The maritime rule of salvage has its origin in Roman law, which dictates that one who preserves or improves upon the misplaced property of another is owed compensation, even if the service was not requested. Let’s get out the internet trawler and get to work…
🎙️| Cut & Retie: Eat Largemouth, Save a Hog —> Oliver Ngy discusses the best marinade for a largemouth saute, how he meshes charter business and content creation, and why he’s slowly turning to the dark-and-salty side from a former life as a bass pro.
🎥 | Old Gold: 12 Surf Tips from Alberto Knie —> The affable ghost of ‘non-human’ hours discusses the art and science of chasing big game in the surf.
Fishing Reports | OnTheWater - FishermanMag - HullTruth - MAFishReport
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State-Record Tautog Caught in Rhode Island (OnTheWater) - “Vinny Simms Jr.’s largest ever blackfish sat at a healthy 6 pounds when Captain Rob Taylor of Newport Sportfishing Charters positioned the Reel E-Z over a piece of structure that Rob had found on his Humminbird Side-Imaging sonar while cast-netting menhaden back in the spring. As he filled the livewell with the lively striper candy, he marked the spot on his electronics, and added it to his rotation for the coming tautog season. The official weigh-in happened in the early afternoon at Quaker Lane Bait and Tackle, where the certified scale there registered 22 pounds, 5.28 ounces, beating the previous record by about 12 ounces.” —> Looks like the fish whistle called that one in for sure 😂 ….what a trophy for the Reel EZ and the Northeast’s premier multi-species Captain.
Fishing’s Shortest and Longest World-Record Battles (SportfishMag) - “The very thought of battling — especially stand-up from a dead boat — a 388.5-pound yellowfin tuna is enough to make most bodies ache. But for Curt Wiesenhutter on April 1 (no fooling), 1977, there wasn’t time enough to experience any pain, nor much strain. Here’s how it went down. Wiesenhutter was soaking a live caballito (scad — a Pacific goggle-eye) off the port side of the 115-foot long-range boat when he was bit and then, as they say in California, bendo. In a letter to the IGFA, the angler explains, “The fish took 40 to 60 yards of line, then turned back at the boat.” It circled near the boat and darted under it, coming up on the other side. His friend, Larry Ward, fishing in the starboard corner 30 feet across from the port side, said he looked over the rail and saw the huge tuna for whatever reason “laying on its side, splashing” water as high as the rails. Ward yelled that it looked like a record fish. By then, Poole was on deck and had gaffed the fish, but many more hands were required to bring it up the boat’s high sides, so three more crew/anglers (including Wiesenhutter, who apparently had set down his rod in free-spool), stuck the fish with gaffs, and eventually the group had the monster on the deck.”
The Sardine Catchers of Mexico (AnglersJournal) - “Just before sunrise, the captains are drawn to their boats. Men crowd the coffee stands on the dark streets of Loreto, Mexico, on the Sea of Cortez — 20 pesos a cup, scoops of sugar and creamer that doesn’t require refrigeration. They mill about their pangas scrubbing guano off seat cushions, wiping bait wells and respooling reels wrecked by yesterday’s clients. Sea odors, the smell of wet rope and the scent of bougainvillea mingle over the riprap. A watchman uses an ancient key to open the iron gate that leads to the seawall. Shore fishermen with their lunch pails, handlines and rags say buenos dias and walk through. They take their positions on the jetty. Clients, mostly Americans, step out of taxis. They drag heavy coolers, rods and reels. They check their cellphones. Men with cast nets and buckets drift in from the unlit city streets. They smoke in the first light that paints the water surface a pale, airy blue. Bait-makers, sardineros, are in no hurry, and they do not advertise. Barefooted, they stroll to the boat slips and wait.”
Big Bass and Late-Season Weather Windows (OnTheWater) - “The 22nd of October marked the end of a 3-day warming window in Massachusetts that found air temperatures hovering between the upper 60s and low 70s—a big temperature swing from the recent cold trend. I had circled that Tuesday on my calendar because it was the third day of the warm front, and by then, I figured we’d see a big shift in bass behavior. The forecast called for winds under 5 m.p.h., making for glass-calm conditions. My plan was to take full advantage of this weather window, because there will not be many of them left.” —> As Crazy Alberto notes in the seminar above, it’s not just the where…it’s the ‘where and when, and how’ that makes this puzzle so addictive and rewarding. Being a part-time weatherman can pay its dividends as RT writes above, and it always helps to have a few confidence baits to rely on when the magic hour hits.
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