St Jude's Offshore Fishing Trip

[JLeMieux]

Well guys, it almost snuck up on us, but it's here. Had a great dinner tonight accompanied by some trout fishing under the lights this eve. Finishing up rigging gear now. Getting an early start in the morning and hopefully the tuna cooperate. Wish us luck and I'll try to update tomorrow.

[Hackbow]

Go get'em Jeremy. If you guys put this trip up next year, I will have a bit of time to plan for it along with my sons who know what you've offered.

Be safe and good luck!

[MCNSC]

I'm jeleous !!
Can't wait for stories and pics.

[Terry Green]

               

[JLeMieux]

Had a pretty good day today. Between the 2 boats we had 2 mahi, 6 black fin, and 1 100+ lb yellow fin. Right now we're having a few beverages, watching football, and snacking on a variety of pork sausage, deer sausage, softshell crab, dove breast with jalepeno/cheese wrapped in bacon while we wait on the jambalaya to cook. Its rough out here!

[Terry Green]

I'm just glad ya'll got rid of the canes.....  

[awbowman]

That's some good eating there.  Too bad the football game was a let down.  BTW, we need pics!

[elkken]

Need some pics fellas .... be safe !  

[JLeMieux]

Gregg has a ton as well as Jay. Hopefully they post some up soon.

Didn't do as well on Day 2, but we still managed another black fin in our boat and I think a mahi and a couple other fish in the other. Regardless the weekend was a blast!

I don't have any pics, so I'll have to defer to Gregg for that,  Besides, since Photobucket did their thing I can't post photos here anymore anyway!!!!     :mad:            :mad:      

BUT

This weekend was probably the coolest fishing experience I have ever had!!!! These guys worked their tails off to put us on some fish, then fed us like kings and put us up in some super awesome accommodations.

I can't thank Jody, Bobby, Josh, Jay, Travis, and Jeremy enough for putting this together for us to experience!!!!!

Bisch

[Terry Green]

If someone wants to upload pictures directly to tradgang 4 This Thread for a file uploader to the tradgang server let us know if you'd be willing to post photos on the server please post

 I'll have Rob set up a St Judes fishing thread forum file or something... we got to have pictures

Just post here the folks that want to have the pictures uploaded to the file uploader or designate everyone send the photos to one person and that person can have access to the file uploader

[gregg dudley]

Hey guys!  What a great trip!  It looks like I'm the designated picture dude so I'll try to figure out access tonight.  This was a heck of a trip!  Stay tuned for Tuna!

[gregg dudley]

OK, Ive got pics ready to upload to a file server.  If Rob can help me out that would be great.  There are a pile of them.

[gregg dudley]

So Jeremy and Jay who post here offered this trip up for St Jude's and I jumped on it.  I had hunted with those boys last January and met Travis and Jody then.  I knew a fishing trip would be a blast and I was right.  

Hurricane Irma tried to thwart our plans and nearly did so.  When I left home there wasn't any power in Weirsdale, Fl and I felt a bit guilty about it.  By the time Reed and I got to Mobile, Al my wife called to say that she had power and the congregation said Amen.

Reed and I met up with Pete McMiller and his sons, Adam and Mark in New Orleans.  We stayed on bourbon street and did bourbon street things.  Excitement was building for the trip by the minute.

[Pete McMiller]

I echo every thing Bisch and Gregg have said so far.  Over and above my expectations.  A fantastic group all around - I'd do this again in a heartbeat.  My boys have said that if we don't get this trip again next year they will be really p3$$3d.  So anybody interested in doing this trip next year better start saving your pennies cause we will be "all in".

[gregg dudley]

[gregg dudley]

 
 
 

[gregg dudley]

Well heck... I figured it out.

So we roll in to grand isle on Friday about noon thirty.  We stopped at a bait shop to kill some time.  I told Reed it was an omen when we found this lure:

 

[gregg dudley]

We met up with one of our hosts, Bobby, and he took us to "camp".  My interpretation of the word was stretched through the weekend.  These boys have it SET UP.  

 
 

[gregg dudley]

We would be fishing on two boats, the Four Play and the Dark Horse.  Both of them are 38 foot Gaudets.  Soon after we got there we all took a ride on The Dark Horse.