Capt. JJ
08-22-2015, 06:16 PM
Hey Kiddies!
(Disclaimer...no dolphins, sea horses, keeper fluke, or even GDubya, were harmed in the making of this charter)
So, before I begin the report....shhhhhhhhhhhh...for all of you here who follow the exploits of Capt. Jerry and the Monger, I successfully stole the numbers where Capt. Jerry took us this morning with my new StealAllGPSNumbers app on my Iphone and Im sharing them with all of you here before Jerry has this post pulled....ready? Grab your pens and paper:
69-711-911-666-0U812
68I0U1-CBGBOMFUG
1isthelonliestnumber
777-777-7777 (we did not catch any fish here but we DID have a car show up for us at the dock)
Started the day with a group that included Rubber Band Pete, Capt. Bill, Mugger Chris, GDubs, two new comers (Johhny 6 Strings, and Larry Backmaster), and another John, another George, and another Larry.
Had $10,000 in new Fluke rods and reels on the boat, as well as $6000
worth of gulp and jigs.
Headed out at 0600 hours and went straight for the bank named after a famous ice cream bar (shhhh....cremesickle bank)....lines in.....nada. Made a couple drifts....bounced around and then ran to another bank (Capital One....I forgot my cash to pay Capt. Jerry so we made a quick detour).....drifted at approx. 1.7 knots so we decided to troll for fluke, a new technique perfected here first on the Monger....we were dragging chartreuse 8 ounce Spros tipped in blue and white Joe Shutes, and rainbow spreader bars tipped with new penny gulp. First couple lines in and "WHAMMO!", both rods are bent over and after John the Mate carefully got us in our harnesses and tuna belts, the first of several dozen 12 to 14 inch, Big eye fluke emerged after long, drawn-out battles.
Yes, kiddies....we trolled for fluke most of the day as the NOAA-reported diminishing winds never diminished.....and the expected 2-3 foot waves with 7 second intervals did, indeed, show up at about 3:00pm, after 9 consecutive hours of 4-6 foot waves with occasional 8's thrown in for good measure.
Yes.
Wonderful trip.
I caught 17 imaginary keeper fluke, only keeping my imaginary limit, while carefully releasing the rest of these imaginary fish to swim again for the next charter lead by a certain Capt. with two similar initials,(JJ) who only swallowed one tab of acid this morning to help create those imaginary keeper fluke (one of which weighed in at 16 pounds on his imaginary scale)
Todays Tip: Tabs of Acid = Great fluke trips whether you catch fish or not!
Total count for the day of non-imaginary fish = 4, 3 of which were caught by Larry Back Master and Johnny 6 Strings, and the pool winner lifted by, of course, Capt. Bill!
Capt. Jelly took us everywhere because as other captains have reminded him, "Its a Biiiiiiiiiig ocean, Capt. Jelly!"
John the mate did his usual excellent job....fileting and bagging the keepers in a record time of three minutes.
I did not lose a single jig (hard to do when 14 ounces doesnt hold bottom)....
Capt. Jelly did not smoke a single cigarette....
WE missed GDubs, who vanished about half way through the trip and did not re-appear until said, aforementioned, NOAA's finally diminished.
All I can say is: Cant wait for Tog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mahalo!
Capt. JJ
(Disclaimer...no dolphins, sea horses, keeper fluke, or even GDubya, were harmed in the making of this charter)
So, before I begin the report....shhhhhhhhhhhh...for all of you here who follow the exploits of Capt. Jerry and the Monger, I successfully stole the numbers where Capt. Jerry took us this morning with my new StealAllGPSNumbers app on my Iphone and Im sharing them with all of you here before Jerry has this post pulled....ready? Grab your pens and paper:
69-711-911-666-0U812
68I0U1-CBGBOMFUG
1isthelonliestnumber
777-777-7777 (we did not catch any fish here but we DID have a car show up for us at the dock)
Started the day with a group that included Rubber Band Pete, Capt. Bill, Mugger Chris, GDubs, two new comers (Johhny 6 Strings, and Larry Backmaster), and another John, another George, and another Larry.
Had $10,000 in new Fluke rods and reels on the boat, as well as $6000
worth of gulp and jigs.
Headed out at 0600 hours and went straight for the bank named after a famous ice cream bar (shhhh....cremesickle bank)....lines in.....nada. Made a couple drifts....bounced around and then ran to another bank (Capital One....I forgot my cash to pay Capt. Jerry so we made a quick detour).....drifted at approx. 1.7 knots so we decided to troll for fluke, a new technique perfected here first on the Monger....we were dragging chartreuse 8 ounce Spros tipped in blue and white Joe Shutes, and rainbow spreader bars tipped with new penny gulp. First couple lines in and "WHAMMO!", both rods are bent over and after John the Mate carefully got us in our harnesses and tuna belts, the first of several dozen 12 to 14 inch, Big eye fluke emerged after long, drawn-out battles.
Yes, kiddies....we trolled for fluke most of the day as the NOAA-reported diminishing winds never diminished.....and the expected 2-3 foot waves with 7 second intervals did, indeed, show up at about 3:00pm, after 9 consecutive hours of 4-6 foot waves with occasional 8's thrown in for good measure.
Yes.
Wonderful trip.
I caught 17 imaginary keeper fluke, only keeping my imaginary limit, while carefully releasing the rest of these imaginary fish to swim again for the next charter lead by a certain Capt. with two similar initials,(JJ) who only swallowed one tab of acid this morning to help create those imaginary keeper fluke (one of which weighed in at 16 pounds on his imaginary scale)
Todays Tip: Tabs of Acid = Great fluke trips whether you catch fish or not!
Total count for the day of non-imaginary fish = 4, 3 of which were caught by Larry Back Master and Johnny 6 Strings, and the pool winner lifted by, of course, Capt. Bill!
Capt. Jelly took us everywhere because as other captains have reminded him, "Its a Biiiiiiiiiig ocean, Capt. Jelly!"
John the mate did his usual excellent job....fileting and bagging the keepers in a record time of three minutes.
I did not lose a single jig (hard to do when 14 ounces doesnt hold bottom)....
Capt. Jelly did not smoke a single cigarette....
WE missed GDubs, who vanished about half way through the trip and did not re-appear until said, aforementioned, NOAA's finally diminished.
All I can say is: Cant wait for Tog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mahalo!
Capt. JJ