Legendary Thousand Pound Nights From The Surf - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Flaptail · 07-05-2005, 08:37 AM

The closest I ever came was 660lbs on Monomoy in July of 78' (26th to be exact) that was the total weight at Old Harbor Fish Market in Chatham for eleven fish. The smallest was 38 pounds and the largest was mid 40's. Dave LaPorte, my good friend, whom I met on Monomoy did 1100 pounds in one night in earlly October, 1980. My fish all fell to blue/silver 7 inch Windcheater Rebels, Dave's all fell to eels then eel butts and pieces as the night wore on.

If I knew then what I know now that 26th of July the total would have been scary. I must have dropped 30 fish. From dusk till dawn, tide didn't matter with 6 inch sand eels just piled along the surf edge. Dave's night was the same thing, dusk till dawn. I don't think we will ever see that again. What with seals and the way Monomoy and South Beach are configured.

What made it all possible was that Pleasant Bay flushed in and out every six hours. No break at Nauset. The Old Chatham Inlet and Long bar across from us. They would get mung we would get none, all summer. Makes you wanna cry when you think of it. Sigh, it will never be the same.

RIROCKHOUND · 07-05-2005, 08:53 AM

Flap;
dont doubt the pounds, but 11 fish for 660lbs = 60lb a fish
Still a dream season (and a damn good one at that) for most of us

Flaptail · 07-05-2005, 09:18 AM

My bad it was 14 fish at 616. I just went and dug out the old Old Harbor slip. Best to check after 27 years, The seventies did kill some brain cells. Whew!

Backbeach Jake · 07-05-2005, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Flaptail

My bad it was 14 fish at 616. I just went and dug out the old Old Harbor slip. Best to check after 27 years, The seventies did kill some brain cells. Whew!

Flap, that kind of fishing alone will kill some brain cells! Now I know what's up with some of you guys.

Me, I have no excuse. BTW, how's Mrs. Flap?

bassmaster · 07-05-2005, 11:02 AM

eelman · 07-05-2005, 11:31 AM

Happened regular on Block island in the 80s, just ask the guys at the co-op in gallilie.Would not want to mention names but there were plenty. As far as boat..Jobin had many nights like that in a tin boat at the island, I should mention that this was done by teams of 2 or 3 guys never just one that I know of, thats alot of fish for one guy, I would have trouble beleiving that unless I saw a slip.......

Ed B · 07-05-2005, 01:51 PM

John, You ask for "One thousand pounds, In one night, caught by ONE Angler in the surf."

I have never caught a load that big.

I have never witnessed any one person catching a load that big.

When I worked as a fish-packer and fish slip writer-outer on Cape Cod. I never wrote a slip that big for bass for any one angler, and I never heard of anyone else writing a slip that big for bass caught from the beach in one night by one angler.

But I have heard many stories. The biggest fish slip I know of for one guy on a beach in one night was I believe around 760 lbs and he works across from Karl. Maybe you could confirm that sometime Karl. TC and JK would be my next choices.

I'm with Karl "Show Me the SLIP"

T should copywrite that.

Ed