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Captain not that knowledgeable
Captain not that knowledgeable
VERIFIEDI booked this trip for both my son and I. I gave the captain of the boat 3 stars because he was nice. I didnโt give him 5 stars because I had a salmon on my line which captain Craig believed was a jellyfish. As I was reeling the fish in, it was fighting me. What I mean by this is that it was clearly NOT just dead weight, which is what a jellyfish would have felt like. Captain Craig kept insisting that I hand my line over to him. I kept telling him that what I had on my line was a salmon, not a jellyfish. I have fished for salmon many times before so I know what it feels like to have one on my line. The captain continued to push me and grab at my line until I finally relented. Once I did, the salmon was lost. When the hook was brought up, the sinker weight was gone and the bait was shredded. The captain even admitted โOh, it looks like you did have a fish on after allโ (DUH!). What he should have done was grabbed the net and got ready for what I was reeling in.
My son also had a salmon on, but I suspect it was too small. That fish was lost by the captain also because the captain insisted that my son (29 years old) hand the pole over to him. In that case the sinker weight was still on the line which is what makes me think it was too small. Of course weโll never know because the captain lost it.
For some reason, he seems to think that he is the only person capable of reeling in a fish, whatever kind of fish that might be. I paid him to take my son and I out fishing, not to fish for us. He needs to understand and admit that he screwed up. In all my years of salmon fishing I have never had a captain insist the he be the one to reel in every fish. Once when I was fishing in the Gulf Of California (I was 12 years old) I had a 6 foot sailfish on my line. The captain allowed me to fight that fish until I was too tired to continue, then he suggested I hand the pole over to my father, who finished reeling it in. That captain never asked me to hand anything to him. My father paid him to take us out fishing which is exactly what he did. Perhaps captain Craig could learn a few things from someone like that.
Hey Captain Craig, perhaps you should ask yourself why NOBODY on that boat tipped you.
My suggestion isโฆ FIND ANOTHER BOAT TO TAKE YOU OUT. There are plenty of others that Iโm sure are better. I wonโt be using Argo Fishing again.
I booked this trip for both my son and I. I gave the captain of the boat 3 stars because he was nice. I didnโt give him 5 stars because I had a salmon on my line which captain Craig believed was a jellyfish. As I was reeling the fish in, it was fighting me. What I mean by this is that it was clearly NOT just dead weight, which is what a jellyfish would have felt like. Captain Craig kept insisting that I hand my line over to him. I kept telling him that what I had on my line was a salmon, not... More
If the angler hada โlarge salmonโ on the line hi weight would have dropped off the sinker release and the bait would have been stripped from the hook or been mauled with teeth marks - neither were the case. The captain did not touch his rod, or even ask to touch his rod. The captain did bring his line up by hand because it was obvious the weight was still on the line, and if there was a fish itโs standard practice to โhand lineโ line in so that the angler does not have to over tighten his drag in case there is a fish on the line.
The angler knew going into the day, on the last day of the season, that fishing was very slow, and we were just hoping get a little lucky to land a salmon.
His son did have a fish on, that did drop the weight, but it unfortunately got off the line. Many other boats on this day did not get a bite, we had a chance but the fish got off his sonโs line, not his.
Forty five years of salmon fishing should the captain a knowledge edge over the angler.
If the angler hada โlarge salmonโ on the line hi weight would have dropped off the sinker release and the bait would have been stripped from the hook or been mauled with teeth marks - neither were the case. The captain did not touch his rod, or even ask to touch his rod. The captain did bring his line up by hand because it was obvious the weight was still on the line, and if there was a fish itโs standard practice to โhand lineโ line in so that the angler does not have to over tighten... More