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07-12-2006, 03:47 PM
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More fish porn . . .
. . . of course, my big-bass fishing is always at night since during the day I like chasing scup, black sea bass and fluke, then I stalk my favorite night places by boat, depending on what the sea and wind are doing so I can put myself on some good drifts by the totally rocky shorelines I have stalked in the daytime over the years during both high and low tide so I know I'll be safe.
Even though it is almost mid-July, the fish have still been skulking around my usual haunts and I like to get to them right around sunset and watch the sky go from light to dark. The night of these bass, it was right around low tide and the moon was right around the first quarter. This was one of the first times I did not use eels at night but went with a big black plug, I forget the name of the thing but I spent $20 on it at Red Top and it is very similar to a Danny except that the lip is not metal but part of the wood body of the plug, the lip is carved right into the plug. The lure had 3 hooks but I removed the first two and kept the tail hook which is bucktail or synthetic thread but white nonetheless.
I got on my drift and on the first pass I got nothing. This area I was fishing was new to me as I had never fished it before, I had visited it at least 3 times in the daytime and once at night, it had moving water and was flushing me out to another pile of rocks that was marked with a red buoy as it was part of a small channel marker while both of the sides of the inlet were full of rocks and the water just seemed very fishy. On the second cast I let the lure float for a while before I began the retrieve. I love the way this lure, like a Danny or a jointed Bomber moves in the water, with the 7 foot light-action ugly stick coupled to my trusty 6500SS, I had to go with my heavier rod since the lure would probably have been a lot for my 7' light Boca/Boca 40 reel. Nonetheless, I can feel this lure wiggling from side to side despite my painfully slow retrieve, about as slow as I work my eels, when I felt the take. The pull was immediate and I could feel my line paying out the the shore on the starboard side of the boat, the fish heading straight for the rocks on the shore.
Cut back to a month ago while fishing with a relative newbie, we had an eel on the bottom and a fish had picked it up and ran, the rod was just sitting in the rodholder and the drag was just set to full-loose, we let the newbie take the rod and he just started reeling and we could just hear the drag spinning. We told him to tighten up the drag, which he did, and he set to just reeling the fish right in, not letting the fish play or allowing the drag or the fish to take line, we were watching just horrified as the bend in the light/medium rod suggested that the fish on the line was pretty big, however, the reel did have 20lb test and before we knew it a 40" bass was at the side of the boat, ready for the net. It was one of the fastest boatings of a high 30's low 40" fish I had ever seen.
I thought of that episode and decided that I could muscle my away from the rocks and had to trust that the 15lb test I had on was not too fatigued as it was relatively early in the season and the line on this particular reel did not have too many fish caught on it, so using the limberness of the rod and using two hands, I steadily pulled with more force than I was used to and got the fishes head to turn and stay in the channel which was about 15-20 feet deep. The fish then ran towards the stern, taking me out about 50 yards. How I love the initial run, then when I think it is over the fish goes into overdrive and runs twice as fast and the drag just sings. I kept both my headlamp off and all the lights off as I didn't want to possibly spook any other fish that might have been in the area and I wanted the challenge of fighting the fish in the total darkness. In addition, I love seeing the swirls of the dorsal fin and tail in the water in the available light and how big they look when I know I have a big fish. The fish came to the boat and ended up being a 39", 30.5lb fish that after this pic was taken, I put back in, made sure it was alive and watched it swim away for another day. 
To me, anything is better than holding a fish out to the camera to make it look bigger. I'll do anything to NOT do that, I've seen ads for Charter boats that have the person holding the fish out and it makes me laugh inside when I see it, like the Charter guy has to exaggerate a little to show his fish. No matter, I know how some don't need to show the world their fish but I do know that my neices and nephews, especially my 4 year old nephew who loves to see pictures of fish on the fishing sites, it makes them happy, so if for nothing else, it is for the future generations of fishermens enjoyment.
The weekend looks hazy, hot and humid and I'm going to live-line some scup in the deep water along with chase the bluefish, I can't wait. Enjoy! |
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07-12-2006, 04:01 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
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that is a purrrrty looking fish and a great read while i eat my dinner 
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07-12-2006, 04:09 PM
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Also known as OAK
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Not to be an A-hole but if that fish is 30lbs then I'll eat one of those live scup.... even the max on length weight for 39" is 27lbs...
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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07-12-2006, 04:14 PM
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What was that!?!
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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
Not to be an A-hole but if that fish is 30lbs then I'll eat one of those live scup.... even the max on length weight for 39" is 27lbs...
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your probably right but it would be funny to see you try and eat a live scup  |
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07-12-2006, 04:56 PM
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....nice fish..aint no 30lbs tho
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07-12-2006, 05:21 PM
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I have seen a 40" fish go 29.5 pounds. I hate it when people are so quick to judge another when they post a pic of their fish with weights and lengths.
