Being in education might not be the most lucrative venture one might choose. However, the helping the kids and the April and Summer vacations are key. Last year during Spring break, I had to go on my honeymoon and missed out on some nice fish. This year, being married was alittle different. But I managed to get out for five trips anyway. All five days I was able to catch fish. 4 out of the 5 days I was able to catch keepers. After all was said and done I did keep 3 fish. 1 for me:drool: And one each for my parents and grandparents.

I started on Friday 4/14/06. I was in CT. Lets put it this way, I could have gambled if I wanted to. But, I chose to gamble on fishing instead and landed this nice 21# fish.

Nice, Where are the crazy pics of a shirtless bald guy in waders surrounded by urban decay?

Had a few more trips down to CT during the week and caught decent fish up to 32" on poppers and live dace. On Friday, I decided I would go give it a shot in my backyard. Living in Western MA this is one of the only 2 months of the year I can catch a stripah without driving 100 miles. I was very happy to land this 24" on Friday.

Mikey's gonna need a four door when 'baby makes three!' Get your fishing in now, brother!

BTW That is NOT an announcement.

Today was a good day too. I got up a little late after last night:buds: But made it down to the river around 7:30. I landed 4 fish over 30" in 30 minutes. All fat! Then it shut off. Here are the 2 I kept for my parents and grandparents. What a way to end a vaca!

I hope this dosn't look like I am trying to be an Internet hero. I just figured people might want to see some early year fish pics.:heybaby:

Mikey, glad you posted pics. Its starting to become an annual can't wait to see event here on s-b.com. The Bombas spring fling.

Sounds like a great time to have off, those last 2 are fatties

nothing wrong with showing catches...I like seeing fish pictures
way to go RM:btu:

Looks like u had fun.
Now for this public message.
U HAVE TO GO TO WORK TOMMORROW.
:D

your sure do kill a lot of fish. What do you do with the filets? You must have a couple freezers full. Why?

He said he had kept three.One for himself,one for his parents an one for his grand parents.i do the same for my parents.they need to eat more fish and are on a fixed income.I can an do supply them with plenty of fish to eat.Saves em some doe an they eat better.

your sure do kill a lot of fish. What do you do with the filets? You must have a couple freezers full. Why?
Why not?????

You know what Duke, you've bashed me before on here. I don't even know who you are. I would appreciate if you wouldn't respond to my posts anymore. Unless you have something positive to say of course. Thankyou, Mikey

I don't remeber bashing you before. I am really not trying to bash you just to make a point. You seem to practice catch and kill. How about letting a few go.

GEEZ..How to kill a an excellent thread....Enough already.....
Dont worry about Mikey

You say your in Western Ma, I am in Central and do most of my fishing at PI. I am getting the urge to go south until they hit the north shore. Your pictures/stories are just the thing to get me moving. Thanks for the post.

I admire your opinion. I let a lot of fish go. Im sorry if thats how I appear to you because that is not the way I am. Without ever meeting me or fishing with me it seems you have formed all sorts of opinions of me that aren't true (thats a bit weird). You shouldn't do that. Now, without ever meeting you I have an opinion about you. I however will keep the rest of them to myself.

I think its kinda cool I have a hater though.:musc:

He is doing everything within the law. If you have a problem with him obeying the law; then you have a problem with the law. He isn't wasting the fish but feeding his family with it. RM nice fish and a great start to the season.

Nice fish Mikey, lot bigger than the occassional twinkie I'm seeing down my way.......

Keep the pics coming Mikey...they are awsome!

Good luck
Izzy

He is doing everything within the law. If you have a problem with him obeying the law; then you have a problem with the law. He isn't wasting the fish but feeding his family with it. RM nice fish and a great start to the season.

You really can't put it any better than that.

whats wrong with it if you going to eat it?? As long as it isn't being wasted!!
Wow I guess the 100 pounds of fish I put away for the winter for the faimly is wrong also??

I better fish and release, and go pay $10.99 a pound at stop & shop, cause them fish weren't killed :gf:

I have seen Mike and his brother in action Duke. I think you owe him an apology......that would be the right thing to do. You don't know him from Adam, the guy keeps a couple of fish and you claim to know what he has in his freezer?:doh: He is within the bounds of the law and who are you to criticize?:doh:

Nice fish Mike! Glad you had a good week!:btu:

Fish Killers all of you. Whales, tuna, cod, sharks, herring, eels the list is endless. I am just following the law, its not my repsponsiblity , who's is it them. Keep filling your f--ing freezers with dried out frost bitten fish and we can all go back to fun trips for bluefish. Tag the little f-ers and throw them back, all of them. Use cricle hooks ,while you are it. Admit they don't taste that great anyways. :tooth:

:fishslap: thats a good one a realestate developer calling a surf fisherman greedy:rotf3:

I guess there is a reason why Duke isnt around much..:liquify:

I don't remeber bashing you before. I am really not trying to bash you just to make a point. You seem to practice catch and kill. How about letting a few go.


