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torchee
02-18-2018, 07:08 AM
Big or little?? was wondering how saturday was.
Fishin Dude
02-18-2018, 09:21 AM
I was wondering the same thing. I put a call in to the Big, got the machine, waiting to hear back.
bjd11185
02-21-2018, 01:41 AM
Check out the 125’ Jamaica Facebook page, it has full report and photos
Fishin Dude
02-21-2018, 08:55 AM
I'm booked on the Big J for this Saturday, anyone else?
Captain Hook
02-21-2018, 09:45 AM
I'll be on there as well.
Madcrab
02-21-2018, 10:04 AM
I'll be happy with 1 bag of filet.
Madcrab
02-25-2018, 11:41 AM
I'll be happy with 1 bag of filet.

I ended up with six porgies. For those six porgies it was not worth the damage that was done to the black seabass. No more offshore porgy fishing for me again, when seabass is closed.
Duffman
02-25-2018, 11:51 AM
Im guessing a ton of floaters went back?
Ice Cream Bill
02-25-2018, 12:37 PM
You would be amazed how many anglers (or mates) for that matter do not know how to properly vent a Black Sea bass so they do not float. I participated in the Rutgers Black Sea bass study last fall and learned a lot from Dr. Doug Zemeckis and his team of scientists studying the barotrauma on this species.

I will ask Doug to upload his final report for everyone. On one trip alone, we tagged 380 sea bass at the Baltimore wrecks.
Madcrab
02-25-2018, 03:51 PM
Im guessing a ton of floaters went back?

We didn't have any venting tool. Mates did not have any. So we put a hole into the swim bladder. Some went straight down but a few stay floated. I was on another boat by Point Pleasant Beach. The crew was equipped with vent needles, more like a hypodermic needles. They vented every seabass that came up.
Capt Joe
02-25-2018, 08:30 PM
200+ feet of water wasting your time venting, mortality 100%. Makes you feel good thats about it. Ask the scientists.
rumster
02-25-2018, 09:32 PM
200+ feet of water wasting your time venting, mortality 100%. Makes you feel good thats about it. Ask the scientists.

I certainly can understand cabin fever and wanting to get back out there to wet a line.... Unfortunately, when I hear this response and the experiences of some of the anglers who are disgusted with the sight of dead sea bass floating on the water. You have to ask yourself why??? Really, are people that hard up for fish or are boats that hard up for money??? Gimme a break you are cutting your own throats. And I am far from a tree hugger guys.