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Here is what not to do if you go out with someone else on their boat.
1. Don't over due the pre-trip hype concerning how well seasoned you are, the tournaments you fished, and how hard core you are etc. This can create certain expectations about both of you.
2. Don't offer to pay for ALL the fuel if we put the trip off a day until your better half can come, and then don't follow thru......that's just cheap especially when the boat turns back because you want to.
3. Don't wear black soled shoes with the idea that the marks you leave can easily be scrubbed off later if your going to get off the boat and grab your stuff and not stay and help clean the boat.
4. Just because the seas are a choppy 3 ft. instead of 1-2 ft. and you weenie out ...........and to be considerate we overlook your earlier bravado comments and come back in........DON'T TAKE THE BAIT WITH YOU! Taking the bait you brought is the equivalent of digging through someones fridge to take your bottle of wine home that you brought. But thanks for leaving your old soggy recycled bait........that was generous! Excellent for making chum pudding!
5. Don't go on and on about how its impossible to catch fish when the fishfinder blows a circuit, yet you never put bait in the water a single time. Even a first timer knows that putting bait in the water catches more fish than electronics!
Almost 25 miles out and never put a bait in the water? The only fish caught was a dorado my son caught trolling and incidently the only bait put in the water all day. We (My son and I) spent the day cleaning the boat and later watched as the boats came back in loaded down with fish. My son was mad we gave up so easy so we decided to go alone the next day. Same conditions but this time we kept going and even without a fish finder...lol.... we caught a 1 man limit of snapper, 4 AJ's, 2 ling, not to mention kingfish.
The secret to catching fish is not "talking" about catching them or seeing them on a LED screen swimming around under your boat. Nope, the secret is BAIT, and a close second is PERSERVERANCE!
FYI, to be fair, I should mention the better half of this "crew" was literally the better half and game for whatever. I know she was a little squeasy and never complained.
1. Don't over due the pre-trip hype concerning how well seasoned you are, the tournaments you fished, and how hard core you are etc. This can create certain expectations about both of you.
2. Don't offer to pay for ALL the fuel if we put the trip off a day until your better half can come, and then don't follow thru......that's just cheap especially when the boat turns back because you want to.
3. Don't wear black soled shoes with the idea that the marks you leave can easily be scrubbed off later if your going to get off the boat and grab your stuff and not stay and help clean the boat.
4. Just because the seas are a choppy 3 ft. instead of 1-2 ft. and you weenie out ...........and to be considerate we overlook your earlier bravado comments and come back in........DON'T TAKE THE BAIT WITH YOU! Taking the bait you brought is the equivalent of digging through someones fridge to take your bottle of wine home that you brought. But thanks for leaving your old soggy recycled bait........that was generous! Excellent for making chum pudding!
5. Don't go on and on about how its impossible to catch fish when the fishfinder blows a circuit, yet you never put bait in the water a single time. Even a first timer knows that putting bait in the water catches more fish than electronics!
Almost 25 miles out and never put a bait in the water? The only fish caught was a dorado my son caught trolling and incidently the only bait put in the water all day. We (My son and I) spent the day cleaning the boat and later watched as the boats came back in loaded down with fish. My son was mad we gave up so easy so we decided to go alone the next day. Same conditions but this time we kept going and even without a fish finder...lol.... we caught a 1 man limit of snapper, 4 AJ's, 2 ling, not to mention kingfish.
The secret to catching fish is not "talking" about catching them or seeing them on a LED screen swimming around under your boat. Nope, the secret is BAIT, and a close second is PERSERVERANCE!
FYI, to be fair, I should mention the better half of this "crew" was literally the better half and game for whatever. I know she was a little squeasy and never complained.