There is nothing cooler than seeing pictures of people holding there prize fishes. Lets start a thread of every one holding some of there catches...I will start it off. It would be cool if you had a little blurb...where when and what they fell for.......Keep on Barkin:)


Caught this guy off of Marthas Vineyard (Devils Bridge) Top Water Zara Spook Sept 2001

You can gaff stripers up there? No gaffing allowed in CT. Well with the computer crash, I've lost my fish pics but I'll get my zip disk later and show you all the one keeper I managed to get some pictures of.

nice fish...just lose the gaff next time, after all, its not gonna bite ya!...;)

Some of you have seen this but just in case

http://128.241.205.103/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1681


How about these?

another

last one

Cool, Devils Bridge, I was there with a friend on Labor Day. Nice fish Barkinspider.

Saltheart, I like the big smiles!



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Here is a canal fish fom this past Saturday before dawn caught on a black jig. 26.2 lbs. after fishing all night. ChrisL took the picture for me. Thanks Chris.

Maybe you've seen this 31.5 pounder before, taken in the canal in july at 4:30 in the morning

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JohnR, you still have those pictures of the fishies I got this spring, could you maybe like put them in here since my scanner still isn't working?

I'll do that later... big hug to you guys from me Gwen & Liam

Okay, I tried twice to get the pic to come off the zip drive.

Let me try sending it by putting it in my folder on my hard drive.

This is one of the fish I've caught. Not bad for just starting striper fishing. I've caught better since then but I released them and I didn't have a camera.

Nope, no dice.

Them's nice fish no doubt, but maybe you'd like to see there mother :).

But then there are real fish pictures :), sorry Juls, couldn't resist and I needed a chuckle today.

Any freshwater bass nuts here, these two will make you drool :).

Hey GS, your a pretty funny guy. But I still caught more Pollack than you did~~~~~~~~~

JohnR, No problem buddy, big hugs to you guys too. I am carrying a very heavy heart today, hard to be pumped about the trip on a sad day like today!!!!

First bone ever and turned out to be record size and equaled my guides best after 30 years.

I don't have too many pics - I just never took 'em (always wanted to release sooner a sopposed to later) but here's one shore bass most everyone has seen before:

And here is my fish tank at home (OK - poor attempt at humor but things really aren't funny today)

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&'s 53:

Here is Fisherwoman with her tiny Pollok:

This is my best so far 44" 29lbs 10oz.

Here is a 25lber caught earlier the same day.

**** I fooled around with the color settings some, I can do better with the original digital files if you have them **** JohnR

Yes there is something cooler......... releasing it after the picture.

Definately some nice fish, hope they come around next year in better numbers. Specilist, next time have the sun at the cameramans back, I learned that the hard way myself. FW, so that's what a big pollack looks like :), nice fish for sure. John your's is a fatty, did you serve her some of those nathans dogs before the pic. Trying to make light here, but alas it's not working, but after a few more beers maybe I can sleep.

I:ll say nice fish people, I;ll learn///
passed on fishing tonight felt it wasn/t right on this sorrowful day!!!;)

No need to pass Clamdigger, we are all here helping each other through this, we have our own little support community. I'm l#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g in that I have a home office, so I've spent a lot of time today with my family, but there's no reason we can't take a break. Believe me, I'm devastated by the horror of today, but we must band together. That's family, friends, neighbors, communities, states, government and yes even the fishing boards. That's what it's going to take and then some, to even get close to normal again, although I doubt I'll see that in a long time.

Gs - I learned my lesson after seeing these pics. Unfortunately it's tough when the person using the camera and the capt. are rushing ya.

John- The originals are on a Kodak cd, there are big files, you actually put these up for me originally. I think you adjusted them then the best you could.

the one I am holding in the photo

58 lbs
from the beach
live eel
black rock (BI,RI)
mid 1980's ( I have a new truck and less hair now)
fish still hangs in my den.

(the one on the ground was 38lb)

I'll save the stories for another time....

Lemme see if I can figure how to get this one to show up. From off Marblehead shore. And yes, released!

Thanks for the great fish pix.....

Hang in there, there is nothing I am more proud of than that I am an American

here is a schoolie i caught

here is another small fish

BM, I think that first one was the one Luke tagged for you. Nice

The "Sphincter caster and the Looser".........

