jenny lee humble pie " lesson in humility"

[jenny lee sportfishing]

Saturday, August 8. 2015

chris and kellen steskal 8/6/15 humble pie



capt's kevin gerrity and dave bender took chris and kellen steskal of chalfont, pa out to the hudson canyon for an overnighter. the trip was booked a while back as a day trip. when the trip was about a two weeks out i asked chris is there any way we could leave the afternoon before to lay overnight, as the trolling during the day was slow, but there were some yellowfins being chunked as well as bigeyes snapping after dark. well, as the trip came up the chunked yellowfins were gone and the bigeye bite had slowed considerably, but we went with a positive attitude. upon reaching the canyon i had several friends there who were there since the day before without a fish, not what we wanted to hear. we trolled all day in gorgeous conditions without a touch, there were two bigeyes caught at the tip, and a blue marlin here or there, but nothing else. as the sunset we had our hopes up for a bigeye blast, and a handful were caught or lost from about 7-830 but none for us. we set up on the chunk at about 11pm in hopes of perhaps a sword to salvage the trip, but not a touch. the seas picked up at about 3am as predicted and we trolled in sloppy conditions till about 7am and beat feet with our tail between our legs. chris and kellen stayed up all night with kevin and i, they cleared lines, put out the spread, chunked, etc. they woked their as##$ off. kevin and i were so bummed that these two young guys came up short. there's not much more i can say other than i'm sorry. it's been a very long time since this has happened to us, perhaps we've been lucky. we will get a weather break here for a bit and do our best to get back on the right path.my congradulations to the few boats that managed to get the bites, and stayed glued to some hefty bigeyes.



Posted by jenny_lee at 05:50 | Edit entry

[Rubberhead]

Thanks for the honest report. It takes true integrity to report the bad as well as the good. Go get'em next time.

[dales529]

Honest report and sounds like very few caught. "Fish will rise again" for the JL
See you soon for our trip and I know the effort was there! The catching no one can control

[Tenacious Sportfishing]

Cheer up baby bear! Been there, done that. It happens to everybody. Its part of the sport that we engage in. Unfortunately 90% of the charter fleet goes silent and doesn't report when they don't catch. Its unfortunate because it if they did report we would all have a better picture of what goes on out there! Congrats on reporting.

[Capt. Lou]

Don't worry Dave plenty of pieces of that pie to go around , most just overlook mentioning the tough ones.
Anyone that catches consistent in today's local offshore canyons as u do has nothing to apologize for , I know if they were anywhere around u would caught ur share.

[shrimpman steve]

Been there, done that. It happens. Here is a pic on the Jenny lee. We all know what you guys can do!!!

[Joey Dah Fish]

That happens Dave I feel sorry for all of you just don't let that happen when I'm on the boat thank goodness through the 20 or more years I have been fishing with you it never has. I guess that means I'm due noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

[Sharkyispy]

It will happen....you can not control it when it does. The fact that you gave it everything to find them suffices for your reputation and the trips that normally do take place....Shame for the crew but, it is a part we all must contend with when we go...thanks for honest report.... And Joe, you're not on MY trip are you!!!????

[Joey Dah Fish]

I didn't know you had a trip that you booked

[Joey Dah Fish]

Originally Posted by Sharkyispy

It will happen....you can not control it when it does. The fact that you gave it everything to find them suffices for your reputation and the trips that normally do take place....Shame for the crew but, it is a part we all must contend with when we go...thanks for honest report.... And Joe, you're not on MY trip are you!!!????

Are you on my trip?