Stripers And Anglers Most Unusual Catch Awards!

[storminsteve]

The coolest - the stargazer and the hooked shoe. Did you kiss that stargazer for good luck monty?

[ledhead36]

Nice going . There was a guy who got a 70lb drum off one of the piers in Sept. Maybe you can add that to your bucket list, you seem to have every other creature conquered. Awsome catches.

[cowherder]

If it could be caught or snagged monty will probably catch it!

[jonthepain]

The coolest - the stargazer ...

i caught one of those in surf city 30 years ago - had no clue what it was, the old timer fishing next to me told me not to touch it (as if!) cuz it's a shocker

crazy looking beast

my fishing partner caught a hatch cover in the rips back in 1990... fought it for about an hour... never laughed so hard in my life.

then we ran out of gas on the way in. his paddle had delaminated, so we paddled in with the handle.

until the tide turned.

no matter how fast he paddled, the dock kept getting farther... farther... farther away

luckily some stunad took pity on us and towed us in.

my face hurt for a week after that trip.

turnabout was fair play, though, cuz when we got back home i burned out my clutch trying to back his dam boat up his steep crooked driveway on a skinny busy street in central jersey rush hour... luckily i couldn't see him laughing at me cuz of the giant cloud of clutch smoke.

[DarkSkies]

my fishing partner caught a hatch cover in the rips back in 1990... fought it for about an hour... never laughed so hard in my life.

then we ran out of gas on the way in. his paddle had delaminated, so we paddled in with the handle.

until the tide turned.

no matter how fast he paddled, the dock kept getting farther... farther... farther away

luckily some stunad took pity on us and towed us in.

my face hurt for a week after that trip.

Hatch cover, priceless.....
I remember when I used to fish bait at night, caught a piece of odd shaped furniture and as it got tossed up and down in the surf under a new moon I ran down the beach after it...convinced I had the world record bass as it kept "pulling drag" .....what a googan night that was.......

Paddling back on an outgoing tide in the 90's?
There must have been a point when ya's got very nervous.....that tide can be extreme as I found out being on the wrong side of it in a kayak some years ago.... Good stories Jon, thanks for sharing. Do ya miss Jersey sometimes?......

[jonthepain]

Yes I do.

[DarkSkies]

I really hope you have a chance to come back here, one season when the fishing is worth it, Jon.....
My humble house, though small, is always open......

[jonthepain]

Thanks Rich! I'm looking forward to it.