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BCY : About a 25 years ago there was a story with pictures in a mag/newspaper ( can't remember which) about a 14 year old kid who was fishing with his Dad at the Ditch. Seems the kid messed up a cast and the plug landed about 25' from the rocks and just layed there. The plug was a reverse atom.
The fish that hit it was a 70 #er which took the kid better than an hour to land. The article said that although the boy was hollering for Dad to help him, Dad refused ( much to his credit - in my opinion).
I'm guessing that this was probably the largest striper ever landed from the Ditch.
Now, I can't confirm this story anymore - I've tried. But I think the Red Top had a picture of the kid hanging on the wall for a while.
If you're ever up in P-town, check out the collection of reverse atoms hanging from the rafters at Nelsons' tackel shop.
Me, I've got one left in my " plug museum". I'm too afraid to use it . I'm afraid because I'm certain that if I ever casted it off at the canal , I'd dive into the canal to recover it.
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