Congratulations on a fine catch this morning Bill. That is one impressive thing to do at that place.

Specialist got his butt up extra early today and was one of the first ones to the canal and with his new rod and with mono even, his second cast got him his best fish ever - a 36 lb bass caught on the Ledgerunner 13" rubba on a weighted leadhead hook.
Hey, you beat me by one inch and one pound :)

Show us the picture Bill :D

Specialist is really turning into quite the fisherman, especially for only his second year fishing the ditch. Nice Job Bill.

Edited because I have brain damage, he wasn't the 1st there, some troublemaker and his bud were first ;)

Well I owe my success to many people here on this site. I have accomplished alot this year, including this fish. Thanks Bruce, it sure was fun.

Here is th pic Bruce took in the dark. No devil eyes this time, had excorscism before I went to get the BM funk out. :D
By the way official weighslip when I got home on state certified scale was 46 1/2", 35lbs. At the same time on my berkley it was 34.1lbs. The berkley is off by .9lbs, So this fish actually weighed 37.5 when it was caught, an hour later it was 35.1, when weighed and witnessed by GS, with the .9 added it was 36 even.
Bob your scale is way off, by 3.8lbs.

Nice job Bill :btu:

Specialist,

Nice job on your best fish. There is still time this year to beat it.

super fish...... you deserved it for all the fishing time ya put in.and there's better yet to come. congrats to ya! also to g.s.for pouring some fine baits.the word's out on ledgerunners better get more help you're gonna need it.

Nice fish Bill. I bet it felt like a bull dozer.:)

BTW: Did you notice my signature...... Can't break the barrier like you :D

Bill, excellent fish - nice job, keeping the "namesake" proud....

Ice
;)

doesn't anybody work anymore:?::p

great fish...now i know how much my fish weighed last tuesday...and if you were fishing with slipknot, she probably came out of the same rip...

keep it up, i know there is a 40+ swimming around that rip...

Bill,
What model is that conventional that you were using in your pic? ...

Wow nice fish:D

Nice fish Bill ! Geeze, it was like a family reunion down there this am. I was nervous when I first showed up and saw all the vehicles. Much to my surprise ( and relief), everyone knew each other. Cool!

It was great seeing the rest of you guys. You too, Slip. :p

WoooooooooWeeeee! nice fish ya bum,,,errrr spec's ah ! BILL.:D

Bill, Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Job, Bill.....I guess I was a few hours too late....:smash:

Congrats Bill. thats a beautiful canal fish!

Swweeeeetttttt!!! specialist!!!!!

Thanks everyone. I want to say that I have been blessed with a tremendous season this year. I met alot of new people, and fished with some topnotch anglers. I met alot of my goals this year. I got my first fish jigging in the canal, caught my first fish on an eel, first fish on one of my homemade plugs, and broke my personal best. I learned alot from many people on this site, as well as a few who are not on the net at all. I certainly paid my dues this year, at least my wife sure thinks so :D .

Don to answer your question it is an Allstar 1209, made by Mike Thomas at M&D's in Whareham. It has an Abu 7000 Big Game reel. I am new to the conventional reel so it is spooled with 30lb Big Game. Next year there will be some sort of braid on it.

JJ I got my first fish jigging last sunday, I have finally figured that game out. So naturally I had to take a day off to fish a certain rip at the right time. I only get down there once in a while, hopefully a couple more times before the season is over. If there is a 40+ in there I know that you, Slip , and Mr. Powers all have the ability and expertise in that place to get it. Watching Jim, and his friend Steve, and Slip was eye opening. I saw what I was doing wrong and made some corrections.

Thanks for the reply Bill!... Great Job!...

As for Jigs, I would love to get some advice on how & where to fish them!...

It seems that whenever I go out using them, I offer them up to the fish gods!!! and to my weekly budget!...

If there is anyone out there who is experienced and isn't too hung up on divulging at least one spot for a learning curve, I would be more than interested in getting out there to learn!...

& I will swear myself to secrecy on the area!!! :COOL:

PM me if there is anyone out there willing to teach!

Again Bll... GREAT JOB THIS YEAR!!!;)

Congrats again Bill, super fish and I'm so glad to have helped in some small way:) towards you nailing her. If my fish is that far off I guess I have been getting fish close to 40, just never knew it and my eyes and internal scale are even more off...lol. Maybe I should send it back to Berkley, think they would recalibrate it (reads send new) for me:).

Wow! SUper fish! Good job!!!!

NICE FISH MAN !!!!!!

CONGRATS !!!!:happy:

Originally posted by specialist

JJ I got my first fish jigging last sunday, I have finally figured that game out.

wow, been jiggin a whole week and you got it figure out huh...:rolleyes:

big thumbs up on the fish, but just remember that this is "stupid" fishing season right now...i'm pretty convinced that if i stuck my sneaker onto a 4oz lead head i could yank a fish outta that rip:p

i guess it'll be take-a-number fishing down there for the remainder of the season...

