What was Your Best Night This Season? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

bart · 12-01-2005, 01:37 PM

that's awesome Bob!

Rappin Mikey · 12-01-2005, 02:01 PM

June 27th, tons of big bass blitzin on the beach for two hours. Most fish I've ever caught at one time. I don't think there was one short in the entire school. Everything on top water too. Awesome, completely awesome.

Squibby17 · 12-01-2005, 02:01 PM

My best night was in Early October. I went to one of my old haunts a few weeks before and caught a nice 34'' bass. I told my friend who had caught about 500 schoolies this year but no keepers to meet me at the spot cause I had a good feeling I could put him on some decent fish.

Well i get there and he is no where to be found. I had him pick up the eels so I was eel less and by myself for the first hour. Well I imediatly started catching bass on my trusty yellow broken back rebel, all small fish. My friend finally shows up as the tide was dead low. We move to my favorite rock and rig up the eels. After five minutes he hooks up with a good sized fish. I coach him through the whole thing and help him land a nice 38'' bass. He is real pumped, by far his biggest bass ever. Not 2 minutes later I get a hit and lay into a nice fish. My reel is screaming and I think I may have my first 30# fish. Well I may have milked the moment a little to much, I land it and its a 37" bass. Needless to say I was still happy but felt a little foolish taking 15 minutes to land a 17 lb fish.

After that the heavens opened up and we fished in a constant downpour. We caught several more bass all 30" plus. It wasn't my most successful night of the year but seeing my buddy fighting that fish was awesome!!

crash · 12-01-2005, 02:02 PM

One day in September none of my friends could fish. Being a new boater I didn't want to take my boat out myself but I had to do it. I get out to my spot and the mayhem began, so many fish so little time. I was the only person on the water until dusk. I hope to have another day like that someday.

RickBomba · 12-01-2005, 04:53 PM

Yup,
I slept through the big blitz at RP...my second day of a week's vacation after opening the busiest Bugaboo Creek to date.
Mikey and I did ok the day before, and the day he went out I just couldn't get out of bed (my girlie was leaving that day for Boston, so I spent some time with her...OOPS).
Anyhow, the rest of the week, I caught more keepers in six days then the rest of my life combined.
Mikey and I talked about it the other day...didn't have one short all week.
Later,
Rick

Brother Brian · 12-01-2005, 08:28 PM

It was late this September. I was out for the night and had already burned two spots from 22:00 to about 1:30. I had to be back at the barn by six and the drive would take an hour and a half so I had about 2.5 left. On a whim I went to a very public spot for a quick visit. Not a car or a soul there. I sparked up a butt and went to the wash to look for bait. I stood in the wash for about two waves feeling something like rocks banging into my waders. I turned on the light and saw the entire oceans worth of mullet being rolled around. I turned to go get my rod and saw a huge swirl about 30 feet off the beach. I RAN back to the truck mumbling something about 'why I didn't come here earlier'? As I am walking back the beach explodes with splashes and swirls and a noise like wiffle ball bat being used to smack the water. I fished right up until the last minute dragging a 37" home (one of many). The action was furious with one cast producing a keeper, then next a 2 lb blue, the next a 28" and the next a 12lb blue. I lost at least two rigs, several flies (I switched to a fly rod after awhile) and a total of five plugs (two plugs had the hooks ripped off). And not another rod on the beach but mine.

Bronko · 12-02-2005, 07:57 AM

The "Canal Blitz" this past October. Hours of non-stop bass. It was an incredible sight. It was odd, I was coming back from an all-nighter on the back beaches, but something made me get off route 6 and take a swing by the east end......Glad I did!

lurch · 12-02-2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronko

The "Canal Blitz" this past October. Hours of non-stop bass. It was an incredible sight. It was odd, I was coming back from an all-nighter on the back beaches, but something made me get off route 6 and take a swing by the east end......Glad I did!

10/12/2005

Best day ever!

Close to 100 fish 60-70% keepers....YIKES!!!

t.orlando · 12-03-2005, 11:42 AM

Heres 4
3 hours of non-stop nice fish(15-30) with Redlite(with secret eel retrieve)
Finally got Redlite into a good nite in canal( probably got 12-15 between 20-30)
Big canal blitz by myself
The nite Leo won the Derby

marky1 · 12-03-2005, 10:04 PM

Back in Oct. on a Sat. night, 1 -39in.
1-36in.
1-28in.
Went back the next night,Sun. 2-39in. all stripers,all on bait ...and all were released. To think about it later ,I was wondering if I caught that 39in.fish 3 times,or maybe it hungry or just plain stupid .

Backbeach Jake · 12-04-2005, 09:32 AM

The night at the Race with BigFish, Afterhours, Fishboy (?) and the baby seal. And the Mother of all Thunderstorms!!

afterhours · 12-04-2005, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

The night at the Race with BigFish, Afterhours, Fishboy (?) and the baby seal. And the Mother of all Thunderstorms!!

oh man....what a t-storm!!!

Slingah · 12-04-2005, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

The night at the Race with BigFish, Afterhours, Fishboy (?) and the baby seal. And the Mother of all Thunderstorms!!

I was there too....ya forgot me BBJ....what a storm....

my best night(s) were back to back nights fish to 30# ....all alone....some sort of action on almost every cast....it saved a less than good season for me