January/February 2012
Big Game Fishing Journal
CAPT. LEN'S CURRENT JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012 EDITORIAL
"MRAG AMERICAS THE FINEST SCIENCE MONEY CAN BUY
OR HIRING THE FOX TO EVALUATE HOW WELL SECURITY IS WORKING AT THE CHICKEN COOP" Read it here
CATCH SHARES EDITORIALS
Please keep yourself informed of the plot hatched by the Environmental Defense Fund and put in motion by NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco to privatize our marine resources and either lease or sell the fish back to domestic commercial and recreational fishermen for the enviros profit and control of the fishery. Ignore this hijack attempt on our unalienable right to fish and you will be buying fish tags at Wal-Mart in order to keep the fish you catch.
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FEATURE ARTICLES FOR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2012
PAY NOW, OR PAY BIG LATER

By Mark "Corky" Decker

  My good friend Jeff Chesser, owner and operator of Harbor Diesel in Destin Florida, told me the other day of a client of his that had a $20.00 hose blow-out and cost him over $20,000 in a rebuild! This really got me thinking about my own boat, my Caterpillar 3208TA’s are now 20 years old and while I maintain them to the best of my ability and budget, I did not have a real good picture of the condition of everything on the outboard sides of the engines. When they built my boat the cats were shoe-horned in next to the fuel tanks leaving very little space for the engines to be properly maintained. Jeff knowing my boat well told me we would need to cut the floor out to get proper access to everything, and I agreed that another birthday present was probably in order, besides, a new carpet was on the wish list already. More
A CAY MARINE
REBIRTH OF A CLASSIC
THE 50 BERTRAM

By Paolo Ameglio
   Imagine if you will, you are the owner of a 50-foot sport fishing boat you have owned for over 20 years, during which time you have enjoyed great adventures aboard her from fishing trips to the canyons of the Northeast to traveling the East Coast intracoastal waterway. Through the years this vessel has been your principal source of recreational enjoyment. It is the reward you gave yourself for hard work and dedication.
   This is where the story of Tasha, a 50-foot Bertram begins. Built in 1988, she was one of the top production boats of her day. Now many years later she was showing signs of her age. She was taken to CAY Marine where she ultimately went through a complete custom refit and modernization. More
CONSTRUCTION REPORT
CAPE HORN 31

By Heather Maxwell

   On September 18, 2003 Hurricane Isabel roared ashore at Hatteras, North Carolina with sustained winds over 80 mph. My neighbors to the south were cut off for weeks when the ocean overwashed Highway #12 and opened up a new inlet aptly named for the storm. In her wake, the East Coast, as a whole, suffered over three and a half billion dollars in damage.
  Near the northern tip of Hatteras Village there were three vacation homes all built by my friend and mentor Carl “Pogie” Worsley. All three survived the storm with varying degrees of damage, but what amazed Pogie was one home in particular. This home had pilings that were undermined and windows blown out, but gusts over 100 mph hadn’t “worked” this home to the point of fracturing the drywall mud. More
ALWAYS IN THE GAME AT THE MID-ATLANTIC $500,000

By Adam DeMeusy
   The tournament game is one of great expectations and high hopes for the big hit, the fantasy fish that we all dream about. Backing down to the tournament weigh station with that once in a lifetime monster that will win the division and reap a huge payout is what tournament fishing is all about! All of us who have fished big tournaments know that winning scenario is in our head from the moment we first start planning for the event to the minute it ends. It’s a great thing to keep in mind and visualize, but it’s not what you and your crew should focus on throughout the competition. Keep that kind of serious mistake-making pressure in the rearview mirror and concentrate on the task at hand—teamwork and attention to detail. Make it more of an adventure with rules than a high pressure cooker stress test that can mentally push you and your crew over the limit. More
CANYON FISHING IN AN ECONOMIC NOR'EASTER
THE HIGH COST OF CANYON FISHING IS CANCELLING MORE TRIPS THAN BAD WEATHER. HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE OUR PASSION?

By Captain Matt Baryshyan
   Walk down any dock at any pleasure boat marina and see what’s on the typical weekend itinerary; a nice little run outside the harbor over to the next harbor for lunch – round trip six miles, or maybe a weekend on the hook across the sound—round trip 16 miles, or how about catching up on some washing, waxing and polishing. Who needs to leave the dock? A cruising boat can always find a place that is close and scenic where they can drop the hook, fire up the barbeque and yes while Eaton’s Neck, Port Jefferson and Charles Island may not be Newport, Block, or Nantucket, who cares? You are a boater, you are on the water and as a cruiser, kicking back in the relaxation mode is the order of the day. Fuel can go to $10.00 a gallon and between dock parties and discovering the joys of displacement speed cruising, guess what; you are stuck with your boat anyway, so why not enjoy her. More
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