Posts: Andy Brach | Fishing Stage

Oct 13, 2022 16:40:43 #

Kerry Hansen wrote:

Help me understand how the stage works. Here we have a NEW guy yet it says 13 posts?

Kerry, a lot of nice folks have replied to my posts and I've replied to them. So far it's a great welcome!

Oct 13, 2022 16:35:44 #

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My old gal

Randyhartford wrote:

Nice boat!

Not meaning to be picky, but if it’s a “‘76”that would make it 46 years old, not 42… 🤔
😉

My bad. My math is getting worse as I age (78, soon 79).

Oct 13, 2022 12:37:36 #

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My old gal

Fredfish wrote:

Nice rig Andy. Those old Slickcrafts seem to last a long time. I always see a few around here.

They last because they have PLENTY of fiberglass used in the layup, not like new boats which most have a thinner layup. Although mine is an AMF boat (they owned both Slickcraft and Robalo at the time) Slickcraft's Leon Slikkers made meticulous molds and didn't stint on the glass layup. AMF followed suit.

Oct 13, 2022 12:23:17 #

Richey wrote:

How do I PM?

The private message box is at the top of the Fishing Stage - Forum page. Look for it. Let me know if you still can't do it.

Oct 13, 2022 11:57:33 #

Richey wrote:

Would like to be one of your friends
I live in The Villages, fl and Leesburg, fl.
About an hour and a half away.

PM me and we can exchange contact info.

Oct 13, 2022 11:55:55 #

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My old gal

Besides my Ocean sportfish here's a pic of my 42 years old (and still going strong) '76 23' Slickcraft cuddy with a 2006 Merc 150 hanging on the transom. For a cuddy, this boat has a huge cockpit and although I use it for primarily fishing around Ponce Inlet I have had her up to 22 miles offshore. Fuel capacity is 50 gals. and I could go further with a 9 gal. portable tank that plugs into the fuel delivery system.

Oct 13, 2022 11:21:57 #

Richey wrote:

Thanks for the interesting reply.
Do you charter?

No but I have friends that like to fish with me.

Oct 13, 2022 08:43:59 #

Ritchie, forgot to add send me a private message.

Oct 13, 2022 08:06:49 #

Richey wrote:

Welcome, this is Richie. Use to live and fish in Titusville. FL. I would fish the Indian River for red fish, snook and trout. After I got a bigger boat would go out of Port Canaveral. Would run out 30 miles for sails, Wahoo and what ever. Easier to fish inlets more south. Much shorter run to the stream.
How far out do you go to get to the Gulf stream?
Would love to hook up some day if interested.
Take care
Rich

Hi Ritchie, the stream off Ponce varies between about 41 to 43 miles offshore. However a lot of billfish, wahoo, etc are caught at the 28 fathom curve, about 35 miles out. Trolling here can start as little as 6 to 7 miles out around all the artifical reefs the county has created. And I've actually caught kings just a mile off the inlet at the sea bouy real early in the morning on an outgoing tide.

Oct 12, 2022 14:56:54 #

Whitey wrote:

Boat lol that sure is a nice boat Andy. What did ya name her

The boat is currently named "Plumbers Paradise" as the boat was owned by a man that had a plumbing business. I'm going to rename her "Sunbandit" which was the name on my first big fisherman, a 40' Chrisovitch which I took to the Dominican Republic for guests at my hotel to charter. I'm going to put a graphic of an island with several palm trees and a patch of blue ocean with Sunbandit across the graphic. It's a modification of the homepage graphic I had created for my website, Samana Online, promoting tourism in the country a number of years ago.

Oct 12, 2022 13:30:02 #

Andy Brach wrote:

My offshore boat

‘87 Ocean 48 SS

Oct 12, 2022 13:28:48 #

Gordon wrote:

Welcome aboard Andy. I enjoy the off shore fishing the best when the wind cooperates.

My offshore boat

Oct 12, 2022 09:54:46 #

Yes Brach is a great name, even better when you add "hold" to it; Brachhold is my last name with only a handful of us in the US. I didn't want to use my full name on the forum.

Oct 12, 2022 08:29:01 #

Thanks, I appreciate the quick salutation!