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I picked up this football on Sat at Stellwagen.

40" 50lbs ..... no fumble ... Nick

http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshot...ame/l50159.jpg

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NICE [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Saturday the weather was great in the after noon I went out and found the old familiar Chatham fog to screw things up FAC conditions and a full tank of gas only to have no visibility [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] sunny on the inside fog on the outside, I'm glad you had a good day, nice fish what did you catch it on? How far a ride for you is Stellwagon?

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Hi Jon,

I caught it on trolling a Rapala (black top/silver sides) just outside the NE corner.
Gutting showed ~3in herring.
It's about 20 miles ride to the corner for me.

Worth the trip this day!

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Congrats again man! The weather this week looks lousy, you can bet I'll be trying when it lightens up, good job on the fish [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

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Nice work Nick! I can't wait to tie in to one of those myself. What speed were you trolling at?

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Thanks guys,

Scott, I was trolling around 6 knots.

Hopefully they will start heading in closer like last year!

Go get them!

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Great Catch ! Gonna Eat some BlackFin Tonite !
Those Babies can really work Ya over for their size !
Black & Silver , Looking for what colors work good up north,West,central-(lures),anything else brights, darks ,Glow, working on something here need a lil' help.
Scream'n Reels' [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

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This is making a great fishing story, already grew to 60lbs!

This piece was cut/pasted from the ONTHEWATER.com fishing report.

"
Captain Dennis DeCarney and Peter Santini from Fishing FINatics in Everett reported that Nick Fondulis nabbed a 60-pound bluefin that took his silver/black Rapala CD18 as he trolled along Stellwagen. This guy was prepared, as he had brought along a video camera with him that he strapped to his neck and taped the whole affair - talk about cool under pressure! Flounder are hitting well near the 2, 4, and 6 Cans in Boston Harbor. Surfcasters lobbing seaworms into the surf of Revere Beach are finding hungry cows in the suds. "

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By next winter it will be 115lbs [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Great pic

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Any possibility that the bluefin might be in ipswich bay?
I was out yesterday and saw small birds working and would occassional see "something splashing" at the surface and then would follow a line of bubbles that would surface every 25 yards for about a quarter of a mile. Nothing showed up on Furuno fishfinder.....thought it might have been pilot whales because of bubbles but....never saw anything on screen. Than

I casted a deadly dick into the fray and snagged a very, very small fish (about the size of a half dollar). Not sure what is was.......

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Ed,
There's a very good chance they are in the area. A guy I know in Gloucester landed a 83# on the fly 1/2 mile out of the harbor over the weekend.

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Guys,

I tried again on yesterday. Furuno was very quiet from the NE corner/beyond. Only 1 whale, few basking sharks. Few boats. Jigged up a few cod instead.

I must have passed them.

Great calm day othe water for a small craft advisory!

Ed,
next snag, re-hook and send back down!

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I tried yesterday in CCBay heard that there were footballs out there but I could not find anything. Lots of boats livelining blues but nothing on the fish finder. What a nice day, Nick next time your out there give me a shout on 68 or 9 "Erica D" I was out about three miles from P-Town should have no problem hearing you from there. If the weather cooperates I might try off Chatham this weekend depending on the wind. Due to the big swells Chatham inlet was very scary [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] this weekend so I fished the bay instead. Saturday after I checked my lobster traps I snuck out to the inlet to check it out and was amazed, low tide with huge breakers curling over the channel markers no thanks I'll fish the bay instead.

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Way to “christen” the boat ....Way to go Nick!!

Hope you've got more pictures !!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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Jon,
You were too far north.

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Ya I think a little to far east to. I left my binoculars at home and could only see so far with out them I could only pic out the groups with large boats in them [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] and I had a passenger on board with a time limit that crapmed my style. Next weekend is another story I finally bought a good heavy spinning rod so now I just need some cooperative fish [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] and a little of Nicks luck!