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beamie · 01-17-2009, 10:29 AM

I think I have you all beat. Years ago when I was a kid maybe '77 or so I was on our family sailboat in Waquoit Bay. There were bait fish being chased by bluefish. I snagged a bait fish and I didn't recognise it. Finally could make out the stripes. Only 5 inches or so and so small it didn't really have the "normal" shape of the striper yet. I guess I am not 100% sure it was a bass but I think it was.

Never the less in '77 I put it back in the water on a hook just to see what the predator was. about 7 pound blues.

01-17-2009, 10:29 AM	#8
beamie Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Marshfield, MA Posts: 1,748	I think I have you all beat. Years ago when I was a kid maybe '77 or so I was on our family sailboat in Waquoit Bay. There were bait fish being chased by bluefish. I snagged a bait fish and I didn't recognise it. Finally could make out the stripes. Only 5 inches or so and so small it didn't really have the "normal" shape of the striper yet. I guess I am not 100% sure it was a bass but I think it was. Never the less in '77 I put it back in the water on a hook just to see what the predator was. about 7 pound blues.
	Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA