For those that are interested in deep-sea fishing, one of our readers (Tex Mex) sent the following narrative and pictures (which you can click to see the full size):
Went after the Amberjack on 26 Oct 07, in Dadepo, Pusan, Korea and caught about 25. As normal, the weather was beautiful all week up until the day we departed Seoul and reached Taegu, at which time the rain came upon us, go figure. It cleared up that night but at 0300 the rain and cold weather came down hard again and delayed our departure on the boat until 0600 instead of 0400. The fishing started up fast and we had about 15 Amberjack on the boat by 0730 between four of us. Then the bad weather turned up again and we were only able to catch about another 10 in the next two hours before the captain of the boat stated the weather was to dangerous for us to continue fishing.
Needless to say, the trip was cut short but we still had a great time. I went on this trip two years ago and we were able to catch over 100 Amberjack between five of us in an eight-hour trip. It takes about 45 minutes for the boat to reach the prime spot so you actually fish for about 6 hours. These fish are some strong pulling fish that can snap rods in two. For those that don’t know, the Amberjack usually run between Sep-Nov and suddenly disappear in December. I think we would have caught more had one of our fisherman not got sick as soon as we departed. The nasty waves hit him quick, causing him to spend most of the trip discarding his lunch from the night before.
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