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Pward1
New member
Username: Pward1
Post Number: 2
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 5:41 pm: | |
Going out of the IRI how far offshore do you need to be to make trolling fruitfull? I assume you need to be 25 miles plus but never confirmed it. |
Rm2
Junior Member
Username: Rm2
Post Number: 57
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 7:37 pm: | |
Depend on what species you are targeting and the time of year.
If it's tuna, yea 25 miles would be possible but not likely. More like 35 to 45 for bluefin in season and 45 to 60 for yellowfin. Again I'm talking best chances.
In closer, 12 to 25 miles there are false albacore, dolphin (mahi mahi/dorado), bluefish and probably a few more I can't think of at the moment.
Trolling inside the 3 mile limit is very productive in the mid to late fall for stripers. Troll and lumps and look for birds. |
Doug2
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Username: Doug2
Post Number: 51
Registered: 4-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 9:59 am: | |
Good advice. Once out there look for temperature breaks, and work areas where you see lots of sea life. ( Turtle, Sharks, birds hovering, flying fish ) Even if you don't get anything the first time through these areas, try again, but vary your speeds. I like to troll faster if I see flying fish, slower if I don't, but am working floating debris. ( 7-8 knts for faster 5.5-7 for slower ) Try and match the "hatch " |
Pward1
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Username: Pward1
Post Number: 3
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 12:18 pm: | |
thanks to both, Does it matter relative to the tides? Can you elaborate the point on tempature breaks? My boat is a 27 ft center console and would not yet feel comfortable going much beyond 15 miles out. We get out to B bouy fairly often but am looking for a change of pace and one of my sons gets sea sick drifting and might do better trolling. The striper idea sounds like fun. The inlet seems to be full of nuckle heads drifting out of control in the fall at times. |
Rm2
Junior Member
Username: Rm2
Post Number: 58
Registered: 3-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 4:32 pm: | |
Tides are relatively unimportant in respect to currents which are very important. Currents moving over bottom structure form structure same as temperature breaks. Currents offshore are more determined by prevailing winds than anything else.
You can get an idea of where temperature breaks are from the eyes in the sky. Satellite service companies sell subscriptions to daily sea surface temperature and there a number of free one out there as well.
http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/sat_data/?nothumbs=0
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/avhrr/gs_n/index.html
As long as you have the fuel capacity and are confident in your boat you should have no trouble heading out 50 miles, weather permitting, in a 27 ft CC.
Best thing to do is buddy up with other boaters when planning offshore trips until you build confidence enough to go it alone. |