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10-12-2011, 05:50 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Third annual "It's Over" challenge begins!!!
Here' s how to play...
1. Fish must be shore caught striped bass.
2. Mass/RI/CT/ME/NH waters only.
3. Provide sufficient proof of your catch, photo preferred...no need to kill the fish.
4. Contest ends on Thanksgiving day.
5. Largest fish by weight will take the cake. Ties will be broken by length.
6. We'll have three divisions like last time: First entered, last entered, and largest overall.
7. I will award plugs from my stash for prizes. I promise the paint will stay on these ones...  |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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10-12-2011, 06:53 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Not to piss on your corn flakes.....but if you don't want people to kill the fish, you may want to go with length instead of weight.
Have them submit Length, Girth, and date/time caught......If length is the same use girth as tie-breaker....if girth is the same then earliest entry wins.
Just a suggestion....if you go by weight people will drag'em to a B&T to weigh in
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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10-12-2011, 06:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
Posts: 2,006
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Dont have a weight, but caught and released a 47.5" bass this morning. Girth was 25". She swam off strong. Caught on a rigged eel.
Fish buried the 30lb boga before she was even half way off the sand.
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10-12-2011, 07:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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If you offer a decent prize you may find more interest.
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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10-12-2011, 07:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: S. Easton
Posts: 1,676
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I'm in...
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"Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice." >> Yoda
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10-12-2011, 08:02 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vogt
Dont have a weight, but caught and released a 47.5" bass this morning. Girth was 25". She swam off strong. Caught on a rigged eel.
Fish buried the 30lb boga before she was even half way off the sand.
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Great catch Pat. We started things here at 6:50 am. If it was caught before this time, I can't allow it. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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10-12-2011, 08:04 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
If you offer a decent prize you may find more interest.
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No chance. I already stated the paint would stay on this batch of plugs. That's a prize of epic proportions all by itself. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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10-12-2011, 08:24 AM
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><(((°> ><((( °> ><(((°>
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Falmouth, Ma
Posts: 1,520
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I'm in.. haven't caught anything all summer, why should the fall be any different.
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60 % of the time, it works every time.
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10-12-2011, 08:57 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vogt
Dont have a weight, but caught and released a 47.5" bass this morning. Girth was 25". She swam off strong. Caught on a rigged eel.
Fish buried the 30lb boga before she was even half way off the sand.
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nice fish! |
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10-12-2011, 09:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
Posts: 2,006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Great catch Pat. We started things here at 6:50 am. If it was caught before this time, I can't allow it.
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I'll be honest. It was caught at 5:00 am.
Too bad
I'll have to go get another one 
Last edited by Vogt; 10-12-2011 at 10:04 AM..
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10-12-2011, 10:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,737
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vogt
I'll be honest. It was caught at 5:00 am.
Too bad
I'll have to go get another one |
Great fish, regardless of what time it was caught. |
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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10-12-2011, 04:31 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Nice that it was released, too. Well done.
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10-12-2011, 06:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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Heading over to block in a week maybe it will work like it did last year.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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10-12-2011, 06:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
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Thanks all.
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10-13-2011, 05:42 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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Obviously I am in searching for the last and or smallest fish to be entered....
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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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10-13-2011, 11:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 173
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Is there a minimum size? Definetly not the biggest but I'd be thrilled if this fish can be considered in the category of first. 10/13 9:08pm 32" catch and release Saco Bay, ME. |
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10-14-2011, 07:31 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
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This one can't get over soon enough   
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vogt
Dont have a weight, but caught and released a 47.5" bass this morning. Girth was 25". She swam off strong. Caught on a rigged eel.
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Awesome
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vogt
I'll have to go get another one |
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~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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10-14-2011, 09:11 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sea of Atlas
Is there a minimum size? Definetly not the biggest but I'd be thrilled if this fish can be considered in the category of first. 10/13 9:08pm 32" catch and release Saco Bay, ME. |
Sea of Atlas!!!
You have officially claimed the title of first fish submitted...congrats! Send me a pm with your plug preference and I'll get something out to you. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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10-14-2011, 09:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 173
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You made my day and I will fish it with pride!
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10-14-2011, 09:49 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South Central
Posts: 1,280
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Do my blue fish guts count?  just kidding |
something clever and related to fishing
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10-14-2011, 01:33 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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What did you filet that with ? A lawn mower ?
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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10-14-2011, 03:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South Central
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Im a hack artist |
something clever and related to fishing
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10-17-2011, 11:56 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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IN!! i will defend with pride and camera at the ready!!
the shoulder/elbow is MUCH more manageable now, so this will actually be my beginning~~ or rather the MS Surf Challenge was!!
hope to get into sum NShore beauties before they disappear, or
i may end up in yer neck of the surf, Mike. do you make a darter, yet/ever?
THANKS for the Tourney and the opportunity to win some of your killer pluggage!
will Scotty be beaming-up some of his tins like last year to fatten the pot?
~~~ LOVE this time of the migration, go get 'em gents ~~~
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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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10-17-2011, 01:16 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BassDawg
Mike. do you make a darter, yet/ever?
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Of course I've made darters...problem is I'm trying to get one that doesn't swim on its back...I might name mine "dead bug" darters.
I even effed up the one I made with a kit...
Hope you get a big one, Jess. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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10-18-2011, 05:40 PM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
Of course I've made darters...problem is I'm trying to get one that doesn't swim on its back...I might name mine "dead bug" darters.
I even effed up the one I made with a kit...
Hope you get a big one, Jess.
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perfection has its price, and is its own reward.
thanx, doood! right back at ya on tha LAHHHHGE.
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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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10-18-2011, 08:50 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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I missed reading " Dawganese " 
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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10-19-2011, 03:54 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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OK I'm in. "I don't need no steenking plug" if I win. Mikey, donate it to something.
I am pulling a 3 days commando raid to the Block sometime in Nov. Alone, in the surf and don't want any company. Reservations for truck on the ferry and a room on the Island all secured.
Carry on.
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No boat, back in the suds. 
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10-19-2011, 07:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
Posts: 2,006
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Well it aint no 40lber like my last fish but...
I picked up a 20-lber past night while plugging. That is a Boga weight measurement.
A few fish moving thru last night. Water was wayyy colder than last week. Time to start wearing thermals |
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10-19-2011, 09:01 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Ok, Pat's got the lead @ 20#. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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10-19-2011, 09:39 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: CT/RI
Posts: 1,627
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I had a 26# bass on Monday morning which I don’t think is eligible since I forgot to snap a picture before sending it back. Also had a 22.5 on Sunday morning that was weighted in for the MS tourney. I am off next week and will be out every night so hopefully I will be putting up a pic of something bigger |
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