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10-01-2009, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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fish po'n
This is my friend Chris. Introduced him to the canal this summer. This was his third trip, landed this one on a rigged eel about an hour after arriving this past weekend. . Released apparently unharmed evidenced by the vigorous thrash of the tail on her way back. Measured exactly 50" tip to tail (un-squeezed). It didn't occur to measure girth until she was released, but likely weighed somewhere in the 40 lb range. No giant belly, but well proportioned. Fish another 19 or so hours with just a few small bass and a toothed bastage, but this one made it worth the drive and sleeplessness.
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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10-01-2009, 09:48 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Z - congrats to the Friend  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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10-01-2009, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Great fish and great job by your friend on the release of that beauty!
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Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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10-01-2009, 10:14 AM
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Location: near water
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nice catch and release
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10-01-2009, 11:29 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Bedford, MA
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Excellent!
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"For our discussion of surfcasting is no trifling matter, but is the way to conduct our lives….nobody untrained in fishing may enter my house." - Plato (c.428-c.348 BCE)
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10-01-2009, 12:39 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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Well done!
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Go Ugly Early 
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10-01-2009, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Look at the shoulders on that fish. must have been a great fight.
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10-01-2009, 12:59 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Impressive fish. Thanks for letting it go.
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10-01-2009, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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nice fish
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The Artist Formerly Known As Wannabe Beach Bum
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10-01-2009, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Impressive fish. Thanks for letting it go.
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We have discussed several times in the past that neither of us had the need to keep a big fish if it wasn't hurt. There were a few minutes where I couldn't find the camera and he was holding the fish in the water reviving it. If I hadn't found it, he would of had a bit of decision on his hands, but I still think he would have released it. Definitely some fretting on his part while I looked in my bags for the camera. "Dude, we might have to eat this thing"  . |
No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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10-01-2009, 03:20 PM
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Iggy
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arlington
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Catch n Release
Atta Boy!
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"If I knew I was going to live this long -
I woulda took better care of myself!"
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10-01-2009, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Nice! good thing the racoon didn't get these rigged eels.
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10-01-2009, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
Nice! good thing the racoon didn't get these rigged eels.
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truer word have never been spoken  |
No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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10-01-2009, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Nice fish, the second pic is great.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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10-01-2009, 09:36 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
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thats a nice fish for shure!
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10-02-2009, 04:31 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
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"The first condition of happiness is that the connection
between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
Tight Lines, and
Happy Hunting to ALL!
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10-02-2009, 08:35 AM
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Location: cape
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awesome!!
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10-02-2009, 09:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: South Shore RI
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Love that smile! Nice fish! Not a better feeling in the world than getting a beauty to the beach like that, and then watching her swim away! NICE JOB!!
Dave
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10-02-2009, 10:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT/RI
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Congrats to your friend on a beautiful fish!
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10-02-2009, 01:05 PM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
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Excellent Smithers....Excellent...
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10-02-2009, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Derby, Ct.
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Nice job... The smile say's it all!  |
IF YOU DON'T STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU FALL FOR EVERYTHING
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10-03-2009, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,038
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C&R Pone
So much better than corpse shots.
Congrats, and thanks as Numbskull said. We need them big girls.
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10-05-2009, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NY
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very nice!
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