These are from Florida trips in the mid-1990's. We fished off the East Coast.
Mostly off of Cape Canaveral. For 2 trips, we were in a 17' outboard, which is
small for where we fished.
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Casting for Baitfish |
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In the morning, or early afternoon, we'd catch our own bait, as to buy it was about $1/mullet. |
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Shrimp |
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At one point, we were out about 30 miles, to the Gulf Stream. We saw a shrimp boat, and they let us tie up. They wanted beer, so we traded for 50 lbs of shrimp. |
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Shrimp 2 |
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And also traded for 50 lbs of bait (crabs, etc). |
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Big "fish" |
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We hooked into something big, each taking turns in fighting it. |
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Manta Ray |
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After an hour or so (my memory is "foggy"), we brought it to the surface. Turned out to be a Manta Ray, about 6 feet across. We just cut the line. |
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Steve and Tony |
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What we fished for was Dolphin (Mahi). Incredible fish to catch, and tasty as hell, too. Brigh green and blue, great leapers and fighters. Tony nets Steves catch. |
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Sunset |
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We'd fish untul 2 or so, come in and rest, or swim, and then go back out at dusk for night bottom fishing. |
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