200 miles, cit. all around

[tonydivefish]

started the day @ 2:45 am with racn35 & capt todd of the "lucky dog" meeting me @ owls creek, splashed the boat & on the way @ 4 am. a little slow going with big swells still rolling ne & todd just out of surgery 3 weeks. i think the bean bags saved his life! got to the cigar area put out the spread with no takers except one monster bluefish. here's a tip, making your 1st tuna rigs, make sure the pins facing the right way! water too cold @ 61-62 degrees. went well below the cigar & out to the stream, about 85 miles out total, water is still only 68 @ best. that's what happens with no sat pic. no love from the tuna. ran north 40 something miles to the canyon for some deep dropping. 300 gal. tank will let you do that. check a couple of spots with no results, then near the third one we get some interesting marks. water is mid 60's. 1st pass & jamie's yelling "GET THE NET!!!". "GET YOUR OWN NET!!!" i yelled back cause we were all hooked up @ the same time. worked that same spot til it dried up with a total of 10 blueline, citations all around, 3 nice sea bass & a red hake. slow start, good finish. headed to the barn about 5 pm. todd- 11.5 lbs, jamie- 16.5, tony- around 15, i'll weigh it today.
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only boat we saw out in the stream was awesome, probably headed to europe!
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[Mike Avery]

Tony, nice job finding some meat late in the day. Tried calling you on the radio early in the morning but guess with you heading to the cigar we were too far apart.

[Capt. Pete Bregant]

Hell of a trip, Going next week if weather permits. Ill be on High Octane 38' Fountain, going to the south about 85 miles.

[hookinfinger]

:rockingreport:Vey nice !:clapping2:

Wish I could have made the trip. Thanks for the invite.



Dennis:))

[BradF]

Not Europe. We met that boat around Cape Henry as we were coming in yesterday around Cape Henry. Looks like it was headed into the Bay. Sweet ride!

[Drwhale]

Tony,

Great report......:clap:

How much fuel did you end up burning????

AND (the most important question for us achy old guys) where did you get your bean bags???:D


Doug Whalen

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[TKBMECH]

Tony, thanks for letting my gimpy azz come along, I needed that test, I'm good to go now, what a trip, all the way out and south, then run all the way back up to the canyon, in fog most of the day, a great ride until that last 10 miles inside the tower, the bean bags saved me then, We'll find the tuners next time.

[Jrzrider83]

saw that boat off the 230 rock around 9 am sunday morning. that girl was movin!

[scottp]

:rockingreport:

Good job Tony and Crew.

Scottp

[racn35]

summed up all in just 1 word : Urban Dictionary: comradery (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=comradery)



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[Jet Ski Brian]

Great report, got dinner and paper! Thanks for sharing.

[tonydivefish]

Tony,

Great report......:clap:

How much fuel did you end up burning????

AND (the most important question for us achy old guys) where did you get your bean bags???:D


Doug Whalen

Whalen's Marine

Suzuki Sales & Service 24/7/365 (sometimes 366)

757-718-3539

re-calculated mileage 1. cigar south & out- 96 miles. 2. stream to the canyon- 42.5 miles. 3. canyon to rudee- 65.1 miles. fuel used- 225 gals., @ least the receipts say that. you can see that is less than 1 mile per gal. gonna talk to lynnhaven tomorrow to get a opinion as to what i should be getting. aren't e-tecs suppose to get better fuel consumption than 4-strokes? it's a heavy boat but damn!

[Smooth Rider]

pretty funny saw that same boat too but at the 630 in 200 fathoms

[Drwhale]

Tony,


FYI....The Stamas used to burn about 180 gal when we would fish the Canyon out of Rudee with the 200 HP 2 stroke Suzuki's:eek:

After we put on the 225 HP 4 strokes the same trip .... would burn about 105 gal:yes:

We fished for 2 days out of Hatteras...The 1st day was murderous (extremely rough) and we were 50 + nautical miles each day when we began the run in and we burned 104 gal. for both days......:D

Now..........keep in mind when you run the 2 strokes and 4 strokes wide open they both burn about the same.....A LOT!!!!!:helpsmilie:

But pull back on the throttles on the 4 stroke and your mileage will go way up.....:yes:



Doug Whalen

Whalen's Marine

Suzuki Sales & Service 24/7/365 (sometimes 366)

757-718-3539


What about the bean bags??????

[FishinMagician_IV]

Doug,
Check this site out: online order center (http://www.e-searider.com/store/)

I bought the "teardrop" style and sleeps real good :yes:

I was just looking at the ALLTACKLE site and they have one also: Bean Bag Fishing Chairs from Abaco Tackle. Fishing Bean Bag Chairs and fishing tackle from alltackle.com (http://www.alltackle.com/abaco_bean_bag_fishing_chair.htm)

[B Varney]

Nice work guys. :thumbup: Glad your passed the test cuz. Now you can take me fishing. lol