RI's #1 sharpie- article

[Canalman]

Should we all pool our money together and buy that guy a scale...

I'll toss 20 bucks in

[Canalman]

that fish may not go twenty

[bart]

maybe he meant 40" ?

WTH was Tom Meade thinking?

[onecastmike2003]

thanks for all the kind words guys!

[onecastmike2003]

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

[cheferson]

I thought your biggest was the 50lb 50" you caught during the summer??

[jim sylvester]

[eelman]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

Look, I am very happy you had an interview with Tom, I know Tom well and he is willing to talk to anyone at anytime and loves a fish story as much as the next guy...How ever it happened, Good for you..

But to call those fish 40lbers or that fish 40lbs And force smart , inteligent, adults and people who have fished and seen fish of every size for many years...to believe it is asking for trouble...I know as one who gets myself into trouble all the time...Just some advice it looks foolish...I am not going to say you didnt catch alot of fish because for all I know you certainly did...But I cannot dismiss with my own eyes what I see and know to be ridiculas, You lose all credibility trying to pass off obvious 18lb fish as 40s Just cant do it...

If I was you and wanted to make a name for myself as "Rock Hoppin" I would start to weigh my fish on certified scales in well known tackle shops and have the proof to back it up and to be honest, it looks like you could use a helpfull lesson or two using a scale and reading it properly..

Tom is a nice guy, But Tom is not a fisherman at all....Tom writes a column, I do not fault him at all, he will believe what you tell him...But from the looks of your pictures, it would not have mattered which one he used, becaue none of those fish come anywhere near 40lbs...In the last picture here you say is a 40, is no more than 20-22 tops(I hate to even say that because it acually could be smaller now that I look at the head more)

Remember also, Just as it has been told to me, you asked for the this once you gave the interview...it goes with the territory...

Be able to back up what you claim!

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

As REEL SHARPIES have so aptly put,
And corn i WILL not compute.
Yer feeble tales have rot u SHAME,
Ahhhh, what price; the undoing of YER NAME??

A fiddy, a 70, an 80 do we hear?
Better go drown yoseff in unuther beer.
Then that teener can be full grown,
"and the sharpiest of sharpies i'll be known"

TO BE.....................................TO ME

TO ME.....................................TO BE

or two anyone who'll believe me, YOU!!
woan u believe me? i'll make you some of MY plugs....
i'll show u ME ROCKS, and i'll HOPPITY HOPS, AESOPPITY POP!!
oke: oke: oke:

Mike, this is not haten
this is love. You need help, doood,
and a scale and a tape and prayer.
GREAT that u love to fish, just save the "lahhhge" pix
for a true trophy!!! Don't tell me how BIG she ISN'T,
and expect me to believe it ~~~because, YOU, think so???

I like you as a person and mean you no harm or ill will, just
doan piss on my waders and tell me it's a rogue wave, brah!

besides, why not land something for reals and wipe that puss offin yer face!??!
word of advice, for style points, lose the butt for the money shot ~~~it's not
doin' ya any flavors and it makes yer feesh look smaller !

".......And the TRUTH shall set you free......."

[Skitterpop]

World Peace
Mike

[StriperSniper]

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

40lbs I think so.
dont be haten BD
tom put in the wrong pic.

Haters and internet fishing experts are never in short supply mike..lol
I'm guessing the "men" that partake in these online bashings need to fine tune their geritol/red bull intake otherwise,in a state as small as ours they would save their comments for the inevitable(assuming they actually FISH) face to face on the beach.You have every right to be proud of your accomplishments,no matter what the "experts" say

[tlapinski]

Wow... the audio version is just amazing. So let's see, Penn has been around for only 30 years... only fishes green penns (yet it's a blackie in the pictures)... tieing direct with braid... 5 AM in the morning as opposed the to the ever elusive 5 AM in the evening... swish, swish, swish ... mono backing to braid topshot with a good old cinch knot... you know, the one "normal guys" know how to tie...

Just too much, Mikey, keep it coming.

http://www.projo.com/fishing/audio/rockhoppinmike.mp3

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by StriperSniper

Haters and internet fishing experts are never in short supply mike..lol
I'm guessing the "men" that partake in these online bashings need to fine tune their geritol/red bull intake otherwise,in a state as small as ours they would save their comments for the inevitable(assuming they actually FISH) face to face on the beach.You have every right to be proud of your accomplishments,no matter what the "experts" say

I HAVE fished with Mike of SOCO.
Other than the obligatory plug exchange,
It was uneventful for the both of us.
If he wasn't such a fraudulent chest beater, then
His comments would be held to less scrutiny.

And I yell at my kids, sometimes, when I don't mean to! I've also left work early ~with permission~ to go fishing before and not told the bride, and I think I bounced a check to AJ for a reel, but i'm not sure since it's only a forum board rumor and Hounder has yet to contact me, personally. Point being, WE ALL Efff up!

This is not about Mike's desire to fish and his relentless efforts to drive five minutes from his front doorstep on his way to work every morning and wet a line. Hell, we all should have it so goood !!!

It's about his SELF proclamation as a SHARPIE!

I would be so bold as to say, that not a one of NE's REEL sharpies
ever claimed to be one, let alone called up/took the call of some guy
from the local rag to be put into his misinformed and cockamaimey article,
'prematurely' so to speak.

I do believe that RockHoppy will indeed catch the fish of his lifetime, from HIS ROCKS one day and when that day arrives we'll all celebrate his accomplishment. I mean who gets to that most excellent part of the Striper Coast as regularly as him? Of the +/- 270 day season (April to Dec), Mike's prolly out there 259.367823 days! Even a broken watch is right, twice a day, right ? But seriously folks,

NO ONE doubts Mike's efforts, just the veracity of his claims.

Nice new plug design, Mike, for real .
That does look feeshy, are they weighted or au natural and
have ya got anything in yellow over yellow/pearl or mack green over yellow ?
Sea ya at The Edge's Show in NPT, bro.

[BassDawg]

Soooooooo(and i WILL try to restrain myself)...............................

Lemee get this straight. This Tom Meade guy, who pens for the ProJo, just takes anybody at their word without researching the veracity of their BULLSHEET !??!

Or is he just as clueless about surfcasting as he sounds in the soundbyte? What a FUNNY piece of work that article is; while the audio speaks volumes in and of itself ~if i may paraphrase a bit,
".......and he just comes up out of the water to smash my own 'spook-slider-pencil-floater lure'"
Fogeddah bout the part about how stripers can see a shock leader at night, ROFL!!!
Guess WE'VE all been doing this wrong and that explains why he lands hundreds of keepers/schoolies???

Once again, RHM/OCM, is truly a LEGEND in his own "mind". Even skeerier is the fact that Mike actually believes his own press/lies .

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

Soooooooo(and i WILL try to restrain myself)...............................

Lemee get this straight. This Tom Meade guy, who pens for the ProJo, just takes anybody at their word without researching the voracity of their BULLSHEET !??!

Or is he just as clueless about surfcasting as he sounds in the soundbyte? What a FUNNY piece of work that article is; while the audio speaks volumes in and of itself ~if i may paraphrase a bit,
".......and he just comes up out of the water to smash my own 'spook-slider-pencil-floater lure'"
Fogeddah bout the part about how stripers can see a shock leader at night, ROFL!!!
Guess WE'VE all been doing this wrong and that explains why he lands hundreds of keepers/schoolies???

Once again, RHM/OCM, is truly a LEGEND in his own "mind". Even skeerier is the fact that Mike actually believes his own press/lies .

WAM

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[Chris in Mass]

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