I remember when I was in the Air Force, and I'd go every weekend on the Party Boats out of Destin FL deemed forever the "Best Little Fishing Village in the World" I was out on "Her Majesty II with Capt Ben Marler, when they set the then record of a 26 pound red snapper, and over 2000 pounds of snapper along on that one day trip..I was in the Air Force, and It only cost $19.95 a day back then, and you could sell your fish to the fish market right there.. and I'd make more money at times in a day, than a months worth of then E-4 Pay. Anyway, we'd go out 30-40 miles and and be in 2-500 ft of water, and some boats had electric reels, but this one did not. And the lead weights weighed 6-8 ounces, and you used braided 65-85 pound test line, and just reeling it in to change your bait felt like you had a huge fish on, cause you then had two hooks too, one with a big hunk of Yellow Jack, and another with a big ol squid, so at the end of the day, you'd be worn out just from the reeling, cause the boat would stop. Capt would ring a bell to let your line out.. then, in 10-15 minutes if nobody was catching fish. bell would ring, you'd reel in, move to a new spot and start over again.... But it was a BLAST... I caught some grouper that weight OVER 100 pounds..... Talk about FUN.... Imagine getting one of those on a fly rod ROFL, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:44 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Safer to fly fish? > > WOW! You'd have to use a 20-weight line to cast those, wouldn't you? > > a. > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
