I got my largest striper ever last night at the breechway, since I was alone with no one to witness it's just another fish story. Have to tell anyway, soooooo here goes
Got there around 8:30pm in the rain and drissle, not a soul in sight. I started fishing on the bottom jigging a storm
nothing, not a bite. Changed colors on the storm, still to luck so I decided to change lures. Put on a yellow and white popper (no teaser because the hook was rusted.... gzzzz), and started fishing again.
I guess throwing a popper is a little different than using storms because I got a windknot on the line, I reeled in until I got to the knot. sat down and attempted to undo the knot. While I'm doing this the popper is floating slowly out the mouth of the breechway. I stand up and start to reel in the popper fast (faster than normal) to start all over....... BANG... the line stops, I can't see the popper.... it must be stuck on the rocks..... S#!t that's what you get for not paying attention.
So I move down I couple of rocks to see if I can see where the plug is stuck, no tension on the line I'm relaxed after the outburst. WHEEEEEEEEE goes the line I'm holding on to the pole for dear life, watching the line fly of the end of the tip. (guess it's a fish not a rock...
) I got the fish turned around when I was halfway down on the mono backing. She was going up and down the breechway for 5min before I could get her close to the rocks and climb/slide down to lift her out of the water.
MY BIGGEST STRIPER ever, I held her next to the rod, her tail on the ground and I marked off her nose on the pole so I could measure when I got back to the car. She was 36" long but with no witnesses it's just another fish story. I let her go so I could climb back up the rocks and go home to sleep.
Nils
