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Originally Posted by newB
Sounds like a bargain with fuel cost being what it is. How big of a boat are you talking? I've got a 23 footer, but more than 3 people and it starts getting a little crowded. I usually sell the surplus fish to the fish markets to cover costs - it pisses off the local fishermen there selling their own catch, though, when I show up with a cooler slam full of dolphin.
Here in NC, we only need to go 30 miles out to be in dolphin and tuna territory.
BTW, why the Banana clause?
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Depending on whose boat we go out in its 24-26 feet Its a center console and we mostly bottom fish or freeline we usually fish 5 people some times 6 on the 26 footer.
In FL its not legal to sell the fish commercially without a commercial license we normally split it all up and bring it home for friends or to keep for ourselves....we usuall cut loose King Mackeral, Sharks and other fish we dont much care to eat....I mean why keep a 30 lb king when you have hundreds of pounds of snapper and grouper....and personally I wont eat any fish cooked that i wouldnt eat raw.
We catch dolfin anywhere from about 5 miles out...dependinmg on water temp and clarity when we make a 100 mile trip its to the edge of the continental shelf or to an area called DeSoto Canyon, thats for BIG Tuna, Amberjack, bull Dolfin Wahoo and Billfish.
As for the Banana thing...Its a very very old fishing legend...google it but Bananas are bad luck on a fishing vessel and I am not superstitious but it certainly has had merit enough times that we now believe. truth is when yer even 30 miles offshore why tempt fate ;)