From: jholsapp@encore.com (Jeff Holsapple)
Subject: Ft. Lauderdale offshore fishing report for 11/07/92
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:46:43 GMT


Ft. Lauderdale offshore fishing report for 11/07/92

My fishing partner and myself arrived at the Port Everglades channel marker
at 5 AM for bait. We managed to catch a dozen goggle-eye by 7 AM (there was
also plenty of ballyhoo at the marker). The wind was out of the north at
about 8 knots and the sea had a 1 foot wind chop. The sky was overcast and
it was sprinkling to the north and east.

At 7 AM we headed north about 7 miles (just south of the large church
steeple) and stopped in 100 feet of water. We put out three flat lines and
one down-rigger, all with goggle-eye, and began to slow troll between 100
and 250 feet. After about 20 minutes, the down-rigger rod bent over double.
The fish (a large kingfish I assume) had chopped the bait in half, narrowly
missing the trailer hook that was placed halfway back in the bait. I wasn't
going to let that happen again, so I added a longer trailer hook and put out
a fresh bait.

After another half hour, one of the flat lines got hit. The fish peeled off
20 yards of line, but missed the hook. We then saw the fish, a 15 pound
dolphin, chasing one of the other flat line baits. It grabbed the second
bait, but still did not get hooked. After reeling in the third flat line, we
realized that the dolphin had stolen that bait also. The dolphin must have
been full by this time, because it didn't stick around for us to get another
bait ready. At this point, I reeled in the down-rigger to see if the dolphin
had stolen that bait too. The bait was mangled, but it wasn't by a dolphin.
It looked as if a kingfish had taken the middle out of the bait. All that
was left was the head attached to the front hook and a small portion if the
tail attached to the trailer hook. The fish were definitely winning this day.

Another hour went by without anything happening. Then the down-rigger line
popped and rose to the surface. Another kingfish had hit the bait without
getting hooked. About 10 seconds later, the flat-line baits became very
nervous. Then a 30 pound kingfish sky-rocketed one of the baits but missed
the hook. I still had the bait on the hook, but it was in bad shape with
several slashes down it's side. The kingfish then sky-rocketed another of
the flat line baits and stole it without getting hooked.

Another hour and a half slowly went by. Finally, one of the flat line baits
got nervous. A few seconds later a sailfish rose to surface, took a swipe
at the bait, missed, and took off. That was the last we saw of him, but
about 5 minutes later, a boat about 300 yards away hooked up with a sail
(probably the one that missed our bait :-(

About 15 minutes later, the clouds started getting blacker so we decided to
call it a day. We reeled up the down-rigger and as I had suspected, the bait
was cut in half.

All in all, it wasn't too bad of a day. Looks like there are a few kingfish
in about 150 feet. The sails aren't real thick yet, but the next couple of
cold fronts that push down here should fix that. I sure wish that I had
caught that dolphin because they should become scarce once it gets a little
colder.

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Jeff Holsapple                                         jholsapple@encore.com
Encore Computer Corp.                                uunet!encore!jholsapple
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida                                       (305) 587-2900
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From: crenn@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Charley Renn)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 23:44:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Re:
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