Is it ever

[Pennsy Guy]

going to stop? So tired of 20 to 30 knots regardless of direction with a 12-18 hour decease to 15 to 25 knots---not that there's an abundance of tuna:rolleyes: lots of squid and blue sharks though...still have 4 scheduled trips but I seriously doubt any will come to fruition-due either to weather or major lack of interest....never been this bad weather-wise or fishless-wise...Shall we pin our hopes on next year or join the U.S. Olympic drinking team?:eek::rolleyes: Very depressed at this point...

[AndyS]

I was looking at the marine forecast for Hudson Canyon and I was like DAYUM !!

[Pennsy Guy]

Yea Andy, I know--it goes on and on...

[Walleyed]

Was just telling my wife it looks like my one trip this year is going to get blown out.

Guess I’ll find a boat that’s doing some bottom fishing.

[The Professor]

going to stop? So tired of 20 to 30 knots regardless of direction with a 12-18 hour decease to 15 to 25 knots---not that there's an abundance of tuna:rolleyes: Lots of squid and blue sharks though...still have 4 scheduled trips but i seriously doubt any will come to fruition-due either to weather or major lack of interest....never been this bad weather-wise or fishless-wise...shall we pin our hopes on next year or join the u.s. Olympic drinking team?:eek::rolleyes: Very depressed at this point...

never!

[Duffman]

Shall we pin our hopes on next year

Nope. When was the last good chunking season? I dont mean a few good trips here and there, but a solid Sept Oct like years ago? looks like I'll be selling off the chunk gear and getting on a 6 pack trolling charter in June/July/Aug in the years to come....

join the U.S. Olympic drinking team?:eek::rolleyes: .

....lifetime member...:D

[Pennsy Guy]

Yea Duffman, went that route in summer months on a private boat, no more..but I look forward to just being out there--catching is a very nice bonus--at least for me!!!
I might try to reinstate my membership:D

[lettman2]

I checked with my boat for this week and they think they're going out but I have my doubts.

[Pennsy Guy]

Tomorrow-Tues. OK---from then on 20-25 to 30 'til Friday & it's back to 10-15...

[AndyS]

Probably not going to hook that big swordfish on a trolling trip in July.
What keeps people coming back year after year ? To fish during the fall at night in the canyons is something to behold. :)

[Gumada]

Looks like an Eddie might be heading for the canyon....maybe end of the week....keep your 🤞

[dakota560]

Probably not going to hook that big swordfish on a trolling trip in July.
What keeps people coming back year after year ? To fish during the fall at night in the canyons is something to behold. :)

Not sure people will be catching that big sword fish regardless of when they're fishing if we don't learn from our mistakes. Read the attached article:

https://www.bigmarinefish.com/swordfish.html

Slightly older article but same issue, commercial over fishing, harvesting smaller sexually immature fish before they can repopulate the stock and dead discard of pups not eligible for market by long liners. The statistics are alarming, in particular 83% of the fish harvested before reaching sexual maturity. Translated 17% of the biomass needs to sustain the fishery, that sounds improbable if not impossible. None of these fisheries will survive if the biomass isn't allowed to reproduce and exceed harvest annually, very simple formula. The data is there, but decisions like the fluke fishery aren't being made based on the data. They're being made based on stand alone agendas and funded by commercial lobbying efforts.

[Walleyed]

This simply looks unpleasant.

As of 11:00am today:

WED
NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

WED NIGHT
NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 6 to 10 ft.

THU
NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas subsiding to 4 to 8 ft.

[tunajoe]

Pennsy -
Now you know why I invested in some solid surf gear last year. Been having fun with the inshore fishing. Now, what the hell do I do with my 3 Custom Calstar Blank Tuna and Sword Rods all fitted with sweet 50's 50W & 50 TLD - LRS. Well, they have the length for trolling for sure and have used them for that. Maybe I'll just keep them for the few random trolling trips I go on. Don't worry about the wind. It probably will save you thousands of dollars and avoid poor results. I'm personally waiting for the late fall bite - when it's mostly longfins.

[gnuisance]

So bummed. Was scheduled to fish on the gambler 10/12 - blown out. Rescheduled to tonights' trip - blown out again. Now I'm on the 11/7 trip. Really just want to give this a try once before it gets too cold.

[Walleyed]

So bummed. Was scheduled to fish on the gambler 10/12 - blown out. Rescheduled to tonights' trip - blown out again. Now I'm on the 11/7 trip. Really just want to give this a try once before it gets too cold.

Did you get a call from Jill? Has Capt. Bob definitely cancelled?

[gnuisance]

Did you get a call from Jill? Has Capt. Bob definitely cancelled?

I got a text from Jill last night saying the trip was cancelled.

[Walleyed]

I got a text from Jill last night saying the trip was cancelled.

Not unexpected, but I'm still bummed out. Already have the days off, guess its time for some inshore fishing.

[tunajoe]

WTF- A potential Nor'Easter at the end of this week now? Come on :mad:

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2018-10-21-october-cold-finish-possible-east-coast-storm

[Clam Strings]

We have the gambler chartered this upcoming Sat/Sun through Grumpys Tackle. I’m not happy about the current forcast as of now. Sean

[Pennsy Guy]

Jill called, Bob will tell her tomorrow AM(10/23) status of Wednesday's trip---forecast doesn't look good. BUT we've been out in as bad and caught crazy..No one's been out so who knows if tuna, squid or mahi are there. mahi, probably but water is cooling(63.2*)...gets up to 68*+ @ the 1000 line---gas surcharge??? Keep everything you got crossed...talk to King Neptune and Poseidon & whoever...LOL

[Walleyed]

The forecast keeps showing slight improvements. Wonder how Bob will call it.

[lettman2]

Looks like the boat I am chartered on will be going out.

ANZ820-232100-
Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon to 1000 fm-
459 AM EDT Tue Oct 23 2018

GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SAT


TODAY
SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3
to 6 ft.

TONIGHT
W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

WED
NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

WED NIGHT
N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

THU
NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

THU NIGHT
N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.

FRI
N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

[Detour66]

All this wind and rain all year and they will still say we over-fished and need to cut back next year!

[PeteyHD]

What boat are you chartered on?

Looks like the boat I am chartered on will be going out.

ANZ820-232100-
Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon to 1000 fm-
459 AM EDT Tue Oct 23 2018

GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SAT


TODAY
SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3
to 6 ft.

TONIGHT
W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

WED
NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

WED NIGHT
N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

THU
NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.

THU NIGHT
N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.

FRI
N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

[Walleyed]

Just got a text from Jill. The Gambler 10/24 36-hour Canyon Favorite is a go!

See you at the boat in the morning, Chucky.

[Muldune]

Good luck guys wish I was there catch em up:):)

[Pennsy Guy]

Yea man, Jim, got the same call...see you early AM bright-eyed & bushy-tailed. it's about time. Let's hope we do catch 'em up...maybe the later trips will fill enough to go---weather permitting, of course.....
Joe, you on this trip? Hope so, see you at the lot...

[dakota560]

Any early reports from the 10/24 trip?

[Clam Strings]

7ft at 4 seconds from what i saw at the Texas Tower buoy last night it couldn’t have been fun.. add a moon tide on top offfaaaaa

[Walleyed]

Rough ride out, rough overnight, calmed down a bit this morning.

No tuna caught, no one even had a run off. No life other than a few birds.

I won the pool with a 6 lb golden tilefish.

It's a wasteland out there right now.