Scored at the shore

[Rag1]

Spent 4 days at Holgate, NJ (beach) in the RV. I was trying to get in on the Striped Bass fall run and beached this one.



It weighed 28 pds and was 44" long.
I'm getting up there in Griff's class.

 

[Griff]

Niiice fish. What weight line you using?

 

[Rag1]

17# mono. Was the first time using 10/0 circle hook. Sucked was large. Had about 1/2# chunk of Bunker on as bait. This was my personal best, except for tuna.

 

[Griff]

I fish halibut with the circle hooks and really like 'em.

 

[Griff]

My personal best was a 47 pound king salmon. My wife never fails to remind me her best was 175 pound halibut.

 

[Pigs On The Wing BBQ]

Nice fish. You guy's have all the fun!

Pigs

 

[Rag1]

If you smell like fish, you know you had fun. 8)

 

[ronbeaux50]

Gonna need a bigger cooker.......

 

[Uncle Bubba]

Eating it or mounting? Nice!!

 

[Rag1]

I filleted it. May look into a replica from a taxidermist.

 

[Uncle Bubba]

Man, that's some serious fillets. How does striper taste?

 

[Puff1]

Who's the old guy the fish is holding? :?

 

[Rag1]

Who's the old guy the fish is holding? :?

That old guy was "the big dog on the beach" right then. When it was hanging from the scale at the bait shop (out front of the shop), people in cars were stopping. Old, my ass.

Tastes like Flounder or Walleye. By the time I would have spent driving around looking for a cooler big enough to hold it and get ice, it would have started spoiling. I cut the 2 fillets in 1/3rds and froze them up.