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For me this is what follows all of the trolling rigs going off at the same time!
lil nibbler
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On the radio to a buddy boat- "Go up one".
Move to the next channel to get off of 16.
notnksnemor
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Red, Right, Returning
lil nibbler
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No, it means go down two so you can talk privately, see? Sneaky captains.
slow motion
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Channel markers. Red on on the right heading in to port, or land. Green marker is on the opposite side of the channel.
notnksnemor
The Great and Powerful Oz
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slow motion
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Knew it was a measurement of water depth but hadn't a clue what it equated to. Kinda like leagues. 20,000 leagues under the sea.
notnksnemor
The Great and Powerful Oz
Scope and Rode
The ratio of the length of rode (rope, chain, cable, etc) you put out compared to the water depth when anchoring. Mostly said to be 7-1 to hold properly. Obviously, you can use much less.
Sewer trout is a name given to Snook by old school offshore sport fisherman LOL. Probably because they couldn't catch a snook to save their lives! Call 'em what you will but you'd ne hard pressed to find a better eating fish or one that is more sporting to catch, in my opinion.
I was told that a couple of years ago. I guess its considered something of a gill net? If so a cast net with a mesh size larger than about 1/4 inch ought to be a gill net also LOL. Good thing the man in Florida ain't though of that....cause they would dang sure try to make a cast net illegal if they could.....
Usually drop it and either jig it up and down a little of just let the boat or wave action move it around. I have cast them from piers and caught bait but it usually ain't necessary because bait is usually right under a bridge or a pier.
Nothing speaks to a boaters knowledge of boating than seeing an anchor rope at or near a right angle to the boat LOL. When I was a younger man I suffered from the idea that the anchor wasn't heavy enough....but after finding a Chevrolet transmission wouldn't hold a jon boat in the Coosa river at Rome Georgia but a 10 pound mushroom anchor with 6 feet of chain and about 6 feet of rope per foot of water would hold it like it was tied to a dock I can now giggle at folks with concrete blocks for anchors directly under the boat!
I have also learned over the years that cleating an anchor rope to the side of a boat in a current will allow the entire length of the boat to be fished. I think my dad knew this but liked having the back of the boat facing down stream and mostly all to himself LOL
Starboard and port. Right and left. Port has 4 letters and so does left. In case you forget.
Port is red on a boat and when it comes to fine Port and Madiera....
