Headboat Poll and Experiences
Slingblade
information on headboats is sparse. It would be great if people would
participate in this Poll and let others know the good and bad of your
experiences.
I will start the review with a few of the headboats I have been on,
and hopefully others will join in.
1)Miami Florida- Kelly Fishing Fleet- VERY CHEAP $30 gets you a
halfday trip on a worn out headboat with a lazy captain and a doless
mate. If you already know what you are doing and dont need any help,
this is a pretty cheap way to fish for half a day in the gulfstream.
They have about 3 boats in their fleet, all of them have a billion
miles on the motors and barely get you out to your fishing point...but
it is cheap. You can save more money by buying a 'book' of tickets 5
tickets for $125 or something like that. They go out 7 days a week,
and I think 365 days a year. I remember going out on thanksgiving day
and christmas day... I may never go back on these boats, but the Miami
weather and scenery just might put me back there. I have found another
fleet in Miami on the web that I didnt know about. The Reward Fleet..
Next time I am in Miami I will give them a shot.
2)Hatteras NC- Miss Hatteras- $65 gets you an all day trip. They dont
go out every day, more like every other day. This boat is FAST. The
captain reminds you of a Marine Drill Sergeant, he will make you into
a fishing machine by trips end. If you are not catching anything he
WILL get in your face and tease you..but its a good thing. He treats
his mates like scum of the earth, and I have never seen 2 mates work
as hard as they do. The captain puts the fear of God in these boys
and man do they hustle. After a few trips on this boat, I think that
they have something going. You feel so sorry for the mate at the end
of the trip, you cant help but tip him good..I wonder.. Anyway, this
is a class act operation. The boat is spotless clean, the captain
puts the pedal to the metal and gets you fishing fast! I would think
that this boat and captain and fertile waters are hard to beat. I
plan on going back on her in June, and I can honestly say I look
forward to it.
Two fleets are the extent of my experience. Not for lack of will, but
lack of knowledge of other fleets and their location.
Please contribute to our little poll and hopefully someone such as
myself will benefit from your experiences.
Hcarson
and captian, several trips on this boat, about $50.00 for about 6 hours in
the gulf, usually a limit on red snapper, plenty of mingo and trigger, some
grouper, if you need more info, they have a website..
"Slingblade" <unitedt...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f75456f5.03031...@posting.google.com...
LeRoy Williams
day $20-30, Six hour $27-37, all day $35-45. Half day and six hour get
mostly white grunts, some grouper and trigger fish, all day red & gag
grouper, yellow tail snapper, mangrove snapper and of course white
grunts.All day trips sometime get amberjack and king mackerel. Same company
has a six pack charter boat that offer split charters for from $90 for 8
hours to $210 for 10 hours.Capt and crew change but all my experiences have
been good. I have limited on red and gag grouper several times.
LeRoy Williams
"LeRoy Williams" <lero...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:TamcnSbuZ_l...@comcast.com...
Hcarson
on the East coast of FL. again, these guys are top notch, captian George
Straight, I did not do as well as some but the boat had a great day, some
big grouper, good snapper, even a few Cobia, I think you have a good idea
here with the headboat review thing, give me an email, and let's make a
regular post, I am always interrested in a resonable fishing trip..
Hcarson
You mentioned grunts, My experience has been that the grunts have been
dicarded as trash by the crew. "tomtates" and "ruby red lips" as they are
called, they are small compared to the red snappers but I think I will keep
some nextime and see how they are, what do you think?news:QtycnZFnb6Q...@comcast.com...
Hcarson
LeRoy Williams
"Hcarson"
"Grunts" are also called "gray snapper" here. They are small but good
eating. LeRoy
RTolb43552
Hcarson
blugill and such, are they discarded because of thier size? I remember the
days when triggers were discarded as trash, I had rather have 20 lbs of
trigger fish than 20 lbs of snapper, I live in north Alabama, but fish the
gulf several time a year, mostly on charter boats, we never seem to catch
the "grunts" on the charter boats, if we do, as you said, we use them as
bait, but when I am on a partyboat, ( Destin, or PCB) we catch smaller
snapper, mingos, and grunts, the smaller ones, I send back down hooked
through the lip, sometimes the magic works,sometimes it doesn't, when I am
on a partyboat, I am usually "fishing for supper", is big grunt "ruby red
lip" edible?
"RTolb43552" <rtolb...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030317185241...@mb-fs.aol.com...
William J Daum
doing some headboat fishing. It will be my first time. I was wondering what
kind of equip to bring. I have a nice 12-20 lb rod and spinning reel I use, But
was wondering if that is enough or do I need an even heavier setup. Any help
offered in this would be appreciated. I will post my results of the fishing
when I come back. Thanks all
Bill
Max Huber
Unless you have a favorite rod and reel that you would like to try, then it
isn't required to bring your own equipment.
--
Max
http://www.outdoor-links.com
Awarded the kenschultz.com e-fishing award for excellence.