[SDIII]

I am planning my first Canyon Trip next weekend, as it looks like a good weather window. I will be going from Falmouth MA. I have a 35' Henriques so the boat is up for the task. I am try to decide on a day trip versus spending a night? If you spend a night, do you just tie up to any high flyer, is there an ediquete? How do you pick one versus another?

Anyone else planning to head out, I would like to be able to have contact with another boat to share info and just for safety reasons.

I plan to purchase a sea temp chart to help pick a patch of ocean. Hopefully by the weekend things will have settledown after all this eastery flow.

Any general help appreciated. BTW, I am not a fishing neophite, I fish for Giants out of Gloucester, the giants have been so scarce I thought I would try something to put some tuna steaks in the freezer.

 

[MakoMike]

SDIII,
Daytrip vs. overnighter. In addition to all the other factors, weather, bait etc. Be aware that if you want to catch big eye, its mostly a first light/ last light type of thing. Sure some are caught in the middle of the day, we caught two one day at 1;30 PM, but the vast majority are caught between first light an 9:00AM or 6:00PM to dark.
Pisck a high flyer that 1) is in the water you want to fish and 2) that you have permission to tie off on. More and more of the lobster boats are watching their gear closely. having said that I have never had a problem with a lobster boat. I've watch them go around throwing boats off the gear where the boat wasn't properly ties off and the came and looked at us (big spotlight at night) and went away until the following morning. Good luck.

 

[SDIII]

How to tie off?

What is the proper way to tie off an offshore lobster high flyer?

 

[623202]

tie off

I try to tie under the pole so there's no damage and also leave a 20 tied to poll with rubber band goodluck I should be in the virginia vicinity on sunday name is hooky

 

[Squeri Boy]

When tying to a lobster pot, use 200'-400' of yellow poly looped through the bottom of the flyer where the pot's poly is. Tie both ends of teh poly off to your bow so that when you need to get off b/c of a big fish, lobster pot or next morning, just untie one end and back down until all the poly is out.

 

[SDIII]

Anchor line?

If I had to anchor, at what depth do folks usually drop the hook? I assume on an edge. I normally carry 500 ft of line plus chain so I can hook up in 300ft but I suspect that is not enough out there?

 

[MakoMike]

SDIII,
%00 ft of line, even with 10 feet of chain isn't nearly enough to hook up in 300ft of water. Using the 4:1 rule you can barely expect to hold anchor in 125ft of water. What depth you set up at is much less important than water temp, water color and the presence of bait. Sometimes I'll prfer to drift out in the deep rather than pick up some gear in an area that doesn't look good.

 

[620435]

last week I hooked up in 400' with 1200' of line. when the weather turned snotty in the middle of the night we broke loose--next time I'll try the 4:1
rule for sure.I dont like to tie up on pots for 2 reasons:1)it's not nice being evicted at 3oam which they have every right to do. and 2)the pots are not always where you want to be.I definately reccommend splurging alittle and bringing lots of line.you should only have to drop and pull up once.

 

[JACKSON]

if you use 30 feet of chain you can increase the scope and use much less anchor line-----assuming you have 30ft of chain