Grouper will be on the menu in many restaurants this weekend to feed the benny's. not saying it will be at theirs
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Grouper will be on the menu in many restaurants this weekend to feed the benny's. not saying it will be at theirs
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Originally Posted by Johnny Bucktails
hookset I want to thank you for starting this and raising the issue of all the folks who keep bonus limits and big fish out there. When that young man johnny bucktails was killing fish after fish with 3 fish limits every time you and the other folks called him out on it here. He came to reply and was so arrogant and smart mouthed I was feeling disgusted about the young anglers and the fate of our fishing.
Your shaming and the disapproval of the folks here must have had a lasting effect on this young man. Now he is swearing that he will not do it again and release his big fish.
For a person to make a 180 turn around he could have not done this by himself. I really feel it was the public chastising he was getting here that convinced him to change his ways. I lived through the last moratorium and I don't want to see it again. Thank you hookset for standing up to the criticism and the harsh insults. You have really done a good thing here. I don't know how old you are but you are certainly younger than me. Keep up the good work. Maybe now some of the charter captains who advertise bonus limits will see the error of their ways and start taking 2 fish instead of 3 per man. Good job.
Great news clamchucker. Does anyone know who this guy Sean Smida is? Every time out there it seems like he is weighing every fish he catches. How many 30 pounders fill your freezer?
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Smida, Sean Bass 41″ 24.6lbs Snag & Drop
Sean Smida Bass 45″ 37.15lbs Snag & Drop
Look at these other guys. These 2 Tomenski guys took 94 pounds of bass home from one day of fishing. If that doesn't qualify them as meat men I don't know what does. http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ons/icon13.png
Friday, May 23, 2014
Tomenski, Travis Bass 46″ 34lbs Bunker Tomenski, Travis Bass 45″ 32.35lbs Bunker Tomenski, Tommy Bass 42″ 28.05lbs Bunker
Today he weighed in almost 60 lbs of bass. If you catch and keep all those bass what the heck are you doing with them. Are you selling them?
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Tommy Tomenski Bass 44.5″ 29.7lbs Bunker Tommy Tomenski Bass 44″ 30.15lbs Bunker
This was all posted on the Grumpys web site.
Another dude always weighing in big fish. Does anyone know who this guy sloma is?
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Sloma Bass 45″ 30.15lbs Snag & Drop
Friday, May 23, 2014
Sloma Bass 45″ 36lbs Bunker
I lived in Jersey when fishing was bad. We have since moved but I remember how bad it was. The fact that some can't recognize the parallels between then and now is troublesome. This is probably one of the most pro-active threads I have read on any of the internet sites. Thank you hookset. I don't have much to contribute but I do check this thread regularly. Outstanding job you are doing here. Keep it up.:clapping::clapping:
50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
Feels good to say that. Best day of fishing i have ever had in my life. Matt who was on board with us agrees that it was the best day he has ever had. Hands are still shaking as i type this. Left the dock at 7am with matt and the lip. Made bait in one throw and we were on our way. Set up on the first drift and nailed a 32 pounder right off the bat. Made a few more short drifts in the area with nothing but bluefish. Decided to make a move and it turned out to be the best decision ever. Videos are uploading as we speak. This may be hard to even comprehend but bare with me. We landed 5 bass over 50 pounds, 4 bass over 40 pounds, and too many 30 pounders to even count... Matt landed 4 of the 50 pounders and I GOT MINE !!!!! My first bass over 50 pounds and i will never forget it. Have everything on video. Matt did the right thing and released all of his 40's and 50's. Wow it feels awesome to say that. I released all of my fish over 28 pounds including a 40 pounder. I caught my first 40 pounder and my first 50 pounder on the same day. Will never forget this day as long as i live. I did keep my 50 pounder so that i could have it skin mounted on my wall. I made a promise to myself that i would never kill a big one like that again. Watching those big girls swim away is the best feeling ever. Especially when the whole thing is on video ! My dad's big fish for the day went 33 pounds. The big fish are here for sure. My fish was officially weighed at 51.2. In the end, hard work and doing your homework pays off.
