Pacemaker Fishing Forum

They look just like Dad.. minus the facial hair. So did you keep them out for 8 hours or a nice short 4 hours? I met a grand father talking about his grand children and he would stop fishing after about an hour and as they got older he would let them fish longer if they stayed interested. His 16 year old gran daughter fishes 8 hour straight with him. And complains if they go in saying we could catch more if we stayed out.


Hope they got the fever from this trip. The world needs more fisherman..

Good work ..

Capt Mike

It's an absolute blessing to come across individuals who make such an impact on your life that those memories will last a lifetime. Coincidentally enough, the two gentlemen that have posted before me have done just that!

Ernie it was an absolute blast and the kids are still smiling from it today! This was their first 'fish by themselves' trip and with your joyful and welcoming aura and personality it created a beautiful memory that will be with them forever! Thank you so much my friend!

Here are more pics from the day...

Ready to start the trip!



Fish catching time!







and a new style of jigging on the boat... Irish jigging that is... when the fish fell in the boat! (at least that's what it looks like)



and more catching..







Ernie even caught Pickerel, which was a cool sight for the kids



and towards the end the competition was fierce to catch the most WP! LOL This little guy got hooked and snagged by Ernie and me!





Just like Ernie said, he and I were both going on this trip telling ourselves (without the other knowing) "I won't fish much today because I'm going to concentrate on the kids" and to both our surprise we all got to fish the entire time because they picked it up so fast!! Plus every time we thought that they would probably like to start heading in, they surprised us by saying "No Way I wanna keep fishing!" We even realized when we got back that Zayn never ended up eating his sandwich for lunch (don't worry he had snacks with everyone else), because he wanted to keep on fishing while we were eating.

It was an amazing time! Thank you so much Ernie!!

Thanks Bob! We both remembered your  company and both mentioned what a great guy you are!

So I didn't do a full Masgouf with the WP. I cleaned them using the same method but decided to put them on the grill since there were so many... Came out really GOOD!

We did some with old bay, some with a MidEast spice mix and some with a BBQ dry rub that also has coffee grounds. EVOO and salt and pepper on everything. I didn't have a favorite they were so good!

Last edited by AbuMasgouf (Aug-24-14 4:57PM)

Way to go!!! Like father like sons! Mustafa, that meal looks sooooooooooooooooooooooo delicious! All fish caught on Woody's feather spinner?

Last edited by firemunkee (Aug-24-14 5:51PM)

Great report and pics. Nicely done guys!

hookup wrote:

Looks like a couple keepers to me ... the boys that is.

Great having a guy like Ernie introduce kids to fishing.

Love the way you fillet those fish Abu .. new one to me

Thanks for the kind words!

I've got a few videos on roasting fish and a tutorial on how I cut them... It's been kind of a personal mission to spread this technique

https://www.youtube.com/user/AbuMasgouf

hookup wrote:

Kowl

Although I'm mostly catch & release, when it comes to salt water - or walleye's or trout - fish are good

Looks like when you use a grill, you remove the heads, & when you use your cinder block 'smoker' grill you keep the heads on.  Any reason?

I think the pictures above look like the heads are off, but if you look closely in the top picture you can see their heads (and eyes). I keep the head on in all cases to keep the fish intact (i.e keeps it from falling apart). This is especially important when they are being roasted on the open fire.

That is really cool!  Thanks for sharing and the WP look delicious!