Another Canal 40 lber
 

I got one this am. 47" long, 27" girth. Weighed in at One Shot. I caught it at around 1 am and weighed it at 6. It was 39.7 but the guy there said they can lose up to a pound in that time so who knows.... I'll post pics later today. After a week of 35-40 inch fish this one felt good on a full current. Had me 3/4 the way into my line. Back to MO on Wed so I still have a little more time.....

congrats

Congrats, don't you love it when a plan comes together, come to fish, catch fish and a large before leaving:). What did you catch her on?

Congrats!
The big girls are in the canal, no doubt about it. :claps:

Very nice Dave :btu: sounds like a 40 to me. Must have felt good to have a fish test your tackle like that.

I didn't know you were even here you sneaky canalratt.

Dave be sure to put a slip in for the yearlong, that must be the lead fish now 47"

Hey Dave - welcome back to the coast - bet this makes your trip worth it!

Congrats Dave. getting a big fish like that will certainly make this a memorable vacation!

good job!!! but, where are the pics?!! we wanna see! :D

Slowly droppin skins on an east tide huh?? :hee: way ta do it Congrats to you Dude!

I got it on a skin jig. I'll post pics tomorrow but my dad took the pics and wrote a little description of the weight time and place I caught the fish on the footnote of each pic on the disc so I think I'll wait until he can give me one without the specifics to post for EVERYONES viewing pleasure :smash:

nice, man...:D that's a sweet catch u got, man. your reel must have been screaming on that time you caught your fish, man?

OK Dave - I'll let you give the details - nice fish....

http://striped-bass.com/images/eastide39a.jpg



http://striped-bass.com/images/eastide39b.jpg

Great fish, congradulations:jump:

Beauty of a bass.I'm on vacation in 2 weeks, and hope there are some left! congrats:drool:

Way to go Dave :happy:

:claps: Great fish!

WELL WORTH THE WAIT FOR THEM PICS,congrats great fish!:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

Good Job, Whats the fight time ?

Nice Bass Man!
 

Good fishing...Holy Cow!

Thanks for the photo!

Mike


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nice Fish :D got a 40 last week:D send Your left overs here:D

Nice job!

Congratulations , Dave. I'm goin' to start fishing barefoot.

Congrats on a nice fish:jump:

Dave, nice pictures... Great fish :D `
Congratulation
Nils

am i busted?? lot of cows last week:D

Congrats...Nice fish:D

Duh, I fished bare foot last week My name is Dave and I got a 40 to:D
But His 40 is Purty:D
I bet that peeled some line

Great looking bass.....Congrats...

Bassmaster;

Ok. East Tide is "Dave". You is " Dave".

So...I'm changing my name to Dave , and goin' barefoot if that's what it's going to take. :D

:)

Way to go Kid, nice fish!!

I think JP is on to somethin here I change me name to Dave too.

Thanks to all. For a one week "season" I was sure happy to nail that fish. All the other 40"-ish fish I caught were sub twenty or just over so that was the only real fighter.

JP, I'm a hippie, what can I say? Going to Phish this weekend for two nights at Alpine Valley WI.

Here's some trivia; If anyone can tell by the pics where on the canal I caught that fish I'll.....
Dave:laughs:

I know right where you caught it :D ;)

Just hold onto that feeling till ya get back. Beautiful fish Dave :btu:

You said a lot already when you said you weighed it at One-Shot :D

I'm guessing you didn't drive by 3-4 shops on the way if you got it at the west end ;)

i know where you caught it too...thats at least the third 40+lb fish that i know of to come out of that particular rip this season...

Gee - maybe where you usually fish?

Just for some fun, it's not going to blow my spot for the rest of the seaon anyways!

I didn't catch it in the east end proper. I didn't even catch it in a rip where "alot of other 40's have come from." It was kinda a weird spot to be fishing on the west to be honest. I was parked at the Herring Run P-lot. Got bike?

Mike P does all night long and Dunkin Doughnuts mean anything ;)
One shot was probably the only game in town at 7 am, not sure because I didn't drive by any other shops :smash:

Dave

Nice to see a hippie with a solid fish. Hope you catch a monster show from The Phish at Alpine as well. No Phish for me this summer...after 62 shows it's hard to motivate when the nearest show is ten+ hours away.

It's getting tougher but I think there will be a pretty good fall tour this year. Last winter I went to Chicago (6 of 10), Cinnci on the first night (8) and Greensboro which was a 10. Go or you'll regret it when you get old.