9/16 Why Riptide doesn't have kids (Report)

Riptide Charters · 09-17-2007, 09:44 PM

Remember the old tv comercials "Bo knows baseball, Bo knows football"? Then they show hockey and Bo shakes his head and says "Nope!" Well Riptide knows tuna and Riptide know bass, but kids "Nope"

Today I had an old friend from when I lived in Florida on the boat. She and her girlfriend brought their two 10 year old sons up for a surprise vacation. They were going to do some educational stuff around Plymouth and then surprise them with a fishing trip. Both boys have been fishing before and my friend owns a F33 Donzi we used to fish the Bahamas in. So the boys are water savy as are the ladies.

Well I figured how cool would it be to hook these two boys up on a couple of 100# tuna. I have no kids and I'm an only child so I am REALLY lacking in the knowledge of a childs capabilities as related to age.

An aside: I was on a plane to Mexico with my wife when an infant was screaming bloody murder from it's ears popping. After about 10 minutes I looked at my wife and said "why can't someone give that damn kid some F'ing gum and shut him up?" My wife looked at me and calmy asked "are you really that retarded?" Aparently you don't give gum to a 5 month old!

So with that as background, I planed my trip. We met at Plymouth around 8 am and I had Mike C with me as mate and child leasion. He brought along the kiddie PFD's that the boys could wear while underway since my Commercial Type 1's are not really all day comfortable.

When Mike and I were drving up to the ramp he asked how old the kids were. I told him 8 to 12 I guess. He was pretty sure 100# tuna was not going to be the game plan, but I thought what does he know, he only has two kids of his own.

When the two boys came over to meet us I saw they were a bit smaller than I had expected. When I asked what they weighed they said around 60#. Suddenly Mike C's words were coming back at me fast.

Since I always have a backup plan I knew we had hoards of big bluefish around Race Point and that should get these kids going and then in my mind we could always move on to tuna if the blues proved too easy. (Yeah I know now I'm an idiot)

We ran over to RP in some sloppy seas. The 3-5's were no match for the new boat and with the kids both curled up in one beanbag and Steph in the other we ran accross the bay.

Once on site the now 4-6's made moving around a bit of a chore. As sea worthy as the crew was I began to realize that fishing in this would prove to be a bit much for the little guys. I made the command decision to run back to Plymouth and pull the boat for a trailer to Buzzards Bay.

Back accross the bay we went and we headed to Bourne. En route a quick pit stop for potty and coffee. While waiting I managed to drop and shatter my Rx Costa Del Mar's. I was NOT a happy camper.

We splash in Bourne and run all over looking for albies or blues. We found what i thought were tons of small albies that nobody seemed to be able to catch. Uppon further examination I think they were frigget macks since I never saw one that looked to be over 2#. That would explain the lack of catching by the fleet.

WE bailed on the picky critters and found ourselves a TON of 2-5# bluefish over by Marion. What normally would have been a plauge today was a day saver.

Mike C rigged up the light rods with Yo Zuri's and Chug Bugs and the kids and Mom's went to town. The kids were hammering the rat blues and having a ball. Suddenly my perspective on things all came around and I started to see things clearly. These kids dind't need (nor could they have handled) 100# tuna. They needed every cast action from the pirahna like blues. For several hours Mike C and I unhooked doubles, triples and quads of the puking little rat blues. My boat looked like a chum bucket from all the bluefish puke but everyone was as happy as they could be.

Final tally for the day around 20 fish per angler I can't be sure, they were coming over the rail as fast as we could unhook them. The lure of choice Yo Zuri's and Chug Bugs. The kids LOVED the surface strikes. We were in 20' of water with bluefish banging off the boat as we drifted for miles. If your looking fo albies stay clear of this area. Its rat blues by the millions. Now if your looking for shark bait

Overall a great ending to a great day. Smiles all around and a lesson learned for the Capt. I like kids on the boat, but my knowledge of their abilities goes something like (They crawl, they walk and talk, they drive off to college) Those are kind of the three catagories I file kids into. The year in and year out changed in between those groups is a bit beyond me. Sad but true. It was nice however to take a step back from the hard core catch the biggest, mostest, hugest metality and see the kids having fun just catching fish PERIOD! Sometimes I think I'd like to be more like that again.

Bowana · 09-18-2007, 08:12 AM

Great job, Capt.

Getting the next generation going is what it is all about! I know I never fished for snappers before, but with a 3 and 6 year old, they are the target of choice and they would rather catch 20 of those than anything else.

JayR · 09-18-2007, 09:04 AM

Your clients are getting older by the day. Not enough kids get to wet a line and catch...

I think it best you take a page from the cigarette companies and hook them while they are young. You'll have customers for life.

