Tell'em Chahley sent ya! ** -- TomTurkey 02/20/2020 5:14PM
The more I look at this pic the more I think it's an 18-inch fish in -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 3:42PM
The article stated nearly a mile of fishing line was out at one point... -- HokieSignGuy 02/20/2020 3:25PM
If he is using an 80W reel, it is possible. -- vtturkey01 02/20/2020 3:30PM
Yeah, I'd like to know more about the equipment he was working with. -- HokieSignGuy 02/20/2020 3:37PM
I'd lay money they put the boat in gear and "chased" the fish. ** -- Coach McGuirk 02/20/2020 4:49PM
Without a doubt! -- vtturkey01 02/20/2020 3:42PM
What lb line would they use for a fish like that? ** -- HokieSignGuy 02/20/2020 3:45PM
It doesn't have to match the fish, it all stretches and you use the boat to -- fordham 02/21/2020 1:59PM
Probably 100 to 150 # test braid, with maybe 200# test mono leader ** -- vtturkey01 02/20/2020 3:49PM
...you can tune a piano, but you can’t tune a fish ** -- chumley 02/20/2020 2:57PM
I wonder if it smells like this... -- vthhhi 02/20/2020 1:40PM
Not doubting it, but that photo looks like forced perspective ** -- MP4VT2004 02/20/2020 1:31PM
Just "caught" that, too. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 4:03PM
That thing is friggin' huge ** -- `lag 02/20/2020 1:26PM
That's a beast of a fish. -- vtturkey01 02/20/2020 1:22PM
You know you can't sell that meat because it wasn't commercially caught. -- Stork 02/20/2020 12:52PM
I wouldn’t be surprised if some fish still gets sold though. That’s where -- Hoakie82 02/20/2020 3:41PM
Florida used to sell a very inexpensive commercial salt water fishing... -- EDGEMAN 02/20/2020 3:22PM
Yeah, I'm sure there's some practical legal reason for that... -- `lag 02/20/2020 1:22PM
Look at this can of tuna! ** -- OXVT 02/20/2020 1:03PM
You can make enough tuna steaks for a lifetime -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 1:00PM
No, because the freezer life for tuna isn't very long. ** -- hokietony 02/20/2020 1:28PM
I didn't know that. (Sorry 48 was so rude to you.) ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 1:54PM
Can it ** -- 48zip 02/20/2020 1:44PM
Gee, zip. hokietony was merely stating a fact. No need to quiet him. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 1:51PM
Pot stirrer! 😂 ** -- Hoakie82 02/20/2020 3:16PM
Isn't it common practice/courtesy to give a portion (maybe half) -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 1:03PM
We tipped with cash on the trip I did last year. -- reestuart 02/20/2020 3:17PM
This wasn't a charter ** -- 48zip 02/20/2020 1:45PM
I guess I might see his boat on Wicked Tuna one of these days ** -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 2:13PM
Sometimes if it is a large take.. -- vtturkey01 02/20/2020 1:30PM
The charter fishing I did was in NC (Outer Banks) ** -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 1:34PM
Well... if they clean the fish, they usually keep a little and you pay them -- Vtskier1 02/20/2020 1:26PM
Beats me. I only eat fish, don’t hunt it down and kill it. -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 1:07PM
I have only done the charter fishing where you basically drop -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 1:14PM
A former BIL I had said he went charter boat fishing and stopped because -- PhotoHokieNC 02/20/2020 1:54PM
I went out on a tiger cruise years ago for 7 days on the Eisenhower & when -- Hoakie82 02/20/2020 3:34PM
Probably not, but if I ever want to battle with a large fish -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 2:06PM
You were likely on a head boat (pay by the head) as opposed to a fee per .. -- 48zip 02/20/2020 1:49PM
Head Boat. Gotta find me one of those. ** -- Stork 02/20/2020 2:34PM
Not necessarily -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 2:13PM
FWIW I think there were about 20 other people on board at the time -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 2:17PM
Did you know all the other people on the boat? Were they with your group? -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 2:19PM
No, I didn't know the other people (outside my group of 4 people) -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 2:24PM
Definitely head boat -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 2:28PM
I was 13 or 14 (about 30 years ago) when I did it, so I assume -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 2:56PM
Go see @Coach McGuirk down in the Keys, he can set ya up! ** -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 3:02PM
Thanks for the tip ** -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 3:06PM
I saw a post about fishing in Islamorada, but can't find it now. I got the -- Coach McGuirk 02/20/2020 4:42PM
I have eaten mahi mahi/dolphin, swordfish, tuna, sea bass -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 5:03PM
I don't remember the boat but we caught mahi and sailfish out of Key West -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 3:08PM
Now you're speaking my language! Capt. Rush in Key West is a great guide! -- NokieHokie 02/20/2020 3:28PM
Honestly, I enjoy fishing to the point where I am just as happy -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 3:16PM
You don't get the "fight" fish, but charter fishing on the Chesapeake -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 3:19PM
Since I live in NOVA, that could be a good weekend trip -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 3:32PM
I believe in October/November you get the big rockfish in the Bay -- Nova Hokie 95 02/20/2020 4:08PM
That's awesome fishing - I sure miss that. You have to be tough to be out -- Coach McGuirk 02/20/2020 4:59PM
I will have to keep that in mind. ** -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 4:09PM
In the Keys, we called that a party boat. But same idea. Nothing like a -- NokieHokie 02/20/2020 2:34PM
Make sense. I wasn't the one who arranged it so I don't know -- VTHokie2000 02/20/2020 2:07PM