The Duke makes me Puke.:yak:

I did not call anyone greedy. However it appears that I am attacking Mikey which is not cool. The point is to manage the resource by taking personal responsibilty. As far as me being greedy about making a living and supporting my family I am very greedy.

Don't hate the player hate the game!

Great pics Mikey! No matter what that disgruntled jealous fool says..

There always has to be one a$$ in the bunch!!

Go join PETA will ya!!

Here is some fish kill for ya, and they all tasted great over the winter!!

120 Q cooler :bl:

http://syncboard.com/albums/Fishing/199_G.sized.jpg

Nice fish Mikey, go get em

god those fluke are making me hungry :drool:

Won't be long now!! I need some fresh!! Only have 2 meals left

looks like a couple shorts in the cooler big guy.:err:

duck i,m wit u ???? hit them all wit your make up case + hand bag..... i,m burnin my comm. lic ,,all of them ,,and joining up w/ peta ??how bout me and you go to p-town and watch the toads cross the roads????? a lass...

Wow, nice job sticking up for Mikey everybody, looks like I don't have to go around watching his back like in the old days playing lacrosse ( I got kicked out of more than one game for taking somebody down after they hit my little brother!).
Anyhow, Duke, if it makes you feel any better, I release enough for the both of us. My girl still says I never bring her home enough fish.
Later,
Rick:rude:

LaCrosse????:hs: I thought you guys would fly fish?:rotf3:

your sure do kill a lot of fish. What do you do with the filets? You must have a couple freezers full. Why?


Sounds like Jealousy to me...............Nice fish for this early!:kewl:

duck i,m wit u ???? hit them all wit your make up case + hand bag..... i,m burnin my comm. lic ,,all of them ,,and joining up w/ peta ??how bout me and you go to p-town and watch the toads cross the roads????? a lass...

Capt! You and Clamma think alike. :bounce:

duck i,m wit u ???? hit them all wit your make up case + hand bag..... i,m burnin my comm. lic ,,all of them ,,and joining up w/ peta ??how bout me and you go to p-town and watch the toads cross the roads????? a lass...


Why don't you sell the licenses and use the money for spelling lessons. Then you can get a job that pays more than fishing.:rollem:

Listen the guy just asked a question.I simple reply would have been suffice.Mikey an I did try but I think by then the whole internet full of bandalero slinging cowboys had rounded up the posse' an where tar an featherin pour old Duke.Seems he's just cirlclin the wagons at this point.He has a opinion he is welcomed to it.He is under the impression Mikey keeps alot of fish.He is concerned about the fishery.Thats not really a bad thing.Lets not be baby's about this if u have something to say Make believe he is standin in front of u before u mouth off. Lets show a little respect.I let a several hundreds of fish go every year.I also keep several hundred lbs of fish.It is my right.I do my part for conservation I go to the meetings an let my voice be heard.But I like to eat fish had some for dinner last night.an I still have'nt wet a line yet this yr.The dent a recreational puts in the fisherey when u consider how many target stripers is a small drop in the bucket of what a big net picks up daily.

looks like a couple shorts in the cooler big guy.:err:
I've helped macojoe fill a cooler or two of them flatties. Trust me, he doesn't need to keep shorts. He's got a comm license and does well enough most times on regulation sized fish that he doesn't need to risk loosing his license over.
Bad form man.

looks like a couple shorts in the cooler big guy.:err:

If thats a 120Q cooler, those arent shorts.. I'm guessing the one on top is ~8lbs the rest are 2-4lbs...

Duke; was it you that chartered for a while? If so, if a charter wanted his LEGAL limit of bass or other fish, he couldnt take them????

I kill ~10 bass a year and eat them, rarely a limit of 2 but usually 1 every couple of weeks during the season and generally over 36".. I also keep a few limits (8fish) of Fluke , along with some sea bass and blackfish and tuna..
why? I eat fish 2x a week, and if frozen propery it is a nice thing to have all winter. The only fish I buy is salmon.... I can't afford to buy fish all winter... outside my food budget.... maybe I should be a real estate developer....

