Great fish buddy :btu:

nice fish- nice job

Excellent fish bud! Way to hammer 'em!!!! Wish you many more!!!! :gu: :gu: :gu: :gu:

Shes a beaut, Congrats!
I thnk were gonna see more and more fish like that with more and more people using sluggos...

I've seen quite a few fatties so far. Even the ones I've cleaned that had nothing in them had some fat on them. There are more pogies around this year than in past years, too. Coincidence??---I think not ;)

I've also seen, and heard of, several fish still carryiing their roe sacks.

I got a nice once this weekend that was 27#s and only 40 inches - almost shaped like an albie. Gut was empty.

I agree. It could well have come from further South, but I wouldn't doubt that was a Narragansett Bay fish finally coming out after feasting on adult pogies for a month or 2.

If that massacre taking place down in Jersey ever stops and those fish come North, we could definitely see some impressive fish taken this summer.

Hopefully this is just the first... :btu:

Hey Brendon,
All I have to say is "WOW". Question: Was the Black Sluggo rigged as the photo from JOE (two hooks)? If so, Which hook actually caught the fish? As the crowd said ..... Congratulations and I'm sure you were hooked prior to the mammoth fish.

NICE FISH DUDE!!!

The slug-go was rigged with two hooks just as found in Joe's picture and jast as you find on his site. It was mostly the head hook in the fish's mouth. I say "mostly" because both hooks were actually in her mouth. However they were positioned in such a way that you could tell the head hook was taken first with the tail hook stuck in the mouth but just barely. I had 28#er two weeks ago hooked in a similar manner. But like I said they're taking them head first none the less.

Huge be-lated Congratz!....

Nice Striper John!

This is a guess theory of mine.... many of the baits the bass have had recently digest quickly....pogies,sandeels, and squid...hence fat bass empty stomach ....maybe?

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Hey Brendon,
Thanks for the info on the hook position in the fishes mouth.
Once Again ..... Nice Job

Brendan, congratulations on your KORKER!! That is one FINE catch you made there. Enjoy all the memories of the pursuit,the hookup, the fight and the landing of that large fish, you never know when another will come along. :btu:

Nice fish!!!