back to back personal bests last night... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Nebe · 10-03-2005, 09:48 AM

First cast... Im on........ battle the beast for 10 minutes and i straighten out a 4/0 mustad trebble (the old good ones) and a 5/0 siwash loose a fish.

2nd cast..... Im on... after a long battle I land a beauty.. weigh it on my boga, and hey, its a personal best!!! i release it and cast agian.

3rd cast... wham and a screaming run. after about 15 minutes i land a whopper that beats the previous best by 1 # i rease it and go home exhausted.....

14 1/2 lb bloofish and another just over 15

wish they were bass

RIJIMMY · 10-03-2005, 10:05 AM

Awesome! Must have fought like h*ll!

snake slinger · 10-03-2005, 10:40 AM

eben i got fooled so bad last nite.ihooked a fish nice solid hit no head shake it makes 3 runs slow steady runs feels like a solid fish i get it in the wash turn my lite on its a big blue i was p/od!!

RIROCKHOUND · 10-03-2005, 10:54 AM

told ya the story last year; fouled a 14+ on the back (dorsal) thought it was well north of 30... oh well...
nice blues though

slow eddie · 10-03-2005, 11:37 AM

chris is jealous. inquiring minds want to know. squid plug weighs 21/2 oz big mama weighs 4 oz. nothing doing in stretch of woods. have to find some big blues for the boss. is that cambell in the pic? slow eddie.

Nebe · 10-03-2005, 11:56 AM

I called Piemma and told him a had a new persoanl best and I was too excited to leave a message on his voice mail.

he thought i had a 50

Slingah · 10-03-2005, 01:56 PM

congrats nebe.....good story....

Nebe · 10-03-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by slow eddie

chris is jealous. inquiring minds want to know. squid plug weighs 21/2 oz big mama weighs 4 oz. nothing doing in stretch of woods. have to find some big blues for the boss. is that cambell in the pic? slow eddie.

hey slow eddie.. 4 0z.. nice

Thats what i was launching last night.

big blues would be east of you at that place I made the long gaff for...

fish4striper · 10-03-2005, 02:34 PM

I caught a huge blue the other nite too, no head shake , just 2 good runs on mine, thought it was a nice fatty, oh well.

Mike P · 10-03-2005, 06:47 PM

I'll never forget the blitz of blues I hit on the Vineyard a few years back. They hit on every cast for the entire dropping tide, off East Beach, from Wasque to Dike Bridge. Every freakin' fish was over 13 lbs. The biggest I had was 17 and change and it's the only fish I ever hooked that bottomed out my 3M Lami S-glass. There were two fish landed that almost hit 20. I kept at them after dark with darters. Next morning, I was so stiff I could hardly get out of bed.

And, as my luck usually has it, this was the day after the Derby ended with a 14 topping the shore leader board

But, then again, this happened while the beach was almost empty cause everyone went to the awards ceremony.

I'm not a big fan of the yellow eyed razor toothed bastages, but they earned my respect that day. These fish were big, mean, they had the feedbag on, and East Beach has just enough current to make things interesting.

Nebe · 10-03-2005, 07:30 PM

Good story Mike.

I will happily do battle with golden eye if there are no striped ones to punnish..
beats a skunk thats for sure

Diamond Tackle · 10-03-2005, 07:42 PM

Happy Birthday NEBE !

Nebe · 10-03-2005, 07:50 PM

tattoobob · 10-03-2005, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebe

Good story Mike.

I will happily do battle with golden eye if there are no striped ones to punnish..
beats a skunk thats for sure

you can say that again, nothin like a good ol' blue blitz

stripercrazy · 10-03-2005, 08:39 PM

Skip N · 10-03-2005, 10:42 PM

Yikes those are some big arse Bluefish! Why cant i hook up to one of those. Good catch

bassmaster · 10-04-2005, 06:16 AM

eben u should feel what a 24 lb blue fights and looks like

Saltheart · 10-04-2005, 07:44 AM

Yep , what BM said.

One year , I would guess it was about 1987 or so , the weekend after Thanksgiving along a RI beach , we caught truly big bluefish.

I usually throw bluefish back but kept a couple that day. We gutted them on the beach and took home the fish. At home , after gutting , they weighed in at 22 to 23 pounds.

This wasn't a couple of big one out of many small ones . They were all about the same size and it lasted the whole weekend like that.

Nebe · 10-04-2005, 08:01 AM

I cant imagine.. occasionaly one would break and all you would hear was a very loud snapping sound as they were chomping bait fish.

had i kept one i would be winning my club's bluefish shore division trophy, but I hate them so much i couldnt be bothered

bassmaster · 10-05-2005, 10:59 AM

Salt ...,, from say 77 to 84 them things was monsters

Saltheart · 10-05-2005, 12:24 PM

I always wondered why they were so big but especially puzzling was why so late in the year. Last few days of November!

Mike P · 10-05-2005, 01:22 PM

We used to hit them at South Cape Beach almost to Thanksgiving.

One year it snowed on Veteran's Day weekend while we were on the Vineyard, and we had monster blues at Menemsha the day after the storm.