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RE: "Game ON"

TUBBLAWNS — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:55:09 GMT

Is it finally over?:clap WOW!!!!!!!

RE: "Game ON"

TSpecks — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:57:25 GMT

Chris, Matt, and Wes should be "Hot Spots" together, three legs to the tripod.........hahahah

To the "Game On" THANKS AGAIN for killing that fish. It taste so damn good.

:bowdown:bowdown

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Chris Phillips — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:05:47 GMT

Captain Wes, You don't have to guess where he's fishin, call me and I'll tell ya!:toast

Chris

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captwesrozier — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:56:17 GMT

capt matt...if you go before me...i will make sure i fuss you as big as them flounders and reds you are catching

oh keep posting i think i have just about zeroed you in on location...:poke

tight lines

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nextstep — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:48:10 GMT

matt mcleod you gave me the o brother when this thread first started. at this point i am with you brother! yall give it a rest.

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Wharf Rat — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:28:12 GMT

[quote][b]Matt Mcleod (7/9/2008)[/b][hr]Capt Wes, I just hope there's half this much fuss when I die![/quote]

Eheh...you ain't kiddin'.

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Matt Mcleod — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:12:16 GMT

Capt Wes, I just hope there's half this much fuss when I die!

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captwesrozier — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:04:01 GMT

The Blue Hoo...i do not know if you are aware but you are breaking the regulations when you "FREEGAFF" trippletail. They have to be taken by hook and line only.

Maybe you were having to chase him down because he was spooling your reel! Maybe you are just pulling our legs...:doh

tight lines

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Deeplines — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:29:20 GMT

Woody has to go back into work at 5pm Scott.

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Chris Hood — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:25:21 GMT

Woody, do you know what any of those fish even look like???

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brnbser — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:51:57 GMT

bs, not possible with those short little gaffs and big hooks ya'll use, now it might be feasable with the 10 and 12'er we use on those snake kings, besides, I prefer my shoulder to reamin in it's socket

we'll be at the marina tonight if your off - with cheap beer for ya.

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The Blue Hoo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:46:55 GMT

Scott I freegaff tripletails while doing 8.5 knots by a weedline...

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brnbser — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:44:48 GMT

in your dreams young buck, never underestimate experience, snake kings are by choice but definately not how or on what I learned........

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The Blue Hoo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:34:09 GMT

[quote][b]brnbser (7/9/2008)[/b][hr]Woody your not going to kill anything, heck I've never even seen you kill a deer or a bass on your own place...............

Course if you want to take me along, I'd be happy to document when you do start slinging steel :)[/quote]

Scott I would put you out of the job if we went head to head on gaffing ANYTHING-especially your precious little snake king macks!. Speaking of bass though, I caught a dandy the other day around 2 in the afternoon. Actually 4 of em in a 30 minute period, all over 3-4 pounds. Not bad for midday heat. So seeing as how I am in Pensacola at least once a week and just 34 minutes away the rest of the week, what is your excuse for not having met up with me this summer yet?

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Hook — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:28:22 GMT

If someone wants to weigh a Blue Marlin make sure the mouth is wrapped shut. Think about lost weight.:doh Blue Marlin:hungry:toast White Marlin:sick

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brnbser — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:21:46 GMT

Woody your not going to kill anything, heck I've never even seen you kill a deer or a bass on your own place...............

Course if you want to take me along, I'd be happy to document when you do start slinging steel :)

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The Blue Hoo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:13:10 GMT

[quote][b]Harry Brosofsky (7/8/2008)[/b][hr] My only complaint is against ANY marlin being taken, especially just for the sake of money and a trophy.

Harry[/quote]

Great-nobody cares anymore. If you don't want to kill a marlin, then don't. But I'll gladly wave at you when I'm standing next to a dead one at the scales. I think it's downright low to belittle someone on their kill though.

[quote][b]Midnight Run (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]harry I have a bag full of smoked marlin sitting right here that is off that fish so i dont want to hear that it was killed just for money and it is so good too:hungry [/quote]

Jeff, I may have stopped by a certain popular fishing hangout yesterday with a certain forum member and had some of this smoked marlin you speak of and it skyrocketed to my #2 favorite fish OF ALL TIME. I may start killin em' just so I can eat em from now on-I mean, that's the one of the main reasons we fish and hunt anyways, right? To put meat on the table for our families?

RE: "Game ON"

dorado74 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:11:33 GMT

[quote][b]Xanadu (7/9/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]dorado74 (7/9/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Xanadu (7/8/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Deeplines (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]I will say this, GOOD job Sam and Crew.

Screw the naysayers and the negitive posts.[/quote]

No, Murph. It was not a good job. I like Sam and all, but killing a non-tourney fish is stupid. If you ask him, he'll probably tell you it was a mistake and whatever deckie was measuring and telling them to kill the short fish ought to have his ass beat. In fact, there are numerous other tournaments where he would be banned for life for killing a non-tourney qualifying fish. And, if you're talking about naysayers and negative posts as those who don't think you should kill them for anything, I agree. But, if you're talking about those of us who think breaking the rules of a tournament are wrong, and then citing sportsmanship, then you and anyone who agrees with you are wrong.

