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

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

tynan19 · 12-03-2005, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by t.orlando

Heres 4
The nite Leo won the Derby

Won't forget that night anytime soon. I think all of us were more excited than he was. Of course he was probably in shock.

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

Backbeach Jake · 12-04-2005, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Slingah

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

Geeze, I'm sorry, Slingah! I think that I'm starting to lose it, what ever "IT" was. I thought that Larry was gonna adopt that little seal, didn't you?