BFG, Cantgetenough, & I took a ride out to WSI and set lines at 17:00 N of the island. Five minutes later we were boxing fish. Same program as usual for LD, mini-divers & spoons. 70 & 90 feet behind the towlines. Speed ranged from 1.8-2.6 knots (gps) with most coming in the 2.0-2.3 range. Downwind troll was best for us.
We never had to break out the second string baits. First stringers all the way with Dreamweaver WD Grape Jelly taking big fish honors boating the 2 biggest fish of the day 25" & 24" along with a 19". Jr. Streaks in Moldy Muffin, tapeless Blue Dolphin, Green Slick, Watermelon AF, and a Green Huckleberry with gold back that ended the day as just plain gold spoon The fish we caught were pretty much evenly distributed among the listed baits. We boxed out at 19:50.
Great day guys, thanks for letting me reel in a few. See ya next Wednesday.
BTW, when Steve's netting the fish, be alert. We found out he likes to flip one back in the lake once in a while to see if you're on your toes. First fish (the 25") almost got a reprieve tonight. I'll have a picture in the morning, the camera is still in the truck somewhere.
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Oh man did I laugh when Steve flipped that fish back into the water with about 4' of line off the tip of the rod.
Great fishing last night..wowzer..the first hour was off da hook good.
Glad to see Mike give up the Captain's chair to me on several occasions and get to the back of the boat and do some "grunt" work and heavy lifting.
We split the 18 fish between 3-one gallon Ziplocks and they were PACKED full....
We came up with a new "catch ratio" scale last night, named "The Curreri Scale" which reflects fish per rod per hour (FPRPH). Our Curreri Scale number was 0.833 last night...not bad at all.
Thanks again Mike and Steve..once again it was a hoot of a good time fishing on the Little Dandy with you.
BFG
Official Ohio Delegate to Team Heavy Super-Sized Fishing Specialists bfg@educatedangler.com
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Good Job Guys. I'm planning to be out there in that area saturday. I'll try to keep track of my FPRPH. I'll have to have my 6 man limit in 3 hours to have a FPRPH = 1.0, that will be unlikely with the crew I'm taking saturday.
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...We came up with a new "catch ratio" scale last night, named "The Curreri Scale" which reflects fish per rod per hour (FPRPH). Our Curreri Scale number was 0.833 last night...not bad at all...
BFG
You've short-changed us Clark. My arithmetic using 18 fish, 6 rods, and 2 hours 50 minutes comes out at 1.059 FPRPH.
Things to remember about FPRPH measurement:
1) Include only legal fish in your calculations. Throw backs can't be included unless they were legal sized culls, in which case they may be included in your total fish count used in the calculation.
2) Consider it proper round to 3 decimal places.
3) If your over 1.000, you're doing reel good
Good luck Saturday Lady Bridge.
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I can see this new scale being a real interesting device . I'm going to have to take my stopwatch and programmable calculator on my trips now to get a accurate number.
Does the clock start ticking from dock to dock or lines in and out? Real Naughty has some advantage with his 50+ mph boat if dock to dock.
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LOL !!!! I can see it now! We'll all be in 70 mph Bass Boats! Goggles on! Scarves flying! I don't think the Curreri scale includes the initial run out. It's from the time you set the first lines. Then if you pull the lines and move, it does include that time. Then it stops when you pull the last line at the end and doesn't include the run in. I like the stopwatch idea! Funny!
Just another perfect night. Like living a dream!
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To keep things even, the clock has to start when you set lines. Lets back up a minute...
In comparing notes (catches) with Capt. Ron Levitan (http://passintime.com/) one day he mentioned the relationship between the number of rods he's typically running off his boat (12 or more) versus the number of rods we're usually running off LD (6-8) and total catch. I'm sure others have thought the same about comparing catches, but at the time it was kind of a revelation to me. A measurement of Fish per Rod per Hour takes actually nullifies number of rods run and provides a more meaningful comparison of a days result. Ron and some or the other captains & mates at TBM and elsewhere have been a huge help to me since we got LD back in '04. I credit a lot of what I'm doing now to tips and tricks they have openly provided. As a recreational angler, every little bit helps and I'm very grateful for all their help.
My good friend and fishing buddy Dino always said if you're getting a good fish per hour, you're doing pretty well. He's primarily a caster, so he's talking one rod. Whether he's casting spoons off a pier for salmon, fly fishing for bonefish & tarpon, or on a long range Tuna trip off San Diego a fish an hour is how he defines a good day - catch wise. So it works out that 1.000 FPRPH is good fishing.
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i must have logged onto educated arithmatic.com sorry guys. how's the dungeons and dragons game going? we're hoping to get past 0.25 on the curreri scale. i can't do any math after 5:30. do too much all day.
D
GOOD FISHIN,
D
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The fish we caught were pretty much evenly distributed among the listed baits. We boxed out at 19:50.
I'll have a picture in the morning, the camera is still in the truck somewhere.
