360Tuna - View Single Post - Texas Bluewater Blowup '06/CTFB Sept 15-17 trip ideas

Minnow · 06-29-2006, 05:29 PM

Bellyup, thanks for stepping up to be our charter master.

1.Rue and I are fine with TOO supplying food. How many people want meals included in this trip?

2.I have never been on the Big E, so I can't comment on that but it will be nice if the deckhand can take care of our catch for us.I am also willing to help bleed and tag our fish.

3.From my last few charter trips, we usually pre-tip half to the mate as soon as we finish loading our gear then another half at the end of the trip. 15-20% will be fine for me as long as the deck hand does a good job.

4. We need to determine how we want to handle tackle and gear in the galley. I don't think we need to restrict the area to all tackle, but table hogging will not be tolerated.
4. I would think tackle rigging should be allowed in the galley while on the way to the fishing ground. I would have to agree with you that no table hogging will be allowed.

5. It would be nice to drop for swordfish, but on a big charter like this one it seems to be not a good idea. The reason is we only can drift so many lines at once. there is no way we gonna drift with 35 lines at once but if we can get every body to agree on trying for swordfish. It's do-able to drift 8-15 lines. We can put each person name in the jar and draw for positions. I can get big squid from Asian market.
Kite fishing is a must in my opinion, it gives opportunity for people who don't have casting gear or people who have a harder time casting. Also it's fun to watch.

6.We will try to catch as many live bait as we can, btw how big of a live well is on Big E?
We can start catching bait the day before and on our way out. It will be hard to enforce those people who don't help catch bait. Who gonna watch the livewell?

7. If there is a newbie to tuna fishing on this trip, it will be very good idea to have a show-and-tell which is also a good chance to know each other. I don't mind to volunteer to share stand-up fishing tecnique and making top-shot and wind-on leader.

8. the best way to avoid tangle in bottom fishing is to have enough weight for your rig and also always follow your fish at all time.JMO

9. Fish ID--colored cable tie and colored nylon line will be use to identify your catch, but hmmmmm how many colors are available.

12. Big fish contests--Should we do it? we can if we want to but have to be able to weight or measure the lengh and grid the fish onboard instead of waiting to get back to the dock.

14. Sponsors and shirts? I believe TOO is working on Tshirt.

15. TV--They have DVDs. Anyone want to bring videos, fish videos, etc.
I might have few jigging DVD.

06-29-2006, 05:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Minnow Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richardson Posts: 1,198	Bellyup, thanks for stepping up to be our charter master. 1.Rue and I are fine with TOO supplying food. How many people want meals included in this trip? 2.I have never been on the Big E, so I can't comment on that but it will be nice if the deckhand can take care of our catch for us.I am also willing to help bleed and tag our fish. 3.From my last few charter trips, we usually pre-tip half to the mate as soon as we finish loading our gear then another half at the end of the trip. 15-20% will be fine for me as long as the deck hand does a good job. 4. We need to determine how we want to handle tackle and gear in the galley. I don't think we need to restrict the area to all tackle, but table hogging will not be tolerated. 4. I would think tackle rigging should be allowed in the galley while on the way to the fishing ground. I would have to agree with you that no table hogging will be allowed. 5. It would be nice to drop for swordfish, but on a big charter like this one it seems to be not a good idea. The reason is we only can drift so many lines at once. there is no way we gonna drift with 35 lines at once but if we can get every body to agree on trying for swordfish. It's do-able to drift 8-15 lines. We can put each person name in the jar and draw for positions. I can get big squid from Asian market. Kite fishing is a must in my opinion, it gives opportunity for people who don't have casting gear or people who have a harder time casting. Also it's fun to watch. 6.We will try to catch as many live bait as we can, btw how big of a live well is on Big E? We can start catching bait the day before and on our way out. It will be hard to enforce those people who don't help catch bait. Who gonna watch the livewell? 7. If there is a newbie to tuna fishing on this trip, it will be very good idea to have a show-and-tell which is also a good chance to know each other. I don't mind to volunteer to share stand-up fishing tecnique and making top-shot and wind-on leader. 8. the best way to avoid tangle in bottom fishing is to have enough weight for your rig and also always follow your fish at all time.JMO 9. Fish ID--colored cable tie and colored nylon line will be use to identify your catch, but hmmmmm how many colors are available. 12. Big fish contests--Should we do it? we can if we want to but have to be able to weight or measure the lengh and grid the fish onboard instead of waiting to get back to the dock. 14. Sponsors and shirts? I believe TOO is working on Tshirt. 15. TV--They have DVDs. Anyone want to bring videos, fish videos, etc. I might have few jigging DVD.