The Striper thread.

**Free Range Lobster** · 05-20-2007, 05:56 PM

Mush? You get after it?

Probably 20 fish total this weekend. 2 keepers.

And I tried to rollcast a baby schoolie that ate a mushmouth as big as him.

**mushmouth** · 05-20-2007, 07:26 PM

Nice work!

I tried...went all over southern RI on a mad dash from NYC Saturday morning. Fished East Beach/Salt Pond, Ninigret, Charlestown, upper Narrow River, lower Narrow River, Weekapaug...nothing. Saw maybe three fish caught by others. It was just nice being back up there.

Here's the greeting I got at East Beach at 7am...what a beautiful day:

Saw these two show-offs near Weekapaug...

Came back to NYC this morning and dragged my wife to the beach not wanting to get skunked. Caught two small bluefish

. Actually, after all that driving for nothing the first might as well have been a bar of gold.

Here's a shot by my wife of me going to throw back bluefish #2.

Weirdest thing happened...I had him in the boga grip and went to toss him into the surf, but I screwed up and didn't open the grib when I tossed. I totally let go of it and the grip/2lb bluefish went flying into the waves.

My wife was thinking I was an idiot, that I just forgot about the grip and threw it away by mistake. I'm pissed thinking I just threw away $85, but three casts later and about 30 feet from the beach I hooked what I thought was another blue...turned out I snagged the nylon loop tied to the grip, still in the fishes mouth...saved!!

**Free Range Lobster** · 05-20-2007, 07:48 PM

OOF you got lucky.

One of these days I'll invest in a Boga.
But that 10-12 TFO bluewater and another Penn 4G-AR are priority. (and another calcutta conquest)

**mushmouth** · 05-20-2007, 08:06 PM

This was my first time using it, hence the idiot maneuver. Totally worth the $$ though for handling the blues and pikes.

Still coming to NYC in June? I'll be at Block Island the 15-19th, but should be around the remainder.