Helping kids hook up is infinitely more rewarding than taking a bunch of drunken fools out any day.

parapapam · 09-18-2007, 09:45 AM

Terry,

You can teach me fishing for sure... but I can teach you fishing with kids

Although my boys are truely fishing machines, they still are kids. We were hitting some nice medium size stripers on Sunday, which usually jacks my kids adreniline through the roof. But today, they were distracted.

We were in huge balls of krill/shrimp... everywhere. The kids grabbed the wash down mop/brush and yelled "Look the mop is just like whale baleen!!" They spent the next hour filling a coke bottle full of shrimp/krill scoped up in the brush while my buddies and I caught fish.

My buddy said, "$3.75 a gallon, expensive boat, nice fishing gear, baby shrimp in a mop, Priceless." ...

My kids get just as amped up over crabs at the dock, krill in a mop, or the 60 inch tuna they "helped" catch this year.... It is all good with them.

Mike

Bob & Mag · 09-18-2007, 05:07 PM

Quote:

kids having fun just catching fish PERIOD!

That's what it's all about! Sounds to me like you had as good a time as the kids.

cporpus · 09-18-2007, 06:24 PM

Looks like it was the Older kids showing the younger kids how to have a good time and catch fish

Next step in school moving up to bigger fish

Great job writing the article

You should get paid to write

blackhullcharters · 09-18-2007, 08:53 PM

I love fishing with my kids Terry !
This is my 9 year old last month
He's got an 80 lb tuna on stand up gear also this summer

Looks like those kids had a day they will remember for a long time !

On The Edge · 09-19-2007, 09:51 AM

Nice Read Terry,
In true Riptide Form you did what ever you had to to put your friend/charter on fish.
I have a 10 year old daughter who i have been trying to get out with me for a day of fishing, but unfourtunatly she is just like her mother and is deathly afraid of the water and boat.. No idea why, but it is what it is. I keep trying to get them both out but it is a fine line i must walk..
Figures the only gene she did not get from me is the fishing gene.

Imagine a Portuguese with no fishing gene.

Sounds like the boys had a really good time. Sometimes going out and just bailing fish no matter what kind can be just a blast even for us bigger kids..

Bruce Kraemer · 09-19-2007, 11:10 AM

Great report! I love bringing kids fishing.

Hooper · 09-25-2007, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackhullcharters

I love fishing with my kids Terry !
This is my 9 year old last month
He's got an 80 lb tuna on stand up gear also this summer

Looks like those kids had a day they will remember for a long time !

Great photo Ronnie! 'cept of course, the black sweatshirt you have on!

09-17-2007, 09:44 PM	#1
Riptide Charters User Gallery Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bourne, MA Posts: 183	9/16 Why Riptide doesn't have kids (Report) Remember the old tv comercials "Bo knows baseball, Bo knows football"? Then they show hockey and Bo shakes his head and says "Nope!" Well Riptide knows tuna and Riptide know bass, but kids "Nope" Today I had an old friend from when I lived in Florida on the boat. She and her girlfriend brought their two 10 year old sons up for a surprise vacation. They were going to do some educational stuff around Plymouth and then surprise them with a fishing trip. Both boys have been fishing before and my friend owns a F33 Donzi we used to fish the Bahamas in. So the boys are water savy as are the ladies. Well I figured how cool would it be to hook these two boys up on a couple of 100# tuna. I have no kids and I'm an only child so I am REALLY lacking in the knowledge of a childs capabilities as related to age. An aside: I was on a plane to Mexico with my wife when an infant was screaming bloody murder from it's ears popping. After about 10 minutes I looked at my wife and said "why can't someone give that damn kid some F'ing gum and shut him up?" My wife looked at me and calmy asked "are you really that retarded?" Aparently you don't give gum to a 5 month old! So with that as background, I planed my trip. We met at Plymouth around 8 am and I had Mike C with me as mate and child leasion. He brought along the kiddie PFD's that the boys could wear while underway since my Commercial Type 1's are not really all day comfortable. When Mike and I were drving up to the ramp he asked how old the kids were. I told him 8 to 12 I guess. He was pretty sure 100# tuna was not going to be the game plan, but I thought what does he know, he only has two kids of his own. When the two boys came over to meet us I saw they were a bit smaller than I had expected. When I asked what they weighed they said around 60#. Suddenly Mike C's words were coming back at me fast. Since I always have a backup plan I knew we had hoards of big bluefish around Race Point and that should get these kids going and then in my mind we could always move on to tuna if the blues proved too easy. (Yeah I know now I'm an idiot) We ran over to RP in some sloppy seas. The 3-5's were no match for the new boat and with the kids both curled up in one beanbag and Steph in the other we ran accross the bay. Once on site the now 4-6's made moving around a bit of a chore. As sea worthy as the crew was I began to realize that fishing in this would prove to be a bit much for the little guys. I made the command decision to run back to Plymouth and pull the boat for a trailer to Buzzards Bay. Back accross the bay we went and we headed to Bourne. En route a quick pit stop for potty and coffee. While waiting I managed to drop and shatter my Rx Costa Del Mar's. I was NOT a happy camper. We splash in Bourne and run all over looking for albies or blues. We found what i thought were tons of small albies that nobody seemed to be able to catch. Uppon further examination I think they were frigget macks since I never saw one that looked to be over 2#. That would explain the lack of catching by the fleet. WE bailed on the picky critters and found ourselves a TON of 2-5# bluefish over by Marion. What normally would have been a plauge today was a day saver. Mike C rigged up the light rods with Yo Zuri's and Chug Bugs and the kids and Mom's went to town. The kids were hammering the rat blues and having a ball. Suddenly my perspective on things all came around and I started to see things clearly. These kids dind't need (nor could they have handled) 100# tuna. They needed every cast action from the pirahna like blues. For several hours Mike C and I unhooked doubles, triples and quads of the puking little rat blues. My boat looked like a chum bucket from all the bluefish puke but everyone was as happy as they could be. Final tally for the day around 20 fish per angler I can't be sure, they were coming over the rail as fast as we could unhook them. The lure of choice Yo Zuri's and Chug Bugs. The kids LOVED the surface strikes. We were in 20' of water with bluefish banging off the boat as we drifted for miles. If your looking fo albies stay clear of this area. Its rat blues by the millions. Now if your looking for shark bait Overall a great ending to a great day. Smiles all around and a lesson learned for the Capt. I like kids on the boat, but my knowledge of their abilities goes something like (They crawl, they walk and talk, they drive off to college) Those are kind of the three catagories I file kids into. The year in and year out changed in between those groups is a bit beyond me. Sad but true. It was nice however to take a step back from the hard core catch the biggest, mostest, hugest metality and see the kids having fun just catching fish PERIOD! Sometimes I think I'd like to be more like that again. __________________ Good Luck, Capt. Terry Nugent Riptide Charters www.riptidecharters.com

