50lb Skills

[fishgolf]

I caught my first striper at 13 yrs old in those rocks.
Was so excited, I knelt down to get the fish and broke off the end of by big brother's rod... (good news for me, bad news for him). That was 1967... he still has the rod
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[Slingah]

No 50 here, but I'll have to agree with Nebe that the #1 factor is TIME. Like almost everything in life, you get out of it what you put into it. Catching big striped bass takes up lots and lots of time.

[Rockfish9]

Fish hard, fish often, fish big, as in big bait, and as much as I like catching fish on plugs, a live eel or bunker is your best ticket to a real slob.., do not buy into old myths, myths like flat water does not hold large bass, full moon scares fish from the shallows. are a bunch of huey..fish quality, not quanity.. large bass, 40lbs and up, tend not to hang with the smaller, more energetic "teenagers" will make large bass seek better feeding places... research traditional hot spots for "50's".. this means not just an area.. but an actual "spot".. fish of that size tend to reappear in those areas.....year in and year out....

this point in time is a good chance at a fish weighing half a hundred, there are fair number of them available to those that put in their time..

[Sea Flat]

What Nebe said X3.

IMO it is very rare that you will ever hear of a weekend warrior catching a fish of great size. Occasionally a bait dunker may get lucky with a bunker head, but most of the guys that catch big fish fish all the time. I am not one of those guys and therefore have yet to break 40lbs. Fish at night and fish a lot. Good luck this season

[robc22]

Originally Posted by Sea Flat

What Nebe said X3.

IMO it is very rare that you will ever hear of a weekend warrior catching a fish of great size. Occasionally a bait dunker may get lucky with a bunker head, but most of the guys that catch big fish fish all the time. I am not one of those guys and therefore have yet to break 40lbs. Fish at night and fish a lot. Good luck this season

This is a very good way to catch a fifty plus........

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by Rockfish9

Fish hard, fish often, fish big, as in big bait, and as much as I like catching fish on plugs, a live eel or bunker is your best ticket to a real slob.., do not buy into old myths, myths like flat water does not hold large bass, full moon scares fish from the shallows. are a bunch of huey..fish quality, not quanity.. large bass, 40lbs and up, tend not to hang with the smaller, more energetic "teenagers" will make large bass seek better feeding places... research traditional hot spots for "50's".. this means not just an area.. but an actual "spot".. fish of that size tend to reappear in those areas.....year in and year out....

this point in time is a good chance at a fish weighing half a hundred, there are fair number of them available to those that put in their time..

Joe has a 50 for each digit on both hands I believe. I always try to memorize what he says when on the FAR OFF endless search for mystical 50 skills . Good thread.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis

Joe has a 50 for each digit on both hands I believe. I always try to memorize what he says when on the FAR OFF endless search for mystical 50 skills . Good thread.

Plus all my toes on one foot...

the absolute best advise I can give is to fish as often and as hard as you can.. be prepared to loose some sleep.. fish don't read books and have fins and a tail.. they just might show up anywhere... i don't know of anyone who has caught one from their living room ...

there was a nice article about this in last Junes On the Water magazine...Cow hunter, Crazy Al, Jason Coby and myself all gave our .02 on what it takes to find the fish of a lifetime..