Thread: If you had to choose...

Originally Posted by FinChaser

Brad, if you have never been off shore, you will enjoy it. I would definitely pick charter vs a party/head boat.
Personally, if I could only do one or the other, I would opt for the pier.
If you ever get a chance to go off shore overnight, do it!

I would absolutely love to do an over nighter! Might have to look into that my next time down.

I'm beginning to think like Haywire. Been out on my boat, and the past few times the past couple of weeks, it's either been too rough or didn't catch anything, then I come back, look at the forum and get frustrated when I read what everyone has been cacthing on the pier. Will be glad when wife gets her nursing degree soon so this 62 yr old fart can become a fulltime professional GSP "Pier Rat"

When we were at Ft. Morgan this May, one of our nieces came for five days to surf fish. She mentioned that she had never been out on the ocean, so I took her out on the Emerald Spirit, a "walk-on", for a six hour trip to see if it was something she might like. She loves to fish, and the $90.00 cost was do-able, just to make sure she could handle deep sea fishing. The catch was meager,but ok. The real thrill was when she fought a 7 ft. Bull shark for more than 30 minutes, and brought it along sides the boat (no harvest). She is so hooked! Planning her own charter for her and her husband this Nov. The head boat was a good way for her to find out if deep sea fishing was something she would like, and if she was prone to sea sickness. It was and she isn't.

Any opportunity I can fish I'll take it. I can think of a ton of pros and cons to both. But when it's all said and done, it's the point of getting to do what we enjoy.

Originally Posted by bodebum

When we were at Ft. Morgan this May, one of our nieces came for five days to surf fish. She mentioned that she had never been out on the ocean, so I took her out on the Emerald Spirit, a "walk-on", for a six hour trip to see if it was something she might like. She loves to fish, and the $90.00 cost was do-able, just to make sure she could handle deep sea fishing. The catch was meager,but ok. The real thrill was when she fought a 7 ft. Bull shark for more than 30 minutes, and brought it along sides the boat (no harvest). She is so hooked! Planning her own charter for her and her husband this Nov. The head boat was a good way for her to find out if deep sea fishing was something she would like, and if she was prone to sea sickness. It was and she isn't.

LOL! I said it before of my wanting to catch a shark...any shark! A Bull, Tiger or Hammerhead preferred. I know this shows some of my inexperience but....I STILL WANT TO CATCH A GOD DAMN SHARK!!! Good for her bodebum!

I understand, BDL1969. My first trip to deep sea fish was as an 11th grader with the FFA, in 1970. Been out many, many times on the ocean since. Can't seem to break the 35# barrier, but I still love the surf and deep water.

Originally Posted by BDL1969

LOL! I said it before of my wanting to catch a shark...any shark! A Bull, Tiger or Hammerhead preferred. I know this shows some of my inexperience but....I STILL WANT TO CATCH A GOD DAMN SHARK!!! Good for her bodebum!

I got so sick of sharks last week...

Originally Posted by stik

I got so sick of sharks last week...

LOL! Why stik? Chasing the fish away?

Originally Posted by BDL1969

LOL! Why stik? Chasing the fish away?

we lost a LOT of leaders to the damned things!!!

Originally Posted by stik

I got so sick of sharks last week...

Me too, I hate sharks.