The Glory Daze,,

[DarkSkies]

Mailbu Kenny 5-1

[DarkSkies]

R-P 5-28

"heres a fattie I recently landed.
he was a slugger for sure,,,I had to jackHammer slam him 2wice then a
stonecold stunner so he'd stay down,it got a bit bloody,I had some
battle bruises too,,,,,MAN,,,,them 18 pounders can be tough at times,,,

ps-it had 3 small blueback herring inside and a whole bunker,,,,"

Heavy-Hooksetter

[skinner]

Nice fish.

[Rip-Plugger]

Nice fish.

thanks Skinner,

that thing sure was harder to deal with than normal,like a good sized chopper,it would not give up.

R-P

[jigfreak]

R-P 5-28

"heres a fattie I recently landed.
he was a slugger for sure,,,I had to jackHammer slam him 2wice then a
stonecold stunner so he'd stay down,it got a bit bloody,I had some
battle bruises too,,,,,MAN,,,,them 18 pounders can be tough at times,,,

ps-it had 3 small blueback herring inside and a whole bunker,,,,"

Heavy-Hooksetter

Wow looks like you needed a baseball bat for that one!
Just kidding heavy hooksetter, nice fish. By the way are the bass you're catching still feeding on herring up there?

[Rip-Plugger]

Wow looks like you needed a baseball bat for that one!
Just kidding heavy hooksetter, nice fish. By the way are the bass you're catching still feeding on herring up there?

Hi Jigfreak,

yeah,that one knew hand to hand combat,some WW-E tactics worked on him.

I have not seen the schools of adult herring for a few weeks now but,I have seen schools of 4 inch bait that look like p-nuts but they don't have the yellow tail so,I am not sure what they are.
they have black tails and look like herring,plain black,silver.hordes of them.

R-P

[plugginpete]

Great thread guys.

[Monty]

Rip Pluggers good friend Malibu Kenny and his 45 inch Bass.
Glory Days are NOW, great catch and release MK

[gjb1969]

all i can say is wow bass and blues i want somecus i cant find any here

[DarkSkies]

Malibu Kenny back in CT and hitting it hard!
Beautiful fish.
WTG guys, and on the release.

[Rip-Plugger]

man,I wish you all could have seen this battle,heavy current,fish kept diggin and MK was huffing/puffing like an old steam train.12 minutes of hard fighting is what he got.
I stopped fishing to watch him get beat up.it was a great fight,taking line against a tight drag and straining muscles,,,wow,it beat him up.
I put the lipper on it and I could not lift it all the way up,I handed the lipper to him as I was on my knees and laying over the edge,it's a 2 foot drop to the water.
I gave the fish 35+ but,who knows,it swam away after a few minutes and we were happy.
I had more fun watching him get beat up than me catching it.
next spring we will do it again.


R-P

ps-once she was on shore,he collapsed right down on the ground,spent and tired,,,

[albiealert]

Rip plugger I saw that fish in the Ct reports, what a pig! Nice going guys, and even nicer on the release.

[CharlieTuna]

Congrats on the c&r of a beautiful fish.

[jigfreak]

Great story.

[vpass]

Great story, Beautiful fish. Great going guys.

[Monty]

Rip-Pluggers friend Malibu Kenny with a real nice Bucket Mouth.

[Monty]

Rip-Plugger is Banging Bass again.
Some recent pics of some bass he caught on his plugs.

[Monty]

Some more Bass on Wood by Rip-Plugger







I used to be able to catch a bass (current streak 130 blues without a bass)

[vpass]

I got wood looking at those pictures, all I could say is

[madcaster]

2 more from R-P
1- Boone trolling lure,we used to cast these heavy things and slam
alligator choppers instantly.!

2-original L. Cooper of Stamford,Ct. Goo-Goo eyes swimmer "Husky Dude"
about 6 inches and 2-1/4 oz,THE top swimmer in my area at the time!
price was $4.29[rudolph hue]
Attachment 6806

monty :How did the Boone trolling lure swim ? did it swim in a zig zag ?