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durtydog
GenIII
 
10/02/2001
19:22:41
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 Subject: tuna on my mind and waves in my face
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the trip started out great 1 to 2 foot swells.
in 3 and a half hours we were 100 miles off the jersey shore at the canyons.by 1:30 am the winds picked up the cloulds came in and the lightning and thunder followed.by 2:30 am (the prime time feeding for tuna)there was 4 to 5 foot swells.
with a nice chum slick and 2 boxes of bait we were set up for some hooking up with charlie tuna.by now the 3 other boats that were by us were packing up and calling it a night.so a half hour later we were following there lead and our chances of tuna were gone!with the wind still picking up the swells grew and rain had started.
as we are an hour into the ride back one of the fuel filters clogged up and one motor would only
reach 1500 rpm.he had an extra filter but with the swells it was allmost imposible to switch.about 2 hours go by and the swells had to be 8 to 10 feet,while im standing inside the boat the waves were up over my head!needless to say we made it back in 11 hours.dont ever trust the weather man the storm was due to come in the next day at 4:00 pm they were off by 16 hours!
if you want to see what i saw off the back of that boat go rent the perfect storm!
your friend steve
98 club cab sport 5.2
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Hawkeye
*GenIII*
10/03/2001
14:25:15
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Sounds like you had a BLAST!! Amusment parks dont have rides that fun. Our boat got caught in a storm like that out fishing in the FL. Keys a year ago. Then when we went on our 3 day cruise to te Bahamas we got caught in a bad storm one night. Could hardly eat dinner the boat was rocking and leaning so bad. (VERY VERY small boat. Only a couple hundred people on it. We won the tickets and didnt know it was as small as it was. Would never had intentionally bought tickets on this boat.)
'00 QC 4x4
4.7 3.55 LSD
33x12.50 Pro Comp X-T's
http://johnammons.tripod.com/home.html
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bobs5
Dodge Dakota
10/03/2001
19:11:49
|  RE: tuna on my mind and waves in my face
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durtydog,
Wow, what a trip. Sorry to hear the weather wasn't better. Thats how it goes sometimes way out there by the canyon.
When I was out on a sea bass trip way out there, a large wave came along and anyone laying on a bench were quickly thrown into the air and onto the floor. OUCH!
Was fishing in Maine one time on Moosehead Lake in a 14' boat. A storm was coming in and the wind picked up tremendously. Talk about a ride, We were being thrown into the air on every wave, tackle boxes were flying around, and I immediately became religious. God help me!
Better luck next time,
Bob
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durtydog
GenIII
11/28/2001
20:05:03
| RE: tuna on my mind and waves in my face
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ha ha ha
guess what?my bosses friend that owns the boat i was on is going to bring it down to cape hattares north carolina next week.so he said after the new year for all of us to come down and we will try again.since down there all you have to do is go 20 miles off shore for tuna,it cant take 11 hours to get back 20 miles.ill fill u guys in on the trip
steve
98 club cab sport 5.2
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DakUSA
DakotaEnthusiast
11/29/2001
07:41:22
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sounds like you had fun. Nothing will beat the time we were coming from Hong Kong to Japan swells hit 32 ft and winds were 120 Kts. we were taking green water on the bridge of a Navy DDG. We were stuck in the storm for 20 hours takeing 30 to 40 deg rolls
Chris Lambert
President Dakota USA
01 QC 4.7 Graphite
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durtydog
GenIII
12/21/2001
17:28:39
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chris your more of a man than me!i dont know how much more i could stand on that trip.
so of course my luck has come thru once again.
the capt of the boat has been haveing problems with one of the motors so it will not leave the jersey area.hopefully on the third try luck will be on my side.
steve
98 club cab sport 5.2
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