Greetings!

Crow · January 25, 2021, 10:44:26 PM

Welcome !!

Dominick · January 25, 2021, 10:49:05 PM

Welcome, I'm glad you barged in.

Dominick

ProMariner · January 26, 2021, 03:46:08 AM

Ha!

oc1 · January 26, 2021, 04:49:01 AM

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

Bill B · February 04, 2021, 05:16:54 AM

Welcome from the Southern California mountains...Bill

ProMariner · February 06, 2021, 10:51:22 PM

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!

ProMariner · 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.

Keta · March 13, 2021, 05:19:03 AM

Hi.

Dominick · 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

Donnyboat · March 13, 2021, 01:01:15 PM

John good luck with the trolling, and welcome, from Sunny Western Australia, cheers Don.

Brewcrafter · March 13, 2021, 04:27:22 PM

Welcome from SoCal! At those speeds time to troll some Nomads! - john

Gfish · 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.?

ProMariner · March 15, 2021, 05:02:23 AM

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.