My friend Mike stopped by the jobsite with this 61.44lb 54"long 30"girth slob that he took on a Beachmaster yellow darter in the Montauk surf Monday night.. Helluva fish of a lifetime Congrats Mike..
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n219/shawndowell/Malonos615002.jpg

my favorite angle..
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n219/shawndowell/Malonos615001.jpg

reel nice fish!!!

wow

That's not a slob, that's the surf fish of 100 lifetimes.

-spence

sweet jesus, that is a beautiful surf fish.....

Montauk?? I'm going there this weekend!! Which rock? What tide? How far out? What color darter???????????????????????????????????

very nice fish

Mike also released a 55 2 weeks earlier because he had a 38 on the beach good karma I'd say.. This 61 will look nice w/the 52 he got 4 yrs ago on the wall... I know I have fish envy just glad I was able to see it and lift it myself HEAVY.. I now have one of it's scales taped to my rod, liitle luck never hurt...

Nice cooler !!! :laugha:
Even nicer fish !!!
Congrats to your friend !

Sweeet - hat tip to your friend from us :btu:

that's either a photoshopped picture or the fish is so huge it looks photoshopped. regardless congratulations. :shocked:


My friend Mike stopped by the jobsite with this 61.44lb 54"long 30"girth slob that he took on a Beachmaster yellow darter in the Montauk surf Monday night.. Helluva fish of a lifetime Congrats Mike..
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n219/shawndowell/Malonos615002.jpg

that's either a photoshopped picture or the fish is so huge it looks photoshopped.
As someone who's done professional photo manipulation I can say the picture looks pretty real :drool:

-spence

Mike also released a 55 2 weeks earlier because he had a 38 on the beach good karma I'd say.. This 61 will look nice w/the 52 he got 4 yrs ago on the wall... I know I have fish envy just glad I was able to see it and lift it myself HEAVY.. I now have one of it's scales taped to my rod, liitle luck never hurt...

the other fish was on a pencil popper right? i remember that one..

that,s some wet dream that came thru // good congrats to your friend ;;

john if you on >>I,m going to the [SPOT} in a few minutes .,.

Monday night..
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n219/shawndowell/Malonos615001.jpg

Carted that thing around for 2 days spreading the word by the looks of the date on the photo. NICE fish.

First photo looks like a different fish than the second. stresses the importance of camera angles I guess...

couldn't resist....

:shocked::laugha:

:eyes:

holy crap.

nice fish!

Thing looks like it ate the largest fish I've caught this year!

plugs :hihi:

yes. that's some serious bassin. beyond my wildest dreams. well done. :smokin:

As someone who's done professional photo manipulation I can say the picture looks pretty real :drool:

-spence

Great work.....Congratulations....

Awesome! To catch that out of the surf is the ultimate angling feat for east coast surfcasting.

Wow, wet dreams have nuttin on that slob!

unreal!! what a fish! congrats to that guy!

a shore caught fish and caught on a plug. most noble :D

Beautiful fish. He will enjoy that mount and the memories till he is very old. I can't imagine what it will cost nowadays. It was 12 bucks and inch in 1990.

He released a 55 #er because he had a 38 #er on the beach. That 61 #er is somebodys way of saying I love you.

Now thats a monster of a fish. Congrats!!

congrats! He's got the hot hand stay on those fish!!!!

A real fish on a real plug! Plugzplugzplugzplugz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

on a plug? that's too easy! JUST KIDDING... that is one hellava accomplishment

what a slob!

....plugs!!!:heybaby:

Always good to hear when someone from the shore catches a big fish.

Good job

I caught a fifty pounder last Sunday at dawn from shore with a Al Gag's Pocket Rocket so I can really tell you first hand - It's a Great Feeling!

Way to go!

awesome fish.......but what did he really catch it on?

wow.........where do you go from there?

Always good to hear when someone from the shore catches a big fish.

Good job

I caught a fifty pounder last Sunday at dawn from shore with a Al Gag's Pocket Rocket so I can really tell you first hand - It's a Great Feeling!

Way to go!

Good job yourself. In what general part of the state did you accomplish that?

Always good to hear when someone from the shore catches a big fish.

Good job

I caught a fifty pounder last Sunday at dawn from shore with a Al Gag's Pocket Rocket so I can really tell you first hand - It's a Great Feeling!

Way to go!


Nice fish,,,, Lets see some of your pics too,,,

Wow, congrats.

GOOD GAWWWWD!!!!

That is a beeee uuuuu teeee!
Congrats on a huge accomplishment from tha surf, I always knew I liked the idea of fishing MTK, for some reason:drool::drool:??

Excellent MOJO twist to the story about the 55#er!!
I do believe that in order to land that 80#er one night, we've got to let more of the fiddies and sixties swim away. Because if we do, then they can become the ultimate COWS of our lifetimes.

WELL DONE, Mike!

You too, Grampy!! That gives us ALL Hope.

OMG, after catching something like that, do you just quit? What a horse. Congrats to him, a fish of a lifetime.