As stated in BigFish's thread one of my goals this year was to catch a 20 lb'er. Got it this morning. 21 lbs. made my day!!

Just thought I'd share. It made for a great morning for me :)

:D

NICE ...but ahhhh short story 21lbs this am ...end

care to elaborate ????? be proud lets hear it

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congrats!! :happy:

Great job. Congrats

Congrats! Are you psyched, lets get some of the details!:)

Nice Fish DF!

I witnessed the catch but will let the man himself give the details!

tell them DF!!!

:rolleyes:

Been getting up around 3:15 -3:30 and heading to the same area and fishing for a couple of weeks now. Managed a 19 lb'er on the 4th so I just kept hitting the area. I've been hooking up w/ spinncognito and his dad for some before work fishing. Been seeing a lot of nice fish coming out of there lately. Spinncognito got his biggest ever yesterday Morning.

They've been keying on herring so I threw out a whole one on my bait-runner, about 5:00 AM the thing starts screaming. I've been having an issue lately where I haven't been giving enough time for the fish to run w/ it before I set the hook (even happened once this morning...DOH!!) so I gave it a few more to run and then set the hook. A few minutes later I was just enjoying the moment.

And the Rest, as they say, is History.

i have the samehook setting thing dont feel bad:laughs:

try live eels next time:D

excelent!!!!:happy:

Nice job!!!!!!!
Thats the best way to start yur day:happy:

good fer You:)

Sweet!!!!

Congrats TDF ! :)

I'll give another vote for eels. :D

Where I've been going I tried Eels a couple of times and didn't even get a tap. They want the herring. I usually get at least one solid hit a trip on it.

Now if I can just practice a little patience on the hook set I should be in business. :D

Reading your subject line I thought you put a diving header in the back of the net....


Great job on the fish!

are u using conventional or spinning gear?


if ur using conv. its much easier to run a fish and set the hook
and if ur using circle hooks........just slow the spool with ur thumb (apply decent pressure) then engage the spool and raise the rod slowly to alow the fish to hook herself. #1 rule don' get excited when u get a hit get excited when u beach a fish ....u can trip over your own feet then if you want you still got a fish

When I get a few more fish under my belt I may try out the conventional setups.



Gk2 - Thats pretty much what I was thinking about when I posted it. :D

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Attaboy!

Way to go :btu:

TDF....you the man! :D Congrats on your wonderful fish!:happy: :happy: :happy:

Whats next for you now TDF?:huh:

Now the hunt is on for the Illusive 25 lb'er.... :D

nice Dad
skip the 25 and go 4 the 30#

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Nice advice Slingah, when I first started fishing I couldn't catch a 30. Skipped right over to a 40 instead to my suprise. My buddy Gary couldn't get a 40 so this year he skipped right to a 53. It always pays to be a bit lucky in the terms of big fish

Congrats TDF!! You earned that fish, go for the 30!!!! Its nice when the hard work finally pays off.

Congrats.

We got the story - did you get a pic?

-IWK

:claps: Congrats to you:kewl: johnny "tRB"

Since I had a few requests here's a Pic of it

sweet fish!

dude, u looked wicked tired. take a break and catch ur next 30 lber!:D

Nice fish daddio!

Way to go Dad fisherman :btu: