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tim9368 · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:11 am Post subject: Headboat advice

So I am thinking about DeepSea HQ for a 5 hr Thursday afternoon or a 8 hr on Friday. What is the real difference between the two (other than the obvious 3 hrs!) Is the time difference spent in transit or fishing? Do I expect to catch the same kind of stuff? I don't want to spend the extra cash if the only difference is an extra 3 hrs of transit time.

Also, the only other time I've ever done this was on a weekend (I do not remember which charter) and the boat was so full that the experience was pretty lame. Half of the clients spent their entire time trying to untangel lines, and the other half caught the limit of fish in 20 minutes, then we headed back - stopped for some shark fishing and about the same thing happened.

Any advice is welcome!

Thanks.

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

longer is usually better because you can get to some of the better offshore structure, deeper water, rigs etc.

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: Headboat advice

jebsays · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:04 pm Post subject:

42020 is showing 1 ft right now... man, that'd be nice.

tim9368 · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:51 pm Post subject:

jebsays · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:58 pm Post subject:

tim9368 · Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject:

Wow - that is cool! Thanks!

Huffster · Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:12 am Post subject:

I agree with the other posters in that the 8hr trips go farther out and provide better opportunities to find a wider variety of bottom fishing..IMO, the most fun and my catches have always been much better than drift fishing closer in...Best of luck to ya, either way !

tim9368 · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:32 am Post subject:

Looks like 2-4 foot seas are predicted. Is that rough or smooth? Sorry for the dumb questions - I live 230 miles from the ocean! I don't wanna take my kid out for 8 hours if it'll just be time for technicolor chum...

cephus · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:03 am Post subject: Rough seas

As of 10 AM the seas are runing at 3.6 feet at 5 seconds. If your son has never been past the jetties be sure you get him some kind of motion sickness medicine and take as per instructions. 2 to 4's are fishable but some one pron to motion sickness could get very miserable.
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