09-18-2007, 09:04 AM	#3
JayR NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 836	Your clients are getting older by the day. Not enough kids get to wet a line and catch... I think it best you take a page from the cigarette companies and hook them while they are young. You'll have customers for life. Helping kids hook up is infinitely more rewarding than taking a bunch of drunken fools out any day. __________________ I really don't care what you have to say about me, just as long as you mention my name

09-18-2007, 06:24 PM	#6
cporpus NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 5	Kids showing kids how to fish Looks like it was the Older kids showing the younger kids how to have a good time and catch fish Next step in school moving up to bigger fish Great job writing the article You should get paid to write

09-19-2007, 09:51 AM	#8
On The Edge NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: douglas MA Posts: 300	Nice Read Terry, In true Riptide Form you did what ever you had to to put your friend/charter on fish. I have a 10 year old daughter who i have been trying to get out with me for a day of fishing, but unfourtunatly she is just like her mother and is deathly afraid of the water and boat.. No idea why, but it is what it is. I keep trying to get them both out but it is a fine line i must walk.. Figures the only gene she did not get from me is the fishing gene. Imagine a Portuguese with no fishing gene. Sounds like the boys had a really good time. Sometimes going out and just bailing fish no matter what kind can be just a blast even for us bigger kids.. __________________ Catch um up 1999 proline 2202 wa 1999 200 merc

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09-18-2007, 08:12 AM	#2
Bowana NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8	Great job, Capt. Getting the next generation going is what it is all about! I know I never fished for snappers before, but with a 3 and 6 year old, they are the target of choice and they would rather catch 20 of those than anything else.

09-18-2007, 09:45 AM	#4
parapapam NBS Member User Gallery Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 32	Terry, You can teach me fishing for sure... but I can teach you fishing with kids Although my boys are truely fishing machines, they still are kids. We were hitting some nice medium size stripers on Sunday, which usually jacks my kids adreniline through the roof. But today, they were distracted. We were in huge balls of krill/shrimp... everywhere. The kids grabbed the wash down mop/brush and yelled "Look the mop is just like whale baleen!!" They spent the next hour filling a coke bottle full of shrimp/krill scoped up in the brush while my buddies and I caught fish. My buddy said, "$3.75 a gallon, expensive boat, nice fishing gear, baby shrimp in a mop, Priceless." ... My kids get just as amped up over crabs at the dock, krill in a mop, or the 60 inch tuna they "helped" catch this year.... It is all good with them. Mike

09-19-2007, 11:10 AM	#9
Bruce Kraemer User Gallery Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Danbury Ct Posts: 55	Great report! I love bringing kids fishing.