Cool fish pics and stories 2016 (no bashing aloud!)

[Rob Rockcrawler]

This may i hit a new spot to me in Warwick, the guy at Quaker lane told me to go there. I was getting hits frequently and finally started catching, nothing big but hefty schoolies. A kid walks up behind me on the jetty and is just watching wearing jeans, sneakers and a tshirt. HE sees me catch a fish and says he will be back in a half hour. He needed to grab his gear at his school around the corner. Sure enough he comes back with a decent rod and reel with a krocodile spoon tied to his braid, he tells me he isn't good at casting. That was an understatement. Fishing 101 starts, i show him how to cast then ask to look at his lure box. He has a jumpin minnow style plug and we put that on since it is what i was getting half my fish on. It takes him an hour to earn how to work the plug and i assure him he will get a fish. He gets a couple swirls and doesn't see it. Im more than waist deep when his plug gets slammed about 10-15 feet from me. No schoolie for sure. I get out of the water and coach him on fighting the fish, lifting his rod tightening his drag, after about 10 minutes he lands the fish, about 20 lbs. I set down my rod and my plug bag before helping him. Bad decision, rod was in the water, no big deal. I get back to fishing and try to swap plugs, cant find my bag. After about 20 minutes of looking he sees it about 10 feet from the jetty in 6 feet of water. Another guy that was there gave me a heavy jig to snag my bag. We fishing for a couple more hours. THe kid is shin deep in frigid water. I ask how his feet are, he says "I cant feel them". THat was the only fish he caught while me and the other guys were catching left and right. It was funny as i was leaving he thanks me and we shake hands. He was from China and says the white girls wont like the pictures of his fish in broken English. I tell him the right ones will. It made a great day of fishin even better. I made hm release the fish he caught, told him it was his first and i helped him. Hopefully it teaches him respect for the fish in the future.

[RickBomba]

Originally Posted by Hookedagain

Today, June 20th. We took marky and his daughter Amelia. Launch at 4:00 AM and hit RP. Not much current but good wind. #^&#^&#^&#^&y has a keeper the first cast. In 20 minutes we had three good keepers in the bag. Decide to make the run behind before the wind picks up.

I ran the boat at top speed for about 20 minutes. Then we start to see the birds, lots of birds. #^&#^&#^&#^&y, marky, and Amelia were all on fish in the mid 20 pound range. marky was catching bigger and bigger fish with every cast. Mostly we were at least doubled, if not tripled up.

Then we turn to look at the shore about a mile away. There was a line of giant fish busting 14 inch mackerel for as far as you could see. We reel up and #^&#^&#^&#^&y runs us right into the middle of the fish. They were BIG....very BIG. We cast and everyone has a fish. We are dancing around the boat with 4 big fish on. marky and I settle into the stern and start working the two biggest ones. Mine took 1/2 of a 500 yard spool of 40 pound power pro off the VM. marky's fish took almost all of his line. We turn the fish, fight them for 20 minutes. marky flops his fish on top of my 44 inch wide bench seat. The fish hung over each side, and was fat. I couldn't get my scale to fire up, but I'm sure it was in the high 30 pound range. My fish was about a 35 pounder that was foul hooked and literally was held on by a piece of skin and a scale. It was a miracle that I got it in.

Today was seriously the best fishing I have ever seen in 45 years on the water. The bass were heavy, the traffic by us was almost non existent. And the best part, was as we drove home in a hard SW chop, was to roll really slowly through the vertical jigging fleet with not an angler with a bent rod in all of the 30 or so boats at RP.

That was my son and I on Niko's boat when you stopped to talk to us. You are right there were a lot of fish breaking on the surface. Top water action was good for a while but dropped off. We got a little beat up heading back with the SW wind but not too bad.

Glad you guys found them! I think we ran about 20 miles back in my boat. It was wet for a 20 footer. That SeaCraft hull certainly doesn't pound, though. marky stood right with his back to the spray. I'm not sure if he did it intentionally, but it kept me dry.

#^&#^&#^&#^&y and Amelia sat on the bench seat in back of me, and said they had a wonderful ride home.

