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Welcome! => San Francisco Bay Area Charter Events => Topic started by: alantani on November 22, 2018, 07:10:02 PM

Title: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: alantani on November 22, 2018, 07:10:02 PM
two ling cod, two nice rockfish.  kinda concentrated on lings this time.  10 crab for thanksgiving!!!!!!
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: pjstevko on November 22, 2018, 07:35:40 PM
Looks like your gonna have a seafood inspired Thanksgiving!

Shrimp fly and whole squid?
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: alantani on November 22, 2018, 07:39:51 PM
whole squid, baby!!!!!!!    ;D
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: Rivverrat on November 22, 2018, 07:41:21 PM
Some time some day I hope to get out there to do some kind of fishing. Had no idea you could go out on the boats for crab... Jeff
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: conchydong on November 23, 2018, 12:41:43 AM
Can someone explain how the crabbing works on a head/charter boat. We don't have anything like that in Florida. Does the boat have a certain allotment of traps and the catch is divided among the crew and paying customers?
Thanks in advance.

Scott
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: Darin Crofton on November 23, 2018, 03:06:20 AM
My kinda dinner, Alan! I'm thankful for this site and all the wonderful people in it, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: bhale1 on November 23, 2018, 03:30:09 AM
x 2, on what Scott asked ??? I don't know how crabbing and fishing work on a party boat. do you pull up on a spot and have an assigned trap to drop over? Do you bait it yourself?....Do you fish nearby as the pots are soaking? Sounds like a fun trip, especially if you like crab...YUM!
Brett
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: alantani on November 23, 2018, 04:37:46 AM
The skipper has 60 pots in the water 24/7. We all help, but it's the deckhand that works the hydraulic hoist.  It takes a couple of hours to pull 250 crabs.
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: bhale1 on November 23, 2018, 05:01:36 PM
That sounds like fun! And from the looks of your Thanksging day spread, you guys succeeded!
Brett
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: gstours on November 23, 2018, 05:48:34 PM
  Thanks Alan for the pictures,   about how deep were you fishing for the lings??   Save some lings for me,  See you in a few weeks.  Now eat your Turkey. ;)
Title: Re: hulicat sportfishing 11/20/2018
Post by: alantani on November 24, 2018, 06:19:01 AM
we fish anything out to 180 feet.  i use 16 ounce sinkers.  they are probably heavier than needed, but i worry less about tangling up people around me.