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05-29-2012, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Marshfield, MA
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Nice going Van,
How deep were you fishing and how much line did you have out i.e. how far off the bottom do you thing that fish came up to grab the bait.
Tim,
I believe this was not on the bank but a bit down the back side off Peaked Hill in early May. They were nice fish, like 210 or 230 about.
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Originally Posted by FishermanTim
There's always that wayward manatee?
I remember a few years back there were a couple of 200+lbers caught on the banks on cod charters.
The first (and largest) was caught when it followed a 20 lb. cod that had been hooked.
Based on my memory, the captain saw the shape rising under the boat and told the mate to have the angler drop his line back down a little, and WHAM!
The fish was well over 200 lbs and 7' with 1 foot thick.
I'm sure the pics may still be in the archives here.
It would be a REAL boost to the fishing industry if they could be sustained, but we all know how the fishing industry works in this region, so I wouldn't waste time dreaming of that happening.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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05-30-2012, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beamie
Nice going Van,
How deep were you fishing and how much line did you have out i.e. how far off the bottom do you thing that fish came up to grab the bait.
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Pretty sure it was about 70 feet deep. Maybe I had 100 feet of line out. Can't say for sure how far it came up, I think the first hit was the fish taking my deep mack. It might have lost it then saw the second one on the troll. I am guessing it came up to mid water column.
Thats also the strange part. I was nowhere near the bottom. But once the fish took it, man did it head straight down. And stuck there like a giant suction cup..... |
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05-30-2012, 10:22 AM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
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we got a small one on Jeffrey's a few years ago.
my buddy reeled up a good 20 cranks off the bottom and went inside to get a sandwich. we had just drifted off a ledge that dropped off over 100 feet, so the jig was at least 100' off the bottom.
The halibut hit a dead sticked cod jig more than 100' up!
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05-30-2012, 11:35 AM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
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05-31-2012, 12:06 AM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
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good going Van!!
A older friend of mine said they use to be on Stellwagon some 40 years ago, he got one at 103# said it was a fight of a lifetime!
I have never caught one but i have had a few 10 + pound Fluke take a live Scup while trolling for bass, up in the water column like you describe. Pretty weird.
again congrats!
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05-31-2012, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
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pics
From my buddies cell phone.
Just before the release !!!!
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