Thanks again FW.....too bad you didnt catch any fish that day...HA!HA! just kidding.......(she caught plenty;) )C:\My Documents\looser girls.jpg

This one was caught a few years ago (notice how skinny :( )

Stats:

Leave home 11PM
sit in accident related traffic
drive onto beach about 4:30 AM
fish 1/2-3/4 of the way asleep
bring in fish and sunrise at the same time!!!!:)
Sleep on beach half the day:rolleyes:


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This is one of the thumpers I have landed this season off of B.I. It was a 28lb beauty that was caught & released. Thanks to my friend Bill who pulled his boat along side to get the shot.... Hopefully after this weekend I'll have a 40lb to post....LOL:)

This was the 33lber from July. Caught it somewhere on the south shore around some rocks :)

Here is my keeper. I hope this thing works.

Hey - I was always wondering what happened to Radar O'Reilly... Just kiddin' ;)

Looks like you guys were having some fun....

BM - You know that you should get an F-350 if you're gonna haula schoolies like that...

Oh God John, that just brought back some horrible memories. I was a pretty late bloomer so my voice sounded just like his. I got called Radar a whole bunch of times. I mean a whole bunch of times and when it wasn't that, I was getting called "Commie Pinko Patrick".

are you Irish Patrick O'Reilly ? Hows your Uncle Walter and your Great Uncle Ed ? ;)
Now isnt that better than being called Radar ?

whats up with the commie pinko Patrick ? do tell ?

Yep, mostly Irish. My mom is full Irish, third generation and my dad is a smidge Irish but mostly, from what we can tell, English, Dutch and Scottish. In the winter, I'm milk bottle white, in the summer, I don't tan, I just burn. Not to mention the alcohol jokes. My family are the Irish outcasts. My parents still have liquor from their wedding nearly 30 years ago.

No Walters but we do have a few Edwards on my dad's side.

Commie Pinko Patrick comes from my political views. Most people here in my town are republicans. Supposedly, it was supposed to be derogatory but I took it with stride.

This bass was 48 inches and 36 pounds. I got it from shore at around 1 am in Quincy Ma. Frank C.

Congrats Frank...

I think he needs a F-450 dually.

Nice fish Frank, a beach in Quincy eh? I must not be fishing the right places.

hmm....got that truck (tree fiddy)....just not the fish! :(

Nice one Frank!:)

na i need a tractor:D
HAY RADAR, WHATS UP.
From now on I call You Radar...........................

Specialist, Ok it was a wall not a beach :)
The old runway now squantum point park.
After this striper I got the bug fishing all night !!
This striper took a pogie head.
I got this fish in 96.

bumped for Dave.

Here's an Albert from a couple a weeks ago.
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Sweetfart, That is a cute mackeral, Here is a picture of a goldfish i caught.
Ken, I love You,will You go steady with me?:p

10x10, I know you mostly do the Flyfishing thingy when you go out. That fine fishy in that picture wasn't on the fly. Was it? That would be too awesome!

Yup...
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Sissy ,im a sissy, fat albert of waysquishy

a bone head, a sissy bone on my sissy rod, i ate him like a pig to.

then this 29lber while fat albert fishin, I ate her to. duh I thought I was gettin a biggun, this one took me over middle ground, she hit out in front of the cove. Ken I love You.
Got Plug????:D

on a stupid Bunny fly, can ya dig it,stupid thing.
Ken when???
Let me know..........
here is a sissy

Mindi,

10X10 and BM have both posted pics of False Albacore aka, Albies or Alberts.

BM's pic with the flyrod is a Bonito I believe. Note the difference in the stripes. Bonito have wavy lines but the Albie's lines are broken and up on top and much more jagged.

You've heard me talk about them, now you finally got to see them.

Hey guys, I no longer look like Radar! I have a goatee now! Well some chin hair. Makes me look a bit older and the women dig it. Went out putting my resume out and about looking for a job to get money for October. Got checked out by two women. (Much to Mindi's delight :rolleyes: ) :D

We already have a ride secured going up there but I need the name of a specific town and some directions since all three of us don't know Rhody too well.

BM, you the man....

Ken, we'll have to talk about how the Albie fights on the Fly. That looks fun! Zoom, Zoom :)

they scream the line off, I love bones and albies.
dont do it anymore, sold the hole in water 3 years ago.
that is what I got into flyfishing for, bones and albies. i even got macks on fly.
I like bluefish on the fly to.
A Radar, Get rid of that hat. eeebud. Now dont go gettin a big head or she will dump ya for a bass;)

That's my pimping hat. I thought much of the radar stuff came from the military drab get up I was in.

Gotta love a purple fedora with faux leopard trim.

Don't worry, it was from my brother's halloween costume lol.

Oh yeah, M*A*S*H* marathon on FX today. 8 am to 1 am all M*A*S*H*. All the ones with Radar have passed though. Poor Gary Burghoff. Has no career. I think he played the Radar Character quite well and added an integral part to the overall story line. A young man's innocence lost in a the time of war. Sorta has a Red Badge of Courage feel to it.

