Thread: Pier Away From Here

[quote author=thyno z. link=topic=115.msg1743#msg1743 date=1320033217]
how far are you above the water ? pier height ? seems a lot higher. i wondered how all that extra line could make it tough to land a fish.


[/quote]Thyno, PNG is on an oil rig of the coast of Louisiana. He claims he is working out there, but I don’t know oke1:

From where the pic is taken it's about 85ft up. Our helipad is 105. I do most my fishing from the main (85ft)deck because it sticks out the farthest away from the main platform structure.

Now Fin, I guess I'll have to take some pics of me working today!! Haha

Hey PNG are you using a belt and harness with the 6/0? I would think about all you could do in that situation is put the smack down on them and put some serious pressure on them to keep 'em out of the rig. That's pretty incredible though, I wonder how many people have ever had the chance to try to catch a yellowfin from 85ft up, then your going to have to try and gaff it : ) I've never had the chance though other than reading about catching them. Might try tuna360 and see what you can find.

I have a belt but I seldom use it. Snapper and grouper and your small fish can pretty much be man handled and keep out of the platform. But you bigger fish such as AJs go straight into it. Most times it's a matter of 1-2 seconds of pressure on a big fish before you get cut-off by the platform. Even with my drag as tight as I can get it still doesn't help. Just the stretch of 250ft of line seems to be enough for them to get into the platform. A lot of people use hand lines, weedeater line, manilla rope, parachute cord whatever. They have better luck bringing something big in but it's still a gamble. I never do that good with the hand line fishing.

try some braid, that will help with the stretch, and thumb the spool if you have to, killer pics by the way

How high up are you with those pics? Those fish look huge. Any estimate on thier weight? Some super cool pics.

Hmmmm.... I don't know its pretty crazy hard to control fish that strong for that high up. Maybe try the braided with a short top shot for abrasion resistance? You could try a hardcore jigging reel that's higher speed, see if you can get them away from the rig faster. Those got to be some big fish from 85ft up.

Thanks for the tips guys. Ill try em out. Bubba, from where the YFT pics were taken, its about 80-85 ft up. Im guessing the average weight of the YFT were about 125-150. And then again Im not sure. Ive never caught one before so Im going off of pics I have seen. Theres Baracudas all around the rig and most of them are well over 4ft. The YFT were longer, just something to compare them to. Ive seen Dolphins out here and Id say the Tuna were close to the same in diameter. Maybe someone else on here has input as far as size/weight goes. Funny thing is those were the first time Ive seen YFT out here and the very next morning was the first time we havent had BLUE WATER, I found that pretty interesting.

Heres a few pictures of a Platform theyre pulling out of the water. Its about 2.5 miles from us. The top of the platform is well over 100', just to give you an idea how tall that crane is.

[size=12pt]Hey Sam, what's going on out there?[/size] 8)