[Hookedagain]

Great day

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler

This may i hit a new spot to me in Warwick, the guy at Quaker lane told me to go there. I was getting hits frequently and finally started catching, nothing big but hefty schoolies. A kid walks up behind me on the jetty and is just watching wearing jeans, sneakers and a tshirt. HE sees me catch a fish and says he will be back in a half hour. He needed to grab his gear at his school around the corner. Sure enough he comes back with a decent rod and reel with a krocodile spoon tied to his braid, he tells me he isn't good at casting. That was an understatement. Fishing 101 starts, i show him how to cast then ask to look at his lure box. He has a jumpin minnow style plug and we put that on since it is what i was getting half my fish on. It takes him an hour to earn how to work the plug and i assure him he will get a fish. He gets a couple swirls and doesn't see it. Im more than waist deep when his plug gets slammed about 10-15 feet from me. No schoolie for sure. I get out of the water and coach him on fighting the fish, lifting his rod tightening his drag, after about 10 minutes he lands the fish, about 20 lbs. I set down my rod and my plug bag before helping him. Bad decision, rod was in the water, no big deal. I get back to fishing and try to swap plugs, cant find my bag. After about 20 minutes of looking he sees it about 10 feet from the jetty in 6 feet of water. Another guy that was there gave me a heavy jig to snag my bag. We fishing for a couple more hours. THe kid is shin deep in frigid water. I ask how his feet are, he says "I cant feel them". THat was the only fish he caught while me and the other guys were catching left and right. It was funny as i was leaving he thanks me and we shake hands. He was from China and says the white girls wont like the pictures of his fish in broken English. I tell him the right ones will. It made a great day of fishin even better. I made hm release the fish he caught, told him it was his first and i helped him. Hopefully it teaches him respect for the fish in the future.

And where were you near my house?

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Maybe so, if i knew where you lived i would have pulled you away from work for a bit to bend a rod

[Rappin Mikey]

My 3.5 yr old daughter reeled in her first striper yesterday. Got her first keeper in today! pics to follow. Big thanks to Mark on the keeper (he dragged some sluggos out.

[Slipknot]

congrats Mikey and to you daughter

[Moses]

Fished the backside this past Sunday. Was able to stay away from the fleet and boy were we rewarded. We had a school of bass practically to ourselves for almost 1.5 hrs right after sunrise.

Beautiful sunrise as usual. Seems there are more seals every time I visit this area. Had my wife's nephew (shore fishes occasionally) along with my brother, his smile says it all.

[Moses]

Fish pics

[Clammer]

nice ><><>

[Clogston29]

Unfortunately I did not have my camera or scale with me, but got my best non-eel fish last night. 49" with decent girth and a big head. 9" sluggo on an owner weighted swim bait hook. Got knocked on my ass a few times by the much bigger than expected swell but it was well worth it. Few smaller fish as well. Released to fight another day.

[Slipknot]

Real Nice Josh and Moses!

49" ! must have been a great fight Josh

[ProfessorM]

Good for you guys
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[Raider Ronnie]

Worked a tuna charter Monday on the Skip A Dory out of Boston.
Hooked, brought to the boat in about 1 hr a 9-10ft Great White shark.
Naturally we released it.
Got a video on my phone.
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[Jim in CT]

My 9 year-old son, and my 14 year-old nephew, with a good days work out at the pork chop, from today July 10. Light tackle with live eels and spinning rigs.

[Piscator]

KeeperReeper and I... Canyon Big Eye from last week....

[Rappin Mikey]

Nice fish!

[Rockport24]

Nice fish guys, congrats!

[Rappin Mikey]

Little late on the story, but the first day of my vaca in late June, on the yak, off of the bathing beach on the Race, I was about a .5 mile out with Marky in the pot lines. He had been on the fish for a few days and told me it was a sure deal. We start in chasing birds with the current for about 1 mile or so (tons of bait). After about a 1/2 hour, I started questioning his plan of attack and suggest we hit another locale. He looks at me from his yak and gave me the preverbial bird. I started to paddle to a high flyer and saw some big boils. No sooner could I scream "They're Here!" A huge, I mean huge, big blow up behind my kayak (right behind) erupted. This was big enough to push the yak forward a few feet, and loud enough to make me want to chit my pants. I turned around immediately and saw a boil as big as Ford 350. Mark was pretty close to me, so I turned and asked if he saw what it was. He said "No, but I heard it. There's nothing we are going to do out here anyway. Tell ya what I'll bring what's left of ya home. Now make a cast!" I followed advice, and buttoned into a fat 40" fish on a Salty Needle (My go to out there) as soon as it hit the water. Mark was tight on his next cast and we had a pod of good fish to our selves for at least 30 minutes til the fleet saw us. It is amazing how quickly you go from nervous to nerves of steele when on fish. Mark sent me that Utube video of the guy on Brewster Flats getting his fish jumped by a Great White the other day. Makes me think. I still owe you guys some pics of my daughter's first keeper. She also got her first Larry the other day. When I have a chance I will post them>

[Rappin Mikey]

Here's Kerry

[Rappin Mikey]

The bass I caught right after what ever pushed me out on the Race

[Rappin Mikey]

A few more

[Guppy]

Awesome, thanks
Man I miss those days!

