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Offline Hunter 2

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Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« on: May 11, 2013, 10:51:41 AM »
Fished after work Solo. Pulled out of Keyport at 4:45pm with trolling gear. The tide was incoming and there was a small chop. I set a a Maja spoon on a new Maja rod with an 8oz drail and 15' 50lb Mono leader. The second rod was a new Tournament cable umbrella with a stretch 25 down the center. I trolled the deeper side of 11A and the spoon rod started peeling line. It felt pretty big.   As I was reeling the other rods line started getting close to the One was fighting. So I tried to retrieve some of the other line. "BIG MISTAKE"     :P  . I lost the fish on the spoon Rod..
     I reset and got a nice hit on the umbrella rig and that fish came unbuttoned too. So for the rest of the evening I just trolled one rod because its too difficult to handle 2 rods alone and drive the boat.
     I made a quick move to shallower water west of the 18 buoy and the Maja rod went down. I fought the fish for a few minutes and got the drail weight to the tip of the rod. . I had to hand line the 15' leader and saw a nice big Striper. I grabbed the spoon with my hand and hauled a nice 36"  20 pounder over the side. t^
     I head in around 8pm before I lost the sunlight.
    Good Luck,   slt   Eddie
« Last Edit: May 14, 2013, 12:18:57 PM by Hunter 2 »
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2013, 11:12:09 AM »
 t^...Nice job Ed, I know how hard it is to troll alone...... chrz
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2013, 11:22:50 AM »
must of saw you out there, clp came by that small fleet by 19 around the same time. good marks and a bite right at the beginning of the incoming but it dropped off quick.always tough by yourself!

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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2013, 11:37:08 AM »
Nice fish, Eddie  t^
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2013, 12:39:21 PM »
Nice job Eddie TT^

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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2013, 01:25:48 PM »
 clp

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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2013, 03:18:38 PM »
They weren't chewing during the day Eddie .Had to eat some time .Guess it was your time .  t^


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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2013, 04:00:33 PM »
 t^
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2013, 04:04:28 PM »
TT^ My Hero!!!  chrz


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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2013, 07:57:24 AM »
Nice fish capt..... clp
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2013, 12:45:16 PM »
 t^
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2013, 05:49:10 PM »
ataboy chrz
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2013, 12:03:55 PM »
nice fish Eddie, thanks for the invite.

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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2013, 03:33:58 PM »
Atleast you got the invite :P
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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2013, 07:40:01 PM »
 t^ Nice Ed!


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Re: Hunter 2, Raritan Bay 5,10,2013
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2013, 10:16:52 PM »
Nice Catch Eddie t^



 

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