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02-24-2023, 02:21 PM
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Ledge Runner Baits
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea.
Posts: 8,659
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Oh yeah. Early 80’s I landed a 52 and a 55 liber on live bunker way up inside Hingham harbor, the next fall I lost a monster at my feet off Peggotty beach in Scituate. After landing multiple stripers in the 30-40 lb class and gator blues, the size of which you rarely see today, i thought one more fish. It was a late September blitz for the record books, the entire cove was white water, blues and cows pushing bunker almost up on the sand. My atom popper probably just plane had enough torture, but when I got one last fish to the wash I couldn’t believe the length and girth of her and based on landing two big ones the previous two years, I knew she was far bigger, tore the hook right out of the plug before spraying me with water. At the time I was working for my dad out of his home office and when I got back to the office I got a where the fu*k have you been, but I got a pass after he heard about the fishing and I finally got to sit down and eat my Maria’s meat ball sub.
I hadn’t seen another blitz like that until this summer off our beach in Plymouth.
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02-24-2023, 02:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
Posts: 9,406
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I hadn’t seen another blitz like that until this summer off our beach in Plymouth.  |
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02-24-2023, 03:40 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,852
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Lost my biggest at Nathans Cove in Narr, the night of July 4th 1996 on a black broken back home made swimmer. Had her for 20 minutes and finally felt her rubbing the plug against the reef. Plug came loose and came back with 2, 3/0 4X trebles straightened and the metal lip bent all to hell. 10' 1208 Allstar and a VS200 so I wasn't undergunned. She was just a smart old gal.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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02-24-2023, 04:11 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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I lose all my big fish so no story from me
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
Recreational Surfcaster 99.9% C&R
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02-24-2023, 05:20 PM
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User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 5,525
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wdmso
I hadn’t seen another blitz like that until this summer off our beach in Plymouth. |
Me either….. was fun bud… |
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02-24-2023, 05:29 PM
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User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 5,525
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Not much of a surf guy but try some each year..
Bought a GSB 120 M blank from Numskull, winter build, first outing with it, end of May ?, early morning tide, no moon , dark as hell , after a couple casts, bam, line head’s straight away from me , gosa 6K drag max, fish kept going, couldn’t stop her she takes a left into the large boulders then that dreadful feel, scrape, snap…
I’ll never forget it, god that was fun !
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02-24-2023, 09:34 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,288
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Hull / Cohasset line. Live eel, couldn't stop it nor turn it. Just smoked.
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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