Offshore fishing in a Weekender

[MrCruise]

I built my weekender so I would have a boat to go fishing in the ocean with that I didn't have to own and maintain a gasoline motor for. Previously, I've been an aluminum johnboat solar-electric fisherman. Not suitable for offshore ventures. So now I'm a solar-electric sailboater in my home-built weekender.

Well.. I finally caught my first offshore fish

So now it's time to brag about it.

This is a bonnethead shark. Thats about as big as they get. Was trolling a couple miles outside of Ponce Inlet, FL. Sharkmeat is currently soaking in milk and we're having it for dinner this evening - fish and chips style.

[Joel]

WoW thats awesome! Were you trolling under sail? 

We were thinking we would like to do some salmon fishing in Puget Sound in our weekender when its complete. I was afraid the cockpit wasn't big enough to land a 30 pounder. I guess I was wrong. 

NICE FISH!

joel

[MrCruise]

Yeah, I was trolling while sailing. dragging these plastic squid like lures behind the boat that the bait shop reccomended, I had chunks of squid heads on them. Two poles off the back of the boat.

That shark is a bottom feeder, eats crabs and stuff that live in the sand... Dunno what it was doing eating a lure on the surface in 50 feet of water.

A big fish put into the cockpit well doesn't have much room to flop around. Can't really build up much power. If your seats are open underneath it might be an issue though. My seats have no openings underneath so the cockpit well is really restrictive to their movements, A good place to put a fish while you get the hook out.

Enjoy!

[John Turpin]

You're going to need a bigger boat.  ;D