too good a story to keep to myself-

[Nebe]

allright- I fished one of my favorite late season spots this evening. With the full moon, the tide was humping through the small channell that i was bouncing bucktails in and I hooked something large- I set the hook hard and she started to take a bit of drag. I figured she had to be 40 plus pounds by the way she would slowly move.. my rod was doubled over and my braid was making that sweet singing noise as it cut through the the 6 plus knots of current. As I steered her into the rip, she started peeling off line like a freight train. My drag was almost locked down and i could do nothing to stop her, so i was forced to leap from my standing rock and fight her down the bank of the channell until it opened up into calmer water. After working this bohemoth fish for about 60 feet down the bank she started taking line and i was able to start gaining back all of the line she had taken from me (about half my spool) After A while i was certian i had foul hooked this moose because she wasnt doing any head shakes, but i could feel it pulsing as i slowly worked her along the edge of the rip.

About what seemed like 10 minutes went by and I got a glimpse of her and i was greatly surprised- It wasnt a bass, but it had a wingspan of abut 4 feet. The back of the fish was battleship grey and the wingtips were fluttering away and i could make out the pure white belly- Also i could make out the long tail swaying in the tide..

I was crushed, i was hoping for a wall hanger bass, and wasnt sure what i was going to do with this giant ray, but as I got it within 20 feet of me i thought it looked a little flat, like it was 2 dimensional, or it was an extremely thin ray to say the least. When it was within 10 feet of me i finally realized what i had battled for so long with- I had hooked the corner of a grey bath mat.. the kind with the white ruberized bottom. the long tail turned out to be a 4 foot long piece of kelp.

sadly this was the best fish battle of my life.

[UserRemoved1]

NEBE I once fought a fleece sweater off Wasque for 1/2 hour

I still swear it was taking line

[UserRemoved1]

Shoot heres the pic



Good stuff dood hope you took a pic

[Slingah]

that is a funny frickin story

[ProfessorM]

LOL. I thought you were going to say an old rubber boot

[tattoobob]

Nice story to break up a lonely night, thanks

[gone fishin]

Good read - thanks for sharing

[ChiefLinesider]

Great story. Well told.

[tynan19]

Nice Nebe! Too funny!

[numbskull]

Thanks for sharing that one.

[thefishingfreak]

nice.
i caught a hip boot once with a lobster in it

[MarshCappa]

Very well told. I was hooked so hard I felt like a bath matt being reeled in by NeBe!

[Redsoxticket]

Bummer
You had me going there for a moment.

[Squid kids Dad]

[boot man]

Thanks for the laugh. Well told!!

[piemma]

I was a Narrow River one night maybe 10 or 12 years ago. Just bought a new Abu 6600W and this was the first outing with it and with a new line called Spectron braid. Well I hookup and line is peeling off. I'd get some line back and out it would go again. Went on like that for a good 10 to 15 minues. I finally locked down the star drag and am hauling this monster in. Low and behold a LARGE trash bag half filled with sand and the rest is water, Was I pissed!!

[Tagger]

Lucky a big crowd didn't gather to watch you fight this beast .. Too funny .. thanks

[LT. DAN 2]

Nebe,

This should be submitted to one of the Fishing Publications.
A narrative literary Masterpiece.

[Steve K]

Hilarious story

[cow tamer]

and just when I thought the season was over, I find that there's still action to be had !! Giving second thoughts about staying home tonight and insted going out to find what trash still lurks beneath the surf.

[basswipe]

I can relate Nebe,I had a great battle with a 5gallon bucket several years back that I thought for sure was a huge fish.I was crushed when I saw that bucket!

[Megabyte]

Great story. If I hadn't had my )*(&^%$%%$ instance like that, well.

Thanks for sharing

[Nebe]

Glad you guys enjoyed it. The range of emotions i went through last night were gigantic- fear of loosing thebass of a lifetime, excitemement for catching a strange fish that shouldnt be in my waters and then the extreme disapointment realizing that i thought i had a living creature on the line only to realize i had a friggin bath mat.. She's probably still laying where i left her last night- maybe i should go back, take her home and have here stuffed. I will probably tell my grand kids this story when i am too ld to fish

[baldwin]

How'd that ray taste? I bet it was kinda chewy!

[Thom]

Nebe look at this way I could have been a dead body. A firend of a friend had it happen to him down south. Put an end to thefishing that day. ThomT

[Joe]

Did you keep it? A mat like that has got to be worth a few bucks.

[Swimmer]

Great story nebe.

[spence]

This is what really ticks me off. Nebe is the first to get all high and mighty about conservation, then he brags about leaving a breathless, cold and limp mat to die on the shore.

-spence

[riverrat55]

And how much did you have to drink before hooking into that???

A TRUE STORY=
A few years ago I was fishing with a jighead bouncing it off the bottom when I reeled it in and saw what looked like a small piece of plastic bag on the hook.
When I got it in closer, I realized what it was!!!
A USED CONDOM!!!
Needless to say I cut the line!!!Yeck!!!!!!!!LOLS!!!!!!!!

[justplugit]

Good stuff Eben, good stuf.