bertram31.com

offshore31

Capt Pat, I'm very sorry to hear he has passed, but thanks for letting us know. Mike, thanks for letting me know he was sick, it gave me a chance to say goodbye. It was good that UV saw the many lives he touched before leading us on to our next journey. That's a rare gift. Like many here, I never me...

offshore31

Vic

We've never met, but have spoken on the phone a few times and via email. Your advice has always been helpful, your words kind, wise, and humorous.

Best wishes to you and your family.
God bless
Joe

offshore31

Pete I'm from Ct originally, and moved to NH back in the 80's. However about 9 or 10 years ago I bought the 31 express, old horse eye. I was going to rebuild it, and I spoke to you, Capt Pat, and UV for advice. I think we spoke on the phone a couple of times, about your 31, fishing, and your knee. I...

offshore31

Charlie J, It's a small world back in the late 80's I installed a bunch of electronics in Jeff Kamens LARC. VietNam era half boat half truck, like the Duck Tour boats. He had a island in Long Island Sound some where?, I had a standing invite and a fist full of his island money, never got to use it....

offshore31

Hi Pete Nope, mine was the old horse eye out of Niantic Ct. that 980 back in '82 is/was a nice fish. there are still some pigs around, just not like back then. we still fish the old haunts (outer flag, the curl, etc), and have even gotten a few. but the size is down. my last fish was 2 yrs ago (didn...

offshore31

Guy's, I used to fish along side one of the principals of the show, Billy Monty on the Bounty Hunter, he had a 28 Topaz back in the early 70's. He was a good fisherman back then, let's see what the TV producers did to his ego now. I wish Ed Murray was still alive to see this program, he and Frankie...

offshore31

Hey Mike, long time no talk..... Them UVI's were something special. Timmy is doing pretty much the same thing as you, he destroyed his hatt trying to reconstruct it (that's a long story) and now raises bird dogs and hunts and mountain bikes alot. I borrowed some tuna gear from him last season, but ...

offshore31

dougl33 wrote:When they were cutting it up they found a 4 foot thresher shark in its stomach. We got a couple of steaks and grilled them up the next day. They were very good.

Doug, thresher tastes good, but I would have taken the Mako.

offshore31

Dug

Closer to home I've heard rumors of sbft over at the gulley, etc. Offshore I heard of small yft at the canyons.

offshore31

UV

I've never had the pleasure of meeting you or Snow, but have heard the stories. My condolences on the loss of your friend.

Joe

offshore31

Mark

You and your family are in our prayers.

offshore31

ditto on the deadly dicks and sluggos. don't be afraid to try kastmasters etc either. but like brewster said, change out the hooks and rings.

offshore31

Pete, good luck and hope you have a quick recovery.

br

offshore31

Glad they're ok. Sounds like many things went wrong on them. Darwin award is right tho. Going offshore without an epirb is asking for trouble. I do the same as you Charlie, i always have 1 spare charged battery when making runs like that. Also, Mike O said something to me once that i also agree with...

offshore31

Thanks Walter, glad to hear Thudd's still around.

offshore31

Scot You forgot logs, trees, and telephone poles! Lots of fun things coming down the river after the spring rains. Into June you need to keep an eye on the water when running. Was out for tuna yesterday and had whales and a seal around the boat. Unfortunately no fish, but that's fishing. Doug L, eve...

offshore31

Hi Max I'm out of portsmouth NH. Don't do much cruising, mostly fishing, for now. Love the area, lots of options. Great fishing, inside for stripers, blues, flounder. Offshore, and in the spring you don't have to go far, you have ground fish (cod, haddock, cusk, etc). We've got Jeffries ledge due ea...

offshore31

killed one fishing on a friends boat saturday. it was a nice lazy trip. left the dock late, FAC out there, no marks all day. 1130sh we get a lightning strike, we're on. fish was in the boat in about 20 minutes. wasn't too big but was nice to crank on a fish again. maybe see you guys on the water soon.

offshore31

was in the middle of a conversation and lost cell phone coverage. been out? heard of a nice bite on tuesday. no need to run to the ledge, fish are showing up inside for a change.

i'm heading to Ct. for a week. hope to do some fishing when i get back. give me a shout on the water.

later
Joe

offshore31

too bad about the boat, but at least you'll be in this weekend. i'll be out sat. probably a late start, gotta fuel up. give me a shout or swing by if you see me. i might just troll the 30 fathom curve and see what happens. otherwise i'll be up at the curl heading down towards first isl.

offshore31

Have you guys been fishing yet? I got in on that cod bite one day. 400lbs of fish between 4 of us and we stopped @ 1/2 our limit. the fish were huge, ave weight > 20lbs. Was looking for a 60 or 70 but didn't get one. did see some come over the rails on party boats though. heard tuna are starting to ...

offshore31

Thanks, that might be the easiest way out of this.

offshore31

thanks Walter. but it's not a length, rather a width issue. They're a little wider, and not quite as deep where they connect to the controls. So they stick out a little. The originals were real close as it was (maybe 1/8-1/4" clearance with the wheel). So the new ones hit the wheel. I'm not sure i c...

offshore31

I replaced my bridge canvas, and this project has become the classic onion. Removed all of my antannaes, the upper station etc. to put the new canvas on. While the tower station was down i decided to replace the corroded handles on the controls. Turns out they don't make the handles anymore (morse) ...

offshore31

plenty wet up by me. many rivers over the bank. Ct and RI got it worse. Dug, you dry down your way?

