PC Partyboat 7/17

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dave7
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PC Partyboat 7/17

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Took the Scout troop and and fathers out on a morning / afternoon trip with Captain Andersons.
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Our group totaled 18 people and the boat probably held about 50 fishermen. Going out of PC through the bay, it's amazing how different conditions are over there from Apalachee Bay. I couldn't believe the boat traffic - there were wahoos all over the place. Big boats, little boats, folks with rented boats (driving all over the place), jetskis; even saw a very big container vessel headed out to sea. The water going through the pass was rough - I sure wouldn't want to try and take my little boat through that every weekend. We watched lots of bayboats get TOSSED :o by the swells, chop, and the wake coming off of the party boat.

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Captain said we were about 15 miles offshore and fishing in roughly 100ft of water. This was the first time most of the folks from our group had been deepsea fishing. I hadn't been deepsea fishing since going as a Scout probably 9 years ago. Once we were out to sea, the water was pretty calm and the wind intermittent. The captain moved us from spot to spot as the bite changed. Our group caught plenty of snapper, one undersized grouper, two bonito and a few other random small fish. I had one fish latch on - smoke the drag, double the rod over and cut the line. :smt013 Who knows what it was - but geeze...stuff pulling on the other end of a 100ft line pulls awfully hard. By the end of the trip - we were all pretty worn out.

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The youngest kid in the group ended up hauling in one of the bonitos. That little fella was mighty proud! The fish was about 2/3 the size of him and it's a wonder he held on to it, but he managed.
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After the drive back to Tally, some of us stayed at the Scout hut and cleaned fish for about an hour and a half. :-? By the time we were done everybody was pretty well... :smt015 Great trip - everybody had a great time and caught fish!
Last edited by dave7 on July 17th, 2005, 10:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Time well spent, Dave. I bet those kids had a great time.
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A very good way to spend your time. Hang in there with those kids. Sounds like all had a good time.
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Very good. :thumbup:
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:thumbup: :thumbup:
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You may never know just how special that day was.. and will be to those boys. :thumbup: :D Good job and thanks for sharing the day. When's the fish fry??? :-D
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Sir reel wrote: When's the fish fry??? :-D
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