Grand leaders as of 9/20 morning weigh-in

Wow...that's a big albie!

All Tackle Shore False Albacore Keith McArt 16.55lb.


Bluefish
Boat 0546 Joseph P. Canha 13.27 lbs.
Shore 0416 Clinton A. Fisher 10.23 lbs.
Striped Bass
Boat 2317 Stephen J. Pietruska 44.68 lbs.
Shore 1129 David A. Nash 26.15 lbs.
Bonito
Boat 1102 Patrick T. Jenkinson 8.28 lbs.
Shore 1143 Donald R. Sicard 6.25 lbs.
False Albacore
Boat 4081 Rob D. Morrison 12.12 lbs.
Shore 0671 Keith A. McArt 16.55 lbs.

That is one huge Albie for sure

Spoke with a man who was beside the man who caught it and he said it was unbelievable. It was very long with a huge head.

Only downside is that it knocked Sandman off the leaderboard....

HUge congrat's to Keith .
Big fish brother :)

VB

Pretty cool to be on that leaderboard even for a short time - congrats to all.

Keith is the fishing man. That will be pretty hard to beat from shore. Congrats.

I heard that albie came from menemsha
that must have been one heck of a fight and a great accomplishment. I can't even imagine doing that from shore. good for him.

Wow :love:

keith is one of the good guys...fishes hard as anyone ad balances that with a family...good guy always friendly...so cool for him...

Damn I cna;t wait to get there

I think last years big Albie came from Menemsha also..

I talked to Keith today. Thought you guys would be interested in this post I put together about his wife, his albie and his week at the derby. Derby Logic, Part 2 ? David Kinney's Blog (http://www.davidkinney.net/news/2009/09/derby-logic-part-2/)

Sandman got a second place shore bass yesterday!

thanks for the story Ross. Great fish and a nice guy. IMO Grand slam is the holy grail

Paul, I deleted my post as it was a dupe of the post by the author of the blog himself. Also the author of The Big One, which I hope to get my hands on before I head over on the 4th. Paul, make sure you find me at the Shack when you get over there. We'll exchange cell numbers via PM before then, OK?

That thing looks like a different species, it's so big....

most definitely Ross. I still need to find out exactly when Peter is going over and how long he will allow me to stay before I wear out my welcome.

Paul...If interested i have roo between sun Sept 24 & sun oct 4

can't imagine anyone is going to touch that 16lber!

saw a guy last night miss the blues/boat by .07..... ouch.

keith is one of the good guys...fishes hard as anyone ad balances that with a family...good guy always friendly...so cool for him...

Damn I cna;t wait to get there

Aww...Patrick, y r making me misty...LOL.

Thx for the kind words guys. Just got lucky. No reason on earth that fish should've been in there, and could've been any one of the 10 guys casting along there. Just lucky it chose me.

Sorry I won't see you guys down there this year. Go get 'em. Hope you catch a 2nd place Albie LOL

Oh, and I wouldn't worry too much about Sandman. He's a hell of a fisherman...probably forgotten more about fishing than I've learned. I'd expect to see him in the top finishers for shore bass this year.

Paul...If interested i have roo between sun Sept 24 & sun oct 4

Thanks Pat but that is all the time I got left for a while when I see Peter and I got a concert on the 1st. Thanks though.

Pretty cool to be on that leaderboard even for a short time - congrats to all.

Yes it was. I was on the leader board for maybe thirty minutes. I was also the second guy in line the first day. :wall:

We still got a long way to go.......

I would like to see a picture of that pig!

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last year Gary missed a key by .01/ lb after his fish spent the night in a cooler. you'll never hear him grumble about it though...... true sportsman and good guy!

can't imagine anyone is going to touch that 16lber!

saw a guy last night miss the blues/boat by .07..... ouch.

Less than 72 hours and pre astronaught training has begun.

I just spent 4 hours sorting, organizing, rigging and in general getting the rubber ready. Spooled a couple rods with new braid and or mono this morning.

Friday after morning coffee I will break out the wood...sorting and choosing every plug that will make the trip.

I have sOOOOOOO much to do...

Aquarium is cleaned and ready...compressor is oiled...coolers are....well need to be rinsed...%$%$%$%$...i gotta go back to work






damn i am ready

Thanx for posting that pic, huge isn't it.

If you have always wanted to go fish the Derby.... I know a place that has room/food at a very reasonable rate for this week, 9/27-10/4..... Might also be a single spot available for the following week too..... PM me if you have serious interest. (I will be there 10/4-10/11)

Hey Ross,,Hope to see you on the beach over there..:fishin:

Another big shore albie weighed in tonight.... 13.24

Hope they are still around for me next week!