Voyager Saturday

[ytuna]

Started fishing very early in the dark. I had a slow pick of biscuits and a good shot of porgies. Guys using a very low hook on a long leader (think blackfish rig) were doing better. Then the sun came up. Game on. By 8:30 AM the boat was limited on biscuits and porgies.

I saw one double header of a 30+ pollock and a big biscuit.

Back at the dock at 2 PM.

Great trip.

[blkbear]

Glad you guys got out and beat the weather.
Sound like a great trip.

[TDaly25]

Awesome, praying we get out tomorrow :O

[PaBeerGuy]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but he has already cancelled tonite and tomorrow night's trip.:mad:

[ytuna]

One other thought, I started with a small pink squid (B2B type) as a teaser. I was losing a lot of baits to porgies with the teaser. I went to a naked hook and had fewer porgy bites and more Cbass hookups.

[blkbear]

on Friday I was using 4" curly tail grubs for seabass and the porgies attacked them instead. every time I came up they were tailless so I went bare with just Clams. The porgies were so aggressive I went up to a 7/0 hooks and was still catching them.
best bet is 5/0 -6/0 hook witha large clam piece, let the porgies peck till you get the seabass thump.. for the porgies a 2/0 with a small pc of clam and set the hook.

[joerosa1]

I was also on the Saturday Voyager trip with my son (biggamefisherman1000).
I always though the Costco Igloo 110 qt was a good Christmas gifts but wasn't practical. We both filled it to the top with black fish, porgy and had a bucket for the big cusk that was caught. Truly an epic trip! Should be spending a lot of time today in vacuum packing.

[ytuna]

The trip was marred by one event. Someone that was seasick hurled in the head and broke one of the most sacred of sea laws: hurl over the side (downwind). If you are going on an overnight, offshore trip in February you should have had enough experience to know you never barf in the head. And, if you do, you clean it up. How is it possible that someone on a trip like this has not learned this basic rule of fishing etiquette?

[blkbear]

big cusk
Where these cusk or ling?
we caught some ling and hake but never seen Cusk this far south.

[ytuna]

It was a cusk. Thought I was on Cashe's ledge for a minute when I saw it.

[joerosa1]

It was a cusk. Thought I was on Cashe's ledge for a minute when I saw it.

I was confused when it surface since I never saw one before. The mate didn't know what is was as well. The fish was walked around until it was identified (I mean can I eat it and does it taste good?). The fillet looks great white like cod but a lot firmer, looking forward for it to be served for dinner.

[joerosa1]

..should have had enough experience to know you never barf in the head?


That was disgusting and not excusable. I have been on trips and gotten sick and don't feel embarrassed hurling over the side (downwind) and fishing right through it. I call it self-chumming....

[aduma1107]

The trip was marred by one event. Someone that was seasick hurled in the head and broke one of the most sacred of sea laws: hurl over the side (downwind). If you are going on an overnight, offshore trip in February you should have had enough experience to know you never barf in the head. And, if you do, you clean it up. How is it possible that someone on a trip like this has not learned this basic rule of fishing etiquette?
at the very least ask for the boats running hose to clean your own barf

[tautog]

I've seen cusk, wolfies, haddock, etc. down this way, not that many and usually smaller specimens. Heck they netted up a halibut in the Mud Hole a year or so ago.

[shrimpman steve]

sounds like a good one billy, good for you!