[capt. jakeg]

Today, I had Chip Yost and his group aboard for a full day. I woke up and looked at the tide and the weather forecast and saw perfect conditions for eeling this morning. Tide was just right at the perfect time. Wind was exactly where it needs to be for my spot and the water clarity was nice. Chip does some fishing and wanted to give the eeling a try. So we went up north to the same old spot and as soon as we got there it was on. Within minutes we were hooked up on a double. Every drift produced multiple bites and in less than an hour, we were limited out on some hogs. Most fish were in the high thirty pound 42-45 inch range with a 49 inch 44 pound cow rockfish and a 50 inch 46 pound cow rockfish thrown in for good measure. The 46 pound fish probably would have weighed in well over 50 pounds, but she threw up about 20 eels at the back of the boat. We even released a couple of 40 plus pound fish so that they could add some release citations to their weight citations. I would imagine the eight fish we brought home were over three hundred pounds in combined weight. Incredibly good fishing today.

 

[gparsley]

thats a rocking report congrats to all :rockingreport:

 

[Finfever21]

Nice work Jake and crew congrats on some papers..

 

[LynnInletFisher]

Nice job, we were right by you today and we did good also. Caught 6 fish in 1 hour but the rest of the time nothing.

 

[Rebel]

Pretty work, Jake:rockingreport:...I'll bet that was a sight seeing that fish spit up all those eels

Ed

 

[flounderman06]

Nice fish Jake!!

 

[surfperch1]

Nice work guys! Heard about it on the water today.

 

[TAT-TUNA]

PRETTY WORK JAKE...!!!!:clapping2:

 

[ReelTimeCapt]

Great Report and Congrats !!!

 

[Al B]

Way to put'em on quality fish Jake... gotta love the cost of running an eel trip versus running down to the line and beyond.

 

[racn35]

BRAVO el TORO !

 

[Here We Go]

Congrats I guess.

Save some for our grandkids Jake.

 

[cantgetenough]

Jake i dont believe you can win either way. If you had released them they would of died, if you keep them they would of died. The thing is HE WAS RUNNING A CHARTER 8 FISH IS NOTHING COMPARED TO A DEAD RISE FROM MARYLAND RUNNING TWO TRIPS A DAY KEPPING 46 FISH. ALL THOUGH THE FISH ARE SMALLER RIGHT NOW THEY WONT EVEN HAVE THE CHANCE TO BECOME COWS!

Rudy Levasseur
Aboveaveragesportfishing.com

 

[Mike Avery]

WTG Jake and crew.

 

[cereid]

Nice fish - I am going to force my crew to go eeling!!!!!!!!!!!!! For years, all my huge fish have had a stomach full of eels. I make need to "Ho" to learn this fishing lesson.

Claude - Angler Management

 

[c-note]

dude I can't believe you would have done that

without me

Nice....

 

[capt_ben]

We waxed em didnt we!? I wish there would have been more guys on the boat so we could have kept more!

Capt_Ben
Above Average Sportfishing

 

[Jet Ski Brian]

Nice job, saw you go by. Thanks for the report.

 

[racn35]

Congrats I guess.

Save some for our grandkids Jake.

BEFORE YOU EDIT the above .......did you KNOW that every person gets an E-MAIL response that you posted > Just to let you know HWG .......

In Betwwen the lines>>>

Dear racn35,

Here We Go has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled -
Fishing Report 12-29 crushed em! Nice citation stripers! - in the Virginia
Angler forum of Tidal Fish Fishing Message Boards, Fishing Reports and Fishing
Talk.

Congrats I guess, kinda sad that many cows had to die.:nono:

I can understand the two biggest.

Why kill that many cows Jake?

No I am not holier than thow, I have killed 1/3 of what was taken on this one
post the entire season and released the rest for paper.

I don't intend to start a debate or a ruckus just thinking about conservation.

We are raping our resources fish by fish, charter by charter.

aware of this function at all ? Just a heads up-

But to answer your question, as you- I agree (with you) and would never kill that many fish on my boat. But these folks are out of town on a PAID charter
who is going to tell them they gotta put fish back ? They paid for the trip- its Jakes JOB to go put them on the fish, and those guys can take
their "fare share" according to the law. He of course likes to fish but he also does it to pay bills, how many customers you going to have when word gets
out- "oh dont go on that boat , the Capt wants to to release 1/2 your catch".....you gotta do what pays the bills.........
When I mate on a charter I wouldnt think toask a guy thats paying me the tip to let his fish go, on the other hand.....you WILL let fish go when you go on my personal boat- or you wont go again.

 

[twobyfour]

BEFORE YOU EDIT the above .......did you KNOW that every person gets an E-MAIL response that you posted > Just to let you know HWG .......

In Betwwen the lines>>>

Dear racn35,

Here We Go has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled -
Fishing Report 12-29 crushed em! Nice citation stripers! - in the Virginia
Angler forum of Tidal Fish Fishing Message Boards, Fishing Reports and Fishing
Talk.

aware of this function at all ? Just a heads up-

But to answer your question, as you- I agree (with you) and would never kill that many fish on my boat. But these folks are out of town on a PAID charter
who is going to tell them they gotta put fish back ? They paid for the trip- its Jako on to bases JOB to go put them on the fish, and those guys can take
their "fare share" according to the law. He of course likes to fish but he also does it to pay bills, how many customers you going to have when word gets
out- "oh dont go on that boat , the Capt wants to to release 1/2 your catch".....you gotta do what pays the bills.........
When I mate on a charter I wouldnt think toask a guy thats paying me the tip to let his fish go, on the other hand.....you WILL let fish go when you go on my personal boat- or you wont go again.

Well said. Guys paid for a trip. Not the captn's duty to enforce conservation. I was at the dock when these guys came in and they were ecstatic. Said it was the best trip they ever had. It's not up to anyone but them what they do with their catch. And by the way they did release quite a few fish to swim another day. I just don't get why day after day you see people respond to a great report with pics, then go on to bash the poster. Didn't your parents teach if you don't have anything nice to say to keep your fu5%ing mouth shut.
Thats 99% of the problem in this country, everyone wants to tell someone else what to, how to do it, when and where, instead of minding their own business.