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[Pastfinder]

34 Pound Striped Bass - I'm wearing the orange cap

Biggest I've ever caught, but I'm going back to catch bigger ones in two weeks...

 

[FoBoT]

holy crap that is a big fish, did you eat it?

my biggest catch was a salmon in Puget Sound, it was about 27" long, we didn't weigh it

it was very tasty

 

[hzl eyed grl]

That's a whole lotta fish!

Congrats.

I used to love to go fishing, but now I just feel sorry for the fish. lol

 

[GasX]

That's a big fish - especially for fresh water!

here is mine...

 

[geno]

WOW! Must've been an awesome fight!!!

I'm usually a freshwater bigmouth bass fisher, but I love trying to land a striper every now and then 🙂

That's a big fish - especially for fresh water!

Unless there's such a thing as freshwater striped bass, I think he was fishing in salt water 😉

 

[XZeroII]

Where did you catch that? and how?

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: geno
WOW! Must've been an awesome fight!!!

I'm usually a freshwater bigmouth bass fisher, but I love trying to land a striper every now and then 🙂

That's a big fish - especially for fresh water!

Unless there's such a thing as freshwater striped bass, I think he was fishing in salt water 😉

Doh!

😱

Just saw the word "Bass" and assumed...

 

[BornStar]

I had a ~34in Northern on my line once. Man that thing was huge. I had it up to the boat twice but my brother spooked it with the net both times and it finally tossed the hook. I would have loved to have a picture of that thing. When I saw it coming up at me through the water it scared the heck out of me. I suddenly had flashbacks of Jaws. 🙂

 

[Pastfinder]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Where did you catch that? and how?

Caught right off of Oregon Inlet, NC in the whitewash of the shoals...think Victory at Sea, it was that rough!

 

[AlienCraft]

Sweet! Heavy or light tackle? How long did it take to coax him in the boat?

 

[Pastfinder]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft
Sweet! Heavy or light tackle? How long did it take to coax him in the boat?

We we using light tackle more or less...the bitch of the whole deal was that I reeled in that 34 pounder and on the same rig was a 20 pounder. Took about 7 minutes to reel them in the boat. Needless to say, my arms were a little sore after standing, reeling, and trying not to fall overboard!