Videos will be posted here soon. Check back
Tight lines- Johnny Bucktails
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To me his statement means he will release all fish over 50 so I guess everything under 50 dies
Hey check this out grumpys posted the weigh ins for today and so far that lagrossa guy did one weigh in
38 lbs does this guy have a commercial freezer or what?
www.grumpystackle.com
Weigh-Ins
Sunday, May 25, 2014 Angler Species Length Weight Bait Mike Riela Bass 44″ 31.15lbs Plug Joe Riela Bass 40.5″ 25.65lbs Plug Jack Riela Bass 46″ 38.85lbs Plug Tom Hopkins Bluefish 22″ 2.85lbs Grumpy Bunker Tom Hopkins Bluefish 28″ 7.15lbs Grumpy Bunker Bryan Medhaug Bass 31.5″ 10.4lbs Clams Phil Lagrossa Bass 47″ 38.85lbs Swimmer
I have seen a lot of big fish in my time. Remember when they used to bring them in at the old Giglio's and the salts there would guesstimate before they were put on a scale, usually being very close to the actual weight. Its my opinion that the fish he caught is a great catch. I hope no one thinks I am hating on the kid. A 50 by anyone deserves praise. What puzzles me is how many of the experienced fishermen out there looked at the video and don't question his claims that the others were 40's and 50's. When you are talking about a spawned out fish that is 48", that fish is in the 35-40 pound class unless it starts eating bunker again.
A comment by Dave S. I remember Dave from when the highlands bridge used to be the place to catch big fish in Monmouth county. He caught plenty of 40 and mid 40 lb bass from that bridge. I agree with Dave's statement:
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There was also another statement made by a guy who has a lot of experience with big fish. Why are these 2 fellas the only ones to raise the issue of exaggerated estimated weights of the fish they released? Again I don't want to rain on this kid's parade, but a 50 is a 50. A 40 is a 40. A 35 lb fish is not a 40 no matter how much you wish it was. Congrats to the kid and may be learn from this. This is the statement. I agree with it 100%.
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Originally Posted by hammer4reel
I saw the release video on youtube. Agree with hammer4reel. Some of those fish they released didn't make it.
Meat men...the only reason fish were released is because they were probably at their limit.
In the video you can see the cooler is stuffed. At 5:25 in the video you can clearly see that they are even shoving bass in their live well. :kooky:
If your going to make a video stating your not a meat man maybe you should hide all the dead bass first. Those Parker's have huge fish boxes in the back near those engines...I would love to have seen what was in their fish box.
Five 50 pounders? Haha I have a 16" ****.
80lb boga? Must be made by the Chinese because the eastern boga company only makes 15, 30, and 60lb models; explains why they are so off on the weights.
Got other report for you guys. Headed out around 7am with Matt and the Lip ONCE AGAIN !! Made our bait in one throw and we were off. Right back to where we had the SLOBS from two days ago. Right off the bat we were greeted with 25-40 pound fish blowing up on our baits. On the 3rd drift Matt released the big fish of the day that was just over 40 pounds. He released all of his 8 big bass. I released 2 30 pound fish and kept one 38 pounder that unfortunately swallowed the hook. Also kept 3 smaller fish for the table for the lip's bday tomorrow. The almighty Lip only caught one bass today... unlike him. I think he is still in shock from the 50's. I gave the 38 lber to a local tackle shop owner who has become a good friend of mine. He weighed it on his scale. I would post picture but it may be against forum rules because he is not sponsored. The best part about today, and i hate to jinx myself, but no bluefish... thank god ! Sorry for lack of photos
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Capt of a parker, all quality gear in the video, and they are using a Chinese made boga. It figures. That's the only way those 30 pound fish could be "multiple 40's!!!!!" Rofl You are the only one on the internet who noticed that JB - good catch. Thanks for the kind words guys. Its simple math. Keep killing the big girls with multiple bonus tags and there will be none left.
plug crazy I have seen that phil lagrossa post on a leaderboard multiple times. I believe he is a member of one of the local fishing clubs and it seems they all post big fish around when the tourney dates are scheduled. It is a shame that some of these clubs are not willing to set the example by having catch and release tournaments. Berkeley striper club is having one such tournament that begins today.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ing-Tournament
Less than a week later weighing in another one. From Grumpys.com. Wow what a great bunker chunker.:rolleyes:
Friday, May 30, 2014 Angler Species Length Weight Bait Phil Lagrossa Bass 47″ 42.95lbs Snag & Drop
so my buddy sends me a picture yesterday of a 40# bass. I thought he caught it. I know he likes to eat.....most things he catches, including a cow nose ray he caught Friday night. Anyway- turns out a friend of his caught it but "doesn't eat fish". Why the F kill the fish than? What is wrong with these people? If you do not "like to eat" fish then simply return it back into the water? Are people's egos that big that they need to parade a dead bass around to show off? in my opinion, these people are not anglers.
