Nice job John!
Just heard from a buddy who is there today, same tide & it's dead....go figure
I caught 2 keepers on ice right now at the Gut
Like my father always told me, they have tails
That's why it is called "fishing and not catching"!
John, I meant to ask you this question the other day. I know you own a very nice Steiger Pilot house, and I believe you fish solo most of the time. Do you have a second set of controls in the cockpit?
No second station Capt & it’s not easy, my boat is a 21’ relative short fishing deck, as long as their are not many boats close by I am able to hold the rod in one hand, sneak into the helm & pop it in & out of gear. What I don’t do is leave the helm while the boat is in gear, & once the drift gets crowded, like it usually is, then that option is off the table. Sometimes just that short in & out of gear in my 21 can generate enough momentum to make the difference.
Thanks for the confirmation, John. I just wanted to be sure I was not missing something. Under similar, low traffic situations I sometimes will give myself a bit of a "running start" but that only works if the wind vs. tide situation is not too severe.
