newsworthy fish caught today?
 

Any news? Other site said a record fish caught at the 'river' today....

Which River?

not sure a record, but a big one. I heard 55

I don't know where the "record" part came in. :huh:

55 lbs is a nice fish, but it's not even a Canal record.

200 people will crowd the spot where it was caught tomorrow morning, without even considering for a second that the fish probably swam all the way from Wings Neck to the spot where a guy casting blind with a plug caught its attention :doh: :wall:

good more room for me at other spots. Isn't canal record like 62 Mike?

I remember seeing an old picture of a 65 pound bass. The pic (it was actually a newspaper clip) was at the check out counter at the old bait store on the Sagamore rotary. I remember because I looked at it for 5 or so minutes. I think a guy from New Bedford caught it. The headline said it was the biggest recorded canal bass.

That was 30 years ago.

was it a gibby cup fish?

Posts like this are what make the canal a zoo.

Agreed. That place will continue to be a zoo with all the "media" it gets now a days. I have no problem fishing amongst other "regulars" who can fish in somewhat close quarters without problem, but there are plenty of people there now that can really make you mad.

A family member of mine (great great uncle?) got a 63 on a brown gibbs pencil sometime in the 1960s I believe. Doubt it was ever "officially" weighed in. Bet it fed the family for a long time though. Evidently brown was the go go to color back then due to the abundance of whiting. Still have some of the old school gibbs pencils in brown, but I have repainted/repaired some and fish them now:fishslap:

Hey JohnnyD, this happens to be a striped bass site (NOT a political site). A fish of that size from shore may interest more fishing members here than all the political drivel you seem to have so much interest and posts on the Political forum. If you doubt me, just look at some of the longtime contributing members who responded in kind, and on topic, before you chose to whine in....

The effing (spot) "river" is how many miles long?????? Did you see the place named in the title or my post? I answered questions about which river via PMs. Majority of report chasers go once, get skunked, lose chitloads of terminal gear, and are gone... Take Beaver bandwagon with you and go complain away in your political sandbox. Whiners.

I know another site you might fit in better......

and folks wonder why they don't here from me much any more.:fury: I just pop on every once in a while to burn a spot I don't plan on using any more.By the way there taking 40#ers out of hull gut with T&W at about 2 kt on the in coming. see you on the water :wavey:

A fish like that could have been taken at any place or time, no doubt. In other words, you don't need blitz like conditions to produce a single large fish. It was pretty much the only large fish taken amidst a bunch of twinkies. I certainly wouldn't rush down there because of one fish.

All the whiners who don't fish there should remember its a day caught fish on a weekend morning. There's sure to be a crowd there today with or without the fishing web sites input. Dah.

Guy's name was Frank Machado and he caught it on a 4 oz Stan Gibbs Popper. The Gibbs display at the shows has a picture of the guy and the fish.

Can I mention where it was caught back in the late 1950s without the spot police getting their panties in a wad--naw, just too risky. :hs:

You guys bitching need to learn how to fish nights and fish jigs. :doh:

The canal has something like 16 miles of shoreline both sides included (or there abouts) quit your whining! The only place it will be jammed is where folks hear the fish was caught!!! Got news for you.....the fish swim by you so pick a spot, close your mouth and catch some fish!!! How many people on here did not know you could catch real nice fish from the ditch?? Or that there was a ditch???

Canal has big fish.
on my way!!!

Within 1 1/2 hours of that fish (55#er) being caught, I informed a handful of local/regulars by PM exactly where, when and on what.

None of us went anywhere near there today. Knew better. :grins:

What was it caught on?? I want to buy all I can find before anyone else can!!:hihi:

yellow over white BigFish canal pencil....or so I heard....:jester:

Thanx Mike P for mentioning Frank Machado.
His fish weighed 68 lbs on the old fasioned Gibbs
Proppa popper . That fish won the Governors cup
for the largest S B that yr. in Mass.
His ethnic background is a clue as to where it was caught.
From what i was told.
Also a 53lb Bass was caught trolling a lg swimming plug
on wire around the Elizabeth islands last week.
Large fish will turn up . One day here, next somewhere else.

i lost a *nice* one this morning.. but otherwise it was a whole lot of nothing for everyone in my area last night/this morning.

save a few dinks here or there.

About two years ago there was a reprint of the original newspaper story about Machado's fish (? Cape Cod Times, ? Enterprise, Fisherman magazine?). Does anybody recall where this was published? If I remember correctly it was taken at night (although there was apparently enough light to see a break) and I think he was throwing into a very stiff NW wind.

First of all, you'll never see a political comment made by me outside of the Political Forum.

Second of all, don't try to play off like you were being vague by saying "river". Give me a break.

And sure, the Canal 14 miles of shoreline - if you have a bike. For those without a bike, you pull up to a spot, unload all your gear, walk down the hill and find 15 yahoos fishing a few hundred yards in both directions.

Then, you get to a spot where you get a good drift, are jigging and some yahoo that doesn't have a clue or knows what you're doing sets up 20' down current from you.

So don't give me this chit about there being "14 miles of shore, you can find a spot". Given your position, Massachusetts has hundreds of miles of shore line - people should be able to spot burn all they want.

I do not have a canal bike.....I hoof it to where ever I want to fish and I think one spot on the canal is as good as any other! As I said...the fish have fins.

Somewhere there is a bike seat that is certainly thankful about that.

:shocked::eek::tooth:

BigfishJR hear you go even a 10 year old can do it.

Don't twist your neck looking at it.

Settle down nightfighter. I was not trying to come across like a whiner and certainly don't give two craps about politics and don't exactly see where you got that from.

I'm a young guy, but I can remember when the canal was barely mentioned in any of the media, but that probably because the internet wasn't the megapower it is now.

I apologize if my post hit you the wrong way, as it was certainly not intended to. I live about an hour away from the canal and fish it as much as possible, and was just as curious as you to hear news about a monster caught in the "river." Also thought my personal knowledge of a big bass caught in the canal would be of some interest to others.

Like BigFish, I honestly feel almost every spot is as good as the next. I do have my favorites just because they have produced for me in the past, are often less crowded than other spots, and suit my needs (not a long walk because I'm in the market for a new bike).

It kind of ticked me off that my post was taken that way. After reading it over I'm still not sure what part was so offensive. Anyways I plan on hitting the tides this week and was planning to once I saw tides I liked in the tide chart about three months ago.

I'm short and I'll be rocking old school canal rods, so if you see me don't be afraid to make a fast joke about the nickname beaver

Don't fret it. Some old timers feel the need to talk down to people just because you disagree with them. While others, like Mike P, are full of decades of information and don't mind helping someone out with a few bits of their wisdom.

Don't let the few grumpy old men around here bother you.

I still stand by the position that posts like this contribute to the canal being plagued by Urban Warriors, with no sense of etiquette and no respect for the fishermen around them. Not to mention are a lot of the idiots who's Dunkin cups, stripped line and other garbage I end up picking up after they leave their trash behind.

Any canal fisher person had this set of tides circled last year for Pete's sake. Weekend, canal, pretty much equals lots of people. Probably the most, visible, congested place to fish on weekends there is. Got to accept it and move on or you will be miserable. Part of the fun to me. I heard from 3 different people that the fish was caught before I even went on line and I didn't even fish there yesterday so this site really has nothing to do with it. I am grumpy though, just ask my family.