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Blitzseeker · 02-01-2008, 10:18 AM

I agree with you completely on your fish size post, RI Jimmy. In the pantheon of those on this board I'm a slightly below average fisherman who has fished the surf (less frequently than I'd like) for about a dozen years. I have one fish 45 inches, 36#, next biggest probably only about 26-28#. Thats with a lot of hours in over a long time, far from a sharpie but knowing at least reasonably what I'm doing. 35# + fish do not grow on trees, even for the best of fishermen, except for some very special and very infrequent runs of fish that most will look back on as a "lifetime experience."

In my humble opinion, those catching fish regularly above 35#, like more than a couple a season, are the best of the best of the best striper fishermen on the coast. (Congrats to the many of you on this site that are at that level.) Once you make that club, getting a 40 vs a 50 vs the world record is pretty much luck of the draw.

A guy I fish with regularly with has been fishing MA and RI regularly for 30+ years. He catches fish when no one, and I mean no one, is catching. One of those guys who has fishing in his blood, could haul fish out of a bathtub. Best fish ever is 44#.

02-01-2008, 10:18 AM	#73
Blitzseeker Cape Crusader Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Ashland, MA Posts: 323	I agree with you completely on your fish size post, RI Jimmy. In the pantheon of those on this board I'm a slightly below average fisherman who has fished the surf (less frequently than I'd like) for about a dozen years. I have one fish 45 inches, 36#, next biggest probably only about 26-28#. Thats with a lot of hours in over a long time, far from a sharpie but knowing at least reasonably what I'm doing. 35# + fish do not grow on trees, even for the best of fishermen, except for some very special and very infrequent runs of fish that most will look back on as a "lifetime experience." In my humble opinion, those catching fish regularly above 35#, like more than a couple a season, are the best of the best of the best striper fishermen on the coast. (Congrats to the many of you on this site that are at that level.) Once you make that club, getting a 40 vs a 50 vs the world record is pretty much luck of the draw. A guy I fish with regularly with has been fishing MA and RI regularly for 30+ years. He catches fish when no one, and I mean no one, is catching. One of those guys who has fishing in his blood, could haul fish out of a bathtub. Best fish ever is 44#.