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Subject: RE: A Fishing Day Story
Date: Thursday, April 03, 2008 4:12:01 PM [View Source]
This is great, I would love to include it in our next issue which comes out on April 13th.
Thank you very much!
Stacey
Stacey Fulgieri
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From: barbarascully@bellsouth.net [mailto:barbarascully@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 3:59 PM
To: Fulgieri, Stacey
Cc: Ed Carr
Subject: A Fishing Day Story
A Fishing Day on the Indian River by Robert Scully
One mans perspective on fishing the intercostals -1 photographer, 2 boats, 3 men on one boat, 4 on another boat, 5 hours of fishing, 6 men fishing, 7 hours on the water, and 8 fish, so I hear.
So you get up early and meet the troops at the boat by 7am. Load up the gear and head out to the Indian River. By 3pm, or 7 hours later, you're back at the dock for the boat cleanup, just ahead of the inc oming rain.
It started out as a beautiful calm sunny day. On the way south we passed the various islands in the river, Harbor Branch, and headed towards the bridge in Ft Pierce, as Captain Bill pointed out various secret fishing spots along the way. We made a short stop to pick up some live shrimp for bait and went fishing just around the bend.
You could feel the excitement kicking in as the poles were baited with the shrimp and cast into the water. The fish finder on the boat consol showed fish just under the boat so that meant we were in a good spot. After an hour of casting, re-baiting hooks with no fish caught, we headed to another location at the inlet, just off the jetty rocks.
So we baited and cast once again. The boat next to us, but not with us, was catching fish, the fish finder said there was fish bellow but alas, no fish took our bait. We mana ged to catch some fishing line around our prop. Yes it was from one of our fishing pools but that happens when you keep the engine running in gear. So the captain points the boat into the middle of the channel, cuts the engine, raises the motor and I pull as much line off the hub, as I can. Now the seas are getting nasty and we pitch here and there, in and out of the troughs. It's getting scary, the captains cell phone rings, it's the other boat captain, and its time to head in and get out of the churning incoming tide.
Now were headed in at a snails pace because were in the No Wake Zone. When we get back into the intercostals the pace picks up, we go under the drawbridge and head further south, to a new fishing spot, just east of the channel. We bait the hooks; cast the line and drift with the tide. It's a phenomenon as the waves are going one way and the boat is drifting the opposite direction.
The fish finder shows the fish under the boat and we spot Dolphin feeding in the area so we know the fish are there. Finally a few hits and we get a few (3) fish on board. The big one got away as we removed the hook, he squired just enough and fell overboard. But I got a picture so we have proof. We keep one Sheepshead and threw one back. Some body rang the lunch bell and we headed in to the Tiki Hut on the Ft. Pierce Marina.
After docking we headed straight for the restaurants water closet and then we were ready for lunch. There was lot of conversation about our hours fishing, the kinds of fish caught, Charter boat fishing, 2 pound test line, 200 yards of line, and so on. Lunch was served and $100 later we were back on the boats. On the way back we were in rough waters thus we experienced the body gets a Boat Beating, combined with a few Sea Showers over the bow, and a few Body Twists.
Moving aro und on a moving boat. Not a good idea but if you must be sure to keep one hand on a stationary boat part, while you attempt this maneuver. I learned that a long time ago but got distracted, on this occasion. It's amazing how the clean fresh air, the water and the sun affect your ability to thing straight. Some call it boater's fatigue.
There was an oncoming large vessel generating a large wake, which we were about to go thru. I knew there was going to be water splashing over the bow, not a good time to be moving around or standing up, in the boat. I guess I had lost focus, because I wanted to get a shot of the boat and its wake but then I got concerned about my camera and me getting wet. I almost went head first into the boat icebox but I managed to surf it out by using balancing skills that are sometimes necessary to stay up on a boat that is being bounced around by another vessels very big wake waves. As I recall one hand was in my jacke t pocket on my camera and I grabbed at the cockpit console, as I started to pitch and bend opposite the boat movement. It happened pretty fast and it was over in seconds. That's my story and I am sticking to it.
If you have an interest on getting with the fishing group come on by the Vero Beach Power Squadron building at 301 Acacia Road next to Barber bridge at the MacWilliam Boat Basin or go online to www.verobeachps.org/.
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