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Old 09-15-2010, 09:10 AM   #1
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suprise on the end of my line

went fishing along some shore line in RI yesterday afternoon, to kill some time and work on my tan. i covered allot of ground and was getting skunked. . then i saw the true sign that all fisherman / women look for the birds. In the distance i saw huge swarms of birds diving in the water. So i packed up and headed on over was about a miles walk on the rocks. tough trek for a fat guy like myself. by the time i got the birds had flown away, but i decided to toss some stuff out there and hope for the best. I threw everything i had accept the one lure ( now one of my fav's) i hated and could never get to work right. First cast the lure was right on point BAM! top water action, resulted in a nice Blue. I know people are against blues but on a afternoon killing time was a fun catch on light tackle. having a little more confidence in this plug know i toss it back out. BAM! huge explosion on the water ~ miss ~ BAM another one ~miss ~ Third time was hold onto your gym shorts. hit my plug with great vengeance and furious angry and darted out to the open water stripping my reel seemingly forever. i made up some ground on it, the fish got close to the shore i still couldn't see what i was, i had no clue what was on the end of my line. This fish was not done yet, made another break for it stripping me down to almost a 1/4 spool left. I was startinf to build quit the crowd now, the fish was thrashing on top. I felt like a little kid catching its first bluegill. I'm thinking this has to be a monster blue fish, with my rod bend over i decided enough was enough, knowing the fish was beat i brought it in, got it to the rocks and what did i find. something that i have only caught in Florida and certainly not from shore and not in RI before. . I know alot of you prob catch these all the time, but for me this was a first from shore here in RI and a great ending to a day i was almost skunked.
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Old 09-15-2010, 09:25 AM   #2
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Nice catch. Im still waiting to catch one.

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Old 09-15-2010, 09:38 AM   #3
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thats awesome, ive heard of a few other anglers catchin albies from shore down there as well
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Old 09-15-2010, 10:55 AM   #4
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That's so cool. Good for You!
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Old 09-15-2010, 11:00 AM   #5
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Congrats on your first RI little tunny!

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Old 09-15-2010, 11:49 AM   #6
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Old 09-15-2010, 11:59 AM   #7
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Nice!
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Old 09-15-2010, 12:10 PM   #8
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Good Fish and good story!

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Old 09-15-2010, 01:39 PM   #9
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First one I have seen caught this year. Nice.
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Old 09-15-2010, 03:20 PM   #10
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Hope you didn't let it go to waste.









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Old 09-15-2010, 04:11 PM   #11
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Hope you didn't let it go to waste.
i actually gave it away to a couple that was on thier first date fishing. i gave them the blue feesh to, they ended the date and went off to cook and clean the feesh together, instead of going to dinner.
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Old 09-15-2010, 05:36 PM   #12
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Thats cool.

That happened to me in the canal about 3 years ago. I was throwing this bug ugly silver polaris I had made at some breaking bass and I didn't hook up so I was reeling it in as fast as I could to get a second cast on them before they were out of range it and wham, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

This was at murderers row and I've never seen them there before or since...
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Old 09-15-2010, 05:43 PM   #13
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nice fish!
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Old 09-15-2010, 06:46 PM   #14
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Thumbs up awesome read

you made my evening telling the tale
in a very detailed fashion
increasing the drama of it all

thanks a bunch
and good for you

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Old 09-15-2010, 07:53 PM   #15
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Great story! I am hoping to hook up with one of those one of these days

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Old 09-15-2010, 08:02 PM   #16
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I know where you was, I'll be around there Sat if the winds are light
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Old 09-16-2010, 07:22 AM   #17
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That's why we all fish... you just never know....Congrats... I've never caught one..

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Old 09-16-2010, 07:40 AM   #18
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iamskippy, GREAT CATCH
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN

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Old 09-16-2010, 08:14 AM   #19
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Nice fish.
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Old 09-17-2010, 05:29 AM   #20
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awesome. Nice fish.

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Old 09-17-2010, 11:10 AM   #21
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That particular cove was teeming with albie Tuesday morning.
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Old 09-17-2010, 11:43 AM   #22
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Great story and nice fish. I ran into them yesterday morning and could not get them to hit anything, kastmasters and deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&s wouldn't touch em.
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Old 09-17-2010, 11:53 AM   #23
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Great post up and nice catch. Sure the happy couple was psyched to eat the fresh fish.
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:10 PM   #24
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Great story and nice fish. I ran into them yesterday morning and could not get them to hit anything, kastmasters and deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&s wouldn't touch em.
i got it on a hedan R/W super spook with a teaser on the last treb. slow twitch / walk the dog.


i was there between 3-5 but they didnt get to close. heard they moved to centerwall on thursaday but the surf in the afternoon was ugly
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:49 PM   #25
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I love a great fish story. Thanks for taking the time to share. Congratulations on a nice fish and a great picture!
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Old 09-17-2010, 10:51 PM   #26
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Very cool - congrats!

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