Two confirmed very large fish!

[eelman]

Steve just called me from Quaker lane to relay the news of two fish over 60lbs on the hook right now at the shop caught by the same angler! They were caught on live bunker....The daytime fishing right now is tremendous and its unusual for us here in Rhody to have a run of adult bunker like this in September...I have been hitting some spots I would never hit in daytime and livelining Bunker, its almost imediate bass...and there are lots of fish in the 5 to 9 foot of water range in broad daylight........there out there in force , a change of tactics is all thats needed and remember, FRESH dead chunked bunker is also deadly but it has to be fresh.....Bring on the snag hooks! Cant wait for tommorow morning, !

[numbskull]

What a waste! Who needs 120# of fish? Only someone with major self-esteem issues would kill TWO fish like that in the same day.



please open another thread if you want to discuss what is appropriate or not.

[eelman]

unecessary

[libassboy]

Congrats to the angler, i cant even imagine what a 60 looks like in person..when i had my 44" in close it looked as big as me!

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

Hey, Numbskull , I Dont think that fisherman gives a rats arse what you think.......

And why would I care about that? Doesn't change the fact that it's still pathetic and it hurts the resource for the rest of us.

[Skitterpop]

I want to say WOW and sad for the missing life force now... nice catch but............. Mixed thoughts here. Why keep both... I know it must have been exciting and a difficult choice.

[Young Salt]

if someone told you he caught two 60's and threw them back - would you belive him?

[Addicted]

Awesome...........Two fish over 60lbs is one hell of an accomplishment not to mention the rush that must have gone along
with that catch. What he does with them is his business.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by numbskull

And why would I care about that? Doesn't change the fact that it's still pathetic and it hurts the resource for the rest of us.

How does it hurt the resource?
I didn't think cows that large were breaders anyway, correct me if I'm wrong. The chances of them living after a probably long, hard battle was probably slim to none anyhow.

[slapshot]

Unless he brought in more than 2 he was perfectly legal. Who are we to say what somebody else does with their fish?

[spence]

Originally Posted by slapshot

Unless he brought in more than 2 he was perfectly legal. Who are we to say what somebody else does with their fish?

There's nothing wrong with debating the issue, although I'd try to stay clear of personal judgements...unless the person was poaching.

Given that I would rather eat a smaller fish, and that a 60 is more laden with toxic crap anyway, I'd probably have a tough time keeping a fish that big unless I was going to have it mounted.

But, considering how this season is going...I'm not too worried about having to make any difficult decisions anytime soon

-spence

[eelman]

Originally Posted by spence

There's nothing wrong with debating the issue, although I'd try to stay clear of personal judgements...unless the person was poaching.

Given that I would rather eat a smaller fish, and that a 60 is more laden with toxic crap anyway, I'd probably have a tough time keeping a fish that big unless I was going to have it mounted.

But, considering how this season is going...I'm not too worried about having to make any difficult decisions anytime soon

-spence

There really is nothing to debate here? Its legal to keep two fish and thats that....The post before was right, if those fish didnt go to the tackle store...Evereyone would call the guy a liar.. I am sorry 60 pound fish dont get to swim again........

[spence]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

There really is nothing to debate here? Its legal to keep two fish and thats that....The post before was right, if those fish didnt go to the tackle store...Evereyone would call the guy a liar..

It's a debate about conservation...people do it all the time.

-spence

[Springtides]

Anyone need crew?????????

[bart]

good to know there's some big fish around

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

I just can't imagine a 60 surviving a fight. No way I'd be able to bring one in in time for me to be confidant enough that my releasing it would guarantee it's survival. (I know, they have a better chance than if in the cooler.) Hard for me to imagine a 60, I've never broken 30. I guess it all depends on how many pounds of fish you have harvested over your life. I have kept less than 10 bass in over 10 years of fishing. I love to eat em' but I mostly want to ketch em'. BTW, was the fisherman on the SB stripercup team?

[Karl F]

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, a question for you, if I may. Daytime, and bunker

Boat Fish?

Big Bunker .. would love to see them up here, but we have seals who would clean them out... I gonna give them a Rhody map

this kinda confirms to me, after all the other variables, and reports I've heard, that once again, the larger fish didn't quite make it far enuf north to my area.. still hoping for a good run on the new moon..

John, we need a praying emoticon, for us sand bound cape guys.

[eelman]

Originally Posted by Karl F

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, a question for you, if I may. Daytime, and bunker

Boat Fish?

Big Bunker .. would love to see them up here, but we have seals who would clean them out... I gonna give them a Rhody map

this kinda confirms to me, after all the other variables, and reports I've heard, that once again, the larger fish didn't quite make it far enuf north to my area.. still hoping for a good run on the new moon..

John, we need a praying emoticon, for us sand bound cape guys.

Yes my fish this week are out of my boat, however , trust me when I say I am almost on the beach....I am just able to cover more water and the livewell helps to keep the bunker fresh Two days this week I fished with Jim White and we did very well, Steve was with us one day and broke one off that was close to 50 we saw it.... Until this dries up, you wont see me at night, there is no reason. Its cool, you have a fish on and there are 5 or 6 others following it right to the boat and some of them are brutes!

