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Raven · 06-13-2003, 10:07 PM

this fish was huge.....but unfortunately i was trying to make sure it was a striper and not just another bluefish and i horsed it a bit to much and pissed him/her off just enough that it made a quick run and actually straightened out my damn wire leader to my ultimate shock and horror. An important lesson, i have now learned as i was a little over confident in my leader as the hookup was SOLID. This keeper swam away with my LURE still attached. Fishing with Mr Macey was the "best time" i've had for a long time. The guy is alot of fun and has ultimate class to be sure. I look forward to going again .We had a blast catching bluefish and came very close to getting into some real nice stripers but they seemed to be only feeding mid -range to deepwater with little to no top water action seen anywhere we traveled.

06-13-2003, 10:07 PM	#12
Raven ........ iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,805 Blog Entries: 1	lost my keeper boatside........ this fish was huge.....but unfortunately i was trying to make sure it was a striper and not just another bluefish and i horsed it a bit to much and pissed him/her off just enough that it made a quick run and actually straightened out my damn wire leader to my ultimate shock and horror. An important lesson, i have now learned as i was a little over confident in my leader as the hookup was SOLID. This keeper swam away with my LURE still attached. Fishing with Mr Macey was the "best time" i've had for a long time. The guy is alot of fun and has ultimate class to be sure. I look forward to going again .We had a blast catching bluefish and came very close to getting into some real nice stripers but they seemed to be only feeding mid -range to deepwater with little to no top water action seen anywhere we traveled.