No different than humans....take 2 people that are 5'6" and one can weigh 150 pounds while the other weighs 175 pounds.....and they LOOK the same!!!!
P.S. Bassyius....nice fish!
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Simplify.......
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07-12-2006, 05:38 PM
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Its a nice fish...but i have NEVER seen a fish that size go 30..ever. It could have i guess, but it doesnt look overly fat..and to be 30 it wud have to be a SLOB!
Come to thnk of it ive never seen a 42" go 30...
Regardless, like i said...Nice fish!
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07-12-2006, 06:06 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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A 39" fish could go 30#---pre-spawn, carrying its winter fat and loaded with roe.
I've caught many 30# fish--the shortest one was 43".
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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07-12-2006, 06:12 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
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someone might be eating live scup for dinner |
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07-12-2006, 07:19 PM
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I`ve caught four 42 to 43 inch fish that weighed 30# late in the fall
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Good health and family
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07-12-2006, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
Not to be an A-hole but if that fish is 30lbs then I'll eat one of those live scup.... even the max on length weight for 39" is 27lbs...
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Bryan....please let me know when you`ll be eating the live scup  |
Good health and family
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07-12-2006, 07:28 PM
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30lbs or not , wtf cares??? Guys siked and happy about the fish he caught. COngrats on a nice fish!! But boat fish dont count anyway  |
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07-12-2006, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND
Not to be an A-hole but if that fish is 30lbs then I'll eat one of those live scup.... even the max on length weight for 39" is 27lbs...
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bryan,
stirring up the pot once again......whats brewing....scup stew
nice fish, whatever the weight of it was |
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07-12-2006, 08:24 PM
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I need spring!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Weymouth, MA
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I hate to pile on but that fish is no more than 20-21# tops. Maybe a typo?
Still a nice fish though  |
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07-12-2006, 09:15 PM
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Beautiful fish. Congratulations... looked like a wet night?
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07-13-2006, 01:17 AM
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Who cares what it weights. The guy is pumped he caught a damn nice fish. But of course, the so called "experts" have to make a stink because it doesnt look like the weight he claims. Who really cares!? Its a nice fish, leave it at that.
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07-13-2006, 05:55 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
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First off, nice fish and glad you enjoyed the hunt.
I really don't want to see this thread go down the tubes over fish size. Though it looks like the scale might be off a bit there is a chance the pic makes it look a lot smaller. Remember when Eben made that 20 inch fish look like a 30#er   ? |
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07-13-2006, 06:27 AM
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My brother is bald
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I caught a 35" 25# fish 2 years ago. 40" 30# can definitely happen. He is supporting most of the fishes weight under the gut. So I think it is hard to judge the fishes girth. If he was lipping it, people would have bashed him for holding the fish wrong. Nice fish!
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07-13-2006, 06:35 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
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nice fish- awesome picture!  |
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07-13-2006, 07:19 AM
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Comparison
Just for comparison. This fish was caught in June. 39", 28#.
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Fishing from an 18' Parker called "Moor-Sea"
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07-13-2006, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Jenn
No different than humans....take 2 people that are 5'6" and one can weigh 150 pounds while the other weighs 175 pounds.....and they LOOK the same!!!!
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hey lady why you picking on me ?
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07-13-2006, 07:41 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
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caught a 41" 30.6 # bass last june.....nice fish and story
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07-13-2006, 07:50 AM
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Boston Anglah
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Nice fish, congrats |
Used hard and put away dirty....
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07-13-2006, 07:51 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
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great fish, 30 looks high to me, but what the hell, who cares. Thanks for letting her go!
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07-13-2006, 07:53 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
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OK... sorry to all, I was tired and probably a bit cranky yesterday.
Just didnt look like a 30 to me.. still he had a great fight and had fun, that what matters.. even released it to boot..
sorry I stirred the pot as Jim put it... I was stating an opinion, just a case of intent not coming through in a post. Over a beer it would have been some friendly ribbing only.
Last edited by RIROCKHOUND; 07-13-2006 at 08:24 AM..
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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07-13-2006, 08:02 AM
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What was that!?!
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sooooooooooooo about that live scup???
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07-13-2006, 08:04 AM
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sweet!
nice fish mon!!! 
I need an nite partner for my boat! |
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07-13-2006, 08:08 AM
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Also known as OAK
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Originally Posted by MrHunters
sooooooooooooo about that live scup???
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I still think it isnt 30. I'm just appologizing for jumping on the guy's post. |
Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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07-13-2006, 08:21 AM
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07-13-2006, 08:22 AM
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sick of bluefish
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Nice keeper Salty!
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