Flower garden trip

Minnow · 03-13-2008, 09:50 AM

Frank, Jim, Rue and I went to Stetson rock and Flower garden on 3/12.

We left the dock at 8:45 A.M, fish for few hours and were back at the dock at 8:10 P.M.
Stetson was covered with King Mack and shark, after couple of hours messing with them we diceded to go to the garden.

30 minutes later we were at the Garden, we had 8 striked but only manage to land 2 and 1/4 Wahoo up to 40lb and called it a day.

If you guys planning to go to garden, please use heavy drag to pull the wahoo away from all those spinner sharks.

Bret · 03-13-2008, 09:52 AM

You Dog!!!!.... Glad to hear yall made it all the way out.. How did the boat perform????

Minnow · 03-13-2008, 10:30 AM

40 knotts burning 1.1 gallon/ hour, at 35 knotts it will burn 1.3 to 1.4 gallon per hour.

BretABaker · 03-13-2008, 10:42 AM

shouldve called me

sounds like a fun trip

MrBill · 03-13-2008, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minnow

40 knotts burning 1.1 gallon/ hour, at 35 knotts it will burn 1.3 to 1.4 gallon per hour.

Somethings wrong. No way it gets 40 miles to the gallon.

You must mean at 40 knots, you burn 1.1 gallon per mile.
What kind of boat?

This time of year you do need extra heavy drag at the rocks. I had a friend who went to Southern the other day. They hooked 6 ho's. Only three made it to the boat in tact. 35 to 57 lbs. Other three were head only.

Minnow · 03-13-2008, 11:40 AM

[quote=MrBill]Somethings wrong. No way it gets 40 miles to the gallon.

You must mean at 40 knots, you burn 1.1 gallon per mile.
What kind of boat?

Thanks for corrections.
Yes we got 1.1 mile to a gallon.
35ft Welcraft with 3 250hpdi yamaha

Bret · 03-13-2008, 12:26 PM

Yeah, I talked to Jim a bit ago and said that taking an inch of of the props really helped the economy and the speed..

MrBill · 03-13-2008, 02:54 PM

Just in case you haven't heard, a guy speared a huge "Log" out of Louisiana free diving. It was 118.4 pounds. A new state and GOM record for spearing. I believe this happened last week. It's Hoo time in the GOM.

BretABaker · 03-13-2008, 03:34 PM

i saw that, mr bill.......one hell of a wahoo!

PurEvl · 03-13-2008, 06:01 PM

TJ,

I'll have to take you up on the offer next time!

03-13-2008, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Minnow Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richardson Posts: 1,120	Flower garden trip Frank, Jim, Rue and I went to Stetson rock and Flower garden on 3/12. We left the dock at 8:45 A.M, fish for few hours and were back at the dock at 8:10 P.M. Stetson was covered with King Mack and shark, after couple of hours messing with them we diceded to go to the garden. 30 minutes later we were at the Garden, we had 8 striked but only manage to land 2 and 1/4 Wahoo up to 40lb and called it a day. If you guys planning to go to garden, please use heavy drag to pull the wahoo away from all those spinner sharks.

03-13-2008, 06:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
PurEvl Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 575	TJ, I'll have to take you up on the offer next time! Last edited by PurEvl : 03-13-2008 at 06:29 PM.

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03-13-2008, 09:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bret Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 1,057	You Dog!!!!.... Glad to hear yall made it all the way out.. How did the boat perform????

03-13-2008, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
Minnow Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richardson Posts: 1,120	40 knotts burning 1.1 gallon/ hour, at 35 knotts it will burn 1.3 to 1.4 gallon per hour.

03-13-2008, 10:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
BretABaker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pearland, TX Posts: 983	shouldve called me sounds like a fun trip

03-13-2008, 11:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Minnow Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Richardson Posts: 1,120	[quote=MrBill]Somethings wrong. No way it gets 40 miles to the gallon. You must mean at 40 knots, you burn 1.1 gallon per mile. What kind of boat? Thanks for corrections. Yes we got 1.1 mile to a gallon. 35ft Welcraft with 3 250hpdi yamaha

03-13-2008, 12:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bret Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: DFW Posts: 1,057	Yeah, I talked to Jim a bit ago and said that taking an inch of of the props really helped the economy and the speed..

03-13-2008, 03:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
BretABaker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pearland, TX Posts: 983	i saw that, mr bill.......one hell of a wahoo!

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