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Not sure if you are referencing Fisher Price IV, Capt Derek Bielitz who posted here last year.
"I will also be the first person to say that there are not as many bass around as in recent years."
"I do support catch and release and i can tell you i had a trip the other day where we landed 50 or 52 bass all day and only kept one fish for the table cause it was gut hooked and bleeding out."
Many of his posts titles include "limits ++"
Its one thing to be a meat man, its another to talk Striper conservation one day and advertise "limits ++" the next day.
That does seem to be a little phony baloney. You say one thing and do another what does that make you? and he usually advertises ++ limits as well. With am and pm trips using bonus limits these charter boats can bring home 30 bass a day each, easily. Do the math, thats about 500 a month if they are fully booked and accounting for bad days.
The latest trip-
Fisher Price IV 6/8 AM/PM Striper Limits ++
AM-Total was 19 keepers to 32 lbs.
PM- In about three hours the crew managed to land a total of 18 keepers to Phil's 38 pound fish.
Here is another one- Down Deep out of keyport
Down Deep -6/8 Still on the Big girls...
Down Deep - 6/8 PM Livelining Insanity
Needless to say we beat on them, with fish from 15 - 38 lbs. Just a sight to truly remember. GET OUT NOW !
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Lets not forget Down Deep
finchaser I did mention him above. That photo is from his latest trip. Get this - for his most recent charter he was posting in real time how they were slaughtering the bass. He posted on 4 different websites. On the bassbarn he was placing the same posts in 2 separate forums. At some point you are just overexposing yourself. Just because your a site sponsor it gets tired when you post in all the different forums all the time. One of the most notorious meat men out there. When the bass are all dead what will he advertise for? my .02
sorry hook I must have missed that and lets not forget Captain Sal it breaks my heart that the Fisherman cant find bass at night
sorry hook I must have missed that
Really feel bad the Fisherman cant find bass at night:waaah:
I hope this doesn't sound too cruel but these captains sound like selfish pigs. Even pigs know not to defacate in their food. It is like these people are shooting themselves in the foot for the future because of the almighty dollar today.
How about we remember how hollow some peoples words are? Latest report from the meat kid-
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This is him on May 24 swearing he'll never keep a big fish again. ROFLMAO
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Originally Posted by Johnny Bucktails
"I made a promise to myself that i would never kill a big one like that again. Watching those big girls swim away is the best feeling ever! "
:waaah:Yeah that didn't last too long lol! Well maybe by the time he is 20 he will realize that killing every big fish for his limit catches is not cool. Of course maybe by the time he is 20 he wont be able to catch them anymore.
The latest grumpys weigh in from that other meat guy
Saturday, June 21, 2014 Angler Species Length Weight Bait Bill Coleman and Crew Bluefin Tuna 54″ 88.65lbs spreader bar Fecak, Gary Fluke 25″ 5lbs Mackeral LaGrossa, Phil Bass 43″
"The big bass are here and now is the time to catch the fish of your dreams."
Caot Sal put his charter on the meat today. Mmmmm mmmmm, can you say freezer burn. cows to 40lbs stacked up
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^^^ The award for clueless capt of the year goes to - Capt Sal:clapping: :clapping:
[New Jersey is the place for striped bass! Just as good if not better then Montauk.Our May and June run is world class.Each year there are more and fifties caught .Great year we are having.]
Another one( Sal) who can't catch a fish with out a bunker and his first post to my knowledge with pictures. Fish are scattered and notice boy wonder has no posts. He'll surface when fluke are committing suicide
Johnny Bucktails needs more meat.......From anther site, his post.
