This time by John Hanecak (JLH). 50 pounds even, from the surf last night. Will post a pic shortly.

JOHN!!!!!

Wow Awesome John, nice work!!!!!!

congrats, john

Atta boy J!

Congratulations!

Can't wait to see the pics!

Very nice................congrats.:cheers:

Damn! That's awesome, way to go John.

Pics and story please
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Here she is. I'll leave the catching part of the story out for J to tell, but will say I was supposed be with him last night but my couch and and a Bud Light won me over. :smash::smash::smash:

SWEET ///another awesome memory :fishin:

Congrats John... you earned it.

Awesome!!

Way to go, JLH! Awesome accomplishment. CSA getting it done.

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Hotdiggity big dog, congrats, i'm at foxwoods right now call me and we'll go slay um again tonite everything on me i'm up big time lol. Peace
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Nice fish
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Congrats on a great fish!
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very nice....Congrats...:)

Congrats J!!! Simply awesome!

Congrats. Big fish are dropping down for the Pogy parties.

Congrats ! Nice fish

I hope he was entered in the PBR. ;)
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Couldn't be more happy for you! Nice work brother!

Welcome to the club, sweat.

nice fish congrats

Congrats. Big fish are dropping down for the Pogy parties. :spidey:

Congrats, Can't wait to hear the story.

WTG Jay!!!!!!!!

Wow, awesome! congrats!

:cheers2:

Nice job!! Congrats!!

Thanks everyone... I'm still having a hard time believing I actually got a 50... Never really thought it would happen for me and especially not last night which was a night where I went out to just spend a few hours at the water with no expectations. I was on vacation all last week and fished hard with very little to show for it... took the weekend off to spend time with family and then decided pretty much last minute to run out for a couple of hours last night fishing what I would have considered less than ideal conditions and BAM... Only fish on the night and she took a riggie (hooked up on the tail hook). Only 48" long but FAT!!!

Here are a few more pics from last night.

John- You are signed up for Wetzels Tournament-- the last picture with your hand sign of the gun- that will do it.

24 hours from when you caught to get the picture to Bill. Show the Montauk guys how its done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tremendous accomplishment.

Congrats!!!

Only fish on the night and she took a riggie (hooked up on the tail hook).

I love this part of the story. If you had gone with a single-hook like many people say is all that is necessary on a riggie you might not have landed her. Again, BIG CONGRATS to you! Well earned and definately deserved! <still kicking myself for staying home :smash: >

Congratulations on your catch
that is quite the milestone :btu:

Nice fish! Congrats
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I love this part of the story. If you had gone with a single-hook like many people say is all that is necessary on a riggie you might not have landed her. Again, BIG CONGRATS to you! Well earned and definately deserved! <still kicking myself for staying home :smash: >

You have to be &*^%# me!! Only fish of the night? It has always been said that really big fish swim alone because they are too slow to get to the food the schoolies gobble up.

What a great post-script.:claps::claps::claps::claps:

I love it. Just goes to show that you may not always expect big fish.... but you always have to be ready for them. Congrats JLH on being ready for your dream hookup. Like Toby said, glad you had that rear hook.

DZ

Here is a pic of what was left of the riggie after the battle, she did a number on it but it held...

Just got an udpate on the stomach contents - a 14" Blackfish and a 12" fluke.

Thats awesome.
Congrats dude.
Another well "earned" fish from someone who pays their dues and puts in the time.

Thing is a TANK!!!!!!

......poor T....another missed opp........

nice bass.
Once you hook a 50 you never forget it.
Now that you have a frame of reference.
You can almost instantly tell if you've hooked into another. enjoy!

Awesome fish congrats!!!

Congrats on a great accomplishment!

Excellent Job Jay

although it sure woulda been Nice if that last picture had come out clear instead of Blurry....


Ravenize the last picture...



http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/JLH.png

congrats on your trophy

nice fish

Fantastic accomplishment !
Congrats

Great fish! Congratulations!

great fish - congrats

Big congrats J, the lone wolf lands the lone cow. It's a perfect hook up.
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Very nice my friend!

Congratulations

nice fish :uhuh:....congrats

nice fish very nice:uhuh:

beautiful fish man.. Congrats on a beast!

Very nice! You will remember that one for a while, another mainland fish! Gary

WOW great catch pics are awesome

Congrats J~.... You deserve it....
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Congrats well deserved and nice documentation!!!! She's a beauty

Great job JLH. Nice pics.

guess I will have to re-examine fishing slugs with a single hook. Again, congrats...

2012, the year of the shore 50's??

This might be one of those special years, the kind of year where you have to put in as much time as humanly possible. Do you need more proof than this??

And to think, all this time I thought you were a Jennifer Love Hewitt fan JLH!

Congrats on the 50 man!

-Dave

very nice fish.. good to see hard work rewarded... congratulations.:kewl:

Awesome fish. Thats two 50's already from the CSA guys. It's only June.

very nice fish congrats

CONGRATS!

congratulations. What a pig.

Congratulations! I'm sure a lot of hard work went into catching and landing that fish. Ahhhh, memories that will never fade!

Nice little Girl ya got ><> ---
Congrats

congrats, that's a pig!

Wow, gorgeous fish