Frigate
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Seeing MDI45's last picture in his 11/6/11 4:50PM +/- post in the Some DE Pics thread made me think. He said the pictures were from that todays blackfishing. The boat in the last picture is anchored up like it is tuna fishing.
Let me qualify what I am about to say. In 2000 and 2001 my better half did her masters thesis on blackfish on the Shinnecock Reef. For two years from May to November we fished for blackfish three weekends a month and on the fourth weekend she would dive on wrecks on the reef to collect samples from the wrecks and the bottom. She had a NYSDEC Collection Permit for 500 blackfish a year of any size and amount a day. We caught 400 fish each year.
There are two ways to anchor on the wreck. One is with two anchors and the other is by anchoring from the stern.
If all you are going to is wreck fish then the two anchor system is the way to go.
If however as with most of us, we do not wreck fish all the the time then anchoring from the stern is better than anchoring from the bow. The difference is when anchoring from the stern, you have a line between your stern cleats with droper lopes that your anchor line is tied to. This way you can move left or right with the wind and/or tide. You can not do this when anchored off the bow. Yes there are times when you will not be able to anchor off the stern when you can anchor off the bow. But if you are blackfishing and it is rough enough to had to anchor off the bow then the blackfish will not be biting on your baits going up and down.
During the two years of my better half's thesis we used a Danforth anchor. We did not lose it or bent it.
Let me qualify what I am about to say. In 2000 and 2001 my better half did her masters thesis on blackfish on the Shinnecock Reef. For two years from May to November we fished for blackfish three weekends a month and on the fourth weekend she would dive on wrecks on the reef to collect samples from the wrecks and the bottom. She had a NYSDEC Collection Permit for 500 blackfish a year of any size and amount a day. We caught 400 fish each year.
There are two ways to anchor on the wreck. One is with two anchors and the other is by anchoring from the stern.
If all you are going to is wreck fish then the two anchor system is the way to go.
If however as with most of us, we do not wreck fish all the the time then anchoring from the stern is better than anchoring from the bow. The difference is when anchoring from the stern, you have a line between your stern cleats with droper lopes that your anchor line is tied to. This way you can move left or right with the wind and/or tide. You can not do this when anchored off the bow. Yes there are times when you will not be able to anchor off the stern when you can anchor off the bow. But if you are blackfishing and it is rough enough to had to anchor off the bow then the blackfish will not be biting on your baits going up and down.
During the two years of my better half's thesis we used a Danforth anchor. We did not lose it or bent it.
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