"Brendan" wrote in message
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Due to my obsession with freshwater fishing my company has invited me out
with a group of clients on a charter boat off Cape Point in Cape Town.

I know the unwritten rules of etiquette for fishing a small 18 footer on a
dam with two other people but not on a tuna fishing vessel with 7 or 8
people 30 miles out from shore.

Can someone supply me with a few rules that won't leave the charter
captain
and everyone else on the boat thinking I'm an inconsiderate pig?

Thanks,

Brendan



If they are trolling, then they should have teams of trollers. Each team
gets 15 minutes or until a fish is hooked. Same trolling gear, just allows
a rod to be assigned to each person for fishing. If bait fishing, the
saying is "No angles, No tangles" As the bait swims away from the boat
(flip the bait away from the boat, or they try to hide under the boat)
follow the bait left or right and keep it straight out in front of your.
Just go over or under the other fishers rods to avoid tangles. If a hook up
still keep your fish in front of you straight out from the boat. As you go
up and down the rail, the deckhand should help you to either go over or
under the other peoples lines. If a fish is hooked on the troll, get it to
the boat as fast as possible. The other tuna follow the fish to the boat.
If you are not the hooked up troller, get a live bait ready to flip out
(fishing the slide) as the boat comes to a halt. This will place your bait
back where the fish are coming to. Give the trolled fish some room. Talk
to the other people and tell them you are coming right or left. This is
from the San Diego tuna boat perspective.
Bill