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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #130324 - 24/03/09 06:33 AM

Well I'm in the water. It was a little nerve wracking. I got to the boat and the shore power was off. The batteries were dead and there was water up to the floor boards. It took me a half an hour to find out why there wasn't shore power to the boat. Then I turned on the onboard battery charger. I charged up the batteries but the float switch to the bilge pump was blown. Changed out the float switch, put on new battery connectors on all batteries.

At this point everything seems to be inorder. This winter really seemed to have taken it's toll on my poor boat.
I hope this turns into a great season. It sure seems to be starting off like a pain in the ass.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #130374 - 24/03/09 09:47 PM

You'll cheer up once a few lunkers have slimed the gunnel!

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: Marrakai]
      #130502 - 26/03/09 07:13 AM

The Cod are being caught about 25 miles offshore.

Looks like this weekends is in the toilet.

SAT
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

SUN
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 20 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN LIKELY AND PATCHY FOG THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH VSBY 1 TO 3 NM...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #131131 - 02/04/09 12:16 AM

And yet another weekend is shot in the ass. I realize it's early in the season but I'd like to get a shot at the Cod before they leave for the season.

SAT
W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO
10 FT.

SUN
W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS
UP TO 25 KT UNTIL LATE EVENING...THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT... SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #131348 - 03/04/09 11:25 PM

The weather gets worse as we speak it will probably keep it bad for most of next week too:
SAT
W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 9 TO
13 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

SUN
W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #131771 - 08/04/09 11:05 AM

The fourth weekend since they put my boat in the water and it looks to be no better than the past three. Sunday might pan out to be ok as the week progresses but on Easter Sunday I don't think the boss will let me take off.


SAT
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
RAIN LIKELY.
SUN
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #132423 - 16/04/09 04:04 AM

It looks like if we wanted to we could get out this weekend but it would be a lousy day, even for fishing.

So I don't feel to bad I'll be out of town skeet shooting this weekend.

SAT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT...BECOMING N
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUN
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS
UP TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. A CHANCE OF RAIN.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #134028 - 01/05/09 04:10 AM

And yet another weekend tied to the dock. This makes 7 weekends since the boat was put back in the water for the season and I haven't gotten off the dock yet.

The only consolation is my skeet game is really on target. LOL

SAT
W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

SUN
NE WINDS AROUND 10 KT. GUSTS UP TO 20 KT THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #135785 - 21/05/09 05:06 AM

Finally a long weekend off and a forecast for nice weather. It should make for a great fishing weekend.
Hopefully stories and pictures to follow.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #135789 - 21/05/09 07:03 AM

Quote:

Finally a long weekend off and a forecast for nice weather. It should make for a great fishing weekend.
Hopefully stories and pictures to follow.



After all you've been through this season, I wish you all the best this holiday weekend.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #136183 - 27/05/09 03:23 AM

Thanks Mike,
Well I went out to the boat on Friday to get ready for a weekend of fast and furious fishing. When I got up on Saturday even though they called for a fairly decent day it was blowing 20 knots, gusts to 30 out of the east. So.... Saturday was spend trying to get ready for Sunday.

We got up Sunday morning to a no wind day with zero visibility in FOG. But we went anyway. Anyone who's ever operated a boat in the fog knows it's uncomfortable and a white knuckle ride to say the least. We caught some fair sized Seabass and some nice Summer Flounder, but with the new size limit of 21" to be a keeper we only kept one fish.

All in all a bad day on the boat was better than not going so it was a fun first trip of the season.

Monday promised no wind but with zero visibility as well so we went home Sunday evening and went Skeet shooting on Monday. It was fun and saved the day.

The good thing about all of this is there is always next weekend.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #136213 - 27/05/09 01:28 PM

I promise you a good weekend coming up the end of this week.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #136255 - 28/05/09 03:55 AM

Mike,
I hope your right as the season is slowly going by and not a lot of fishing has been done. On the Bright side my skeet game has come along nicely and is unbelievable. That is what i've been doing when stuck at the dock.

Now for a look at the up coming weekend weather:
Not to bad but not good either.

SAT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

SUN
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #136256 - 28/05/09 04:52 AM



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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #138326 - 02/07/09 06:17 AM

Headed out to Montauk for the July 4th week. If I can't get the weather to cooperate on the weekends lets see what happens when I'm there for 10 days.

Sooner or later I have to get a nice day to be on the water and catch some really big fish. The bluefin Tuna are around, they showed up with fish to 80 lbs. I figure we'll try sharking as well. I love to catch fish with all those teeth.

If all else fails we'll fish inshore for some Stripers. Here's wishing you guys a great 4th of July weekend and tight lines.

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mickey
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #138329 - 02/07/09 08:24 AM

Don't they have any rivers or lakes where you live?

You do know that fish live in Fresh Water too.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: mickey]
      #140765 - 19/08/09 03:32 AM

Well I've gotten out to Montauk for a few trips. The Fluke or Summer Flounder fishing is ruined. At 21" limit and two per person this has been a lousy season. The season ended today, more bureaucratic bull crap but it's over. The best fishing of the season would have started in a month or so.

The striped bass fishery continues to be strong with good fish being caught.

The offshore fishery has been poor but seems to be picking up now. I went Tuna fishing twice and got skunked both times. Now that the fishing is better we need the weather to cooperate.

I need more time off to fish harder.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #140902 - 21/08/09 01:26 PM

I think this weekend is a blow out due to the offshore hurricane coming up the coast.

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foxfire
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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
      #141004 - 22/08/09 11:39 PM

This is like the story of my summer. The days I have off the weather stinks.
This weekend waves 10-15 feet. I'm going skeet shooting.

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Re: Getting ready for the fishing season [Re: foxfire]
      #144393 - 25/10/09 11:36 AM

Well this is the end of the summer for me. I went out to Montauk this weekend to winterize the fresh water system and hopefully steal a day fishing. I was hoping to keep the boat in for a few more weeks. The Blackfishing is at it's best as is the Striper fishing when you can get out which isn't that often.
The weather still stinks. Small craft advisory is posted for the whole weekend. I winterized the boat then brought it over to the marina for the winter. I'm done, this was a terrible season. Hopefully next year will be better.

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