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Offline Hunter 2

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Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« on: June 28, 2009, 10:03:43 AM »
Left the Marina in Keyport around 4pm. I had my brother John and friend mike on the boat. The weather and conditions were good. We made the run down to the shrewsberry rocks with the intention of finding some Bunker pods and doing some live lining. At the rocks, I did not see any Bunker so I set them up with some Fluke rigs and did some drifting. I was busy rigging up a pole for myself and getting things in order when Johns pole was bent in half. As he got the fish to the surface we all said HOLY SH!T cfzd cfzd..  It was the biggest Fluke any of us have ever seen.  I had my smaller shallow depth net in my hands and net the Fluke. In all the excitement as I was raising the fish up in the net, I think John pulled the rod tip up and the Flukes head came out of the net. It started floundering about and the leader line broke. rgmn  Out of the net it came and into the water it went. The Fluke was upside down on the surface of the water for a second or two and Mike was trying to get hold of it but could not get a good grip on it.  The monster swam back down to the bottom with a new bucktail in its lip. I fished the area for around an hour more picking up plenty of Sea Bass and Mike had a 10 pound blue devour a sea Bass he was reeling in.
      I decided to look for Bunker down in Asbury and we found them along with a small fleet of boats chasing them around. We snagged around 8 Bunker and I set John up with a live line rig. As I was rigging myself up John hooked up with a nice Striper and did a nice job bringing it to the boat. I got the Big net out of the cabin and netted his personal best 25 pound 39" Striper. We did not catch any more striper's but had a few runoffs and Bluefish bites. Around 10:30pm we made the long run back to Keyport and called it a night.  I cant stop thinking about that monster fluke. nosmly  And I am going to throw away that small net.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2009, 10:05:40 AM by Hunter 2 »
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 10:18:11 AM »
Nice trip Eddie.

Yeah, get rid of that small net. Only leads to heart aches when you miss a big fish like that.  :P

I will go to the rocks in a few days and see if I can retrieve your bucktail from that fluke's mouth.  TT^

Congrats to John on his PB striper.
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 10:34:50 AM »
Eddie,

Nice run to the rock.  Never know what's in store.  Good job on the stripe.  Have to get that fluke next time t^
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2009, 10:56:13 AM »
Quote from: IrishAyes on June 28, 2009, 10:18:11 AM
Yeah, get rid of that small net. Only leads to heart aches when you miss a big fish like that.  :P


whs   I often see customers buying nets that are too small and I always suggest they go bigger for that reason.

Way to go on the striper! t^
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2009, 11:17:31 AM »
get a bigger net ,I always have one way to big just in case. nice trip
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2009, 11:19:46 AM »
Eddie, Sorry to hear you lost the Monster,I know you guys will be talking about that one for a while. Nice report and catch on the bass.
See you out there.
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2009, 11:57:56 AM »
glad to see you were able to get out

too bad about the flukee get em next time
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2009, 12:59:06 PM »
nice report Eddie,great going on the 25lb striper  t^ to bad about the monster fluke that got away,thoughts of that fish will linger with you for the rest of the season.    Kez
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 05:17:38 PM »
 t^ To bad, get him next time.
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2009, 07:12:31 PM »
Way to put em on the fish! Asbury to Keyport @ 10:30pm, no thanks. You're a better man than I.  t^
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2009, 07:17:49 PM »
Nice report Eddie, sorry to hear about the big one that got away but I'm sure landing the stripers made up for that. I was also in that bunch of boats just north of Asbury so was Vinnie on the South Paw, lot of boats lot of bunker and a few stripers  t^
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2009, 07:20:13 PM »
That's a long ride at 10:30.You know where Mr.Big is now.
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2009, 10:13:17 PM »
 thud t^
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2009, 10:16:31 PM »
Quote from: IrishAyes on June 28, 2009, 10:18:11 AM
Nice trip Eddie.

Yeah, get rid of that small net. Only leads to heart aches when you miss a big fish like that.  :P

I will go to the rocks in a few days and see if I can retrieve your bucktail from that fluke's mouth.  TT^

Thanks Joe!  Bring stronger leaders and a Huge net. chrz

Congrats to John on his PB striper.
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2009, 12:04:07 AM »
Great report and nice catch!  Hopefully, you will get that big fluke again this season.

 TT^
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2009, 08:39:30 AM »
nice report Eddie! sounds like a fun day. chrz
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2009, 10:22:29 AM »
Nice work!
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Re: Hunter 2, mixed bag, Asbury June 27 evening
« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2009, 11:59:35 AM »
nice job Eddie
If Team Hangover was on the boat we wouldn't have lost that one!!!
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