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Jeff
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 Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 11:05 am Post subject: FINALLY beat the skunk! |
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Welp, I headed out to the Housy this morning in search of some stripers once again. Upon arriving I talked to another guy who was just leaving and he didn't have any luck. I said the heck with it, I'll still give it a shot.
I began casting my good ol' cotton cordel. Not too long into it I had a nice explosion but the fish did not hook itself. I honestly thought that would be the only action I would get for the day and I was pretty disappointed.
I kept casting and WAM, my rod bent and the drag started screaming. It felt like a good fish. After a good fight I finally got it next to me where I was standing in the water. He did managed to hook me good while I was trying to get the hooks out so I had to bring him into the shallows to finish him up. Too bad there weren't any sharks in the water because with the blood dripping from my finger I might've been able to chum some in.
Here is the 1st one I caught, he was the bigger fighter and the one that made me bleed.
I couldn't get my line back into the water any quicker when I got another one! Not as big of a fighter as the first one but still fun none the less.
Both fish were released to live another day and hopefully make someone else happy. I saw one other guy as I was leaving who harvested one for the dinner table. It was just around keeper size, at least I hope. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job Jeff!
Any measurement? |
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SheltonTom
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fish, Jeff. I'm going to head over there tonight. |
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Jeff
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Michael wrote: | Nice job Jeff!
Any measurement? |
I always forget to bring my tape measure with me.
| SheltonTom wrote: | | Nice fish, Jeff. I'm going to head over there tonight. |
Thank you, good luck. |
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SheltonTom
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| Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| No luck last night. hit a few spots along the Housy and Naughy. the Housy was a complete bust. later in the night hooked up with what at first seemed to be a schoolie. As he got closer to shore his fight picked up. He spit the hook about ten feet from shore after running out line three or four times. He broke the surface at one point and my first impression was way off. He was at least 30 inches or so. lost him anyway. Got a few strong hits after that, but nothing else. |
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Jeff
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| Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| SheltonTom wrote: | | No luck last night. hit a few spots along the Housy and Naughy. the Housy was a complete bust. later in the night hooked up with what at first seemed to be a schoolie. As he got closer to shore his fight picked up. He spit the hook about ten feet from shore after running out line three or four times. He broke the surface at one point and my first impression was way off. He was at least 30 inches or so. lost him anyway. Got a few strong hits after that, but nothing else. |
I was going to head out tonight but work was calling way too early this morning. I hate when they spit the hook when you get close to landing them! |
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SheltonTom
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| Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| Yep. At least I didn't lose the lure, though. I lost four last week to fish that broke off. |
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CPollnow
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| Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:34 am Post subject: |
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| Well done and nice fish. What town were you fishing in? |
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ctfishtail
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| Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:00 pm Post subject: west haven sandbar |
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| hit west haven sandbar for the first time tonight incoming tide with tinker mackeral stayed an hour and landed ten blues from 2 to 10lbs |
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