Pelagics Pro Team

[gman]

We have pictures of me from 4 years old holding either a fish or a football. The difference was I was always holding a bluefish, a fluke a striped bass. It wasnt until my teens that I got a shot going offshore and it was then that I was hooked by watching a hammerhead shark rip apart a tuna in the NE canyons.

Th technology back in the 80's was nothing compared to today. I used old Penns and had issues with medium tuna. There were no harnesses readily available and only the largest of boats had chairs.

My son definately has taken advantage of technology utilizing 2 speed 80's, 50's. Hell even a 2 speed 665 which is so light even he can fight for hours. Safety harnesses allow him to use a bucket harness so his arms dont tire maximizing every ounce of leverage he can get. But two things

He takes it serious like a business and trains by excersizing, putting on his gear and letting me pull while he maintains his balance. He is still healing from a severe broken leg from football so physical therapy has helped him train and he puts in his time on the water. Fish or no fish he loves the ocean and our sport

I dont know many kids that have caught the quality of fish he has and he will continue to have the opportunity as long as I can. You are right about the stocks. We need to run 70 miles offshore to get our fish now which sucks and the shark populations are diminished as well

*This year my son caught a junior world record sailfish, it would have shattered the current record by over 40lbs. We taped it out at 100" got the girth and took the pictures then he said "lets release it, you cant eat it anyway and I know its a record" just like that the fish was gone". The IGFA recognized it as a signifigant catch and sent him a certificate. He did the same thing with a blue shark last season as well. We release 80% of what we catch with the exception of tuna because we eat it. I agree with you totally

Thanks for your responses, you obviously love the sport as well. Maybe one day we will get the chance to fish togther