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Old 07-25-2005, 07:46 PM   #1
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Sunday Morning boat fishin' with my Sun am fishing bud Bob E. Dead low tide at 8:30 am. Live bunker <pogie to you>. on an 8/0 circle hook in 5 feet of flat water. 42 pounds legit weight...
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Old 07-25-2005, 08:04 PM   #2
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Old 07-25-2005, 08:39 PM   #3
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Nice fish and nice water in the background
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Old 07-25-2005, 08:53 PM   #4
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We let her go too.
I'm not sure I could have done it if she was over 50 but it felt really good to watch her swim away...
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Old 07-25-2005, 08:58 PM   #5
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Old 07-25-2005, 09:20 PM   #6
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the second picture is priceless. awsome. congrats.
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Old 07-25-2005, 09:21 PM   #7
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Great job and it is even sweeter that you let her go.
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Old 07-25-2005, 10:06 PM   #8
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Old 07-26-2005, 07:19 AM   #9
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Great job and it is even sweeter that you let her go.

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Old 07-26-2005, 07:28 AM   #10
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We let her go too.
I'm not sure I could have done it if she was over 50 but it felt really good to watch her swim away...
SB, thats great,letting her go. You caught a real nice striper, took pictures of her as your trophy, and now she is free to produce more little stripers. Thats one thing I could never understand, why almost everyone keeps these real big fish. I mean are they as good to eat as the smaller ones? I hope I am not offending anyone!!
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Old 07-26-2005, 07:55 AM   #11
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I'm sure the reason that I caught her was that other prople let her go before. We caught a bunch of other fish that morning that would have been much better eating if I wanted to keep fish. The big ones taste like rubber and it was honestly more fun to let her go than to catch it.
I was a little nervous about the expired disposable camera until the pics were printed. This is another reason that you should never fish alone....
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Old 07-26-2005, 08:23 AM   #12
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NIce Fish. Nice Release. Nice Day
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Old 07-26-2005, 12:04 PM   #13
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I love it when people release fish like that.I do the same to all the fish I catch,cus I don't eat them.Good feeling nice job nice fish
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Old 07-26-2005, 08:23 PM   #14
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Old 07-27-2005, 07:30 AM   #15
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Congrats on a nice fish and setting her free. We would have a lot more big fish if more fishermen did that. Good for you
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Old 07-27-2005, 07:45 AM   #16
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Excellent fish and good on you, for the release. Takes nuts! I owe you frosty one Beautiful pics!!!!
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Old 07-27-2005, 10:36 AM   #17
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Great fish. What a massive head; given a few more bunker to fatten up on and she might just hit 50 pounds pretty soon. Nice release shot.

Congratulations again!
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Old 07-27-2005, 12:25 PM   #18
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Thumbs up totally sweet
she could swallow a pogie whole and still can.
well done SB well done.
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