3ne2nr fishermen

[meccalli]

whats the best way to keep fish frozen for say a mth or more to minimize flavor loss, freezer burn, meat texture etc?

Don't gut and scale it, don't let fresh water hit it. Put it in a zip bag like ryan said and get all the air out if you don't have a sealer submerge in water to force out the air. Freeze as is in the best deep freeze you have. We kept grouper and snapper like that over a year.

[X_Factor]

My father and his friends caught about 25 boshay and 2 4-5lb paag on saturday...mafiking side....he said as the line hit the water was bite...

[ryan99tt]

White meat fish (wahoo, kingfish, carite, etc) cud stay longer than red meat fish (tuna)...so use your fish accordingly...mecalli hav it on lockdown...make an effort wen cleaning your fish try to use the sea water to wash if u need to but I don't really wash my fish before packaging...saves the flavor...

[ryan99tt]

Looking like ah river mouth, Charliville?

[meccalli]

Mafeking is mayaro I think. Although, I went down cacandee road on Easter monday and somebody caught snook early in the morning with live bait, tide was low when we reach.

[X_Factor]

^yeah, mayaro

[proton17]

Meccali know d thing right there. Some spots bout 60 ft and others 150ft. The fish dis time of year does be more west in deeper water too.

[mrlantra]

The heavy artillery has arrived

[drop ho]

Nice! Have one coming in for meh cuz size 50 as well.
But for a few more bucks getting a fin- nor sport fisher 25. Not sure which I'll get yet.

[mrlantra]

This is the 2 speed squall that normally sells for more than the finnor sport fisher, closer to compare to the lethal 2 speed lever drag. I like finnor lethal spinning reels but for a big reel here I'd go penn if only for the fact you can get spare parts and repair locally, ever had to order a lethal drag washer and have it sent to TNT?

[meccalli]

That's a great reel although I think a star drag might've been the better choice on a kayak. For those who don't know those new squalls have pretty much the same internals of the internationals with the exception of the machined body which is graphite and the only pitfall of it. Given that, penn went the extra mile in adding cross bars and supports to prevent the flexing of the graphite frame making it alot stronger than bodies like the shimano tld's.

[ryan99tt]

Nice reel...I looking at one for slow trolling or a wire line setup...

[meccalli]

That's a nice reel for a wahoo setup, texas guys using that for sharks, but if you running wireline, you might have to back it with some good mono to prevent the corrosion with dissimilar metals since the spool is aluminium.

[ryan99tt]

Yes, mecalli all wire line setup hav ah mono backing...I love the sound of the clicker on that reel...wud love to hear it on ah wahoo strike...kingfish season now starting up though...

[meccalli]

Nah I meant the volume compared to old penn senators with the brass spools. But yeah, penns have nice big clickers , gggrrrrzzzzz

[mrlantra]

Ryan you know you can invite me on a boat, I'm paying for gas and get to hear it on a wahoo strike

It came with 1000m of 120lb braid so I will need to put some wire top shot on that

[ryan99tt]

Don't need to use wire but ah spread is not complete without ah wire line...u need to take off some braid an run a topshot of about 50-80yds of mono if u plan on trolling for kingfish and wahoo...preferably 40-50lbs test...

[mrlantra]

How about 60lb test Fluro? 50 yards

[meccalli]

When fluoro stretches, it stays that way. It's a lot more money as well. If you want to use fluoro, use it as leader material for the last 20 ft or so.

[JayB27]

Took a drive up to Manzanilla today in the hopes of doing some fishing. Those hopes were squashed. There is fresh seaweed on the beach from end to end and to make it worse it is in the water. Oh well...

[drop ho]

Oooops now looking at it yes. Its the VSW model! Rell heavy artillery there!:eek:

[kss2801]

X-factor, that catch was from the shore?

[X_Factor]

yeah, but its more up river than closer to sea.....

[kss2801]

ok thanks. trying to figure out some good spots still.

[mrlantra]

so where can I get live bait? live shrimp or herring etc, I have a live bait bucket that I drag behind the yak, they will last in that but I need to get somewhere like Sando warf etc that has them still kicking first

[reelman]

whats new on in fishing tackle equipment market that i can use in trinidad

[mrlantra]

From mankee

PENN FATHOM 30 & UGLY STIK TIGER LITE JIGGING COMBO
$ 1695.00
REEL
BRAID - 625/50 • 500/65 • 440/80
BEARINGS - 5+1
DRAG - 25 LBS
GEAR RATIO 6.0 TO 1
ROD
LENGHT 5' 10"
ACTION EXTRA HEAVY
LINE CLASS 80-130 LB BRAID


Great combo for boat/kayak/pier fishing

[pugboy]

I have never heard of people catching snook so easy banking
have others been able to catch snook with basic drop line with bait like snapper ?

[meccalli]

That's a perfect combo for your kayak setup. Much easier than fiddling with a ld in close quarters with saltwater.

[mrlantra]

That's a perfect combo for your kayak setup. Much easier than fiddling with a ld in close quarters with saltwater.

I actually like lever drag, easier than spinning to control the drag and I know what drag I set, wish there was heavy duty level wind tho.