[ecduzitgood]

Nice
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[thefishingfreak]

Found a school of aligator blues today where the average fish was 15#




Sold 290#, made a bloody mess, and had one of the best fishing days with just my son Bradley in a long time


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[chris L]

Originally Posted by Rappin Mikey

A few weekends ago, I was walking to one of my CT River spots at about 4:30 AM. I walked by two guys and asked if things were happening. (it was still dark)I heard a younger voice retort "what's your last name?" Thinking it was one of my students by the oddity of the question, I replied, "what's your first name?" Then I heard "Is that you Mr. Bombardier? It's me Norberto!". He was with his dad that didn't speak any English. He told me he had been fishing up and down the bank all night since 10:00PM with no fish. I asked him about school as he transferred from Holyoke to Longmeadow the prior year. He informed me he was still at it and actually had some career goals which are rare for a inner city young teen. Now mind you, this student for the two prior Springs always used to tell me how many stripers that he caught and how big they were (never showed me a pic though). I told him how happy I was he was still in school and made my way about 50 yards down from them where I knew a few fish would be hanging in a pocket. At this point it was bright enough for us to see each other and I immediately buttoned into a teenish pound fish, then a 20#, then another 20. He then came over with his dad to hot box my spot. They only had one 5 ft stout jigging rod between the two of them. The dad was throwing a soft plastic. I landed one more fish and then told Norberto, if I hooked another he could bring it in. A few casts later I was tight into what felt like a fish in the upper teens. I handed him the rod which went immediately under his armpit for the beginning of an awkward fight. I tried to coach him to put the rod between his legs and not give it any slack. As he got the fish close to shore (my drag was tight) the fish gave it's last burst, almost pulled Norberto in, rolled and came unbuttoned. I talked to him about what he could have done differently, casted back out, and was into a reel good fish in about five minutes. I handed him the rod and he ended up landing a 26# fish. The funny part of the story is after he landed it, he screamed "my first striper ever!" Then he looked at me and said "yeah, I was lying to you all of those times at school" He said he would remember the day the rest of his life and thanked me. I told him the best thanks I could get was if he finished school and get the RN job he was planning on pursuing. His dad took pictures through the whole event.

See Mike that's why you do what you do , your good at it ! Hope its students like that that keeps you motivated . Sounds like you guys had a moment . lol

[Rappin Mikey]

Originally Posted by chris L

See Mike that's why you do what you do , your good at it ! Hope its students like that that keeps you motivated . Sounds like you guys had a moment . lol

It was! I told him I would never forget it, and won't. His dad and I couldn't verbally communicate, but I could tell by his eyes, and the pics he took, he would probably remember it for the rest of his life as well. I put the pictures in my binder for family communication (Standard#4 or #3? it's late) as evidence that I hang out with and love the peeps I serve. I wish Flap Tail was around, he would have loved that chit!

[Rappin Mikey]

Bump let's keep this going! Only fish for me lately not worth posting on a SB Page

[RickBomba]

Ugh, so much eelgrass, mung, and sargasso weed at the spot today. Me and Shawno had our Sabikis (well, really only one).

Strange days indeed. Most peculiar mama.

I caught a keeper cod in state waters. He broke off my last Sabiki at the boat. I also caught maybe a 3 pound sculpin. Big mofo.

Had a tough time catching macs, so after exhausting our possibilities to SP minnows, we got some fish.

So, here's what I got.
2 schoolies.
1 maybe 3 pound sculpin
Boat load full of pollack.
We traded some macs to about a 45 foot Hatteras. They gave us a tuna "Head Steak.: I looked at it as a good deal.
Moral of the story, You fish next to guys in a behemoth like that, you better be really carefull of the rocks out there.

It was a good weekend for me in general.

[Rockport24]

I've caught some nice fish on pollack!!