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  1. Matts

    Only in Maine

    There is a regulation in Maine that lobstermen must employ a 24 hour vessel tracker on their boats to insure they are not lobstering in improper locations. The lobstermen did not like divulging to the state where they lay their traps. A federal judge in Maine on Thursday tossed the case by...
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    I'm too nice a guy. I let my buddy wear his Yankee hat!
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    Best day of the season from my home port in the Western Sound. Started deep and got a limit to about 5 lb, then headed east to fish a rock pile in about 30' when the bite slowed. My buddy Wayne starts to groan and mumble something about a big fish. As I reel in and put down my rod to reach for...
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    Nice work, Mike. I was on one of the well known boats out of Orient Sunday, and we struggled all day, hopping from place to place, but never really got a bite going. And nothing close to 6lb. Too much super moon current to try jigs where we were anchored.
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    nice job. FYI, that's a bonito, not an albie. I hope you ate it!
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    Telling Tall Tailz

    We had a very productive day aboard Tall Tailz out of Newport on Monday. Mine went 9 lbs. as my biggest tog of the year. We also had a 7 and some 4's and 5's. If your goal is the biggest tog possible, Tall Tailz' Captain Conner is focused on making sure your equipment, leader and drag are up to...
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    how deep? ive been less than 20' so far.
  8. Matts

    Anybody have luck using Mojo Heads and Umbrella rigs?

    Rather than a Mojo head (unless it's super cheap), they sell elongated trolling weights that will probably give you less water resistance than a cannon ball shape.
  9. Matts

    Montauk Bass

    minutes. All on diamond jigs. Tuesday was a banner day on Chancey Charters. We passed by the fleet and found all the bass we wanted on diamond jigs- unders, overs, and a slot limit in about 10 minutes. When we got tired of bailing bass, we made a few drops for blackfish without traveling too...
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    Summer day for Tog

    Big fish for the western sound!
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    Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings

    I took my buddy fireman Joe and his girlfriend Pat blackfishing this weekend. Pat had never caught a blackfish, but by the end of the trip she explained that she now knows why people enjoy catch and release. The fish bit ferociously and continuously till it was time to go in for lunch. Even two...
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    NY Mets

    Exactly. The margin between the rout and what could have been a close game is so fine. Some better fielding and a lot fewer runs given up. A slightly different trajectory on so many hard struck outs and a bunch of runs on the board. We're still in it, but we better win tonight.
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    Chew'in Tog

    Had a great trip with two of my fishing buddies despite the stiff NW breeze. about 20 feet deep. They bit till the greens and asians were gone. Easy double limit but we only kept a few.
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    NY Mets

    Holy Sh*t! What a game. This team never gave up! Like Big Poppi says, they've got momentum!! Here's my post from May 23: "I can't watch them anymore. No lead is safe, they don't seem to care about add-on runs, and they seem to fall asleep after the 6th inning. I can't believe Lindor or McNeil...
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    Jets

    they just want to get your hopes up, so they can crush them!
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    Tog fishing out of season

    We can ask the AI helper, but as far as I know: You are expressly permitted to target, catch and release stripers in season, but not out of season. You cannot target blackfish out of season. If you happen to catch a blackfish while say targeting porgies or seabass, you have to let it go. As far...
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    Jets

    sometimes I'm happy to be wrong
  18. Matts

    Fluke Fluke Fluke

    Location, location, location. I fished a full day out of Montauk yesterday. No drift all day. I bet there were under 20 keepers for the boat. I spoke with someone that had been on a half day am boat and reported no keepers for the boat.
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    Yellow Jacket MF’s

    What are the yellow jacket imitators that come around whenever I clean fish? you can swat them away and they never sting. they just buzz around the fish.
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    The Midcoast Maine Running Stripah Report

    People fish for many reasons: love of the outdoors, provide for their family, show up their friends, etc. R7 is the only one I know that fishes for the love of plotting data!

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