Fishing while sailing

GrandpaSteve

Sustaining Member

• Sep 12, 2016

• #1

I started trolling a 6" swimming shad behind the boat while sailing this summer. I had been catching short rockfish this way, but Saturday I finally caught a keeper. I was surprised when I heard the reel start peeling off line, because the boat speed was 6+ knots. I had always read that was too fast for Rock.

Anyway, this guy was 24", perfect for dinner.

 

Attachments

• 
  2016-09-10_170331783_8E001_iOS.jpg

  69.1 KB · Views: 493

ignacio

Member III

Blogs Author

• Sep 12, 2016

• #2

Nice work. Before I left the Bay Area in 2015, I trolled for king salmon off my boat, which resulted in several backyard parties. I still had all my fishing gear aboard on my recent trip and so trolled for mahi mahi on a day of light wind, about a week into the return trip.

 

Last edited: Sep 12, 2016

Tomwine

Member II

• Sep 12, 2016

• #3

Mahi

How many did you catch. I will bet that was by far the best dinner you had on the trip? I hope you still had some nice wine or a cold beer to go with it.
T

 

GrandpaSteve

Sustaining Member

• Sep 12, 2016

• #4

Nice catches Ignacio, congratulations on your trip too!

 

R

Ryan L

s/v Naoma

• Sep 13, 2016

• #5

A few from Mexico and French Polynesia...

 

Attachments

• 
  fish.jpg

  116.7 KB · Views: 302
• 
  fish2.jpg

  68.3 KB · Views: 261
• 
  P1030078.jpg

  53.6 KB · Views: 250
• 
  P1070637.jpg

  69.5 KB · Views: 239

ignacio

Member III

Blogs Author

• Sep 13, 2016

• #6

That's a pretty tight hug of that fish head/guts. :0 Must have made a great meal(s).

 

ignacio

Member III

Blogs Author

• Sep 13, 2016

• #7

Tomwine said:

How many did you catch. I will bet that was by far the best dinner you had on the trip? I hope you still had some nice wine or a cold beer to go with it.
T

Click to expand...

Just one. I hooked one earlier in the day, but it snapped my 40lb test line (it was a few years old too). I had to break out some new 60lb and tie it to parachute cord (easier retrieval). Yeah, tasty, but my favorite was still that 35lb king salmon I caught a few years ago. Not too many of those anymore around SF Bay.