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Thanks #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. Even thou Bob Thomas found a way to post the pic, I knew the cow hunters on the board would appreciate the 52 lber. Got her back in 1987, during the glory days. I say that because we had about 3 years in a row, when there were so many poggies in the area harbors you could walk across them. Got a 55 the following year in almost the same spot, same tide and yes you guessed it same bait, live poggie. Interesting story behind that 52, which you will no doubt appreciate. Don't know if you know the area, but in the inner Hingham harbor there's a winding channel that works it's way out by the Hingham Yacht club. As I hit the rotary at 3A I could see the entire channel was white water with blitzing fish. Youv'e never seen a boat launched so fast, lol. I skipped setting the gill net since the poggies were so thick snagging them was going to be easy and I really wanted to get a bait in the water.

After numerous big blues and a few smaller 25-30 inch bass, I picked up my small 6 foot medium Penn spinning rod, matched with a small Penn reel and 12# mono, which I had been using to snag the poggies. I was using a weighted snag hook with the barbs filed down to reduce the damage to the poggies. Snagged a fresh bait and while reeling it in, the line when slack. Figured the poggie had come off and made another long sweep of the rod to snag another. Well no poggie, but a good hard hookset on that 52, who had taken that 1st poggie. The first run was a long one, especially since I had the drag set light for 12# mono. I lucked out when the fish stopped about 10 feet before going into the moored boats. Then she did something I've never seen a big striper do before or since, she came out of the water just like a largemouth and trasher her head back and forth. Man you talk about addrenaline, a large one with 1/3 of her body out of the water like that, I almost died knowing the tackle I had her on. One hell of a fight, something I will never forget.

When I think about those couple 50's, a blitz of upper 40's I ran into a few years later, plus all the other large I've landed, I can't help but come up with a different conclusion to your own; granted this is based on my personal experience and records. The majority of my large fish have come <b><font color="red"><font size="4">DURING THE DAY</b></font><!--color--></font><!--4-->.

Sorry after reading your lasted post, which I got a chuckle out of, I just had to tweak you, lol. Tight lines.