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08-13-2014, 10:35 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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New PB Slipped Through My Fingers!
I had 2 fish on the rocks already.....a 22 pound and a 12 pound for the table and chowder pot when I hooked my new PB!!! After a 10 minute battle I thought I might never win I brought the fish to hand knowing I had to let her go! Approx. 36-38 pounds. I cradled her in the water and held her tail and let her slip through my fingers! It felt great! No pics unfortunately......had no cameras prepared and wanted to get her back in the water to swim again! 
Pencil is now a wall hanger after countless fish the past 2 seasons! She deserves a rest! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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08-13-2014, 10:37 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
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Location: Rowley
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Nice fish Larry, congrats!!
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08-13-2014, 10:39 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Thanks Matt! The fish in the pic are the 2 I kept.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-13-2014, 10:52 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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WTG Larry.... feels good don't it.. |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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08-13-2014, 10:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
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Very Nice Wish I took more fish on top water
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08-13-2014, 10:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Nothing wrong with that Larry, thats allot of fillet to deal with if kept. Nice fish. Hope you had a nice big visual crash on top with that popper.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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08-13-2014, 11:03 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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The fish hit it hard! Was spooling me and I thought it was gonna go the distance and break me off but I got her turned......did not think I would ever gain any line back between the fish and the current! Yeah Joe I could get addicted to letting the big girls go! I liked it!! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-13-2014, 11:32 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Congrats!
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08-13-2014, 12:30 PM
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BuzzLuck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Brockton
Posts: 6,414
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Congrats Larry, you work hard for all your fish so deserve to move the bar higher with this PB!
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 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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08-13-2014, 12:43 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Thanks guys and thanks very much Phil! They do not come easy for me so yeah it was nice! Glad I could send her on her way though! I had my meat!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-13-2014, 01:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: guilford CT
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great story and great fish- and even better that it went back into the water
you have reason to be proud
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08-14-2014, 04:56 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Thanks guys! One bright and shining moment in an otherwise dismal saltwater season for me.....have not been much as it has been pretty poor this season! All the more reason to let the big girls go. |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-14-2014, 05:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 677
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PBs are what dreams are made of. Enjoy
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A brother of the angle
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08-14-2014, 06:45 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Good job as always Larry. Congrats
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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08-13-2014, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Congrats!
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08-13-2014, 07:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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Nice Larry ! Glad you got a PB . Its a good feeling
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08-13-2014, 07:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Somerset Ma
Posts: 1,812
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Congrats on a new P B, and its cool that she was able to swim another day. I have only kept two fish all season so far....I like to see the go.
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08-13-2014, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
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congrats larry!
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08-13-2014, 10:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
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Got to catch the fleeting moment. Happy for u larry especially after many of the nites endured on the back beaches in the good old days
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08-13-2014, 11:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Pocasset, MA
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Great fish and great story. Pictures or no, you know how big she was. Keep it up.
Bill
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Hardcore from shore
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08-14-2014, 06:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ashland, Mass.
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Congrats Larry!
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08-14-2014, 07:02 AM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
Posts: 8,618
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Larry,
You have the edge over most of us, especially at 61 as I'm now the incredible shrinking man, you have a lot of leverage at that height  .......congrats. Dropping a large before you can lip, hold and admire her is disappointing but exciting. |
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08-14-2014, 07:06 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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If I am misunderstanding your reply Bob my bad........I did catch this fish. Unhooked plug, picked up fish, admired her for a moment and then slid her back in the water and she swam from my hand.......it was great! I have experienced the moment I think you are speaking of Bob....to get it just so close only to lose it! Heartbreaking for sure!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-14-2014, 07:04 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Nice going Larry !
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08-14-2014, 07:06 AM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
Posts: 6,358
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Congrats
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Domination takes full concentration..
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08-14-2014, 07:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Congrats Larry!!!!
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08-14-2014, 01:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: guilford CT
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I guess the real question is..... if hadn't kept the other 2 fish earlier, would you have let this fish go?
(not bustin' your b@lls, just a hypothetical question.......)
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08-14-2014, 01:59 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I am pretty sure I would have....before the season started I set my own limits. All fish over 38 inches going back! I kept those first 2 as they were perfect size for eating a chowder and some filets! Tough as it might have been it was going back! I will also add that it felt so good I will never think twice about doing it again....all large will be going back! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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08-14-2014, 05:26 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Nice fish Larry
congrats on your PB
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08-14-2014, 08:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Weymouth, MA Fore River
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Nice job larry, more good karma coming you're way.
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