The Glory Daze,,

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gator on an older rip-runner wide body,,,,[8 inch]

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gator on an older chubby rip-runner.[6 inch]

[storminsteve]

Send some of those bluefish down our way! I got one this morning that weighed around 8lbs on the boga but yours look bigger. Good job.

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gator on an old,large rip-runner.

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Send some of those bluefish down our way! I got one this morning that weighed around 8lbs on the boga but yours look bigger. Good job.

I would tell them but,they would ask for a train ticket,,,,,,,,
seems to be different groups of fish,one day they have a lot of sea-lice then the next day they are brighter in color and diff sized too.
I think they are roaming around a lot.

[storminsteve]

haha lol. Well at least send some down this way when you are done with them. Would love to fight with some of those gators. Nice job on the plugging.

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I told them this am,some said they would stop by,one was 17lbs.
I told him to ask for you,,,,,,lol.

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a few gators on large wood,,no better way to do it,,,,,,,,,

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large gators on large wood.

[cowherder]

Nice work. They not only look long and heavy they are fat! What bait are they eating where you're fishing?

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Nice work. They not only look long and heavy they are fat! What bait are they eating where you're fishing?

yes,they sure are fat,some are still thin but, they all fight hard.
they are feeding on bunker,peanuts and threadfin herring,don't know if you have them down your way.

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gator on an older wedgehead swimmer

[cowherder]

yes,they sure are fat,some are still thin but, they all fight hard.
they are feeding on bunker,peanuts and threadfin herring,don't know if you have them down your way.

We have some peanut bunker but havent' heard of adult bunker in weeks. As for threadfin herring how is it that you guys get herring in september when they are gone from most other areas in may? maybe that's the secret to your success those herring you lucky dog!

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We have some peanut bunker but havent' heard of adult bunker in weeks. As for threadfin herring how is it that you guys get herring in september when they are gone from most other areas in may? maybe that's the secret to your success those herring you lucky dog!

well,the atlantic threadfin herring likes both warm or colder water,they don't shy away from either one,they are around from may until November late.
in june they are about 3 inches long and now they are about 6 inches,I have never seen one more than 6.
there are still bunkers around but,the pods have been broken up from gators bashing on them so,I am seeing lots of packs of them like a dozen in a bunch and less.
also,threadfins like backwater areas without wave action,,,,'er they seem to anyway.

[albiealert]

Outstanding job on the fishing, RP. We don't seem to have that many herring where I fish. We did have a lot of bunker this year. I am glad they did what they could to save it because I sure think our stripers need any help they can get.

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Outstanding job on the fishing, RP. We don't seem to have that many herring where I fish. We did have a lot of bunker this year. I am glad they did what they could to save it because I sure think our stripers need any help they can get.

thank you,it is all due to my losing sleep and being a die hard angler.
I put in my time and keep casting one after another.
in case you are not familiar with the threadfin herring,here is a shot of one.


they like warm as well as colder water,they are a lot like hickory shad but, only about 4-6 inches max,,,,that I have seen.

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gator action

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1-gator on my large rip-commander swimmer[9-1/2 inch]
2-gator on an atom swimmer jr. repaint by me in Rudolph color.

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bass on my 10 inch pikie[my version]yellow Rudolph.

[cowherder]

Hey its nice to see you are getting some stripes too! Congrats.