No I've been jigging without success for about 2 seasons, about 15 trips each season. I finally figured out what I was doing wrong.

gotcha...whatever you were doing wrong before, it seems your not doing it wrong anymore...

wow, i'm a poet, cuz i rhyme all the time...

i need to fish...:smash:

congrats on a good season out there im still trying until november then im hanging it up put my money away till next year and try it again thats a nice fish !!!! congrats

nice fish Specialist, the fish gods are with you now. hehehe

Nice fish there BillyBass,and yea he was pumped and breathless when I saw him..I was on that ROCK an our earlier,but left so Bloos cousin to get some action down the other end,and he didnt want to leave the schoolies down there:confused: .Still alot of fun seeing all these guys play hooky.Whatch you talkin about slip.....I hope I was the FREIND;)

Great job Bill next 40+. By the way I was using a new plug I got back in Sept. from a friend of mine and hooked up on three fish all over 39" the other night so now you know you are also a very good plug maker thanks. GB

Bill,nice fish ,nice job --you fish hard and it shows

Mike

:p :p :p

Greg that's awsome, I hope you get some slobs with that. I will be taking care of the others over the winter. Hopefully they will work as well. :)

Thanks Milo I sure was Glad to see someone I knew up in that parking lot especially. I am leaving the cooler home from now on. Just gotta get rope to keep with me.

StriperJerk, MR Macey , Clammer thanks. You guys stay out there I know there are plenty more just waiting for a piece of bait, plug, GS Rubber, Jig, or anything else that looks tasty.


The best part of the whole thing is, that freinds were there to share it .

:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :)

That's a heck of catch Bill, way ta do it dude. :btu::btu:

Way to go Billy! I'm ready for tomorrow night! I think I have a few jigs to donate!;)

Thanks Goose, you are the man of consistancy though. You got alot of large from shore this year.

Tony if thats a deffinate, I am in.

Thats a great fish Bill !

Look at the size of the head on that fish:happy:

:D :btu: :btu: :btu:
you deserve it you have been working hard all year (fishing ) ! show the boss so he knows giving you time off is a good thing . A few fillets might help for the rest of the season .

Specialist,

Good fish, and also glad to hear your season has been sweet. I agree, this year has been great. I haven't done all I've wanted to do, but I've had lots of fun and that's the whole point.

Congrats and glad you guys are gettin' into them down there... the GS plastic strikes again. Its definitely good stuff.

Bill, you gonna fish locally this weekend?

Way to go Specialist!! Thats a nice fish from the Ditch bro. Now ya gotta get one from Naps that size. :D

Thanks Guys.

Chris I showed my boss the picture today, his jaw nearly hit the floor.


SM I don't think I will be doing much this weekend, gotta hook up with Capesams on saturday, and I think the wife has made some plans. I went to the canal tonight and fished those 7" split tails. The fish were nailing them every drift.

Dave I was so bummed that I did'nt get fish down there. I was ready to hang it up for the season. I have hockey, and scouting for deer hunting now. My wife said give another trip, so I went. It was awsome. I can't wait to stick a cow down in Naps now.

No problem... I figure this may be gettin' towards the end for us locally and plan on hitting it as much as I can this weekend.

I don't know if the weather will cooperate, but I'm hoping to get out in the boat a couple times (starting this afternoon) and down to the south shore with eels a night or two.

Specialist, TOTALLY AWESOME!!!! Nice work you deserve it. Time on the water and great teachers can't be beat. We all have learned alot from this board, Thanks goes out to JOHNR!!!

Schoolie Good Luck. That place has not been good to me. I got 1 fish out of there, and a treble in the pinkie as well.

Fisherwoman thanks. I can't wait for the show in the spring. I hope I will be able to learn some more from you and Bill.

NICE FISH!

Nice Fish Bill,

I hope you weighed it for the club. There are fish right here up the street from me just like that, I hope to see you there soon.


Patrick

Patrick I weighed it in with Ron. He gave me a state weighslip he said that was alright. What should I put on it, and is it alright to just bring it to the meeting. There is no address for the tournament director on the site.

Billy,
Nice job dude!!!
Got back from Aruba like 30 min ago, and WOW!!!
Maybe I should've stayed here and fished (although me and the wifey did pretty good). I had a very big bull shark that one gulped like a 25 # wahoo @ one point; couldn't turn him on 50 # two speed in a chair.
Anyhow, I still like yours better.
I'll send you my new email in a week or so.
The moving begins on Friday.
Later,
Rick

Thanks Rick. Bull Shark :eek: :eek5: :err:

That must have been an awsome sight.

Don't forget that email bud. Congrats on the new house.

Specialist,

Congrats on a real beauty! I hope it is just as good on the grill as it was on the end of the line! Twice the pleasure!



Originally posted by jettyjockey18


...just remember that this is "stupid" fishing season right now...i'm pretty convinced that if i stuck my sneaker onto a 4oz lead head i could yank a fish outta that rip:p

Been there, done that! Also came back when the game was a lot tougher.

Hi JJ! [wave]

TH

great kick seeing you with that fish specialist...Congrats on the Trophy!!
J.P.