Fishing reports for May 1 - May 15

[Coop]

Dave, do you have any idea what that animal may of weighed,,,that thing just looks HUGE,,,congrats on such a great trophy with a release .

[Rockboy42]

sounds like you guys have a blast out there!! i cant wait to get down and get to know all of ya!!!! im just hoping you guys teach me some tricks to learn the surf better and dont make fun of me sence i havnt been on the beach near as long as some of you!!!!!

[trowpa]

Dave - only know you by your reputation, but I can see where that reputation comes from now! Wow. What a night that must've been! Thank you for releasing the fish as well - a real class act :up:

[SevernaParkFishHawk]

Wow and to think I let my wife talk my dumb-ass into going to SpringFest instead of fishing! Ugh!

[jal7884]

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AI trophy weekend. Monster stripers. I caught a 45in and a 51in both released Friday 7pm and 11pm. The 51 was a monster with huge body and no doubt over 50lb. Glad I released her because if it was a new record it would have only been one for 2 hours as 8nbait caight the new SR at 57.4 at 1 am Sat. What a weekend. 3 - 50lb+ stripers and many in 40s.
My 51 was my personal biggest ever. Wished I got a girth but what a horse. I was too worried about the release and a pic so details slipped my mind.
FISH ON![/quote]


congrats on the huge striped one. to bad the record fish was caught this week because that picture would have made the coastal fisherman cover if not.

tight lines
Jeff

[Steve]

Dave, you always put in the time and you deserve to reap the rewards.
Beautiful fish and class act in releasing her!
Great job CG!

[Critter Gitter]

Thanks guys, To put things in perspective I fished 21 hrs after that fish and never got another hit. We post all these fish and people think we slay them but you sure have to pay your dues cause they are far and few between. Wished I had gotten a girth but she was an easy 50 lber. After measuring Garys I would say mine was probably about a 29in girth which puts her about 52 to 53 lbs by the math. I knew it was close to the record at that POINT in time but it was too close for me to kill her. You gain some real respect for these monsters and when you think of the gauntlet they had to run to get that big it just feels too good to watch her swim away. I will keep the 30s for eating.

[esoxangler]

Dave,

Great fish! Congrats on the release also. I always look foward to your posts. Lots to learn from you. Thanks for the information you provide.

[Sam]

Fishing trip on AI on 10/10/06 - 10/11/06

I took dad out for a little surf fishing on Assateague last night. We arrived approximately 6pm and had a tough time finding a decent place to fish because of the high tide and lack of waves. We were joined by David (OCSnapper) and a few hours later with Scott (Coop). Fishing was slow, but what a gorgeous evening! The moon was high in the sky and we barely needed lights to see.

Morning came rather quickly for me (cause I had a little nap) and we continued to fish hard until noon today. David had a nice striper on and got it to the suds when it came unbuttoned and swam away. :cry:

Thanks a lot to both David and Scott for the great eggs, sausage and biscuits. They taste so good on the beach! :chef:

As you can see by the pictures below, it was tough fishing.

[ocsnapper]

Nice pics Sam Had a great time out even with the one that got away :( but it was nice to see the fish even in the wash before it tossed my hook back to me.

[Randy Stinchcomb]

still, looks like you'all had a good-time 8) beats the hell outta' what Im doing

[Sam]

FYI, I had a emergency service call while I was in the shower right after fishing. 8 hours later, I get home. Man, I'm beat...

[Coop]

I made a mistake taking a nap,,,well I just got up,,,my sleeping is now all screwed up,,,I treid just taking a power nap but I guess it just wasnt enough sleep,,,great pics Sam ,,,I am glad someone got some pull after all that time even though she came unbuttoned,,,next time,,,thanks for the burger Dave,,,well half a burger,,,dropped the other half in the sand,,,for those heading out this weekend,,,good luck.

[btf]

Looks like you had a big day at the beach, of course you had to rest up before anyone caught the next record breaker. Take it from me, there is nothing better than a good nap at the beach.

[Sam]

I talked with a few folks over the past few days and it seems the summertime critters are approaching. A 5 foot sand tiger was caught last week, a marble sting ray and a few kingfish were caught on AI. Yakin time is right around the corner. Sooner than ya'll think! :-)