Ric, Capy, how're you guys doing? Hope the river goes down by May so the slips can go in.

Joe

offshore31

mike ohlstein wrote:I'm guessing that legislation will follow shortly, which will require airplanes to be fitted with horns.......

Mike, the first thing I thought of was one of those old texas cadillacs with a set of long horns on the hood.

offshore31

Scott It's been a couple of years, but up in Ct, Mass, NH, and Maine I've seen (and paid) ~200 for a decent/good used #80 class bent butt rod. The reels depend on what they are, i.e. 130 2sp, old 130's, etc. A decent 130 will fetch around 500 or more depending on condition. I've seen them as low as ...

offshore31

based on getting parts alone, i'd say go with the 6bt's.

offshore31

that's beautiful! and came at a very appropriate time. i'm dealing with someone just like that at work. gonna hang this in my office.

offshore31

Randall, that looks terrific.

Capt Pat/Randal, thanks for the tips

offshore31

Capt Pat

Would you use epoxy for 1 piece covering boards on the gunnel? Do you also need to screw it from underneath, or is just epoxy good enough?

Thanks
Joe

offshore31

CMP wrote:Honestly, if it were closer, I'd buy it just to have it...

CMP

you can always get the tubb to play with;)

what did thudd ever do with that?

offshore31

lots of small fish around, all busting. they come up, bang some bait, and then they're down and pop up 1/2 mile away again. i'll be back next weekend as long as we don't get hit by that hurricane. give me a shout if you're out.

offshore31

spent sat on old scantum, pretty quiet there. yesterday made a late run to the curl, but it was a desert compared to last weekend. didn't mark anything, on the bottom or tuna. real slow pick on groundfish, even the head boats left.

were either of you out?

offshore31

Guys, gonna head up to old scantum tomorrow. give me a shout if you're out there.

Joe

offshore31

kibbees, that would've been great! when i heard them hail you i switched over and listened. they sounded very professional, seemed to be doing a good job. i was impressed, you had all the answers right away. i can't remember my doc # if they asked me! so how'd you do? see anything? billy on bounty h...

offshore31

had a late start. got bait and was at 2nd island around noon. nothing happening there, but some boats to the s at 1st island. decided to keep going east and ran to the curl. found whales and bait so we drifted some macks and jigged. loaded the cooler with haddock, all the 10lb+ pollock you could wan...

offshore31

Paul/Ric

Hoping to be out with my son tomorrow. Going to make bait at IOS and then head towards the curl. I'll stay there if it looks fishy, otherwise we'll head to the islands and then east. I'll be on 5 or 11 if you're around.

later
Joe
Bounty Hunter

offshore31

every time i'm ready to fish, the weather sucks. how've you guys been doing? gonna do the family thing at least once this week (tues), but hope to make a run to the east to look for some fish. only good news is that we didn't start fishing until late aug in the past. so there's still time, i hope...

offshore31

Matt, my wife is asking why i'm lauging so much i spilled my drink. excellent verse.

UV, glad to hear it! I'm only a lurker but we've spoken a few times and when we did you were very helpful. Thanks, stay healthy.

offshore31

i hear yah on this ne weather. today's forecast, more rain, possibly 2 days of sun, then more rain. heard of some fish on jeff's. hopefully we pay in june/early july, but aug/sept will be good. i read fla all the time. thanks for the other one. give me a shout next time you're out. been hanging out ...

offshore31

Ric/Paul

Have either of you been out? Weather's been so crappy we haven't done any fishing yet. There was a bite in June, but it's gone radio silent. Have either of you heard of anything happening?

Joe

offshore31

Steve

Definitly let us know how it works out. Might be an inexpensive way to get occaisional a/c.

thanks
Joe

offshore31

i'm in but we moved her up to portsmouth. taking a gamble the fish will be to the north, and right now it looks good. got commitments this upcoming weekend, but should be fishing the following. no macks yet.

offshore31

Ric

In case you hadn't heard, fish are being taken both at the nwc and swc. also heard a rumor of some stick fish off boone isl.

see you on the water
Joe

offshore31

beautiful boat. i looked at a couple awhile ago. some are really beat up. engine access is tough. i think they had to go with the v6-71's because of room. one thing i heard was a lot of guys didn't prop them correctly and wasted the engines. for the repower you need to make sure you have enough head...

offshore31

look out boys. hunting seasons over and he's found the keyboard

offshore31

Walter

There's a real good reef just outside of niantic also that I used to do real well at. Can't remember the name, Dug, do youo know the name?

Joe

offshore31

here's the link from the nortstar web site.

http://www.northstarnav.com/About/News/ ... ouncement/

offshore31

JP Dalik wrote:But rumor has it something big is about to happen.

JP, is Thudd planning a bonfire?

bertram31.com

Search found 103 matches

Re: AC

Re: Just got back from the Vineyard

ric/capy - i'm on the board

ric, lost your call the other day

ric/capy any news?

tower station question

ric/capy any news from the soggy north?

ric/capy what's the word?

ric, fish are here