out the back of the boat?
Thanks
Mark
Also forgot to mention flocks of birds. The birds flock over schools of tuna to grab the remnants. If you see a flock of birds diving, that’s where the tuna are.
Don’t know about the Carib, but the Pacific locals don’t much eat tuna. They prefer triggers and other reef fishes. The oily, yucky tuna goes to the hotels where the indigenous shake their heads at foreigners happy to eat overpriced tuna.
Cuban yoyo. Very common on-line and in many southern tackle shops. You want the larger 8" version.Handreel? ✅
How much line out the back of the boat?
Thanks
Mark
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