Killing a fish that doesn't qualify for the tourney is a reason to be disqualified. The PBGFC dockmaster should never have weighed the fish and Sam and the crew, imho, should never have showed up at the dock with a short fish. I admire them for showing up in public and taking their medicine because a short kill is not what they wanted to do. Better to be upfront like a man and take the DQ than behaving like that POS at Baypoint a few years back and toss it in the bay.

There will be a discussion about the weiging of a short fish at our next meeting and I will report back as to what is said. Perhaps we could move this to a Tag and Release only with the exception of over 110 or something, but another short fish weighed in should result in a lifetime ban from the tourney and complete DQ from all categories. That is why we have rules, my friends.[/quote]

Here's another FACT....the "Game On" crew DIDN'T want that fish weighed, the dockmaster begged them to let the tourney weigh it for the crowd!!! You want to bring up something in your next meeting, bring up getting a new dockmaster. Oh yeah, he also wanted to keep the fish, thank god the crew told him no on that one.

Scott[/quote]

Is that first hand and accurate information? If so, please let me know. There will be a discussion about it at the next meeting and facts are very helpful.[/quote]

Xanadu,

I was standing right beside the man when he asked if they could weigh it anyway. My cousin is the one who caught it and he told me that they were not going to weigh the fish after it didn't measure. The whole time they were being "held" outside the breakwater for a larger crowd to gather, I was on the phone with the boat. So, yes it is indeed first hand an very acurate information.

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CHICO — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:47:17 GMT

Great job on the catch it is what it is and in the past. Reading this whole thread has made my head hurt and some may need to take some aderol. I thought that one of my friends had very bad ADD but no thats not the case anymore.

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WW2 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:27:33 GMT

Do we have these same issues when someone kills a bluefin?

So far I have seen maybe 5 posts where someone caught a bluefin, each time they are killed. That's like 5 Bluefin in the 8 or so years watching this forum and everytime they are killed. To the best of my knowledge they are killed for the money because those things can be sold to the japanese for a ton of cash. They seem to be an extremely rare occurance and yet each time they are killed. Why doesn't anyone complain when those are whacked for the cash?

Oh, and there is another way to kill an apex predator....kill all of his food sources.....by killing more and more of the "lesser" species you are probably doing as much harm as killing them boatside.

I was just on a charter that had the potential to catch one of these, had it been me I'd have wanted to keep it. It would have been 1 and maybe my only chance to catch and kill one to eat.

I guess I don't understand how it's senseless killing in this instance, but it's not senseless killing when you catch one just to see it jump and the challenge of getting to tag it. Quite frankly just because it swims off doesn't mean that the fish lives. Each of you fishing for them may have killed one or more and for nothing more than getting to see the fight. Is that really any more noble or have any more purpose than the guy that thinks it might make it at a tournament?

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TITLEWAVE — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:25 GMT

[quote][b]Xanadu (7/8/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Deeplines (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]I will say this, GOOD job Sam and Crew.

Screw the naysayers and the negitive posts.[/quote]

well written :clap

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sirmashalot — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:44:47 GMT

nothing to dicuss the fish was over 99inches.... if the fish would have been 2 or whatever inches bigger they would been heroes!!! whats the difference in killing one 2 inches bigger they are both gonna wind up dead in a tournament at least they brought it back to the dock some folks dont even bother to do that!!!!

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Xanadu — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:53:35 GMT

[quote][b]Harry Brosofsky (7/9/2008)[/b][hr]Okay...one last time since apparently many of the posters here are intellectually challenged by simple English comprehension and can't refrain from personal attacks.

- I don't give a rats ass if the fish was legal or not and I have not accused anyone of taking short fish.

- I don't care if the fish was tournament legal or not or if they got DQ'd.

- I don't give a hoot about whether the crew "did the right thing" or not.

- I don't give a crap if there was money on the line or not.

In MY opinion, no one should be killing Marlin and the only time a Marlin should hit the deck is if it dies during the fight (which is most often due to [b]TOO SMALL TACKLE FOR THE JOB[/b]). That is all I am saying and all I have said through out this thread. And I will say no more.

Harry[/quote]

FIXT.

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Xanadu — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:52:22 GMT

[quote][b]dorado74 (7/9/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Xanadu (7/8/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Deeplines (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]I will say this, GOOD job Sam and Crew.

Screw the naysayers and the negitive posts.[/quote]

Scott[/quote]

Is that first hand and accurate information? If so, please let me know. There will be a discussion about it at the next meeting and facts are very helpful.

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Harry Brosofsky — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:09:33 GMT

Okay...one last time since apparently many of the posters here are intellectually challenged by simple English comprehension and can't refrain from personal attacks.

- I don't give a rats ass if the fish was legal or not and I have not accused anyone of taking short fish.

