As I was hauling this fish up to the beach last night.......
 

I realized...."hey, this fish is bigger than Numbskull"!

That's gotta be a big fish. It even looks big next to you. What were the stats?

I was lucky, that was my second 40 lb plus fish this week.

Real nice fish Flap. of course Throwing Timber will accuse of posting as soon as you got home.:uhuh:

nice fish S. What plug did it take? or was it a pogie head:)

Hard work always pays off :uhuh:Catchum up.Oh and i think Numbskull is an inch taller than that fish and not as wide also.

I need to work on my timing.

The fish was #42.5 it galls me to say. But the tall turd cheats. He used a tazer plug.

All my biggest fish this past two weeks have come on Eel Punt Stubbys.:uhuh:

Thank you Ray and I hope you see this and it makes you feel better.:)

Thanks again your old pal Steve

Nice fish/photos. As nice as last night was did you hear/see the take?

DZ

Jeezus, you guys are setting new lows here...first we get a picture of the fish's ass, now he's got you holding his fish to make them look bigger...worse yet you're returning them to the water blind and disoriented from that tazer thingy...how will they ever find my damn eels?

No Dennis, we had a moderate wind and two footers rolling in. Just a bump and for a second an immovable force then, well.... you know what happens after that.:uhuh:

Well done Steve...I hope Walter is there with you guys...real slow on MV...one of these years I am going to be smart and stay home

:drool:That's a nice fish Flatail!

wow, nice fish! and two 40's in one week. not bad

Nice fish. Just wondering how long that fish was? I ask because I caught one 39" last week that was much fatter than that one and I am trying to get an idea on how much it weighed. I did not think it was a 40#er but I had no way of knowing for sure

Thanks
DR

A 39" fish (fork length) usually would weigh in the low to mid twenties. A real fatty might get to the high twenties. If you google "striped bass length weight charts" you'll find plenty of info. Most fish these days are thinner. Measuring techniques have changed, too.

Most people don't measure fork length (so subtract 1-2") and most people bend the tape over their fish (which adds another 1-2").

Your eyes also fool you. When I've been doing lousy a 25 lb fish looks like thirty, and a thirty looks like a 40. Unless of course your buddy catches it, in which case the opposite applies.

Carrying a good scale is fun and interesting (even when it only rarely gets used), it also eliminates a major reason to keep a large fish.

Nice fish flap

Thanks. I did release it successfully. In my attempts to travel light I do not bring a scale but I do have a small tape measure ( the floppy kind like would be used for sewing...not that I sew ). I should have measured the girth as well but was really more concerned with getting her back into the water. I was estimating around 25 pounds, maybe a little more as she was a fatty.

Thanks again
DR

my experience with bass lengths to weights is the following:

36" = 17lbs +/-
38" = 21 lbs +/-
40" = 24lbs +/-
42" = 27lbs +/-
44" = 30lbs +/-
46" = 35lbs +/-
48" = 40lbs +/-

as always, ymmv...