Striper Cup Finish

[BassDawg]

last night at my steady producer,

first cast ~~~as always~~ w/an 18"- 20" eeeeeeeeel.
0343, 25 mins to High, 3'-5' rollers, ptly cloudy with the half light.

she HITS hard and goes right for about 50 yards, THEN

stops and does a 90, on a dime, to head for Boulder Alley and
Gloucester. not any fish, in 3 years and hundreds of haunts has
made a break for THAT side of my portion of The Rockfish Super Highway.
mind you she's trying to take my line around the high ridge that lines my casting zone.
so i oblige her and follow~~~

up craggy and steep ridges over to a too high perch to almost get spooled.
i put the gentle brakes on her and coax a gain of about 60 yds.

she runs again ~headed for GLCSTR and open water~ same as the first run, feeling no worse for the fight
and takes me to about 20 yards from being spooled. so i thumbed the spinner and applied sum pressh. she stops again
as i can feel the line bouncing off of the boulders. i am able to gain about 50 yds this time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,before

she's off and running, again for the 4th time!!!
this time i stop her just short of zero, maybe 7 yds from zero. same-same the old thumb trick and now comes the hunkering DOWN. and the most horrific sensation i'll ever know,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,she begins with the RUBB~RUBB!!

in my mind, i freakkkkin' already got her weighed in and holding her HIGH, picking up the monthly winner's slip, and weekly OTW schwag ~nevermind the weigh it would've hepped out the CAUSE!!! so what is a pooooor, poor, PO Hungry to DO??

couldn't free spool as she shirley would've SPOOLED me.
i strummed her a couple of times for naught. so i decided to try to bring her in and gained about 40 yards and then she really started to DIG IN. I AMM an Idiot!! i should have just let her run again. but NO!!!! i pumped and just felt the line get weaker and weaker and weaker until SNAPPPPP!!! and with that went another Feesh of a Lifetime. How many MORE of these BIG GURLS must i lose??? what chaps me arse the most is this WAS a difference maker for The Cup.

sorry about that gentlemen. as for me and my personal non-accomplishments, *with therapy and time ~i can take it!!* i am MOST DISGUSTED with letting the Team down,,,,,,,,a Fiddy Plus from shore might have sewed this thing up for the Repeat, for THAT i WILL lose sleep and countless hours of replaying The Play.

when i compare her pull (4 runs like i wasn't even there), her skill at at the old RUBB~RUBB Trick, and the way she felt compared to the near 40#'er i landed the previous AM; that fish this morning was in the "weightborhood" of 50# to 60# ~~with lots of shoulder and power. she stayed LOW the whole fight and prolly laughed ALL the STINKING way to the off shore ledges as first light approached

so farrrr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

MONSTERS 5, BassDawg 0

thanks for letting me share, i won't be right for a week,
months, a whole friggin' year.............or at least until Sept's New II.


should be GOOOD!!! very verrrrrry GOOD!

[spinncognito]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

last night at my steady producer,

first cast ~~~as always~~ w/an 18"- 20" eeeeeeeeel.
0343, 25 mins to High, 3'-5' rollers, ptly cloudy with the half light.

she HITS hard and goes right for about 50 yards, THEN

stops and does a 90, on a dime, to head for Boulder Alley and
Gloucester. not any fish, in 3 years and hundreds of haunts has
made a break for THAT side of my portion of The Rockfish Super Highway.
mind you she's trying to take my line around the high ridge that lines my casting zone.
so i oblige her and follow~~~

up craggy and steep ridges over to a too high perch to almost get spooled.
i put the gentle brakes on her and coax a gain of about 60 yds.

she runs again ~headed for GLCSTR and open water~ same as the first run, feeling no worse for the fight
and takes me to about 20 yards from being spooled. so i thumbed the spinner and applied sum pressh. she stops again
as i can feel the line bouncing off of the boulders. i am able to gain about 50 yds this time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,before

she's off and running, again for the 4th time!!!
this time i stop her just short of zero, maybe 7 yds from zero. same-same the old thumb trick and now comes the hunkering DOWN. and the most horrific sensation i'll ever know,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,she begins with the RUBB~RUBB!!

in my mind, i freakkkkin' already got her weighed in and holding her HIGH, picking up the monthly winner's slip, and weekly OTW schwag ~nevermind the weigh it would've hepped out the CAUSE!!! so what is a pooooor, poor, PO Hungry to DO??

couldn't free spool as she shirley would've SPOOLED me.
i strummed her a couple of times for naught. so i decided to try to bring her in and gained about 40 yards and then she really started to DIG IN. I AMM an Idiot!! i should have just let her run again. but NO!!!! i pumped and just felt the line get weaker and weaker and weaker until SNAPPPPP!!! and with that went another Feesh of a Lifetime. How many MORE of these BIG GURLS must i lose??? what chaps me arse the most is this WAS a difference maker for The Cup.

sorry about that gentlemen. as for me and my personal non-accomplishments, *with therapy and time ~i can take it!!* i am MOST DISGUSTED with letting the Team down,,,,,,,,a Fiddy Plus from shore might have sewed this thing up for the Repeat, for THAT i WILL lose sleep and countless hours of replaying The Play.

when i compare her pull (4 runs like i wasn't even there), her skill at at the old RUBB~RUBB Trick, and the way she felt compared to the near 40#'er i landed the previous AM; that fish this morning was in the "weightborhood" of 50# to 60# ~~with lots of shoulder and power. she stayed LOW the whole fight and prolly laughed ALL the STINKING way to the off shore ledges as first light approached

so farrrr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

MONSTERS 5, BassDawg 0

thanks for letting me share, i won't be right for a week,
months, a whole friggin' year.............or at least until Sept's New II.


should be GOOOD!!! very verrrrrry GOOD!

Dude- your replays are so entertaining that I may just lose sleep for your loss. FWIW- it seems you did nothing wrong but got outlasted by a fish who got that big being, as you would say- Schmaaaaat!

[BassDawg]

thanks spin,

for yer empathy and encouragement!
that was rough duty~~~~~

i will NEVER go to that spot again from Sept-Oct without:

50# spool to 80# shock (yozuri hybrid to Ande clear), and
fresh spool line ~~not the line from last night that released;
a 38#er, a 25#er, and a 20#er.

NO MORE brangin' a knife to a gunfight!!
25#BCountry to 60#Andepink, or this~~
"........sure-sure i'll just strip 30 yds of the used stufff, that'll work!!!"

[animal]

I saw Johns fish this am as well.It was a sight for sore eyes after the fruitless night we had.Anyways it was a great fish,and it was good to see the bossman getting it done.Thx for the eels.

[Circlehook]

The take...1...2...3...4....set!! Hookup! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...oh my god! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz....

Long story short, a 24 lb striper, fouled hooked in the dorsal region. I thought I single handledly took the cup.