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"We had one really stormy rainy day, so eight of us did exactly what we
did when we were kids at the beach: *we had an all-day, multi-table
Scrabble marathon. * "


Thank goodness you're back....for the sake of the Moppetts. They were starting to show signs of the 'shakes' and other withdrawal symptoms.
glad you had a great time.
BTW. Dickson insists that you send him a picture of your 'junk' if you're going to leave for more than a day or two. He gets serious separation anxiety. ;-)

On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 3:41:40 PM UTC-4, True North wrote:

BTW. Dickson insists that you send him a picture of your 'junk' if you're going to leave for more than a day or two. He gets serious separation anxiety. ;-)

Now,, you're lying on here, just like your Master, dicklicker.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 20:51:09 -0700 (PDT), Tom Nofinger
wrote:

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:36:18 PM UTC-7, Wayne. B wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 19:14:00 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Correct about the techno-changes in guidance/navigation systems in the
past few years. Paying wireless int'l calls couldn't have been cheap.

Speaking of island hopping, are you getting in on some good fishing on your cruise?

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I fished briefly on the last half of our Gulf Stream crossing but
nothing to show for it except a stolen lure and badly bitten up mono
leader. Must have been something with sharp teeth. Conventional
wisdom is that Mahi mahi will not bite on wire leaders so not much
choice unless you're after the really big stuff.

We've been in relatively shallow water ever since and conditions
offshore have been fairly rough.

Gnawing on a leader in such fashion is an indicator of Shark or Barracuda?

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More likely a shark in my opinion. I've caught barracuda on mono
leaders a number of times but once saw a shark grab a live bait fish
on mono with barely a twitch of the pole.

Maybe a wahoo.

On Sun, 17 May 2015 18:47:42 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 20:51:09 -0700 (PDT), Tom Nofinger
wrote:

On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:36:18 PM UTC-7, Wayne. B wrote:
On Sat, 16 May 2015 19:14:00 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Correct about the techno-changes in guidance/navigation systems in the
past few years. Paying wireless int'l calls couldn't have been cheap.

Speaking of island hopping, are you getting in on some good fishing on your cruise?

===

I fished briefly on the last half of our Gulf Stream crossing but
nothing to show for it except a stolen lure and badly bitten up mono
leader. Must have been something with sharp teeth. Conventional
wisdom is that Mahi mahi will not bite on wire leaders so not much
choice unless you're after the really big stuff.

We've been in relatively shallow water ever since and conditions
offshore have been fairly rough.

Gnawing on a leader in such fashion is an indicator of Shark or Barracuda?

===

More likely a shark in my opinion. I've caught barracuda on mono
leaders a number of times but once saw a shark grab a live bait fish
on mono with barely a twitch of the pole.

Maybe a wahoo.

===

Possibly, there are lots of Wahoo around here, mostly on the eastern
side of the Bahamas however. I have no personal experience catching
Wahoo but it's my understanding that you have to troll for them at
about 15 kts, too fast for us. We'd hear the big sportfishing boats
talking about them on the radio when we were way down in the out
islands. It sounded like they were losing as many as they caught.

Harry, sounds like you had a good time visiting old friends. Thanks for sharing your story, nothing like getting together with long time friends.

I looked up a Wahoo. They "look" related to a swordfish.

On Sun, 17 May 2015 19:49:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I looked up a Wahoo. They "look" related to a swordfish.

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Fast powerful fish and very good eating. There are guys who fish the
far eastern Bahamas just for Wahoo.

What do you bait Wahoo with, live or chunks.? Or does it matter?

On Mon, 18 May 2015 05:27:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

What do you bait Wahoo with, live or chunks.? Or does it matter?

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My understanding is artificial lures on a wire leader, trolled at a
fairly fast speed (15 kts +).

Two years ago I bought several lures which are called "Wahoo Magnets".
They look like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Tackle-9-Inch-Magnet-Orange-Yellow/dp/B0084EHJ7G

On the way home from our last Caribbean trip I was trolling one on the
north side of Little Inagua Island when it got hit by something really
aggressive. We never saw what it was or got it under control. After
spooling out 200 yards of line against a full drag, the reel started
smoking and the clutches burned out. The last 200 yards went out in
free spool at very high speed.

Wow! That's some fighting fish! Wayne, next te youight not use a Zebco...