Knew the 2 most important things!
In fishing, there seem to be 2 things you need to know, where the fish are and how to bring them up. Our captain Freddy knew both. We went out in the boat to the first spot he had, and it was a very small wreck... A set of WW2 era ship stacks sticking out of the sand, an area no bigger than the footprint of a house, if that. A secret spot not many know. When we got there, it was being fished by a vessel with which he was unfamiliar. He said something like, "How did they find it?" Then, moved to the second spot. It took a little bit to get there, but once there, he gave us the DTM's (details that matter), and we dropped the baited hooks. Once the bottom , two jerks, and they were live. My kids reeled up 3 sea bass at a time until we had our caught penty. Then off to the.next spot. There, we caught 3 trigger fish and more bass. We went to the next spot with live bait this time, and we hoked 2 very bg ones, but they got away as we were perfecting our bigger fish skills. Captain said ok lets see if they are off the spot."" They weren't, but he realized it was his buddy in a new boat. Hs buddy moved off the spot, and we got a turn. We dropped live bait in a few times, but the fish just ate the bait without getting hooked because they were big. He hooked the live bait from the tale, and that did the trick. My son fought a nice Cobia 36# to the surface, and a captain hooked it and threw it on the deck. The other boat had been fishing there for hours with nothing to show for it. After that, he helped with pictures and gave us his tips for cooking each kind of fish. With a super last catch, we headed back to the dock where Feddy helped unload our fish, helped take pictures, and got us set up with cleaning and fileting our catch. He even gave us ice to put with the fish for the drive ack to Avon. After we got back was when we paid for the trip. It is helpful to pay the captains in cash since most don't have a terminal and it would cost him 5% more to run a card. Where I'm from we always look for a "good ole boy" cause they know what's going on. Freddy was our good ole boy down here and my stoic son said he was our kinda people and wouldn't mind just hanging around the dock more next time we charter because of how welcome we felt by Freddy and his dock friends.
