How many..........

[bassmaster]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

skeptical I guess is just part of being a fisherman I guess. I have a poor memory so I don't have to worry about remembering my lies since I tell the truth. Speaking of 500 pound nights, I and a good friend have had 500 pound nights in about 3-4 hours of a tide a couple of falls ago. fish from 15 to 30 pounds, the average was between 20 and 25 lbs, we each had almost 3 dozen fish a piece. Fished till our arms ached, put them all back too. It was a night I'll not ever forget. 600 pounds of fish each was a lot of fish. We had a good week or 2 and that night was the peak. You can believe it or not.
I bet if our other friend K was there, he would have done just as well too


Flap, I hope that scenario happens this year and I am there, because I'd be happy with just 1 30 on a needle.

yeah until u came up whine in mah ear
that week a few years back another time when i had to drag them fish all that week up that hill sucked big time

[Slipknot]

I wasn't the one whining that night, it was Jim
Atleast 30 fish Karl, I stopped counting at 25
A fish on most every cast at the peak, we'd go 1 cast without a fish and say hey, where'd they go? 20 pound was average, the fish were mostly around the 40 inch mark, easy to winch in at 12 lbs of drag, give them nothing, land them in a couple minutes tops, the 30's took a little more time, then a moment to rest. Twinkees surf in across the top. When you're used to doing it every day, it's easier. 10 fish per hour is not that hard to do the way we did it. Ya drive yourself to cast again because they aren't there for long and winter is a long time.

[zimmy]

I hope I am lucky enough to have that happen to me once or twice in my life . I can't imagine anyone actually walk away from that ... I think for most fishers, especially those of us who have only been serious at this in the recent decades, a 2 hour solid bite by 30lb plus bass would be a night of a lifetime. Maybe if they were mostly 10-20 lbs you might leave after a bit, but 30lbers?

I would be interested to know how many people have had a night of legitimate 2 solid hours of 30lbers (say 6-10 fish @ 30lbs+) in the last 15 or 20 years from shore. Man that just seems like an unusual event these days. But maybe I just don't fish enough and the right places .

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by zimmy

I hope I am lucky enough to have that happen to me once or twice in my life . I can't imagine anyone actually walk away from that ... I think for most fishers, especially those of us who have only been serious at this in the recent decades, a 2 hour solid bite by 30lb plus bass would be a night of a lifetime. Maybe if they were mostly 10-20 lbs you might leave after a bit, but 30lbers?

I would be interested to know how many people have had a night of legitimate 2 solid hours of 30lbers (say 6-10 fish @ 30lbs+) in the last 15 or 20 years from shore. Man that just seems like an unusual event these days. But maybe I just don't fish enough and the right places .

zimmy
decksweeper and i got into 25-30 lb class for 3 hours straight last year. A night i will NEVER forget. He was picking up fish cast after cast, I was into 2 fish to his 6, and i was 50 yards south of him.
He calls me over to get to the rock he was on, which put me in a sticky situation going neck deep to get there for about 20 feet. I knew it was worth it, had to get there. When i finally got to the rock, a helping hand got me out of the water and the games begun

these fish were in front of us for A SOLID 3 HOURS, cast after cast. It got to the point where we were laughing like school children.

end of the night, exhausted, we enjoyed a couple of cold ones reminicing.





sorry to bring this night up again Joe figliuolo, I know hearing this makes you go back to therapy

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

zimmy
decksweeper and i got into 25-30 lb class for 3 hours straight last year. A night i will NEVER forget. He was picking up fish cast after cast, I was into 2 fish to his 6, and i was 50 yards south of him.
He calls me over to get to the rock he was on, which put me in a sticky situation going neck deep to get there for about 20 feet. I knew it was worth it, had to get there. When i finally got to the rock, a helping hand got me out of the water and the games begun

these fish were in front of us for A SOLID 3 HOURS, cast after cast. It got to the point where we were laughing like school children.

end of the night, exhausted, we enjoyed a couple of cold ones reminicing.





sorry to bring this night up again Joe figulero, I know hearing this makes you go back to therapy

FU!!!! i had banished that from my mind. Now I'm REALLY gonna come over there and Kick your @$$

[rockhopin2]

[QUOTE=jim sylvester;468798]zimmy
decksweeper and i got into 25-30 lb class for 3 hours straight last year. A night i will NEVER forget. He was picking up fish cast after cast, I was into 2 fish to his 6, and i was 50 yards south of him.
He calls me over to get to the rock he was on, which put me in a sticky situation going neck deep to get there for about 20 feet. I knew it was worth it, had to get there. When i finally got to the rock, a helping hand got me out of the water and the games begun

these fish were in front of us for A SOLID 3 HOURS, cast after cast. It got to the point where we were laughing like school children.

end of the night, exhausted, we enjoyed a couple of cold ones reminicing.


Its so sweet same thing happened to myself and Jim D in late november 2005 3 hours of fish in the 30lb range. I landed about 15 fish Jim 18 and it could have been more but i spent a bit of time changing crushed VMCs.

and we also had a few victory sodas

[Flaptail]

It happens occasionally. I had several nights last year where it happened. Three on the outer Cape in the fall, one on the shores of CC Bay late fall and one on a rocky island south of Woods Hole in the dead of summer.

Being on the water as much as possible and being willing to explore new areas and do the leg work ( and believe me it takes leg work)

If you are serious about your fishing, who you with fish is serious and committed and study the area in depth that going to fish and youre willing to put up with endless fishless or almost fishless nights, the aches and pains and stay focused it will happen to you eventually.

Thank you all for contributing to this thread,

Flap

[JPowers]

Flap - quote:

"...... and youre willing to put up with endless fishless or almost fishless nights, the aches and pains and stay focused it will happen to you eventually. "


Well said and absolutely accurate.

[In The Surf]

Originally Posted by zimmy

I would be interested to know how many people have had a night of legitimate 2 solid hours of 30lbers (say 6-10 fish @ 30lbs+) in the last 15 or 20 years from shore. Man that just seems like an unusual event these days. But maybe I just don't fish enough and the right places .

Not going to go into detail (sorta already did twice in the last week).
Timing is everything, being at the right place the right time early season when these classes of fish make the push through is incredible. In my case it was back to back nights at the same place while fishing solo.

[pal156]

10 - 15 depending on conditions

[JPowers]

Slipknot - quote:

" I wasn't the one whining that night, it was Jim."

Hey!!!!!! I wasn't whining..... and Dave wasn't even there that night.

We each had at least a 500# ( more like 600#s) that night. I do remember how bloody my hands and clothes were.

[bart]

who in their right mind would walk away from a blitz of 30# fish?