Bassin Today!!!!

STRIPER LOU · July 21, 2015, 06:51:08 PM

Good tide this am. Not perfect but OK. Lots of blues. Out by myself and first fish in the boat was A big blue, 17 1/2 lbs. Sent it back. About 8 or nine more to follow. UGH! All returned. Marking some big girls by a boulder pile but they ain't chewin. Tried different plugs, different colors, different directions but NADA. Gave them a break for a while and went back to the spot. Still 3 or 4 there but not chewin. BIG, BIG marks on the screen. Excited and frustrated! Thought I'd wait till slack tide and try the old tube n worm. I've had very good luck during slack with the homemade tubes. Picked up a couple short bass in the meantime and one keeper and sent them back.

I had made a mini umbrella rig the other day. Don't really like fishing them but they do work well when there's lots of small bait around. Natural color tubes and I dyed the ends dark red.
Put a 2 foot leader on the center swivel and attached a silver slope head swimmer with white belly. The whole rig looked really good in the water!
Back to the spot again and they're still there. First pass NADA. Second pass from a different angle and Wham! This fish had me down to the backing in seconds and it definitely wanted off. Down to the backing twice and finally got her turned. Powerful runs and I thought to myself its got to be a 50. In the boat after 20 minutes and she's a beauty. Put her on the scale and its 45lbs and a few ounces. Nice!
Back over the side on the boga and got the boat going slow. Tried for at least 10 minutes to get her revived but no luck. She was really spent from the fight I guess. Looks like my family and the neighbors are going to have fish barbecue tonight. Left the marina a little later than usual but pretty happy the way the morning turned out. Friday the tide will be near perfect. Looks like I'll be up at 3 am again!!!!

Reel 224 · July 21, 2015, 07:12:07 PM

Very nice Lou.

Doug · July 21, 2015, 07:40:16 PM

Lou you have the striper thing done to a science nice catch Doug

Shark Hunter · July 21, 2015, 08:04:37 PM

Nice one Lou!

redsetta · July 21, 2015, 09:14:05 PM

That's quite a fish - nice work!
Thanks for sharing Lou.
Cheers, Justin

Alto Mare · July 21, 2015, 10:02:17 PM

very nice Lou.

MFB · July 22, 2015, 07:27:58 AM

Sweet...

Regards

Mark

Vintage Offshore Tackle · July 22, 2015, 07:36:16 AM

Congratulations on a beautiful fish Lou. Your persistence on those fish is an inspiration to us all!

Randy

STRIPER LOU · July 22, 2015, 11:27:49 PM

Well my neighbors and our family had the big girl for supper tonight. On the grill with an open piece of foil, seasoned with lemon, black pepper, garlic powder, parsley flakes, a dusting of panko, and 2 pats of butter on each side. The fillets were so thick I actually had to fillet them twice to thin them down. Some wild rice, fresh asparagus, cherry tomatoes, and a couple of slices of avocado and a Bass ale ..............
it just don't get any better. They said it was the best fish they had ever eaten. Have some leftover and they make great fish sandwiches on a toasted roll with cheese, L&T and tartar sauce.
I'm feelin really fat right now!!!!!!!
..................Lou

Alto Mare · July 23, 2015, 12:55:58 AM

Very good Lou, now cut down on that butter and use olive oil instead. That spine on that fish looked as ours didn't it?
Thanks for sharing bud.
Sal

newport · July 23, 2015, 03:33:53 AM

It's hard to beat a fish sandwich (and a cold beer). I like mine fried in batter inbetween a kaiser roll. You're making me hungry.

Reel 224 · July 23, 2015, 12:41:48 PM

Quote from: STRIPER LOU on July 22, 2015, 11:27:49 PM
Well my neighbors and our family had the big girl for supper tonight. On the grill with an open piece of foil, seasoned with lemon, black pepper, garlic powder, parsley flakes, a dusting of panko, and 2 pats of butter on each side. The fillets were so thick I actually had to fillet them twice to thin them down. Some wild rice, fresh asparagus, cherry tomatoes, and a couple of slices of avocado and a Bass ale ..............
it just don't get any better. They said it was the best fish they had ever eaten. Have some leftover and they make great fish sandwiches on a toasted roll with cheese, L&T and tartar sauce.
I'm feelin really fat right now!!!!!!!
..................Lou

Lou you would have had to eat that fish all by yourself and then some to start to look fat.

Sounds like a nice end to a day of fishing, there is nothing better then fresh fish and cold beer.....except maybe more.

Fisherman Paul · July 23, 2015, 07:04:07 PM

1st pic, that's a huge fish, very nice.

the rockfish ninja · July 23, 2015, 10:13:22 PM

We've had a bumper crop of linesides this year out in the SF bay area but you guys have the big ones.

HOLEINTHEWATER · July 25, 2015, 09:19:41 PM

NICE FISH. WISH THEY GOT THAT BIG AROUND HERE. YOUR ARE HAPPY IF YOU GET A ONE OVER 5 LBS. , BUT YOU CAN HAVE A 30 TO 100 FISH DAY. NO LIMITS AROUND HERE. THEY ARE IN THE LAKES HERE.