Dumpin' out !

[Mainiac]

My good friend and I were fishing a local area on Sunday. We'd caught several decent fish in the low thirties and a ton of schoolies. All of a sudden my friend sets on this fish. The thing takes off and doesn't even slow down. It ripped 200 yds. of backing off his reel s it swam a straight line to a breakwater where it broke him off. He stood there speechless for about 30 seconds.Then he couldn't shut up.

That had to be a cow striper. It swam way too fast and knew where it was going. That girl had been hooked before. So it's pretty obvious that the big girls are dumpin' outa the rivers. get after 'em !

[tyme2par4]

Sounds more like a sturgeon to me. They're famous for just bolting straight away when hooked. 

[Cbell]

Was it a seal?

[OOB Fisherman]

20 hours ago, Mainiac said:

That had to be a cow striper. It swam way too fast and knew where it was going. That girl had been hooked before. So it's pretty obvious that the big girls are dumpin' outa the rivers. get after 'em !

Can't catch a break in here huh, I'll play along.......coulda been Jimmy Hoffa's corpse caught up in a riptide 

[StriperSurg]

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coulda been Jimmy Hoffa's corpse caught up in a riptide 

[striperondafly]

3lbs of drag or 20lbs?

last three nights "acres of bass" a friend says and now that I am back from travel I am going to find out. 

 

[TwoLightsKid]

On 6/27/2017 at 4:36 PM, Mainiac said:

So it's pretty obvious that the big girls are dumpin' outa the rivers. get after 'em !

What he said......

[mainefinn05]

Gonna go float around tomorrow after work, haven't been on the water since Sunday. Time to punch the clock and find some bigger girls, however 15 trips in 34 days since the boat was launched isn't too bad I guess. 

[7 Rivers]

Nice fish D.................

[7 Rivers]

How big?

[Sea Of Atlas]

[jimbighead]

5 hours ago, Sea Of Atlas said:

That thing looks Huuurt

[Mainiac]

Nice one Dan.

No it wasn't a friggin' sturgeon ! I have caught at least thirty of those damn things in the last few years. They ALWAYS take off in a slow and deliberate manner, and you can feel the tail thump your line. 

Edited June 29, 2017 by Mainiac

[TwoLightsKid]

9 hours ago, 7 Rivers said:

How big?

42", not as fat as some, I'd guess about 28 lbs or so.  Easy release, I think the cold water helps with that, fish don't seem to exhaust themselves as much as they do when it warms up more later in the year. 

[Sea Of Atlas]

2 hours ago, jimbighead said:

That thing looks Huuurt

It needs help! Call the aquarium!