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Blitz from heaven one day at Peggotty Beach in Scituate, where I'd bring my lunch (Marias Sub Shop best subs around) every day, to sit overlooking the beach and hope for some action. Well this day in 88 I think, the sub never saw the light of day and I was pulling my rod out of the car before I had put it park. The entire cove was nothing but white water, with 12inch bunker flying out of the water everywhere you looked attempting to flee the toothy bastards below.
I had a 9 foot garcia Hermans Sporting Goods special rod, Penn 710 with 15 lb mono, wire leader and an atoms popper already rigged up. For two hours it was either a 12-15 lb bluefish or a large striper and when I say large; my first fish was 42 lbs and went on the beach right away. I landed probably 12 stripers from 30-42 lbs and more large blues then I could count.
About an hour into this action, with only one other guy on the beach to share this with, I had a monster stripper come right up to my feet to grap my popper at the last minute. I watched her coming in fast and saw the take right below me in 2 feet of clear water and as she turned to run my mouth dropped at the length and size. With already a couple 40's landed and two 50's since, I'd put that fish at a solid 60; maybe mid 60's. I just held on as she easily peeled line off the reel, which only lasted seconds and then slack. I think the close proximity to the hookup probably either didn't get a good set or set too hard and tore a hole. Either way, that's the big one for me that got away, but in light of the day I was still having; I didn't loose a beat and was hooked up shortly after.
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