Hi, I've been mostly lurking on this board for sometime and realized I never bothered to introduce myself, although some members have interacted with me in some capacity. I grew up in NY and started fishing early on thanks to my Dad, who against his better judgement allowed me to start working on the local party boat at 11 years old. He is also a member here and directed me to this site when he began building me a new assortment of custom rods (he is a true artist). Initially I planned to just follow the tutorials and overhaul some old jigmasters and Newell's but things quickly got out of hand, which judging by some of the posts is fairly common, haha. I own an assortment of Newell's from 200-400 series, many Penn's up to 113h, and Garcia's in 5000,6000 and 7000 series.
I really appreciate the depth of knowledge on here and those members that have taken it to the next level in creating custom parts. It's really awe inspiring and the dedication to getting things perfectly dialed is incredible.
In my professional life, I am a USCG licensed deck officer and sail aboard an ocean-going ATB for one of the major operators on the US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. If anyone has questions about anything maritime related I'd be more than happy to help in whatever way I can!
John
john, glad to have you on board in these strange and challenging times. welcome! alan
Welcome from salem va,,,,,,, ;D
Welcome John from South Australia
Kim
Hi John - Welcome from the UK, Chris.
Welcome aboard from Deep in The Heart of Texas,U.S.A.
Yes this place is Amazing!
Welcome from S New Jersey! This is the best place for info on everything fishing gear related, and fellowship too.
Kal
Welcome from the West Coast of Canada,
Cheers:
Todd
Sssssssssup! Promariner -John. Welcome! What's an ATB?
Hi Gfish,
an ATB is an Articulated Tug/Barge, a tank barge connected to a tugboat by large diameter hydraulic pins on the sides of the tug that fit into a notch at the stern of the barge. We push the barge at all times instead of towing on a tow wire. Essentially we operate as a ship but with a tugboat size crew.
Greetings, John, from Minnesota.
Frank
Welcome John,
ATB was a new term for me too! Now I will have to look it up ;D
Hope you enjoy it here.
Brett
Greetings from Fichigan!
Welcome John. Do you fish off of the ATB when you are being pushy?
Hi Bryan.
We do have some trolling lines that we can extend off the sides of the barge, but not rod and reel. However the idea of hand lining at 11 knots tends to keep them stowed away in a bucket most of the time.
Welcome !!
Welcome, I'm glad you barged in. :D Dominick
Ha!
Welcome John,
So, you're a big game fisherman. Must be because only big game could keep up with you. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with a hand line either if you if you find a technique and a fish that makes it fun. I bet you could shoot some great videos.... I mean if they let you do stuff like that. Maybe you could bring along a NMFS guy and call it science :)
-steve
Welcome from the Southern California mountains...Bill
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I noticed a lot of the posts were deleted during the reboot., but I saw them all. Headed to the GOM now. We'll put out a trolling hand line tomorrow and see if we get anything!
Update. Got back the other day after a prolonged trip. No luck on the troll but will try again next trip after some consultation on what lures to pull. Averaged 7.2-11.9 kts depending on the Gulf Stream.
Hi.
Quote from: ProMariner on March 13, 2021, 12:52:05 AM
Update. Got back the other day after a prolonged trip. No luck on the troll but will try again next trip after some consultation on what lures to pull. Averaged 7.2-11.9 kts depending on the Gulf Stream.
At those speeds you could troll wahoo bombs. Dominick
John good luck with the trolling, and welcome, from Sunny Western Australia, cheers Don.
Welcome from SoCal! At those speeds time to troll some Nomads! - john
Quote from: Dominick on March 13, 2021, 05:53:27 AM
Quote from: ProMariner on March 13, 2021, 12:52:05 AM
Update. Got back the other day after a prolonged trip. No luck on the troll but will try again next trip after some consultation on what lures to pull. Averaged 7.2-11.9 kts depending on the Gulf Stream.
At those speeds you could troll wahoo bombs. Dominick
Yup. Tuna species seem to like about 8 knots. Haulin em in must be tough, though. Was on a commercial Albie boat in the Pacific, 8 knots was the best speed(had hydraulic winches---easy). Was also on Snake/Columbia R. Tug/barge units, we's pushing from behind, but without the "articulating" aspect. How do you steer that set-up.?
Quote from: Gfish on March 13, 2021, 09:02:48 PM
Quote from: Dominick on March 13, 2021, 05:53:27 AM
Quote from: ProMariner on March 13, 2021, 12:52:05 AM
Update. Got back the other day after a prolonged trip. No luck on the troll but will try again next trip after some consultation on what lures to pull. Averaged 7.2-11.9 kts depending on the Gulf Stream.
At those speeds you could troll wahoo bombs. Dominick
Yup. Tuna species seem to like about 8 knots. Haulin em in must be tough, though. Was on a commercial Albie boat in the Pacific, 8 knots was the best speed(had hydraulic winches---easy). Was also on Snake/Columbia R. Tug/barge units, we's pushing from behind, but without the "articulating" aspect. How do you steer that set-up.?
We'll have to grab a bunch of all of those recommendations. The hauling it in by hand isn't too bad since we never seem to catch anything. Haha.
Steering is similar to a ship, except we have twin engines and huge rudders, whereas a tanker would more likely have a single screw and rudder. It makes us much more maneuverable. The pins lock us firmly into the barge, we roll with the barge but pitch independently.