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Offshore charter length differences?
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06/08/23 07:53 PM
06/08/23 07:53 PM
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Hoover, AL
M48scout
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12 point
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Hoover, AL
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I have never been on anything other than a 4 or 6 hour charter. What are the different experiences you gain moving to an 8, then 10, then 12 hour? (Let’s say for example launching out of Orange Beach).
Is simply more fishing time, or do you then gain access to a different quality of fishing/more species by being able to presumably access deeper water and less pressured waters? Do you stand better odds of bringing home more quality fish in the cooler (perhaps more accessible species that are in-season), or is it more that you gain access to non-food game fish like bill fish?
Thanks
Last edited by M48scout; 06/08/23 07:54 PM.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: M48scout]
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06/08/23 09:54 PM
06/08/23 09:54 PM
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lat 34.09 long -86.13
metalmuncher
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Old Mossy Horns
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I have never been on anything other than a 4 or 6 hour charter. What are the different experiences you gain moving to an 8, then 10, then 12 hour? (Let’s say for example launching out of Orange Beach).
Is simply more fishing time, or do you then gain access to a different quality of fishing/more species by being able to presumably access deeper water and less pressured waters? Do you stand better odds of bringing home more quality fish in the cooler (perhaps more accessible species that are in-season), or is it more that you gain access to non-food game fish like bill fish?
Thanks Kinda all of the above. Plus I live in NoAla so I don't get to go very often and I like to get a good days worth of fishing in when I do get the chance to see blue water.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: M48scout]
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06/09/23 08:19 AM
06/09/23 08:19 AM
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Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Doubt you get mahi on a 12 hour trip
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: top cat]
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06/09/23 11:13 AM
06/09/23 11:13 AM
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West Tennessee
YellaLineHunter
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West Tennessee
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Doubt you get mahi on a 12 hour trip Depends if there is any grass mats floating or other floating structure.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: top cat]
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06/09/23 06:43 PM
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Right behind you
Mbrock
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Fancy
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Right behind you
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Doubt you get mahi on a 12 hour trip We’ve caught plenty of Mahi from TX to FL within 20-40 miles of the coast. Floating structure was the key.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: Peach]
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06/09/23 07:00 PM
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Mobile, AL
Pwyse
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Depends on the speed of the boat as well. You can definitely bill fish on a 10-12 hour charter if you are fishing out of a 39 yellowfin, etc…. But an overnight trip will definitely increase your odds. That’s true peach. Those bulls have changed the game for sure. Running 65mph in 3-4s is a difference maker for a 12 hour trip. Lots of grass and mahi out there right now. Can we go back to the old days when everyone just called them chicken dolphin? We are a pretty good ways from Hawaii. 🤣 I got a friend that says “Man we filled the boat up with Mahi Mahi on a weed line today!” Then sends me a pic of 20 barely legal chicken dolphin. Don’t get me wrong they are fun to catch but I guess Mahi sounds more exotic than chicken dolphin. The mature Dolphin are some of the prettiest fish in my opinion. And don’t usually school up on weed lines. You hook a 70lb bull dolphin and you will see the difference.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: Pwyse]
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06/09/23 08:11 PM
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Peach
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Depends on the speed of the boat as well. You can definitely bill fish on a 10-12 hour charter if you are fishing out of a 39 yellowfin, etc…. But an overnight trip will definitely increase your odds. That’s true peach. Those bulls have changed the game for sure. Running 65mph in 3-4s is a difference maker for a 12 hour trip. Lots of grass and mahi out there right now. Can we go back to the old days when everyone just called them chicken dolphin? We are a pretty good ways from Hawaii. 🤣 I got a friend that says “Man we filled the boat up with Mahi Mahi on a weed line today!” Then sends me a pic of 20 barely legal chicken dolphin. Don’t get me wrong they are fun to catch but I guess Mahi sounds more exotic than chicken dolphin. The mature Dolphin are some of the prettiest fish in my opinion. And don’t usually school up on weed lines. You hook a 70lb bull dolphin and you will see the difference. Lol!!! I still call them dolphin but more people than ever before are calling them mahi now.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: M48scout]
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06/09/23 08:32 PM
06/09/23 08:32 PM
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Mobile, AL
Mdees
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You can use mahi in open dialog most places without having the entirely ignorant people bother you about abusing Flipper.
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: Mdees]
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06/09/23 08:54 PM
06/09/23 08:54 PM
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Mobile, AL
Pwyse
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You can use mahi in open dialog most places without having the entirely ignorant people bother you about abusing Flipper. Yeah I guess that’s true. I’m the kinda guy that wouldn’t mind just rolling with it and letting them think I gaffed a porpoise and that is what they were eating with their mango salsa haha
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Re: Offshore charter length differences?
[Re: M48scout]
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06/09/23 09:45 PM
06/09/23 09:45 PM
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In a Van, down by the River
quailman
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Chicken Dolphin is what we call them. Great eating.
Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer.
My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.
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