Surprise Weakfish !!
 

Fellow Fisherman,

My brother, Kevin, and I did some Striper trolling last night and got the following surprise on a tube and worm rig. Never caught one my whole life. Here is Kevin with the fish.


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- Tom

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Beautiful fish ya got there! What is the red line? Is that the worm and tube jig? If so, that is huge.

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That is a T-man Scarlet Snake. I bought it yesterday after hearing about it at www.ctfisherman.com. Lots of useful fishing info for the CT area, including Long Island Sound. Here is a link to the tackle website.

http://www.tmancustomtackle.com/

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That's a biggun strip! Bet ya'll thought you had a striper for sure. Did you get any linesides or just the trout?

Nice!

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Thats a nice one!!! ;D

How much might he weigh?

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I saw a 31" online that was 10lbs. This one looks no less than that. I'm gonna guess around 12lbs.

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Tell us about the fight if there was one. I take it that it is not too common of a fish. Nice Catch! Bill Mc ;D

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Very nice catch! Great job :D

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This Weak fought, according to my brother, like a trout. He ran deep and off to the side, we thought he was a striper for certain. When it came up you could see its bronze colors and wow he was pretty. The fish grunted when we got him onboard like crazy, deep, gutteral sounds that actually vibrated the deck.

The Weaks are a rarity, they exist and some guys target them but I have never caught one before. The fish weighed a bit over 9 lbs on the boga grip. My brother said it was the best fish he ever ate from the sound.

We did tag one Striper that night on a chunk of bunker, a smaller fish at about 27 inches or so. Great night all around.

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strip, once had a similar surprise. Early fall, drifting eels out of the fire island inlet, my favorite rip on the south shore. Felt my eel gettin' real nervous.Reel started run,set the hook,thought it was a 30-32" striper. Got him close to the boat and got a quick glimps and knew it was no bass. Got him in the net and on board. 321/2 " and 9.8 lbs. first week I ever got. Next drift I got hit hard,bought a 42" striper on board w/ the same eel I got the weakfish on.