Master of Bait Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hi folks, I shared this pic earlier but it was buried in another thread, so I figured I'd just share it again. It's a shot of a roughly 10 lb striped bass that I caught in New Brunswick during a family vacation back in July. I released this guy and about 10 more up to ~ 15 lbs. It was totally amazing fishing. My wife and I would put the kids to bed at night and grab a baby monitor, then walk about 20 paces down to the water from our small beach cottage. We'd set up two lawn chairs and a small table, crack open a couple of Alpines (delicious NB beer) and I'd light a cigar. Then I'd launch out a mackerel chunk with a couple of ounces of weight on my surf rod, and we'd just hang out and chat. As a school would pass by, the rod would make a move for the water, I'd grab it, rear back, and fish on! It was strictly CnR (I ran into the cottage for the pic but let the fish go, strong) and it was tons of fun. The power and dense muscular weight of these fish is something to behold. We only fished for a couple of hours over three nights after dark. Rising tide was best. There's something about fishing in the ocean that I find just amazing. You never really know what you're going to get. I picked up a skate (small ray), some flounders, and a few other incidentals as well. Tons of fun. Another amazing sight was the bioluminescent plankton we witnessed at the edge of the beach one very calm night. I was sure that I was seeing flashes from dense schools of tiny silver-sided fish but, upon closer inspection, they were microscopic organisms glowing green on and off. Amazing. Anyway, I know it's an Ontario board, but I thought some of you might find this kind of cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushart Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Cool story and Yeah!!!...I'm jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Dont let the name of the site fool ya. It,s world wide.LOL Thats a sweet fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 WOW!!!!! Good for you, that must have been very exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Heading to Cape Cod shortly. Stripers love hitting top water wooden plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJL Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 I'd love to make a trip out there for some of those stripers Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnsled Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Looks like a great time, gotta get me one of those one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captpierre Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 awesome. what is the season for them? And i think there is a minimum size too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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