What was Your Best Night This Season?

[riverrat2]

Yah that was your night larry, I was on dink patrol.

[Clogston29]

For me, and I'm sure Luds48 also, it was the Friday before Memorial Day. Tried a new spot on a hunch and it payed off big time. My first cast with a chartruse a-salt just before total darkness I hooked into a monster that I lost at my feet to the sampo duo lock snap straitening in the undertow (after seeing the 36 lb that I landed soon after, I know this one was at least 40). I was crushed. Switched to a black 9" sluggo and caught 5 fish on 5 casts from 25-36 lbs (the 36 lb placed second in a local tourney and netted me $300 in prize money). Fishing slowed down after that but we had a steady pick of 15-28 lbs fish the rest of the night on bassmaster and gags black needles. Just before dawn we switched spots to a more familier one and continued catching 20 lb class fish right up until sunrise. The rest of that weekend was great too but nothing compared to that night.

[luds]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

For me, and I'm sure Luds48 also, it was the Friday before Memorial Day. Tried a new spot on a hunch and it payed off big time. My first cast with a chartruse a-salt just before total darkness I hooked into a monster that I lost at my feet to the sampo duo lock snap straitening in the undertow (after seeing the 36 lb that I landed soon after, I know this one was at least 40). I was crushed. Switched to a black 9" sluggo and caught 5 fish on 5 casts from 25-36 lbs (the 36 lb placed second in a local tourney and netted me $300 in prize money). Fishing slowed down after that but we had a steady pick of 15-28 lbs fish the rest of the night on bassmaster and gags black needles. Just before dawn we switched spots to a more familier one and continued catching 20 lb class fish right up until sunrise. The rest of that weekend was great too but nothing compared to that night.

You forgot the L.I.Fish.VT needles. Those were killer!

[Offshore]

It was mid September, just off South Beach in Chatham. My friend Red and I got into a school of very large Stripers feeding on a huge school of baby Bunker over a couple acres. These fish were all well over 30" and several went over 30 lbs.

All taken on flies; the action lasted till just after daylight and we each released over 30 fish. The action didn't die down untill after a couple other boats joined us. Unfortunately, the last guy to show up persisted on blasting into the breaking fish and putting everything down.

Red and I are in our 70's and have been Striper fishing since the late 1940's.
When it was over, we both agreed we had never seen so many big hungry fish at one time. Biggest fish were 47" and 48" and we each kept one around 30".

[vineyardblues]

Mine was fishing for tuna off Capecod this year.
It was not that amount of tuna we got but the amout of time I spent on the ocean and all the whales that I seen

VB

PS. only went out 1/2 doz times but got tuna every time
Last year we got Zippo, just long boat rides

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by Offshore

It was mid September, just off South Beach in Chatham. My friend Red and I got into a school of very large Stripers feeding on a huge school of baby Bunker over a couple acres. These fish were all well over 30" and several went over 30 lbs.

All taken on flies; the action lasted till just after daylight and we each released over 30 fish. The action didn't die down untill after a couple other boats joined us. Unfortunately, the last guy to show up persisted on blasting into the breaking fish and putting everything down.

Red and I are in our 70's and have been Striper fishing since the late 1940's.
When it was over, we both agreed we had never seen so many big hungry fish at one time. Biggest fish were 47" and 48" and we each kept one around 30".

Bill, That's a great story Thanks for sharing it