Fishaholic18 stole clammers tin boat and did very well today with bunker...I will let him tell ya!

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

[CAL]

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, were these two 60's boat or shore fish? I'm assuming boat. Either way, two 60's in one day is quite a feat

[clambelly]

two sixties in a lifetime is quite a feat!
two sixties in a day, is nothing short of amazing!

[bluzjamer]

Never landed anything bigger than a 30. Lost some bigger but not landed. Awesome feat. Did I mention I have a huge grill and cold beer but need drum sticks.

[DJ Muller]

Obviously any one hear bitching about keeping two 60's has never caught a big fish ever. Especially when it happens you have no idea the size because the sheer shock of size can be overwhelming. SO...until you have been there it is better to be...you know zipped up.

Congrats to...whom ever!!!!

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by DJ Muller

Obviously any one hear bitching about keeping two 60's has never caught a big fish ever. Especially when it happens you have no idea the size because the sheer shock of size can be overwhelming. SO...until you have been there it is better to be...you know zipped up.

Congrats to...whom ever!!!!

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by DJ Muller

Obviously any one hear bitching about keeping two 60's has never caught a big fish ever. Especially when it happens you have no idea the size because the sheer shock of size can be overwhelming. SO...until you have been there it is better to be...you know zipped up.

Congrats to...whom ever!!!!

You are wrong on that. I've released two 49's on the same day 20 minutes apart (boat fish/Miacomet/jigs/october 96), and I fish with a guy who set free a 48, 54, and 56 from the beach all in the same night. Whether you believe it or not is of no significance to me.

Furthermore, the need to kill fish to "confirm" your achievement indicates that the achievement itself is insufficent, rather what you are fishing for is praise and recognition from others, not just fish or food. If you need that, and that's part of why you fish, well then so be it, though most good fisherman eventually grow out of that phase. Enough said.

[eelman]

Originally Posted by numbskull

You are wrong on that. I've released two 49's on the same day 20 minutes apart (boat fish/Miacomet/jigs/october 96), and I fish with a guy who set free a 48, 54, and 56 from the beach all in the same night. Whether you believe it or not is of no significance to me.

Furthermore, the need to kill fish to "confirm" your achievement indicates that the achievement itself is insufficent, rather what you are fishing for is praise and recognition from others, not just fish or food. If you need that, and that's part of why you fish, well then so be it, though most good fisherman eventually grow out of that phase. Enough said.

No Not enough said, the guy was within his right to keep both fish under the law.....Do you walk around telling everyone to release there legal fish? I Have news for you, this guy has caught many fish over 50...he has nothing to prove. Anyway I am happy for him, and he can do what ever he wants with his two fish...May be he has a large family!

[eelman]

Here is another fish caught the same time, same area....55lbs.....There were some HUGE FISH CAUGHT YESTERDAY!
THIS COW WENT 55 POUNDS! all these fish are from RISAA members.....Congrats!

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[numbskull]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

No Not enough said, the guy was within his right to keep both fish under the law.....Do you walk around telling everyone to release there legal fish? I Have news for you, this guy has caught many fish over 50...he has nothing to prove. Anyway I am happy for him, and he can do what ever he wants with his two fish...May be he has a large family!

I'm not questioning his right to keep 2 fish.

I don't tell anyone what to do about anything anymore, I've lived long enough to know it doesn't work and I'm often wrong.

How many fish someone has caught in the past is not "news" I care about.

If he has "nothing to prove", then why show them off at a tackle store?

For selfish reasons ONLY, I wish those two massive bass each had large families, instead of the fisherman.

Situations where big bass set up on bunker and get slaughtered by experienced fisherman have happened in the past and most involved seem to feel both fortunate and regretful in retrospect.

Until I see convincing evidence to the contrary, I see the slot limits and a 1 fish "trophy exemption" as the best way to manage a SPORT fishery.

I hope you get your #60. I hope even more you find what you are fishing for.

Good Luck.

[LINESIDES]

Congrats to any one taking their two fish limit! And doing what ever they want to do with them. It's America you know! Being that some here also fish before and after the selling season, we release quite a few beauties back in to the system.
If we kept all the fish we were allowed to keep legally in the past, you would have a no fish to release today.We conserved in the past so you could enjoy what we have today. If a person wants to keep there two fish of a life time, so be it. I remember being chastised when I was young. It was my first big fish. It was 38 pounds. My biggest to that time was about 12 pounds. I was told at the tackle shop, actually yelled at, that in October "I" should be letting these fish go back south. This conservation person built this dynasty they have to day on the whole sale slaughter of stripers. You see they were the biggest commercial buyers in the area. Now that they wiped out the industry and made there millions they had become conservationlest. Get over it! We keep them because we can! My partner looks at the big fish and says, boy, I sure fooled you! I pick them up by ther jaw, "KISS" them on the fore head, look them all in there black eyes and say to them, be more carefull the next time! And I let them go back into the water. Its my choice to do this, however, its done after our leagal limit!
Peace to all!, Later, L

[striprman]

Good for whoever. Nothing wrong with taking 2 legal sized fish. The government has set the daily posession limit for recreational anglers at 2 fish a day. Sounds like he got his 2 fish, good for him.