Now Alan Alda, don't get me started on him. Has his moments but I like the ones where Mike Ferrell was the center of attention. His character had a hook. Family man brought into war.

Although the show was a comedy, it did have it's other moments. Loss of Henry Blake, the madness of Frank Burns, C.E. Winchester having his arrogance leveled time after time. The comoradory and bunching of people who would never have been together being together.

Good show. Too bad it's off the air.

Sorry ,Your Delta tow ki pledge pin name is Radar.

How much I gotta bribe you for that pic?How am I gonna get anyone to fish with me with you flashin that around?That's not me any way.The real 10x10 is a tall dashing square jawed figure with steely grey eyes and wavy blond hair.And I never catch fish under 20 lbs.(Mere rats at that)I don't know who that is.Some beach troll buddy of yours no doubt.Looks like a poacher to me.

ya but how many bass over 20 that night,my arms ouch.
1 more cast. upside down reel ,cant reel any more.bbbbbzzzzzzzz bbbbzzzzz zzzz zzzzzz
aaahhh its only a 42" fish.
Dave ya missin it. there only fish.
ladee daaa cast, bbbbbzzzzzzz
all I could here that whole night was drags smokin bubba
I miss You, do you still love me sissy?????

check yer e-mail

watch the wx, and If ya do e me again...........

Ken, the famous bomber fly huh? wow

You guys should be fishin til sunrise tonight.Not lookin at pictures of beach trolls.Wish I could get there in an hour or even two hours.Damn!

yeah , i here ya Bubba.
hay look awsome tides for the sun droppin. check the wx bubba.

a closet googan hard at work:D

Yep, now there's a handsome googan

Thats why we go steady, sweetfart:p
Notice the sandsled in the back round.
a snapped #8 downt to 1 1083.Dude Im sick of this.
thinkin of buyin differant rod from other co.

Googster - WTH are you doing? Is that the Lami XRA1083? and when are they breaking on you?

John, he's snapping his xra1083 on the cast , I think he loads it too much with 2 oz. But the rod is supposed to handle 2 oz. I was next to him one night when he snapped one first time out with it just below the tip. I was going to get one for next year , but not now.....

Yup,I was there last night,it busted on the cast.He didn't do anything different or weird, it just popped.
Broke about a foot down.Crazy sucker kept fishin with it anyway.I think he got at least two or three more fish on what was left.

BM,

I think you should give me a 1083. Just so I can give it a try and make sure you aren't overloading it. You know, splintering graphite could hurt your eyes. ;) :p :D

well it aint on small 12 to 16 pound twinkies or bigguns.
A , the god is ment to cast that weight, If it cant handle the load, then thaey should not specify it on the dam blank.
I can understand me breakin rods on 50 pound test in my rock mecca on 20 to 40 pound bass due to ripping them literally over the rocks at the place i fish in spring. due to some chips or nicks.
those rods are sm1363m or 2f cut down to around 9'10".
The tip is cut down to a size 14 and i cut the rest off the butt section.
I use penn squidders due to the spool capacity and spoolchange.
I trash usually 2 or 3 a spring. tork frames, strip gears. one year I blew out one side on a school of big bass to 46 pounds. the bearing blew out the side and i trashed the spool, to funny.
Fished the broken rod and pounded bass on top to the beach.
no big deal........................

I don't know BM - My sole Lami Arra has not broken and it's the one that brakes the most (or at least used to), the XRA1205... I don't get much into the squidder scene and I just use graphite sticks so.... You know, the AllStars are pretty tough and while I haven't used Seeker Blanks, I'm told you can practically drive over them they are so tough... I've also heard that the latest St Croix SC-V is pretty tough but have nothing to base that on other than a knowlegable surfcaster ( ;) )

Speaking of "Driving over a blank". Those Graphite USA Blanks look really tough. One blank site took pictures or got pictures of a Ford Bronco driving over a Graphite USA stick and the blank didn't break or even distort into an oval.

Pretty impressive.

44 and 38 lbers - Old Saybrook CT.

Hey Gary - Long time no speak... Been out at all?

I changed the file to a jpg so it would be easier for people to view...

Hey John. Hope all is well. Thing are just picking up here in Connecticut. Should be getting hot from here till the end of October. Fished the race last weekend and picked up five bass to about 34 inches and three blues. Only was able to get out for a few hours.

You got quite a crew coming up from Jersey this weekend...look out!!!!!

Now that I'm officially registered you'll hear alittle more form me.

Welcome Gary!