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08-03-2012, 08:28 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Ugly Wound..
We've been catching some pretty beat up fish as of late...split tails... bleeding wounds...not sores.. possibly from rough handeling..some even have ripped jaws/mouths...
here is a picture of a fish caught this week that appears to have survided something tramatic... I guess is may be a gill net.. other than the healed over wound , this fish is healthy and strong.. she gave me all I could handle on light tackle.. she even recovered very quickly and swam off smartly... but not before giving me a puss full of water as a "screw tou suka! as she left...i wish her well.. opinions of the scar/wound?
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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08-03-2012, 08:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Massachusetts.
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Gill net is my guess!
30 years ago I got caught in one in front of the old coast guard station coming off the flat...
They were banned at the time.
Fouled my prop. I removed it!!!
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You are only as good as the person who’s driving the boat! By the way, the Devil drives my boat!
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08-03-2012, 09:11 AM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LINESIDES
Gill net is my guess!
30 years ago I got caught in one in front of the old coast guard station coming off the flat...
They were banned at the time.
Fouled my prop. I removed it!!!
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There were a few of them around that year Leo... big mesh floating nets.... I got so tangled in one out on the beach so bad that I had to anchor the boat and go swimming with a knife...I couldn't rise the motor for fear of sinking the boat.. |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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08-03-2012, 09:26 AM
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I thought that the post was going to be about your wound - glad it wasn't.
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08-03-2012, 01:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
I thought that the post was going to be about your wound - glad it wasn't.
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me too
i was afraid to see his latest accident just before we went out to lunch |
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08-03-2012, 09:34 AM
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Chris Blouin
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Warren, RI
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Joe you catch some amazing fish man!!
That wound looks rough.
Glad it wasn't you with the wound
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08-03-2012, 11:52 AM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chefchris401
Joe you catch some amazing fish man!!
That wound looks rough.
Glad it wasn't you with the wound
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night shift gets the credit for this one.. I was only the angler.. if the boat dont put you on 'em.. ya can't catch 'em.
I havent had a hook in my anatomy since i was 14( sabiki rigs aside).. that left a 19 stitch scar... a permenant 'tattoo" from my first "40" |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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08-03-2012, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Nice fish Joe 
I thought of you last night as I stood on the shoreline flogging the water with plugs for hours to no avail and to end up not being able to get out because of the high water(my truck doesn't have a snorkle) so I went back out for some more punishment. home by 5 
Full moon was bright last night
did you get her on an eel?
call me next full moon ok |
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08-03-2012, 12:57 PM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Nice pics Joe.
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08-03-2012, 01:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slipknot
Nice fish Joe
I thought of you last night as I stood on the shoreline flogging the water with plugs for hours to no avail and to end up not being able to get out because of the high water(my truck doesn't have a snorkle) so I went back out for some more punishment. home by 5
Full moon was bright last night
did you get her on an eel?
call me next full moon ok |
yup... eels.. ... sadly that next moon will trigger our start to the fall run...that will be the turn around moon for our area...
I'll give ya a ring... |
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08-03-2012, 10:00 AM
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Location: north shore
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despite the wound, beautiful fish!
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08-03-2012, 10:08 AM
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Location: NBPT
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great pic on the release, thank you for sharing
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Roman Morone never forgets a fargon face
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08-03-2012, 10:16 AM
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Location: Rocks Village
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
this fish is healthy and strong.. she gave me all I could handle on light tackle..
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The superior boat handling made the difference  |
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08-03-2012, 10:43 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
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wow ugly wound indeed. Love that pic of the release, you really see how that fish has some shoulders!
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08-03-2012, 10:55 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
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Bright moon,,, I figure Joe was out hitting it... He has said he liked the bright moon here for years.... Looks like we know why,,,,
I caught a nice fish with a fresh wound this June,,, I will dig up the picture in the next day or so...... looked like something with big teeth almost got it....
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08-03-2012, 10:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GattaFish
Bright moon,,, I figure Joe was out hitting it... He has said he liked the bright moon here for years.... Looks like we know why,,,,
I caught a nice fish with a fresh wound this June,,, I will dig up the picture in the next day or so...... looked like something with big teeth almost got it....
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yea.. and we get another "blue' moon the 31'st!.. I've already booked vaction time. |
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08-03-2012, 11:11 AM
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Great White Scup Hunter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
yea.. and we get another "blue' moon the 31'st!.. I've already booked vaction time.
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I wish I had the same luck under that moon,,, Sometimes its good and sometimes its bad... Couple nights ago,,,,, BAD.... lol,,, |
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08-03-2012, 11:33 AM
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Location: Rocks Village
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GattaFish
I wish I had the same luck under that moon,,, Sometimes its good and sometimes its bad... Couple nights ago,,,,, BAD.... lol,,,
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Don't give up, I would continue to fish it. |
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08-03-2012, 11:37 AM
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Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Night Shift
Don't give up, I would continue to fish it.
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Hey.. what are you doing out of work... don't you have a roof to fix or something... |
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08-03-2012, 11:18 AM
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Very Nice Joe
Peter
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08-03-2012, 02:33 PM
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That is a very cool release photo....
I also thought it was a wound to you....glad it wasn't
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08-03-2012, 02:48 PM
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Beauty of a fish!!! great photos!!!
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08-03-2012, 03:52 PM
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Location: Ashland, Mass.
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nice fish joe... and great pics!!
it reminded me of an experience i had about six or seven years ago. i was fishing point judith one nite to the left of the east wall, using eels and getting into some low to mid teen fish. during one of my hookups as i was reeling in, i felt a hard thud, and the fish stopped fighting. it was still there, but the fight was gone. as i got the fish in and my light hit it, i noticed a silver dollar sized bite taken out of the fish right behind its dorsal. seemed too small to be a shark bite, so i wrote it off as a bluefish. it wasnt bleeding at all but was definately into the meat. when i proceeded to start unhooking him, he sprung to life and started thrashing about. i contemplated keeping him for the dinner table, but he seemed no worse for wear, so i laid it in the water to "revive" him and he damn near shot out of my hand! so i guess its safe to say that these fish do okay... even with some nasty looking wounds.
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08-04-2012, 01:10 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
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munch
Caught this fish earlier this year.. fresh wound....
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08-04-2012, 02:32 PM
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Rockhoppin Dan
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: RI
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That's a pretty serious wound. Never seen one that bad
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Don't force it feel it.
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08-04-2012, 05:00 PM
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Looks like a seal bite!!!!
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fisherwomen & baitcaster
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08-04-2012, 05:37 PM
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Very nice fish Joe.....  |
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