Headed out at 8am with the lip and Matt for a sharking trip. Got some bait and we were off. I set up on the first drift and put the gear out. We were half way through the first chum bag and zzzzzzzzzzzz.... Set the hook and he jumped 10 feet out of the water. Never seen anything like that before. The thought of being attached to that beast is a great feeling. Switched on and off with dad for most of the hour long fight. Brought him to the side of the boat and almost crapped my pants. When we thought he was tired enough matt stuck him with the fly gaff and he went ballistic. I almost got decapitated a few times. These fish are no joke. It took over 30 minutes for him to fully bleed out and then another 30 - 45 just to get him in the boat. All 3 of us could barley get him in. This was the first one Dad and i have ever caught but we knew he was a monster when he pushed the scale at twin lights to 233.5 pounds. Im 6'4 and the tail was taller than me. Put up one hell of a fight and definitely one i will never forget. Fought harder than any fluke i've caught ahahaha.
I just cannot understand todays misguided youth.
I don't think guys like that will ever get it. Which is too bad he is not even a guy yet he is just a kid. His ego and clinical need for pats on the back will not let him see the forest from the trees. Sad
The excessive killing of the bass. Then last year when he did throw some bass back, he videoed launching released bass.
Then this year saying how good it felt to release a big fish, when it was his buddy that did it. Then on the next trip he has picks of "40s or 50s" dead on his boat.
Looks like he is now killing sharks, or trying too. Sounds like his lack of knowledge almost got himself hurt seriously.
I know he is not breaking any laws, but his lack of respect for a resource that is in trouble just seems to make him the poster boy for what is wrong with a lot of recreational fisherman. At least to me it does.
Fluke aren't committing suicide so we won't hear from the great Johnnie buck tails. Maybe some day he'll learn the great ones catch most of the time not only when the fish have a death wish. With out bunker he is useless.
Montauk bass massacre get out here while you can. The Viking is running 2 trips a night to slaughter the stripers.
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"Captain Ant reports another Basstastic night on the Viking Starship. Moo Cows were grazing all night with or without tide. Not much else to say other than we had our boat limit. Highlights were John Dempsey who finally limited out, with a pair of 30+ lbers, congrats john. Corrado also limited out with fish to 34lbs. Steve Bento came back and had 3(ORL) to 32lbs. Jonny Jesus of the elbow made his first appearance with his bro & buddy chad they combined for 9(ORL) chad with the largest at 35lbs. Mikey Nelson also limited to 31lbs. While most fish were in the moo cow 30lbs class Gary Kolesar had a Behemoth at 41lbs even. Jigar Patel took second with a 36.11 lber great name for a fisherman Jigar, although he used eels exclusively tonight.
Check out the pix & remember two trips tonight 6pm-12midnight & 12 Midnight to 7am Please call to reserve as both trips are limited & filling up."
Capt Sal does it again. Limited out 11 keeper bass. Bragging that he caught them in 1.5 hrs. Do you always have to keep your boat's limit Capt?
These are from Aug 1.
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He's a conservationist for fishing and hunting go to his web site and read about how he saves all living creatures
these were bunker fish also
Looking for an opinion of some of the gents here who catch and release. Look at the video.
They have the bass out of the water for at least a few minutes. They put it in the water and literally after swishing her around for 19 seconds they are releasing it. The release lasts from :30 to :49 of the video
So whats your opinion does that bass live or not after it was "released".:huh:
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I'm sorry not looking to start a war here but that's a dead bass. You can see it swimming sideways in the water, and just a little life as the water hits it.
It looks like they stopped the video because they knew it wasn't going to live and wanted to make it look like it did. I have been fishing and catching bigger fish to 40lbs for 30 years. There is no way that fish swam away healthy after only 19 secs in the water like that especially with the bay water being as warm as it has been. Yes that fish was released - released to the crabs.
I have to agree with jigfreak. I don't want to take sides on this as I sometimes release fish and sometimes keep whatever I want to. I have released a lot of big stripers as well. I was fluke fishing in raritan bay last week and the water temperature was 74 degrees.
It is a shame they chose to use that video and that bass. You can see the sores on her already. Probably from rubbing against the rocks. In my professional opinion that bass might not have made it. I don't want to judge any one or get involved in controversy. This is just what I saw from the video. The bass looks very weak and not stabilized when they let it go. Just my opinion.