"Back in the day" That's going to mean a lot of different things to people as we all differ in ages.
Old and young, most of us here will have our own "back in the day" memories. So, regardless of your age please feel free to post your photos, and stories right here.
Photos & stories from........."Back in the day"
2,035 views·11 replies·by MakoMatt
Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.
A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.
The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.
The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.
The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.
The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
CaptainOriginal Crew2,076 postsSince 2018
Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.
A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.
The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.
The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
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Big Azz male!! Haven't seen one in a picture like that in a long, long time.
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,694 postsSince 2018
Much smaller I think, thinking 8/0, not even a 12/0?I agree, 8/0 maybe.
First MateOriginal Crew508 postsSince 2019
This is a story I told once before about back in the day, my Dad likes to tell once in a while at gatherings.
He used to take me to Rockaway Beach in the mid 60's at the end of Cross Bay Blvd to catch flounder and blowfish in the fall. Really I think it was just to give my mom a break. He would set me up on the beach with my rod and bait and go visit a friend. Don't forget it was the 60s and he probably went to a bar in the rockaways, get drunk and into a fight 🙄, but that part is always missing from the story. He would then come back and hour or two later to find only my rod and cardboard box with seaweed and worms in it. I was nowhere to be found. I would eventually come back with a stringer of all kinds of fish every time. We would go home to show my mom what I "got" and she just assumed I caught them on my rod. It was a different life being a kid back then.
He used to take me to Rockaway Beach in the mid 60's at the end of Cross Bay Blvd to catch flounder and blowfish in the fall. Really I think it was just to give my mom a break. He would set me up on the beach with my rod and bait and go visit a friend. Don't forget it was the 60s and he probably went to a bar in the rockaways, get drunk and into a fight 🙄, but that part is always missing from the story. He would then come back and hour or two later to find only my rod and cardboard box with seaweed and worms in it. I was nowhere to be found. I would eventually come back with a stringer of all kinds of fish every time. We would go home to show my mom what I "got" and she just assumed I caught them on my rod. It was a different life being a kid back then.
MateOriginal Crew64 postsSince 2018
Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.You look just like him
A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.
The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.
The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
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AdmiralOriginal Crew40,955 postsSince 2018
Here's one of my favorite photos from "back in the day." It's not me, but my dad back in 1962 with a with a large male Shortfin that bottomed out the 450 pound scale.You look just like him
A little interesting info behind the photo. The fish was caught about 17 miles south of J.I. at a location most of you probably never heard of...........the Experimental Buoy. It was aboard my Uncle Ed's boat, a 25' Ulrichsen. It was aboard this boat in 1964 that I made my first shark fishing trip, and it was out to this same buoy.
The buoy is gone today.......sort of anyway. Local lore has it that a certain party boat captain, whom shall remain nameless, sunk the buoy. You see, he had a lot of secret pieces he fished in the area of the buoy that he of course wanted to keep secret. If you were at or near the buoy you could through dead reckoning pretty much get his position, and he didn't want any part of that. So, bye, bye buoy.
The remains of the buoy lie on the ocean floor today often referred to as the ball and chain. I have the numbers to that buoy, thank you paulh, and have fished it many times. I have not pulled anything off it close to my dad's fish, but some nice Seabass.
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AdmiralOriginal Crew40,955 postsSince 2018
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