They are finally getting here-

Miles Offshore · #1 01-02-2004, 09:59 PM

Thanx John R- and northern friends for finally pushing the big fish down here. Looks like the season is getting off to a late start but better late than never- here is my report from the fishing board I frequent-
Sorry Capn Joe but another rockfish report- hopefully a tog report next week......So After a couple of slow days (like 3 in a row) with few quality fish and a lot of dinks I felt like taking a break today. But that wind was just dead again this morning,again the phone rang around 9 and after a shower was ready to go again. Got to CH around 1030 ish ,marked some good bait and were soon catching. 5 minutes in the wire started screaming and had a nice 44" release. We fished pretty much the same area, 1/2 to 1 mile off the beach the rest of today. The fleet soon figured it out and before long there were probably 100/150 boats in the same area. Ended up with 5 over 40" including (2)41,42,43" fish. Thanx to (Plumbob-Tim for helping us to try and figure out what the release size is for now and sorry for bothering you at work!). Caught several more 30+'s and not too many dinks. Best day for Mike and myself this season by far. Fish were hitting blue/white tomics, fire tiger super shad raps, and one big dummy actually hit a 26oz in-line sinker(mojo) with a shad tail on the back. Had to kill a 42" fish that was bleeding badly. As long as we could stay on bait we caught fish, we managed to do that real well today.
Have to give the guy in the 25 Parker out there today a tip of the hat. Out there by himself,He singlehandely caught fish all day , ran the boat, netted, deployed lines, jigged, and stayed right in the thick of the boats all day. Dont know how he did it. LOL-

ScottM · #2 01-03-2004, 11:16 AM

Miles,
Nice fish! You can have them for now, but come May we want them back! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

John R · #3 01-04-2004, 10:14 PM

Miles - we didn't have anything to do with it. I had my worst fall ever including getting skunked my last 4 trips. I go out the Sunday b4 T-day and pic up something between 20-30#s for the following Thursday but not this year.

So you just leave those gals back in the water so I get a crack at 'em come May [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

Hooper · #4 01-05-2004, 03:47 AM

Miles

Can you post a larger pic of that fish, looks like shes worth taking a closer look at!

Man, I hate winter, rain and low 40's now, and a real dive in the temp predicted for this week.

-Hooper

Miles Offshore · #5 01-05-2004, 09:35 PM

Thanx guyz, Ill try and keep catching and releasing but no guarantee's when that 50+" comes along. Wore em out again yesterday but no slobs. The word is that a lot of big fish are still heading down from Jersey and have yet to arrive !!! Fishing in T-shirts yesterday but that will change tomorrow!!! Hooper, that pic is of my younger son with his first Va. Citation a couple of years ago. If I remember right the fish was ~44". Thanx for asking though, here is the blown up version:

John R · #6 01-05-2004, 09:49 PM

Great pic Miles - can't wait til my son lands a big linesider!

Oh - when I get a Fifty its coming home too [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] ... Still waiting to get a 40 pounder, best to date is 37 pounds/45+ inches from the beach...

Miles Offshore · #7 01-07-2004, 06:27 PM

Hey John, Scott, Hooper- there getting bigger!!!! 49lbs 4 oz and 52" long with a 30" girth. Also heard of a 54 and another 49 lber caught last weekend- Sounds like its time for a seacraft winter rockfish tournament!!!!

John R · #8 01-08-2004, 10:29 AM

Miles - great fish! Excellent! Your biggest to date?

Using the accepted LxGxG/800 formula, it would have been 58#s [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] - My bro-in-law had one with similar dimensions 49x30 and it went 52.5 ('course he had to lug it across nearly 2 miles of beachsand to get it to the truck)

Miles Offshore · #9 01-08-2004, 04:38 PM

John, I screwed it up- beer theory got me, I did not catch that fish-just posted the picture [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] . My best to date is only 48" and a fat 41 lb.But the season is just getting under way!!!!

John R · #10 01-08-2004, 09:52 PM

"only" 48 inches - 2 shy from an undisputed Trophy Bass (well, they're all trophies). Wanna know the killer part? These fish in late September, Oct, Nov are feeding and feeding and fattening up. They find that gravy train of big bait and chow and that 48 inch fish probably breaks 50 pounds (or certainly close to it) but then swims that fat off during its 500 mile journey south to the the Chesapeke. Fact is that 500 mile journey os probably over a thousand the way those fish move.

As for you friends 49#er - I'd have a hard time thinking that fish wasn't over 50 pounds for a good portion of its trip south.

Me - I'm stuck at 37 pounds (still) but its a beach fish so it counts for more, hehehehe