Finally went back to work today and this thread has generated
grandchildren since yesterday......................Good Stuff, everyone!
Hello, RIJIMMY!
This is true, you don't know me nor do i know you.
So why should you believe me?
More improtantly, and I think more inline with zimmy's previous post,
the question i would ask you is, do you know the SPOT of which i speak? Doood, this spot is stacked! It is very difficult to access, and i am 95% sure that i'm the only one who fishes it from it's rocks. i've seen a few boat guys approach their nooks and crannies that are on its outside, but they cain't get to the honeyholes that lie within. And as often and as HARD as i fish this place, you'd think i would've bumped into somebody in two and 1/2 years????
The definiton of several is; "more than two, but not many". I should have been more clear and said 4, but did not intend to mislead or suggest any more than that. To me the intent of this thread was not what i've caught, or not caught, and it was not my intent to project myself as any "great" angler; but, to speak more about the mojo/luck factor as it applies to me.
It is not my nature to place my abilities above yours, your friends skills, or anyone else that you know have landed 30's and have seen land many 30's last year. i am more interested in offering my perspective and asking questions to improve my knowledge and hone what little skills i do possess
. That being said, if i were to ever blindfold you and take you to this treasurecove
, then i am certain that a surfcaster of your skills and abilities would have landed those that got away and would have surpassed my 4 by now, EASILY!!! This place is that LOADED.
Lastly, I do not own a Bogagrip scale and I do use the C&R formula.
Hey, if LXLXG/800 is good enough for OTW and their Striper Cup, then it's good enuff for me. Unless, of course you have a better way to guesstimate the weight of fish that allows for the girth variance. The place where these beetches hit gains obstacles as the tide drops, so there have been many girls that i have released that have not even been measured, but i've had to eyeball and feel their size. And with those fish, that i have not mentioned til now, i will not mention a weight or length since no measuring was done, but they are etched indellibly on the old noggin
.
Also, just so you know i'm not going for "rock star cementment" as you so kindly assume, but i would like to know roughly the size of my bigger catches before I let them swim away to become my daughter's 50, 60, 70#'ers in the years to come, so that's why i like the C&R formula so well. It's quick, easy, and allows me to return our majestic quarry back to her ocean with good results.
THE ONE that i guessed to be a 60#'er, i only mentioned because we are talking about trophy sized fish. Here are some eyeballed, and I do use a tape everyday as a Journeyman Union Ironworker ~LOCAL #7~ Boston, numbers to consider.
From nose to 1st dorsal spike~~23"-25";
From dorsal to third stripe down, head on view/width~~12"-14";
From nose to tail, in a quick swoosh/a couple of jumps~~54"-66".
She snapped a 40# BGame mono shock to 30# PLine mono ~uni to uni knot like it was piano string in one milisecond after i touched the leader with one tail to nose SWISH of her massive tail............and SHE was
gone.
You ARE absolutely right, none of this is exact.
There is no picture, and why even mention it if
i can't PROVE it? I dunno, maybe cause she haunts me
STILL! The curse of a photographic memory!!
Maybe cause i'll "measure" all others by her until
i equal her, or land her MOMMA!!? in your vast experience,
how big do YOU think she was ~given those numbers and images?
i know i'll never forget her, and i know i'll land one bigger this year!