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FishaLou
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 Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject: Personal Best - Old Lyme, 6/13/09 |
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Went down to the shore Saturday morning for my usual weekend routine. Lauched the kayak around 10am to mess around a bit before my friends arrived. Paddled out a bit far, got a call from my friend and was about to turn back when... WHAM!
After about 10 min of this thing dragging my kayak in circles, I was able to land it. I was going to try and keep it until I found it impossible to row back with the fish... I was actually drifting further out while trying. Before tossing it back, I tried snapping some pics which proved to be quite difficult. Here's the best attempt...
The fish measured 40 inches even. I'd guess the weight to be 30-35 lbs. My personal best so far 
After that I fished the remainer of the day from shore with my friend. I got 3 more schoolies, and 3 porgies. He got a huge blackfish, 3 schoolies, and 4-5 porgies. Was a great day! |
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pdcrack
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P.DONA
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: striper from a kayak |
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I can't imagine trying to take a picture of a huge LIVE striper on a kayak floating around by yourself !   Good job ! !
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BoSox46GSR
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job, it's tough getting a good shot by yourself. I'm still looking for my first striper of the year, I haven't looked very hard though. Just hoped I'd get lucky in the river.
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DirtyDawg10
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice job man! That's a good looking fish. It looks like you've got a UFO flying over your shoulder too. |
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SenkoBandit
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| nice job man thats gotta be tough but fun! |
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FishaLou
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:43 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys! It was pretty unreal having that thing in my lap on the kayak. I was definitly not prepared for a fish like that, but lesson learned for next time!
The UFO there is actually part of the tube n worm rig I was using. |
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SkeeterJim
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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FishaLou, nice looking striper. What did you get him on?
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FishnCT
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| That's a great striper! Had to be a blast from the yak. |
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FishaLou
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| Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Whenever I'm kayak fishing for stripers, I always use a trolling tube with real sand worms. The tube I was using here was bubblegum pink. The worms are a bit pricey at $6/dozen but well worth it imo.
When I hooked up with this fish I was actually on the phone, and drifting extreamly slow. I'm convinced it's best to troll as slow as possible since I seem hook up more often when i'm just drifting or paddling veeeeery slow. Definitly an advantage of the kayak.
The sensation of a fish dragging you in a small craft like that is a crazy rush... I'm totally hooked on ocean kayak fishing and there will be much more to come  |
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SkeeterJim
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Thanks Lou, just wondering what you got it on. What you said kind of reminds me of the "Old Man and the Sea" movie where Spencer Tracy hooks into a giant tuna which pulls him out to sea. At least your striper didn't get devoured by sharks!
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