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Harpooning Tuna off Chatham Ma. - YouTube


Who are all these guys?

 

[reelyankee]

Nicky Nickerson, one of the all time best!

 

[Frank Grimes]

Herring Choker was a sick rig.

 

[tunamojo]

will never understand a gun ..... ?

 

[Raider Ronnie]

will never understand a gun ..... ?

How so, the objective is a dead fish on the deck.

 

[tunamojo]

He shoots it twice it still comes up flapping around, rake its gills, you dont have to yell LOOK OUT at any of your crew !!!!

 

[Raider Ronnie]

I'm buds with the guy doing the filming. He fished lots with Nicky.
He's got some GREAT stories about fishing with Nicky.
He says they averaged 120+ fish a year on that boat.
Boat is a 1989 35 Duffy built by Andy @ Cape & Island boat works.
He's got a real nice portrait of the boat hanging in his repair shop.

 

[duxbait]

He says they averaged 120+ fish a year on that boat.

Uhmm,,, Excuse me? Ha that is amazing! Fishing sure used to be a little different.

 

[starrfish]

the duffy i have now used be drivin by nick and pete (the old joann).. was a stickboat.. those guys were true top performers.
the herring choker was another boat that was around the island for a while and owned by c. sykes.
awesome video !

 

[plowin]

I have heard that Nicky was a good harpooner but I am guessing that the thing above him with the wings was helpful.

 

[pugsley]

Nicky Nickerson, one of the all time best!

the same one that was in florida clamming?

 

[reelyankee]

Not sure if he clammed in Florida,I think he might of. He fished commercially in St Maarten, sea clammed on Long Island, tuna fished in California to name a few.

 

[pugsley]

Not sure if he clammed in Florida,I think he might of. He fished commercially in St Maarten, sea clammed on Long Island, tuna fished in California to name a few.

pretty sure it was the same guy, always wore a tuna hat

 

[starrfish]

if you ever met nick you definetly would remember him.. im 6`1" and he made my neck sore looking up to talk to him ! a really good guy though.
another boat he ran was "three graces" outa chatham

 

[Old Mud]

I have heard that Nicky was a good harpooner but I am guessing that the thing above him with the wings was helpful.

Yeah But, it couldn't help him throw. :grin:

 

[Aloop]

I could of been one of the kids on the dock in the video. Norman, in the plane, gave me a stack of photos to use for a High school report on Bluefin tuna, some of the pics of them unloading the fish using his tow truck. Peter, Nick's partner, use to hunt with us, told me of using the gun and offered me a job twice.

 

[Raider Ronnie]

I could of been one of the kids on the dock in the video. Norman, in the plane, gave me a stack of photos to use for a High school report on Bluefin tuna, some of the pics of them unloading the fish using his tow truck. Peter, Nick's partner, use to hunt with us, told me of using the gun and offered me a job twice.

As the story was told to me they had to go get the tow truck and rental truck because they burnt up the winch on the buy truck lifting the 1st (and one of the biggest) fish off the boat.

 

[Aloop]

When running the Joann, they would throw then toss the whole rig out, setup another rig, throw and toss, setup, throw and toss. They would hit several fish in he same school without stopping. A 2nd boat would follow them pulling in the rig filling that boat then filling the Joann.

 

[Joshbel02]

I have heard that Nicky was a good harpooner but I am guessing that the thing above him with the wings was helpful.

no doubt

 

[CCtuna]

Wow good find! The true "heyday" of tuna fishing, would have loved to experience it. Not a single rod holder on that boat a true stick boat love it!