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06-17-2008, 06:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
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IMO fish over 35 lbs start to take a different shape.They gain quite a bit in the girth department.Big shoulders..This run of 35-40 lbers all seem similar..Bullet heads like tuna...
When they get over 4o they seem different.Like from a different strain,Year class...Longer not as girthy..To me it's seems weird.Anyone else notice this..
I would call anything over 35 large..
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06-17-2008, 07:13 AM
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#62
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Originally Posted by fishaholic18
Now answer the %$#@ question.......What's Large??  |
a 4 lb. Smallmouth is large
a 6 lb. Largemouth is large
a 15 lb. Bluefish is large
a 30 lb. Striper is large
a 75 lb. Tuna is large
a 200 lb Anglah is large |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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06-17-2008, 07:44 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
Stick with the tall guy and go trollin' for colon
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Nah......I never liked fishing in Rhode Island that much.  |
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06-17-2008, 07:45 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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I always liked the adjectives MikeP used to describe bass of different sizes, maybe he will chime in.
Personally I classify bass in pounds not adjectives like large although I feel a fish begins to get decent somewhere around 15 pounds, I set my standards low. It also depends on the gear you are using, if you are using light tackle schoolie gear and you catch a 20 lb bass on 6 lb test, that is pretty good IMO. and if you are using a tuna stick and get a 15 lb bass, it is just small.
I fish for recreation, for fun, I don't commercial fish.
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06-17-2008, 08:16 AM
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Cape Crusader
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Ashland, MA
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I think Nebe put numbers to my thoughts.
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06-17-2008, 08:24 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Just give me fish......big, small, dinks, schoolies, cows, slobs, large, fat, skinny, shorts......I will take them all!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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06-17-2008, 09:24 AM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
a 4 lb. Smallmouth is large
a 6 lb. Largemouth is large
a 15 lb. Bluefish is large
a 30 lb. Striper is large
a 75 lb. Tuna is large
a 200 lb Anglah is large
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06-17-2008, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Nah......I never liked fishing in Rhode Island that much. |
What happens in Pasque, stays in Pasque.
It's almost like a vacation in Thailand I'm told.
Good Luck, and wear a raincoat. |
PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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06-17-2008, 11:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
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For me decent fish is 25-30lb.... large is anything over 30lbs from shore.
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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06-17-2008, 11:50 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Between the thighs
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There's only two catogories of stripers.....dead on my dinner plate or live to swim another day.
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06-17-2008, 05:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
a 4 lb. Smallmouth is large
a 6 lb. Largemouth is large
a 15 lb. Bluefish is large
a 30 lb. Striper is large
a 75 lb. Tuna is large
a 200 lb Anglah is large
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Very good list accept the 75lb tuna
The REAL tuna guys call us baby killers catching those!
73 inches is a legal giant, but 400lb plus is considered large ! |
LETS GO BRANDON
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06-17-2008, 06:39 PM
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Covered in Sawdust
Join Date: Jan 2008
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anything over 30 is "large" to me.
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06-17-2008, 07:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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If im fishing in april with a schoolie rod and i get a keeper i think its large. If im trowing eels in the canal large is over 42". I dont weigh anything so pounds dont work for me. If the fish held with its tail touching the ground goes over my hips its a large fish. Im 6'1". If ive fished for a couple days and only managed a dink, a 30" is large. ITs all relative i guess.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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06-18-2008, 07:28 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Shore 25#
Boat 35#
Pretty much what I've always gone by. It also has a lot to do with what's available at a given time. Nowadays both of these benchmarks get beat pretty regularly by anglers of all skill levels. Take home message is we have a very good fishery right now so enjoy it. You might not encounter great blitzes in your local waters every time out, but we have a big pool of available big fish coastwide.
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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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