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Post by jmarkb on Sept 5, 2024 20:17:29 GMT -5
Bought some raffle tickets for a offshore trip to Venice La to support a buddy who is in a World Champion bow tournament over in Europe. The drawing was tonight, and guess who's name they pulled out..........
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Post by 4ward on Sept 5, 2024 20:26:50 GMT -5
NICE!
Offshore?? That is a score for sure.
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Post by ferris1248 on Sept 6, 2024 5:47:26 GMT -5
Congratulations.
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Post by cadman on Sept 6, 2024 8:11:36 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by Mango Man on Sept 6, 2024 13:39:28 GMT -5
Congrats!! Any spots open?  |
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Post by restlessnative on Sept 6, 2024 13:45:37 GMT -5
Nice! Not trying to downplay it because still totally worth it and an awesome score, but in my experience whatever they give away for trips or hunts like that are usually (not always) the slow time of year and don't include much other than the base expense (like gas in this example probably). Again, still worth it and I love Venice and fish there every change I get (which will be in a few weeks).
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Post by nuevowavo on Sept 6, 2024 15:29:46 GMT -5
Sweet! Is Mike still fishing there?
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Post by conchydong on Sept 6, 2024 15:43:46 GMT -5
That’s a great win, Congratulations.
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Post by bswiv on Sept 6, 2024 17:42:43 GMT -5
Excellent...................
So......now......start planning how you will ice/reserve what you catch so as to render out the greatest positive from the experience.
Ice.....and time from ambient to cooled.....and bled.....all those things are worth considering.....
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Post by Clint on Sept 6, 2024 19:27:09 GMT -5
We lucked out one year in January & got a two-day trip in fishing the salt domes for YFTs. Didn't sleep much the first night, spent most of it steaking, vacuum packing & icing the catch. The second evening we ran out of vac-bags & had to go w/freezer bags. Chunking for those tuna was a circus. Take plenty of vac-bags!
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Post by jmarkb on Sept 6, 2024 22:14:13 GMT -5
Nice! Not trying to downplay it because still totally worth it and an awesome score, but in my experience whatever they give away for trips or hunts like that are usually (not always) the slow time of year and don't include much other than the base expense (like gas in this example probably). Again, still worth it and I love Venice and fish there every change I get (which will be in a few weeks). Just got off the phone with the Captain (he didn't know i was in eastern time). He told me that we could take any open spot he had starting with Monday through next year at this time. Tomorrow and Sunday are booked. The part about gas being on the winner and tipping the deckhand was very clearly covered in the FB posts. The people going with me all know what we will be responsible for. The charters at Venice are running about $2300.00-$2500.00 so that's a bunch of money saved. We will probably go in the spring. |
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Post by jmarkb on Sept 6, 2024 22:24:30 GMT -5
Excellent................... So......now......start planning how you will ice/reserve what you catch so as to render out the greatest positive from the experience. Ice.....and time from ambient to cooled.....and bled.....all those things are worth considering..... Not my first rodeo keeping fish cold and iced. Not even my first multi day offshore trip to Venice. But you are absolutely correct with your post, and lots of folks don't think about that until they get there. FYI I learned a "little" about keeping fish cold and fresh on a 65' Bandit boat out of Key West right after I graduated high school. When a fish hit the deck it was brain and bleed and then right into the ice.  |
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Post by swampdog on Sept 7, 2024 11:08:23 GMT -5
Awesome! Congrats!
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Post by restlessnative on Sept 8, 2024 13:26:59 GMT -5
Nice! Not trying to downplay it because still totally worth it and an awesome score, but in my experience whatever they give away for trips or hunts like that are usually (not always) the slow time of year and don't include much other than the base expense (like gas in this example probably). Again, still worth it and I love Venice and fish there every change I get (which will be in a few weeks). Just got off the phone with the Captain (he didn't know i was in eastern time). He told me that we could take any open spot he had starting with Monday through next year at this time. Tomorrow and Sunday are booked. The part about gas being on the winner and tipping the deckhand was very clearly covered in the FB posts. The people going with me all know what we will be responsible for. The charters at Venice are running about $2300.00-$2500.00 so that's a bunch of money saved. We will probably go in the spring. What time of year you gonna go? We are gonna shrimp boats later this month, but as you know there is all kinds of cool trips to make. Again wasn’t trying to downplay it, I just meant in general. Very cool they let you pick 👍 |
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Post by jmarkb on Sept 8, 2024 17:57:32 GMT -5
If I can get a good crew to go quick, we will be there for the shrimp boats. Ain't nothing that gets better than standing on the deck with a big bait in your hand, and watch all the bonitas, blackfins, and sharks disappear and a submarine size yellow comes rolling in and hammers the bait when you toss it to him. If that doesn't get your adrenaline pumping nothing will. Probably won't work out because most all of us will be in the woods between now and end of January. We are thinking about staying an extra day and going inshore fishing, so probably look at March so we get it on the sheepshead bite.
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