i got spooled ......

[t.orlando]

200yards of braid is not enough for me to feel safe in there. Sorry for your loss.

[bloocrab]

Sorry for you loss -


I got sp0oled last night too........I was riding a big Ol' cow, had to be the W0rld record, never had one on that big before in my life... She tried to buck free a couple of times, but I had a firm grip on my rod and kept working her....I finally tired her out, got real close to her...close enough to whisper in her ear, which I normally do after exhausting my big girls................then BANG, she bucked again, I wasn't ready, still tired from the work out she had just put me through...I didn't have much stamina left.....and it happened, I had her and my rod tangled between my legs, trying to sort things out and get my rod out of the way....she kicked, sending me tumbling backward, causing me to lose my footing...the line she was captive in got wrapped around a rock and the minute it got tight, SNAP *...............................
I sat there for hours thinking of how I was going to mount her, take lots of pictures of her beautiful body, give her internet exposure......my heart is full of sadness this morning.

Honey, if you're out there reading this .............CALL ME - 1-617-867-5309
I miss you already.

[Flaptail]

That fish beat your ass fair and square. You challenged honorably though, not using 80 lb braid and gorrilla gear, you fought it one on one where the fish had as much chance as you did, not one sided.

You have one 54 lbr from the canal on a Pencil on a moving tide, not many can say that and as far as 50 pound fish go, that in my book is the creme' de la creme', the ultimate, beats a 50 on an eel or pofie any day of the week.

Hope you did them after I left this morning, I still cannot get the bluefis stink off of my hands.

And btw, George is correct, that fish is still laughing about putting a hurt on yer ass canal boy!

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

Sorry for you loss -


I got sp0oled last night too........I was riding a big Ol' cow, had to be the W0rld record, never had one on that big before in my life... She tried to buck free a couple of times, but I had a firm grip on my rod and kept working her....I finally tired her out, got real close to her...close enough to whisper in her ear, which I normally do after exhausting my big girls................then BANG, she bucked again, I wasn't ready, still tired from the work out she had just put me through...I didn't have much stamina left.....and it happened, I had her and my rod tangled between my legs, trying to sort things out and get my rod out of the way....she kicked, sending me tumbling backward, causing me to lose my footing...the line she was captive in got wrapped around a rock and the minute it got tight, SNAP *...............................
I sat there for hours thinking of how I was going to mount her, take lots of pictures of her beautiful body, give her internet exposure......my heart is full of sadness this morning.

Honey, if you're out there reading this .............CALL ME - 1-617-867-5309
I miss you already.

Was she a red head? If so I ..................

[Mr. Sandman]

I also feel your pain....Had a very similar experience this summer...could not believe it. I had a fresh spool of braid and watched it all peel off to the knot is a steady non-stop run. My thought process was ...30...40...50+...whoa, this is no bass, this fish is larger that I am. I put amazing pressure on this beast once I got past the whoa point, and it had no effect whatsoever on the speed or direction of the fish.
IMO it was a big shark or large seal. I've caught a lot of big sharks and it felt like a shark but I never saw it.
The scary thing was....it hit about 30 yards off the beach. There is no way you will see me out there.

IMO, no bass can take that kind of line with that kind of pressure, not even a 100#er. They pause, rest/kite and run and each successive run has less in it than the last.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

IMO, no bass can take that kind of line with that kind of pressure, not even a 100#er. They pause, rest/kite and run and each successive run has less in it than the last.

Get your cedar plugs out. Tuna are moving through the canal.

[Mike P]

I know for a fact that there was a near-50 landed Thursday morning--48-1/2# to be exact.

[The Iceman 6]

Great stories!!!

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I know for a fact that there was a near-50 landed Thursday morning--48-1/2# to be exact.

you mike?.....for the striper cup?

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by jim sylvester

you mike?.....for the striper cup?

Unfortunately, no. Nellie from Red Top. I'm going to venture a guess that he avoided getting spooled using 30# braid on a Daiwa Emblem Pro

That first run of good fish almost always comes through this week, and it's usually fish from Scorton's Ledge heading out. They don't stay long. By Sunday many will be off the Elizabeths.

[stiff tip]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Unfortunately, no. Nellie from Red Top. I'm going to venture a guess that he avoided getting spooled using 30# braid on a Daiwa Emblem Pro

That first run of good fish almost always comes through this week, and it's usually fish from Scorton's Ledge heading out. They don't stay long. By Sunday many will be off the Elizabeths.

all the fish were moving east with the east going tide. very few on the high west ... i think.... juv pogies yesterday ,today full size pogies blue cordell pp yesterday . today yellow cordell pp all loaded w/ 1oz lead braking on fast a moving current today ...way way out 80+ yrds.....i,m going to the east end tomorrow

[Jimmy Fee]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I know for a fact that there was a near-50 landed Thursday morning--48-1/2# to be exact.

Did you get it Mike?

I heard about that fish. Thursday, it looked like you coulda walked across the canal on the heads of all the sporadically breaking bass. I did watch one pod of fish move through that was definitely made up of bigger fish. Out of range for me, but they were throwing some serious water.

Today, not so much, not for me at least. Anybody know if that body of fish already pushed through and left us for the fall? That was a serious school of bass.