1oz shy of the State record

[RoyL]

caught this fish yesterday at Jamaica Pond. One day after it went in. Drove out to Masswildlife head quarters after an hour long fight on 4lb test to have it weighed. The current state record is 22lb 15oz, this one weighed 22lb 14oz. 38-1/2" Long. Still a nice fish and a heck of a fight.

[reelecstasy]

You are the man I was just reading the article in the paper saying they stocked the pond with these biggins that are past their prime... Great catch man

[rwilhelm]

Wow nice catch!!! What is that a salmon?

[RoyL]

Originally Posted by rwilhelm

Wow nice catch!!! What is that a salmon?

Sorry, yes it is a Salmon. A Broodstock Atlantic Salmon which the state uses to breed in it's hatcheries. They then take the smolt and release them into the streams to try to restore the once abundant Salmon population. After a few years they don't reproduce well so the state puts them into are Ponds and lakes so anglers can enjoy them. I can't emagine casting of the shore around the Vinyard for stripers and hooking into one of these things like they did back in the days.

[Flaptail]

I luv it! Go Roy, Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Moses]

Damn, that is one big salmon. That pond has been good to you......

[Karl F]

Nice Fish Roy!
Get more... and bigger.... I know you will.

[Saltheart]

Too bad it hadn't eaten one shiner more before biting your hook! Congrats.

[kayaman]

that reminds me of a freind that hit 4 out of 5 numbers in one of the old lottery games..... so close yet so far.... must have had quite the crowd after an hour. I lived within walking distance of there a dozen or so years ago.... people are surprised at the fish that JP produces

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Gorgeous fish, congratulations.

[BigBo]

Holy crap! You da man!

[Rock Hopper]

Hello Don,

Great seeing you Sunday!!

[Peter Lajoie]

Way to go Roy, Keep up the good work..

[dondkim]

Originally Posted by Rock Hopper

Hello Don,

Great seeing you Sunday!!

Kadir,

My wife always thought I was the only one out of control as Alberto labled me and after reading Roys article and meeting countless "OUT OF CONTROL" guys at the show my wife thinks I am not all that bad after all because I still have the same job.

It is 75 degrees today,

Don

[Goose]

Thats awsome dude! Good 4 u

[dondkim]

Originally Posted by Rock Hopper

Hello Don,

Great seeing you Sunday!!

Kadir,

Greetings!!!

I have been daydreaming since yesterday after getting a call from my friend in Fairfield that he caught the first bass for this year on the way to work yesterday morning. You met Gene at Hartford show, the tall guy.

Give my best to Alberto.

Don

[Rock Hopper]

Originally Posted by dondkim

Kadir,

Greetings!!!

I have been daydreaming since yesterday after getting a call from my friend in Fairfield that he caught the first bass for this year on the way to work yesterday morning. You met Gene at Hartford show, the tall guy.

Give my best to Alberto.

Don

Don,

It is always a pleasure to see you and this time, I finally had the pleasure of meeting your lovely wife. I will definitely give Alberto your best regards.

It is funny, most wifes (if they have not gone to shows or are not with their husbands on the water regularly) do not know how fanatical a lot of us fisherman are. That is the difference between being passionate about the sport and being passive. When you cannot find or think of something better to do than being on the water when it is cold, howling wind or even snowing, you are passionate....

My friend RoyL definitely fits that bill and then some as does Alberto and a handful of other.....they are what would be called "out of control" the rest of us are just border line psycho's but still not normal anyway you cut it

Kadir

[Cod Hunter]

Wow! Great fish. What did it eat?

[RoyL]

Thank you all for the replys. Don you are to kind and Kadir I will be talking to you soon man..Thanks. Okay Here's the storie. Me and my buddy Luis got to JP around 6am. We started at the boat house first and on my 6th or 7th cast I hooked up with one that weighed 15+lbs on a gold canduit spoon made by Thomas Co. About a 1/2 hour later my buddy hooked into a nice fat female that was about 26", but went 9lbs on the boga. thing slowed right down after that and we started to walk around the pond. We made it about two times around catching a few trout. We both decided to split up and go in oposite directions and call each other if we got into them since they like to travel in schools. about 10:30 i was walking past the point by the island when I saw one rise about 75' out and then another so I quickly cast my Yo-zuri aile pins minnow over the swirl and got to crank it about twice when that monster hit. It come out of the water and it looked like a Lab going in for a cripple. That was the last I saw that fish till an hour later when I tailed it in waist deep. I wish you guys could see what that line looked like. I'm curios to see what it's going to break at onece I send it in to NFWHOF for the all tackle world record for inland Salmon. The fish was 23lb on my Boga.

[pete santini]

Roy nice fish But you shoulda called me at the shop it was lot closer than driving out to westboro and it might have not have lost those 2 oz on the trip. Still a great fish take willie with you next time pete

[pete santini]

another thing Roy it looks like you just broke the igfa line class record for atlantic salmon if your line tests at 4 lb I'm a igfa rep for boston so give me a call and i'll walk you through the process pete

[Swimmer]

Hey RoyL,
Thats age discrimination on the states part. Poor old fish stops producing eggs and they through it away.

[RoyL]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Hey RoyL,
Thats age discrimination on the states part. Poor old fish stops producing eggs and they through it away.

You think we got a case?