Pin Hookin

[t3fhs]

I have a little experience with comm pin hookers Jay. My Father and Brother were pin hooks till we lost Pops in 2003. Took a while for them to get all their landing permits, comm license, Capt license etc. They were in operation for years. Back then the regs were generous. And there targets were Canyon yellows ( no limit) and penned live Blackfish sold to the flushing boys who would arrive in live tank equipped box trucks. Dont remember the Tog limit but I do remember 2 huge pens with as many as 80 blacks to 10lbs. in each. The preferd slot was around a 5lb, brought the most per lb. Crazy stuff unloading the pens when the trucks arrived. The blacks would go nuts blastin water everywhere. As far as the Yellowfins, the no limit rule meant bringing back holds full of bleed iced fish. One trip they came back with 49 yellows to 70lbs. Theres a pic of the deck with all 49 out and my cousin standing waist deep in tuna. Bro has incredible trip record and photo albums going back to the early 70's I believe. I had the pleasure of joining them on many trips. What started out as shark fishermen, then Rec tuna fishing turned into something more. Time well spent with Dad and Bill. I got some good Yellowfin pics I'll load up latter.
Rec B.F.

Close fishing friend Ronny M. with my Bro and me.

Dad and Bills 36' Duffy Custom built Commercial Tuna Boat The White Knight

[jc30967]

Thanks for posting that, very interesting, and I am sure you can share more with us.


I just want to add that this site is intended to be fully welcoming to ALL fishermen, we support legal fishing be it rec or commercial. This is why we added a Commcercial Fisheries board, we hope to offer the membership some unique insight into an often misunderstood industry, and show people that in this day and age, legal commercial fishing is not the enemy of recreational fishing.



P.S. Think I've seen that boat in Freeport in the past. Sweet ride!


Hope some more members with commercial hook & line experience can add to this thread. And please spread the word amongst any commercial fishermen that you may know, they are welcomed here!

[t3fhs]

Unfortunately my Brother sold the Duffy two years ago jc. It was an awesome fishing machine. The final of 6 nice fishing platforms purchased over the years. I'll try to get a hold of his albums. Great pics of Yellowfins, Bluefins, Bigeyes, Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Swords, Wahoo and more. We had a way of getting yellows into a feeding frenzy and picking out how to get the Allisons mixed in to grab your bait. Had a lot of success with jigs also. I am fortunate to have been able to get in on all fishing Long Island has to offer. And with two Great fishermen. My brother and father.
A few more pics..

[fishinguy]

Awesome stuff Mike. Great photos, thanks for share your wonderful memories with is all.

[smk379]

Sweet photos Mike!

[In The Wash]

Nice pics Mike, its great you had those experiences with your dad and brother. Great memories and I bet some great stories.

[codonrod]

The boys where out pinhookin today on the Dow Jones, fished around A.B, had a ton of life, lots of fish in the 16-18 inch range, they did box 2 recs, 1@ 25 and 1@21, they did the 70 lbs with ease, and headed in early, on the way back in, they had all the triggers you wanted off the jetty in debs, they played around for awhile, and headed to they barn.......hopefully for the boys with rod and reel, the fish will stick around for awhile

[t3fhs]

Hung next to to pin guys during several trips anchored in their trawler in Jones last year. Man these two had some operation going. Looked like they were using multi hook rigs. Stripers were the targert. Me and Rob came close to keeping up with them. But in the end they were just to good. Forget the number of tags they get but it was not excessive.