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Don Somers
"Me" (left) with
the
largest cod of his career.
1st mate Keith McAvoy (left) helping Don hold up his 38.5 pound trophy
cod.. Dave Manning "NH" (right) and Captain Satch with Dave's largest
ever 33 pound trophy..These are two of the finest
characters that you could
have aboard and these photos reflect proud moments for Kieth and I . We
couldn't
be happier that we were able to help them land their special fish with
us aboard the "India Marie".
Captan Whit with Mr. Leslie Shan "NJ" (left) got our opening season on the "India Marie" off to a grand start landing a super 22 pound, 37 inch" .........you guessed it Halibut. Les a renowned member of the Hudson River fishing club proved his fishing prowess by landing our 1st ever Halibut on the India Marie. Halibut of this size have become very rare in Maine waters. It has been over 12 years since I gaffed a keeper Halibut on the Bunny Clack with Captain Tim at the helm. Every year since I've dreamt of catching one, and to land one on just our 3rd trip offshore with the Hudson River boys is just thrilling. I was able to stick Les's fish with the new gaff Keith just finished making for us and my son, Captain Whit was right by my side to help me haul her over the rail. This is the kind of moment that makes all the hard work worth it for my family and our guests. Congratulations Les!
Our
largest cod of the 2005 season landed on the "India
Marie". This 50
pound Maine state trophy was
landed by Christy
Martin (VT)
on one of our 10 hr offshore adventures....... Christy fought this
beautiful
fish for over ten minutes...It was by far the largest fish of her life,
also of note with her trophy cod, she landed a 12 pound
pollock as a double-
keeper
catch on the same line at the same time.
Congratulations
Christy! Sorry about that boys........
Pretty Cool!!!
Mark De Wolf "ME" with Captain Satch
"left". Mark landed the largest wolfish of his life
and the 2nd
largest wolfish ever landed on India. Marks
state trophy wolf was 23.25 pounds. It was the
largest wolfish caught in the State of Maine in 2005.
Mark also landed a 12.5 pound
state trophy cusk and a box full of cod to top off his day. Mark Milligen and Bill Allen each
landed New England Research
tagged cod. The tagging program is a conservation effort to further
understand the nature and health of our offshore cod fishery. We were
able to re- release Mark's cod after determining its size and location
caught. But we didn't notice the blue tag in Bills fish until it
was to late, but the $$ blue
tag brought a $100 reward
to the lucky angler.
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Ray Washburn (VT) landed the largest striper caught on the
"India Marie" in 2004, and one of the largest stripers
caught in Maine waters during the 2004 season. Ray's
striper (left) was 44.5 inches long and weighed 33.5 pounds. To
top off this tale. Ray's was thoughtful enough to release this
beautiful fish back to the ocean alive. Fish of this size spawn
millions of eggs every spring and it's passionate recreation
anglers like Ray who continue to
encourage the return of large stripers for all the Grampy's and their
kids you now see fishing along the Maine coast..
Thanks Ray !
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Chuck
Hilb "NJ"
with the largest monkfish ever landed on the India Marie
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A 31 pound Monkfish.. "Left"Satch helping Chuck hold up his trophy
Monkfish, Captain Whit
took the pic.... "Right"Chuck demonstrates his fishes " Boca
Grande'....
These monks are angler fish, they dangle a little antenna like bait
in front of their wide open mouths, then chomp down on their prey at
the appropriate time.
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These are a few good examples of the
special guests we're lucky enough to take fishing aboard the "Gath III
and the India Marie". W'ere honored that you've had the
confidence to
support my crew and I over the last nine years, and we sincerly look
forward to the many good years ahead.
Best.. Captain Satch