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Author:
BassRican
Date:
Jun 24, 2012
Subject:
Blackhawk blues 6/22
Message:
We hit up the Blackhawk for Friday's day trip. Six of us got there nice and early, first ones there. Some guys got their rods placed onboard before us and got the back corner where we wanted. It helps to have connections! Well, we get to the first spot and the captain decides that we should [b:39aa8f7b95]practice[/b:39aa8f7b95] dropping the diamond jig and feel for bottom! I never experienced that before. Funny part was that we all were dropping and reeling over and over again for nothing. It was a spot with no fish! Well now we move to the fishy spot and kaos ensued! Bites and tangles galore. It was great, lousy, fun, annoying, exciting & frustrating! My brother quit after loosing 2 diamond jigs & not catching one fish. He was afraid that he would throw someone overboard! I ended up with 5 decent blues. All the blues caught were over 10 lbs. I lost 4 or 5 - fish and diamond jigs! Luckly I bought some at the Lunker City tag sale last year, so the $$ damage was less. No stripers were caught on this trip. This is probably the last bass/blues trip on a party boat for us. We had a blast, but were also disappointed. Not by the Blackhawk, but just dealing with the crowd and less experienced that let their jigs go all over. I am no pro by all means! I figure that it would be cheaper doing a party boat, but when you add up the $$ for lost jigs, rod rental & tips; It would be better to charter with some friends or family. Sorry no pics! Totally forgot that I had the camera with me!
Author:
NWDarkcloud
Date:
Jun 25, 2012
Message:
Ya the mob fishing thing turned me off to the mijoy / blackhawk thing a long time ago sounds like things havent changed ..now I just put a small 6 man paryt boat trip together way more fun for me, lots of charter captains hurting for work so the prices are all over the place can get a good deal if you hunt a bit
Author:
flukemeister
Date:
Jun 25, 2012
Message:
yeah dont think too much of the blackhawk, all the free trips they give away every week is rigged... went to a customer appreciation day and all i got was a hot dog.....fish connection really appreciates thier customers with a pig roast... all the free can goods they ask for and what not, to make themselfs look good , they could care less.. and all the bickering on board with there crew... pathetic... mijoy much better group of people.... oh by the way, they sent me a certificate saying i won a free trip then they took it back and said it was a mistake... go figure..
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