- I don't care if the fish was tournament legal or not or if they got DQ'd.

- I don't give a hoot about whether the crew "did the right thing" or not.

- I don't give a crap if there was money on the line or not.

In MY opinion, no one should be killing Marlin and the only time a Marlin should hit the deck is if it dies during the fight (which is most often due to extremely poor angling technique). That is all I am saying and all I have said through out this thread. And I will say no more.

Harry

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dorado74 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:07:00 GMT

[quote][b]Xanadu (7/8/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Deeplines (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]I will say this, GOOD job Sam and Crew.

Screw the naysayers and the negitive posts.[/quote]

Scott

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bluffman2 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:59:45 GMT

WHOEVER MADE THE CALL ..IT DOESNT MATTER(was a legal call) LEAVE IT ALONE.....

lets all meet and have a beer sometime and forget this BS thread

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Freespool — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:56:32 GMT

Bill Swick was running the boat. I don't know who made the final call. And I do agree that the fish should not be weighed

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Xanadu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:40:22 GMT

[quote][b]Matt Mcleod (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]Sam was not on the boat for those of you who might be interested.[/quote]

Hot damn. Now we've got the facts started. Matt, who was driving and who made the call? What does Sam think about the decision? And, thanks for letting us know.

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Xanadu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:39:25 GMT

[quote][b]Freespool (7/8/2008)[/b][hr][quote

The fish was legal end of story. THere is no reason to DQ them, they did nothing legally wrong. Should someone who kills an 18lb weehoo to eat be automatically DQ'ed because it doesn't make the 20lb minimum?[/quote]

In baseball, they have a strike zone, base runners and the alltime hated balk rule. In football, there's even a stupid tuck rule. In fishing there are minimums. If you violate the rules, you lose. In Marlin fishing, if you hang a short fish, you get ridiculed and DQd. In commercial snapper fishing or whatever you like, all bets are off.

If you don't understand that sportsmanship includes rules, you should call your daddy and ask him to explain.

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suckfish62 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:32:34 GMT

i'm not making excuses for them, all i am saying is let it rest. these guys are not criminals like some of you are treating them. hell they made a mistake that they have to live with. leave it alone. as for pushing to make rule changes @ pbgfc you might wanna show up to meetings first before you tell all these folks you are going to push for rule changes. i am there with about the same 20-25 people who are there and you are not one of them.this club needs some young blood to step up and it aint happening. no disrespect to you but show up and voice your opininon and dont do it on a message board.

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Matt Mcleod — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:25:36 GMT

Sam was not on the boat for those of you who might be interested.

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Freespool — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:22:04 GMT

[quote][b]Xanadu (7/8/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Deeplines (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]I will say this, GOOD job Sam and Crew.

Screw the naysayers and the negitive posts.[/quote]

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John B. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:20:45 GMT

[quote][b]wishiniwasfishin07 (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]Why do tournaments require 102"?[/quote]

was wondering the same thing...

how much difference does a whole 3 inches make...

i'd figure it would be better if it was 99", that way if your fish is short, you're really screwed... so you'd want to make damn sure it measures up.

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imkilroy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:20:01 GMT

[quote][b]sirmashalot (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]hang it up harry....i just want to say congratulations to the game on and crew that was a great fish and im glad to hear slammy is servin some tomrow at his restraunt. harry if you are so damn concerned about people killing fish maybe you should take up another sport. its reality people kill fish :reallycrying and will continue to so take your argument somewhere else[/quote]

I second that! Congrat's to the angler, captain, and crew of the Game On. I am now well versed on the definition of "apex predator". I do believe if I hear that term again I'll :sick

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Xanadu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:18:55 GMT

[quote][b]suckfish62 (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]guys, give it a rest. i was @ the weigh ins also, you could tell those guys were really upset about killing this fish, hell one of them had tears in his eyes. how do you know this fish wasnt already dead? at least they didnt waste it. give them a break. im sure they've had it hard enough already. hell you guys holding up these billfish out of the water are doing as much harm as was done to this fish. :takephoto[/quote]

We know the fish wasn't dead at gaffing by looking at it and because they've not told us so. Don't make excuses for men who aren't making any for themselves. To date, they've stood up and taken the DQ like they should. If nothing else, they've taken the punishment for the mistake like men.

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JoshH — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:16:58 GMT

Why do tournaments require 102"?

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Xanadu — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:16:47 GMT

[quote][b]Deeplines (7/8/2008)[/b][hr]I will say this, GOOD job Sam and Crew.

Screw the naysayers and the negitive posts.[/quote]

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Freespool — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:12:28 GMT

sirmashalot. that has got to be the most badass forum name ever.Kudos for thinking that one up

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sirmashalot — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:06:43 GMT

hang it up harry....i just want to say congratulations to the game on and crew that was a great fish and im glad to hear slammy is servin some tomrow at his restraunt. harry if you are so damn concerned about people killing fish maybe you should take up another sport. its reality people kill fish :reallycrying and will continue to so take your argument somewhere else