Twin 50′s

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any better after last week, they did…

I had Bob R on board again, this time with his buddy Mark. We started with alight load of bait so that we could get out on the humps quicker. I think we were striper fishing by 5:20. I think the guys had their first fish by 5:22… Mark had the first fish on, a beast that fought like hell. Just as I was boating Mark’s fish, Bob got hit. We measured Mark’s fish while Bob fought his. The first one over the rails was 48″. Not a bad start. We were shocked when Bob’s fish came to the boat… This one was even bigger!  Bob’s measured 51″ and weighed 53 pounds on the digital scale.

Here is a pic of the two fish together…

We boated a few more fish that were a bit over 40″ and then lost the tide. We ran in for another round of scup. By the time we returned, the tide was moving nicely again. They weren’t in the same spots, so we moved a few miles away to another rock pile and dropped down. Both guys hooked up right away. More of the same with dood fish in the low 40″ range. Once things slowed down, i rigged up a rod and dropped down to see what I could do and was instantly smashed by a big bass. It wasn’t hard to tell that this was a hell of a fish. A few minutes later, we had our second 50 pound bass of the day in the boat!!!

This one was a bit different… It looked like it had been attacked by a shark at some point in it’s life but had somehow survived the encounter. The fish was completly healed and, judging by her girth, was having no trouble feeding. She measured a bit over 50″, I didn’t weigh her but am estimating it at close to 55 pounds:

I felt kind of bad for taking a fish like that out from under the guys so I put the rod away for the rest of the trip. They continued to beat up on the bass pretty good without my help… The total for the day was 12 in the boat with all but 2 going over 40″. Here are a couple more pics from the day: