Out on the beach last evening pre dusk.. dead low.. tossing plugs with my son.. delighting in watching 6-8 inch stripers chasing and bumping a 6 inch danny.. then..switched to pencils.. when the "Herds" started swimming by.. .. got a little PO'd and switched to a 3 ounce Hopkins, sans hook, and commenced "accuracy in casting" practise..
(Man.. do they get pissed when you smack 'em upside the head!)
So.. my question.. How big do they get??
.. I saw a behomoth last night, leading a pod of about 20 seals.. googled this AM.. says 8-9 feet and 990 pounds is about tops...
I dunno... I smack this big boy.. (couldn't miss.. huge head).. he dove.. surfaced... looked over at me.. sounded again.. and I am glad it was low water ( I know.. he coulda wriggled right up t o me, if he was so inclined).. he came into shore right in front of me.. till his belly rubbed, poked his head up.. blew his nose at me and turned side to, then, truned back out towards open water).. both my son and I guessed at least 12-14 feet.. I know he would'nt have fit in the back of my pickup...
Anybody else seen them bigger than 8 feet?