Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

    Congratulations!  Hellova fish, aren't they?
    
    Mark,
    

    Bruce,
    
    Whereabouts on the Danvers River were you?
    
    Ed
    

    down near the golf course, where the green can is

Species: Smallmouth Bass
Weight: 5.0 Lbs.
Length: ~20" (approximate)
Place: Waukewan Lake (NH)
Date: Sept 2, 1991, 7:15 PM

This is my largest smallie to date.  After a long, and very unproductive 
day following a serious coldfront, I switched over to topwater just for 
the helluv it.  Needless to say, I used my favorite CRAZY CRAWLER over 
a rock pile adjacent to deep (35'+) water.  This cow came up and quietly 
sucked the plug under with less commotion than a 1/2 lb sunfish!

Fight was on...she could barely clear water she was so heavy.

She's back there to get bigger.

-HSJ-

    Chalk another one up for Holeshot Joe and the Crazy Crawler.  Way to go
    Joe.  Gitzit was just in my office yesterday telling me a fish story
    about top water plugs and the success he was having with them.  I told
    him to use a Crazy Crawler, they used to work real good for me.  I
    agree with you that they are the best top water lure I've ever used. 
    Only problem is I haven't used a top water lure in a long time, I just
    don't have the patience to sit there and work them.  Unbelievable that
    a Smallie that big hit it so softly.
    
    						regards,
    							Madd Matt
    

     I picked up a smallie the same size earlier this year on a 1/4 oz.
    Rebel "Pop-R" and could bairly feel the strike. I just waited until I
    felt the fish and all hell broke loose ! This fish didn't jump either.
    
     A friend of mine was walking the brook/wetlands area before they
    dammed it up to form a pond, and said he saw four HUGE smallies - one
    of which looked like a State Record. Who knows, but they're in there, I
    guess. I had 2 fish last weekend pop 6lb line like a gunshot on
    spinnerbaits, but they could have been largemouths. I did catch a 5+
    from the same area.
    
    --The Skoal Bandit

    Species: Largemouth Bass
    Weight: 5 lbs
    Length: 19"
    Place: Round Pond, Haverhill, MA
    
    Caught it at 6:30 PM, September 7, using a Purple "Gitzit" on 4 lb test
    Stren line. Helluva fight that lasted about 5 minutes on my Abu Garcia
    Ultralight Rod/Reel combo. note: I was fishing from Shore.
    
    							see ya out there,
    
    									Bob
    

    Species: German Carp      
    Weight:  21lbs
    Length:  32"
    Place:   Merrimack River, Manchester, NH
    
    Caught it at 7:30ish PM, September 8, while swatting skeeta's.
    Used a #6 hook, split shot, 3/4oz bass casting weight and 
    Green Giant whole kernal corn.  6'6" medium action Shakespear 
    rod/reel combo, 8lb test (Zyla's special). 
    
    3 good runs, ~20 minutes from hook up to net.
    
    Note: I was drinking Budweiser.  8)
    
    ZZzzzZZZZZzzzzzZZZzzz  Tim

    
    
    Species: Striped Bass
    Weight: 33lbs
    length: 44"
    Place: Coast Guard Beach/ "The Spit" (wow what a haul)
    
    Caught on an eel off the bottom At 4:45pm 10/18
    
    	"MY FIRST STRIPER IS A KEEPER!"
    
    THE CHEF
    

    
    RE:.9
    
    Oh I forgot, I was using a 10ft. Garcia Eagle Claw glass rod
    and 15# test line, at one point I didn't think I would
    get him in because there was so much line out but every
    worked out.
    
    Chef

    Species:	Striped Bass
    Weight:	approaching 30#, estimated
    Length:	40"
    Place:	SE end of Fishers Island, off the S. NE coast at RI/CT
    		border
    Date:	28-Sep-91
    
    Taken on a 5 1/2" Sar-Mul-Mac fly tied on a 3/0 hook.  Hooked this bass
    on the first drift of the day, fifth cast.  We started our second drift
    after I released the 40" bass and I caught a 35" a half dozen casts
    later.  What a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
    
    Greg  

    I know the term "Hawg" is typically used for bass, but I've got to put
    this in somewhere.
    
