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Plug · 05-10-2000, 01:37 PM

Hey JohnM, I broke an 80# leader a couple of years back trying to lift a fish up on a jetty. Can I call her an 80 pounder? <img src="/Images/Happy_Face.gif">

I've listened to the stories about the superfish that stay under the schools of pelagic baitfish and all that stuff. Thing is rock are estuary spawners. You would think they'd turn up somewhere in the spring. Also around here as I'm sure elsewhere you've got fishermen doing all manner of trolling and chunking from just offshore to the edge of the continental shelf. You'd think that somebody would catch one of these fish. I'm sure they would take a butterfish drifted in a chum slick for tuna or sharks. I'm not saying 100#s is unattainable. But certainly not a normal maximum mature weight. That would seem to be in the 60-80 range.

05-10-2000, 01:37 PM	#8
Plug Surfcaster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 88	RE:How Hey JohnM, I broke an 80# leader a couple of years back trying to lift a fish up on a jetty. Can I call her an 80 pounder? <img src="/Images/Happy_Face.gif"><!--e1--> I've listened to the stories about the superfish that stay under the schools of pelagic baitfish and all that stuff. Thing is rock are estuary spawners. You would think they'd turn up somewhere in the spring. Also around here as I'm sure elsewhere you've got fishermen doing all manner of trolling and chunking from just offshore to the edge of the continental shelf. You'd think that somebody would catch one of these fish. I'm sure they would take a butterfish drifted in a chum slick for tuna or sharks. I'm not saying 100#s is unattainable. But certainly not a normal maximum mature weight. That would seem to be in the 60-80 range.