Photos & stories from........."Back in the day"

[MakoMatt]

"Back in the day" That's going to mean a lot of different things to people as we all differ in ages.

Old and young, most of us here will have our own "back in the day" memories. So, regardless of your age please feel free to post your photos, and stories right here.

 

[MakoMatt]

Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.

A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.

The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.

The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.

 

[Roccus7]

Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.

A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.

The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.

The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
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Big Azz male!! Haven't seen one in a picture like that in a long, long time.

 

[Aquarius]

Looks like a classic 16/0 Penn Senator.

 

[Roccus7]

Looks like a classic 16/0 Penn Senator.

Much smaller I think, thinking 8/0, not even a 12/0?

 

[Fluke Whisperer]

Much smaller I think, thinking 8/0, not even a 12/0?

I agree, 8/0 maybe.

 

[MakoMatt]

I don’t think they ever made a Penn Senator 8/0. I think it went from the 6/0 to the 9/0. I think that’s a 9/0 in the photo. We fished both these reels back in the day. They were rugged reals, and at a great offshore entry price point.

 

[Fluke Whisperer]

yup, 9/0 it is.

 

[West End Surf]

This is a story I told once before about back in the day, my Dad likes to tell once in a while at gatherings.

He used to take me to Rockaway Beach in the mid 60's at the end of Cross Bay Blvd to catch flounder and blowfish in the fall. Really I think it was just to give my mom a break. He would set me up on the beach with my rod and bait and go visit a friend. Don't forget it was the 60s and he probably went to a bar in the rockaways, get drunk and into a fight , but that part is always missing from the story. He would then come back and hour or two later to find only my rod and cardboard box with seaweed and worms in it. I was nowhere to be found. I would eventually come back with a stringer of all kinds of fish every time. We would go home to show my mom what I "got" and she just assumed I caught them on my rod. It was a different life being a kid back then.

 

[Old Mud]

I'll give you a pic. and short description but the story is for another time.

New Bedford 1952- 1953 I fished her sistership. FV Morning Star.

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[cany]

Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.

A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.

The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.

The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
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You look just like him

 

[cany]

Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.

A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.

The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.

The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
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You look just like him