jrmagic
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I still have another month and a half to go in the water. Blackfishing in the fall is my favorite time on the water.
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2012 Boating Thread
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Geoff
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I just made a fish chowder with tautog yesterday. The problem around me is you catch 20 little ones for every keeper. 16" is a pretty big fish.
I also smoked a bunch of bluefish last night during the Patriots game. Time to make up some spreads & dips. I usually experiment with 3 or 4 different kinds. I vary the binding agent between mayo, cream cheese, and sour cream. I vary what I use for acid balance between lemon, lime, and various vinegars I have kicking around. Different kinds of onion. Capers in some of them. Various other stuff like horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, curry powder...
jrmagic
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I'd try smoking bluefish if I could figure out how to get them in the little papers:dunce: ok that was pretty bad I admit. Those spreads and dips sound awesome!! As for the Tog.. NY and CT (the waters I fish) are now at 16" as well and while there will definitely be more shorts I don't expec the ratio to be nearly that bad. They do make for an incredible chowder ingredient.
jrmagic
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Went to do some blackfishing saturday morning and as we're making prearations to leave I hear some whooshing noise followed by a thud and then some awful scraping noise. I look across the creek and see this....
Kerovick
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I think they forgot something
drjeff
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Husband wife team or 2 buddies (or atleast former buddies) doing the attempted launch??
jrmagic
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Husband wife team or 2 buddies (or atleast former buddies) doing the attempted launch??
Three guys. Not sure what they were thinking. They actually had the motor running eventhough the boat was on the trailer and didn't shut it for a good minute or two after the event. probably not long enough for the engine to get too hot bu not a smart practice ... so the skeg, prop and potentially the motor mounts took a shot along with the transom followed by the starboard side of the hull and chines. My friend wanted to ask them if they had any bait to sell cheap lmao but I thought that was too mean. There was a hauler on the other side of the ramp and he and his partner were trying to hide their laughter but it was kind of obvious as their shoulders and bellies jiggled up and down. When we got back from fishing the boat was gone. Since most of the boat was above the high tide line, I'm guessing they had to make the nauseating choice of pushing the boat into the water when high tide came, further damaging the hull before they could load it back on the trailer.
Geoff
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You're never supposed to run an outboard or I/O that isn't immersed in water. It kills the water pump impeller.
jrmagic
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Exactly
Exactly
ctenidae
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I'm putting the boat away for the winter on Saturday. After 3 weekends in a row of rain and crap, it'll probably be gorgeous, just to taunt me.
HD333
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I drove our boat once this summer, from the launch to our dock (in the rain). I think the bro inlaw took it out last weekend. What a shame.
