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09-22-2009, 06:57 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Congrats JakeF
Awesome job!!!!!!!!!!!! He skished and released a 58 inch Super Cow this morning. I knew it was going to happen soon. Awesome work brutha  |
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09-22-2009, 07:09 AM
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I Had A BLAST!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: I'm from Manhattan, Live in CT., but my heart is in SoCo!
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That must have been a BLAST, for sure. Nice going Jake!  |
Be encouraging, not discouraging
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09-22-2009, 07:53 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
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Great job Jake
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09-22-2009, 09:01 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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09-22-2009, 09:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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nice, I always enjoying reading your skishing stories and appreciate all the responses to the questions.
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09-22-2009, 09:46 AM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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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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09-22-2009, 10:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Bedford, MA
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Thanks guys. She was a happy fish when I set her free. It would have been nice to weigh her, but it was not worth killing such a magnificent beast for that. At 58" with a nice belly, I can only imagine what that scale would have read...... Hopefully she'll live long and see a few more spawning seasons before I see her again. |
"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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09-22-2009, 10:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: north shore
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awesome...even better on the release...
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09-22-2009, 10:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
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Congrats on a great fish
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09-22-2009, 10:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Congrats!!! And kudos for the release..
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09-22-2009, 10:53 AM
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woody
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Port St Lucie Fla.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
Congrats!!! And kudos for the release..
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great job |
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a
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09-22-2009, 10:57 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portsmouth RI
Posts: 2,176
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Congrats on the catch.
As an aside, ran into some of your club members recently. Please tell them that the area they were at this past weekend needs to be respected and walking on the lawns and using lights is going to ruin the good thing that is there. A word of advise and a friendly heads up.
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09-22-2009, 11:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
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A lifetime of good fishing Karma !
Your act of sportsmanship and resource stewardship will be repaid many times over.
PS Just how does one measure a 5 footer while bobbing in the water? |
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09-22-2009, 11:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
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I was wondering the same thing on how to measure a huge fish like that while both of you are literally moving in the water.
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09-22-2009, 11:22 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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Jake has to have benchmarks on the rod (i.e, 30, 40, 50 inch). I know I do. Great fish and great release, once again Congrats.
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09-22-2009, 11:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: New Bedford, MA
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Good question, lol. It wasn't easy If I was a shorter guy than my 6'3" it would have been even harder.
She was very docile after I got my hand on her jaw, so I got underneath her so she was laying flat on my belly and legs, tail fork touching the top of my boot, nose on my chest. Laid my rod next to her with the butt also touching the top of my boot. Her nose was exactly one palm width from my first guide. I measured that distance on the rod after I got back to the truck.
I've done this before with other fish, and am confident that the measurement was as accurate as if she were lying on the beach. If anything, the slight bow in her tail would have caused her to measure a bit shorter than she actually was, but that was good enough for me. |
"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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09-22-2009, 11:35 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
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congrats!
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09-22-2009, 11:47 AM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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That sounds like some hardcore and extreme measurement.
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09-22-2009, 01:48 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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awesome
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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09-22-2009, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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you win
Congrats
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09-22-2009, 03:14 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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hmmm,,,, 58" ????  |
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09-22-2009, 03:32 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
Posts: 3,333
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GattaFish
hmmm,,,, 58" ???? |
There's always one in every bunch!
5/0 |
Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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09-22-2009, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 215
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You know what...58", 57", 60 ".....remarkable!.....good for you!
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09-22-2009, 04:04 PM
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Night Stalker
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: ............
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 5/0
There's always one in every bunch!
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58" with a nice belly is a huge fish. Not sure of the accuracy of the chart i'm using but the minimum weight of a 55" inch fish is 56lbs and the minimum weight went up 4 lbs from 54". If that scale is correct the least that fish could weigh would be 68lbs. If it had "a nice belly" potentially it would be a world record fish as the average weight for a 55" fish is 70lb using the same scale.
I'm not going to criticize anyone for releasing or keeping a fish but that fish would be hanging from a scale if it was me. I would have to know the lbs. It would bug me if I didn't. Claiming to catch a 58" fish is going to generate some discussion.
Last edited by luds; 09-22-2009 at 05:07 PM..
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09-22-2009, 04:20 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
Posts: 1,701
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Nice catch - would have liked to have seen that situation - weighing a biggun like that in the water floating around ... hats off to you for catching and releasing the thing.
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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09-22-2009, 04:35 PM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
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These charts are pretty handy for recreational fishing and a quick guied line for bragging rights,I feel the best way for true accuracy is to weigh it in at a weigh station with a certified scale,but in this case she was released so from here on out it's all speculation and what ifs.
The chart are based on average fish length,weight & girth, the number of fish that were used in this survey is also averaged up to help the making this chart,
I truly don't know when this chart was last updated but I don't think it's up to todays bass standard weights.
As and example I caught a 49.5" fish the minimum weight is 44# she was only 40# I have caught countless fish that fall short of the charts.
I hear what your saying, a fish of that size and how it was measure is kinda questionable but if this is how he's been doing it and believes it's accurate then I believe him.
If I was to catch a fish that size I don't know what I would do.....I would be at a tough cross road.
5/0
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Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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09-22-2009, 04:39 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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The only one it should really matter to is him since he was resigned to let it go. Great fish even if it was plus or minus a couple inches. I'd have to guess well over 60. Congrats.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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09-22-2009, 04:45 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 5/0
There's always one in every bunch!
5/0
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I never doubted he C&R a great fish,,,, but the accuracy is tough to justify all things considered.... |
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09-22-2009, 04:49 PM
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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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Accuracy hard to guage but it was A) Big and B) Released. Thumbs up.
Now back to my call with India
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09-22-2009, 05:10 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Awesome fish, and good call on the release.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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