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Title: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Hunter 2 on October 17, 2013, 10:20:32 PM
 I pulled out of Keyport this morning with a bushel of clams to try a different tactic to landing some Stripers in the bay. I had an outgoing tide with a misty overcast sky and a water temp of 60 deg.
    My first stop was anchoring up near the 11A buoy and starting a slick. After an hour and a half of catching skates it was time to make a move. My time was limited so I made a move to Old Orchard rockpile and dopped the anchor again about 50feet from the structure.
    At this location a couple of dogfish and several Skates took my offerings. Things were not looking very good. All of the sudden I get a really nice hit on my very light Shimano scimitar rod rated at 1/4 to 5/8 OZ lure with a Shimano Corvalus 300 reel. I thought to myself, "Finally a nice Striper". This fish was making hard runs to try to get back to the bottom, pulling drag like crazy..Everytime I gained 10 feet on the light tackle it took it back. The rod was completely bent in half but this fish was not raising in the water column as a Striper would. It started moving under the stern of the boat towards the bow and anchor line. I had to use plenty of muscle to finess it away from the running gear and trim tabs.
   Finally I was able to see that it was a large Blackfish "tautog" and grabbed the net with my right hand with rod in the left. With the fish in the net I double checked the regulations to make sure it was in season.
     It taped out to 24" and weighed 9.8 lbs. Back at the marina after it had bleed out it was officialy 9.55 certified. My personal best. t^
  Its stomach contained only small crushed muscles,notice in the picture the clams I was using..
   I'll be fishing out of Pt.Pleasant Saturday with friends.  
    Good Luck everyone, Eddie t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: ChrisL on October 17, 2013, 10:58:06 PM
Wow   clp
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: gymrat987654321 on October 17, 2013, 11:00:18 PM
That is a nice surprise. Congrats on the PB  t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Bucktail on October 17, 2013, 11:17:20 PM
Way to go Eddie! clp t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Uncle Luna on October 17, 2013, 11:58:33 PM
Nice fish Eddie
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: kpcoe on October 18, 2013, 05:40:45 AM
nice! chrz
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Salty Dog on October 18, 2013, 06:48:53 AM
Great fish Eddie ,good day to be on the water . slt
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: njbob49 on October 18, 2013, 07:05:16 AM
WOW!!! Nice fish Eddie. Some times it is better to be lucky than good.  LOL

Tight Lines,
Bob G  chrz slt
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Scott G. on October 18, 2013, 07:26:18 AM
 chrz chrz   Nice Job Eddie   chrz chrz
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Pops Soul on October 18, 2013, 07:27:05 AM
 clp chrz t^ Very Nice Eddie  msfsh
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Still Running on October 18, 2013, 07:57:45 AM
Nice job Ed!  t^  clp
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Reel McCoy on October 18, 2013, 09:01:12 AM
 msfsh msfsh msfsh Congrats on the PB  t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: fluke - u on October 18, 2013, 09:16:19 AM
 t^...Nice job Ed....... chrz
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: fellinger on October 18, 2013, 09:55:15 AM
Nice fish, Ed!
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: BigAl13 on October 18, 2013, 12:20:09 PM
 t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: wb on October 18, 2013, 02:33:12 PM
trade ya 1 bushel for 1 huge tog
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: IrishAyes on October 18, 2013, 06:15:12 PM
Wow, great catch and congrats on the PB.  t^ chrz
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: flukeyou on October 18, 2013, 08:47:49 PM
Great job t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: MJ619 on October 21, 2013, 12:36:02 PM
That is awesome! clp
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: paul-e on October 21, 2013, 12:58:27 PM
Awesome report Eddie.
Congrats on the PB Toggie t^ chrz
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Kenny on October 21, 2013, 05:32:04 PM
That's awesome Eddie  t^  Not just a tog...but a big one..Congrats on the new PB  t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Hotrod on October 21, 2013, 07:03:26 PM
Nice Catch Brother. Some how I missed this
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Kenny on October 21, 2013, 07:08:09 PM
I'm thinking catch of the week ??
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Hotrod on October 21, 2013, 07:55:10 PM
Already Done t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Kenny on October 21, 2013, 07:59:48 PM
 clp
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Pfishingruven on October 21, 2013, 08:43:56 PM
Great fish Eddie w00t!
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Fishin Dude on October 22, 2013, 01:05:01 PM
Very nice Tog Eddie.
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Ms Fish on October 22, 2013, 03:27:53 PM
 w00t w00t w00t w00t
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: Hunter 2 on October 22, 2013, 04:43:48 PM
 t^
Title: Re: Hunter 2- Raritan bay suprise. 10-17-2013
Post by: The Broken One on October 22, 2013, 05:11:38 PM
PM SENT.....  slt