Then again why the F am I justifying my self to you???

You are right though, we all have a personal choice to make, I chose to eat fish I catch... and it is what the law allows....

Want to change the rules? get involved with ASMFC or RIMFC , go to the meetings, know the numbers and make a good, valid argument and maybe things would change as you see fit; some of us are activly involved in the fisheries side of things as best we can be and based on the science available....

NIB; you are probably right, but since Mikey didnt put up pics saying he killed every fish he caught, and the fact that he gave the reason WHY he kept 3, Duke jumped on it where it wasn't needed/justified...

I know, I'm strangely torn between the biological pull to stand up for my little brother and the fact that I usually want to put my fish back, unless they're fluke, cod, haddock, wolf or the occasional striper.
I just like stirrin the pot sometimes!
Later,
Rick

[QUOTE=RIROCKHOUND]

NIB; you are probably right, QUOTE]


In my best Alan Iverson Practice voice....
'
PROBABLY RIGHT??
NIB is never wrong.
Well there was this one time.an that other thing, well f--- it.
Nevermind.:as:

PROBABLY RIGHT??
NIB is never wrong.


I'm sorry kept forgetting your from NJ; you THINK you're always right!!! :buds:

Nice fish for this early Mikey! Dont worry about folks trying to bring out negative aspects. They're sad strange little people, and the devil has a special lil place in hell reserved for jealous people like them.

Duke, Jealously is a female trait by the way. :lm:

Mikey,
Maybe you could send Duke a fish or two for his enjoyment. Is my spelling correct? :devil: :jester:

WHAT"S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?


:huh:

Duke, if you wanted to try and enlighten some fishermen about conservation, you picked the wrong thread to hijack.

You seem to practice catch and kill. How about letting a few go.
:huh: What makes you think he doesn't let any go?

I guess maybe it's time this trainwreck moves along.

I spaced it out nice and ate my last striper filet last night,DELICIOUS.Oh;Mikey kills lots of fish and booze.:nailem:

Nice fish! The last couple got me a litte anxious to splash in the Grady White.:D

I do not keep any striper anymore, but it is because when I worked the fishtraps at Sakonnet point I felt then that I had taken a lifetimes share, but that is a personal choice we are all entittled to, As long as he is obeying the law I say god has blessed him with the luck and skill to be able to catch and...and eat some beautiful Stripers.

Hey Mark - you're not bored or anything, are ya? I just saw this thread but you look like you must be bored or something...

Your trolling this thread this way is why I'm asking...

Guys, he's probably just venting some steam or maybe PETA turned him :buds:

That is very encouraging to see those kind of fish down there this early. Nice work man!
with the amount of time and money we spend on fishing, we BETTER take some fish home for the table.

Oh-Oh got caught by the boss. Got to admit it was fun getting everyone all worked up. To kill or not kill, it up to you. I will now go back to my cave, smirking of course.

do you still own that wal-mart quantum type rod with a baitrunner on it? :hee:

Oh-Oh got caught by the boss. Got to admit it was fun getting everyone all worked up. To kill or not kill, it up to you. I will now go back to my cave, smirking of course.

Nothing beats a little flaming once in a while. I for one love it!

duck,,, thay got us figgered out ...step on a few shinners for me .. just to show um your a man?????ps duct ..i,m only 7 1/2 yrs old

..i,m only 7 1/2 yrs old


In Dog Years.......

:wave: Capt. Cupcake AKA "stiffy"

whof-whof------sit ,stay,good boy???????dog listens good,now that i got the shock collar on um...

Mikey I'm glad you got some fish. It makes me more excited about getting out this year. I think Duke has made more enemies than you have on this thread I wouldn't stress it.

Mikey I'm glad you got some fish. It makes me more excited about getting out this year. I think Duke has made more enemies than you have on this thread I wouldn't stress it.

enemies.... for having a different view of things. That sucks:doh: :hang: :liquify: .

enemies.... for having a different view of things. That sucks:doh: :hang: :liquify: .

Its the way you went about it duke, the guy was siked he got into some nice 20lbers in april and you come sheet on his parade, hijacking his thread and critisizing him for keeping legal amounts of legal fish. Why didnt you start a seperate thread discussing people in general keeping fish????

Congrats on the nice fish!!!:cheers:

C'mon everyone just admit it ,your jealous!!!! I know I am!