What do you keep

[sea sick]

Guys.
i havent had the opertunity to do off shore yet, but was wondering......

when you guys do off shore fishing, what fish do you keep and how much.
do you keep bill fish too?, if so, what do you guys do with really biiigggg fish?

this is not about stamping toes, just want to know.

ss

[Rory mundy]

i eat them not fussy

[fedu]

Some people try to release everything .

General practice is keep Dorado, Tuna and the likes within reasonable limits (food for you and crew)

Billfish general practice is release everything unless dead on arrival, there you can eat Marlin (you will have to give a lot of fish when this happens) and smoke Sailfish also.

[TUNAMAN]

Dorado released into the hatch. Yip we keep what we can eat. Billfish released. All gamefish are good eating.

Just like FEDU has mentioned.

[jaenswart]

These days fish are so scarce, I keep all gamefish over 4kg, release all Tuna and billfish

[TUNAMAN]

Due to the scarcity I will keep the first ones if they are semi decent. No real particular size. As per Jaen I would maybe keep some tuna for the sushi and salads but prefer other species for the pot so will release most unless off course they get pinned...

[fvangreune]

If you eat it, keep it. Except 

Personally i wont kill anything that i am not going to eat.

[CLS]

Keep to eat and give to family and friends.I do not believe in freezing as its not as tasty and you forget it in the bottom of the freezer and have to thow it away. I have not yet caught a Marlin / sailfish on my boat, but would release it.

[sea sick]

Guys;

thanks for the feed back. was wondering how fishing is off shore?
shore fishing is really hard in certain areas. should we catch fish from the surf, the price per kg is sky-high.

and your hook-up vs, landing rate?
how does that compare?

maybe one day, whhen i'm bigg, i wanna get me something to ride the water.
jetski seems to be "selfish" and a boat is big. and then you still need to convert to 4*4 and convert fishing equipment to off shore.

not really a cheap exercise.

ss

[TUNAMAN]

Guys;

thanks for the feed back. was wondering how fishing is off shore?
shore fishing is really hard in certain areas. should we catch fish from the surf, the price per kg is sky-high.

and your hook-up vs, landing rate?
how does that compare?

maybe one day, whhen i'm bigg, i wanna get me something to ride the water.
jetski seems to be "selfish" and a boat is big. and then you still need to convert to 4*4 and convert fishing equipment to off shore.

not really a cheap exercise.

ss

Sea Sick looking at your profile name i'm not sure offshore is the way.... ....just kidding. A lot of offshore guys do not own boats. If you want to get into it my suggestion is to first join a club. All you might need there after is a few rods (basic ones). Most boats take 4 or more so there is always guys looking for crew. Then you can see how you feel about it and maybe one day get your own boat.

[CLS]

If you try and work out cost per KG then give up now and buy fish from your local shop. Its a sport unless you want to go commercial then it will be different. :sml:

[sea sick]

Tunaman

Thanks for the info. i still do like sand or rocks underneath my feet.
i normally visit st lucia and cape vidal and have never tried going out deepsea.
i do know some of the charters in st lucia, but remain standing on sand.

shore fishing is realy hard work, so, how does it compare to off shore?

the cost per kg was just interesting, the kingie in my avatar........
took me six years to get it.
the mounting charges was R3800, the transport  ............................ too much to calculate, i would argue R1071 per kg, the fish was 28kg

[jaenswart]

Tunaman

Thanks for the info. i still do like sand or rocks underneath my feet.
i normally visit st lucia and cape vidal and have never tried going out deepsea.
i do know some of the charters in st lucia, but remain standing on sand.

3 years ago we went to Vidal for a month. We caught 6 fish offshore for the month. 1 Kaakaap, 3 tunas and 2 dorado.

Just for that trip I worked out that we paid in total about R4500 per kilo taking into account we let the tunas go again.

So it can get tough out there


shore fishing is realy hard work, so, how does it compare to off shore?

the cost per kg was just interesting, the kingie in my avatar........
took me six years to get it.
the mounting charges was R3800, the transport  ............................ too much to calculate, i would argue R1071 per kg, the fish was 28kg

[CLS]

A fish that size and the six years it took to catch I am sure is priceless, some people try all their lives to get one like that. Well done 

[TUNAMAN]

SS that is a lifetime fish and so much more so from the shore. Just as a pointer a trip offshore would cost you more in fuel alone. Offshore you do work hard but like R&S you get your days where does not matter what you do , nothing bites. Offshore competitions your success is mostly directly proportional to your efforts. You must know that inevitably we are firstly anglers before classified as offshore. Offshore is purely a preference but we all try our hand at R&S and freshwater when the opportunity presents itself.

I think it is time for you to get on a boat just for the experience.

[Cam Mundy]

A fish that size and the six years it took to catch I am sure is priceless, some people try all their lives to get one like that. Well done 

Agreed I'm on 15 years and counting for landing one on a popper.