I abhor the word "keepah" in describing fish, in my little group it's small legal or legal and legal ain't no "keepah" in my book, 28 inches is a minnow, plain and straight.
I still use the terms we used when we sold everything over 16 inches, smalls, mediums, large..
36 inch fish would to 15 pounds for a fatty and average 20 back when ( and to all of you that are going to post about me bringing up the old days, put a sock in it. Most of you weren't there and aren't worthy enough to talk of those times.) 30 pounders were the norm and spring fish were called racers not cause they were skinny but because of the way they would rip the rod almost out of your hands when they nailed your plug in the first wave and take off like a frieght train from the Monomoy and Nauset shores. By the time they reached P-Town in force around July4th they were getting a little lethargic with all the food and warm water.
Best fishing ever though was not the good old 70s it was in the late 80's early nineties when the limit was 36 inches, the 70's had big fish and you could go anywhere by buggy or boat without a lot of restriction but for more 36 inch fish in areas they were not used to being seen in, like the B-Harbor flats. We could go there in the skiff and take several with surety each trip on the fly that would top 20 pounds in a tide while drifting the bars.
Ah, twas only like that again........(sigh)
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