Thanks to those of yall that helped with some info on how to do this. I didnt get fancy with anything just made a simple single video out of the bits and peices. But i will be getting my own go pro soon and be playing around with a lot more videos.
It's definitely been done. Seen multiple people out there with no mothership. Granted 7-8 miles is nothing to do alone or on a day with any chance of rain or any substantial wind or seas. You would definitely want food, water and a VHF with someone ready to come grab you if needed.
Guys with the hobies in Florida, especially the pro angler will go eight miles pretty regularly. Takes a certain kind of crazy but can be done.
Good video but I noticed something. Not one person there had a utility float. Go to Home Depot and get a mortor mixing tub. They are black tubs about 2 ft x 3 ft and a little less than a foot high. Tie a pull rope to one end and you have the perfect cheap utility float to carry extra tackle and hold your rod while you are unhooking a fish or changing out your terminal gear.
I bought one last year and modified it to include a rod holder on each side and topped it with a swim noodle around the rim. Works great, never wade without it.
Bill, I also had a noodle below the rim of mine. It may have made a slight difference when the waves got choppy but I'm not sure it was worth the effort. If I ever did it again, I'd probably just leave it off.
Im like troutman. I like to keep it simple. Stringer and net. Then an extra jig head or 2 on the side of my visor and an extra skitterwalk and mirrodine hooked on the bill and put a few each of my favorite color plastics in a bag in my pocket. But lets see some pictures. Ill give anything a try.
Chief, that is an awful big tub for icing down fillets. As an alternative, get yourself one (or more) meat lugs. Those are the grey plastic totes that butchers use. You can get them at any decent restaurant supply house or even on Ebay. I use one to make deer sausage with. They are very smooth which helps with sanitation.
You and FW are like Thomas Edisons when it comes to stuff like that. Both of you have all these cool ideas rolling around in y'alls heads and all I got is a fog cloud. [laugh]
Bill, I had my noodles set up a little differently. I ran a rope though the noodles and secured them underneath the rim - kind of like an independent life preserver ring. Either way, I think we were having the same general idea.
They do work great don't they? Best of all, they're cheap.
Well it looks like a string of barges when I go wade fishing. I have the basket, a dip net and my float tethered to my waist. But there is a method to the madness. It's more of a wade fishing system. Most of us have the same gear it's just putting it all together.
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