    Species: Rainbow trout
    Weight:  5 1/2 pounds
    Length:  22 inches
    Place:   Del Valle Reservoir  (Livermore, Cal.)
    Date:    23-Nov-1991
    
    I was using a crankbait, something called a "Deep Hog" that is made
    expressly for K-mart and cost me all of a $1.99. Tackle included an 
    Ambassador Garcia 5500C (found at the bottom of a lake whilst I was
    snorkeling 2 years ago) with 12lb. test and a borrowed bassin' stick
    (thanks Al!). Oh yeah, blues skies, about 75 degrees, no wind. Water
    was about 60 degrees surface temp.
    
    I'm not an expert on fish, but I believe it's spawning time for these
    guys. He had beautiful color and was spraying milky white fluid all over
    the boat.
    
    John D.

    That's what I thought...FWIW a friend of mine caught a 5+ lb. one two
    weeks ago in the same lake, and it was full of eggs. 
    
    John D.
    
    

    Hmmm....   Have you ever seen a kokanee?
    
    many :-)

    
    
    Well I should have registered my little fish story 2 weeks ago.
    
    
    As poseted in the California topic.
    
    
    I Landed a 9 lb rainbow trout out of Parkway Lakes park in Morgan Hill
    Ca. I caught this badboy with a rainbow colored Rooster Tail. I was
    using 4lb test on my ultralight setup. Sure was a fun fish to catch
    as it was the record trout for the day.
    
    
    
    Gerry

    Yey another >yawn< big guy...
    
    Species: Rainbow trout
    weight:  6lbs. 
    length:  23 inches
    Place:   Del Valle 
    Date:    11/28/1991 (Thanksgiving day, and my birhtday)
    
    Taken by the same method as described in .12, using a different color
    variation of the same model K-mart lure.
    
    Oh yeah, a special thank-you to *Al Whitman*, as without his generosity
    both fish would not have been taken. 8^)
    
    Happy Birthday, Al,
    
    John D. 

    	Species: Northern Pike
    	Weight: 23lbs. 12 oz.
    	Length: 42 1/2"
    	Place: Lake Quinsigamond
    	Date: 1/4/92
    	Time: 8:15 a.m.
    	
    	Released....
    
    	BOB

    re: .last
    
    	Great fish!
    
    		Robert.

	re. 39.18

	Bob,

		I'm "twiced" impressed.

		Once with catch  +  Once with the release = "Twice" impressed

	-< Tuna Tail >-

    Yet another NON-Hawg-=-HAWG
    
    Specie:  German Brown
    Weight:  9' 6"
    lenght:  29 plus inches
    Where:   North fork of the Gunnsison River
    Time:    Caught it around 4:30 PM..
    
    I was supposed to be Elk hunting, and after 3 days of nothing but
    nothing;  I figured I wasn't going to get skunked "again", and got
    a line wet.  AND WHAT A HELL'UVA SUPRISE!!!
    
    I was using a muddler minnow, behind a water bobber (poor mans
    flyfishing).
    
    
    Jeff

    
    Large mouth
    Weight: 7'7"
    Length: 23
    Where: Stillwater Res.North Smithfield R.I.
            Stump Pond For Les Basco
    Time: 8:30 First Flag
    
    This Fish Is Number 1 In New England Big Bass Tournie
    For Now that is.
    
    The Fish Was Released Unharmed we have a Live Well
    Built Into Our Ice Fihing Box
    
    Ice 12 Inches

    
    
    Large Mouth
    Weight: 5#2oz
    Length: 20 1/4 inches
    Where:  Little Narrows Pond  Winthrop Me.  7:30 pm  Aug 16 1991
    
     12 year old son caught it on 6lb test.  I always told him his first 5 
    pounder could go on the wall.  That's where it is.  Otherwise we are a 
    catch and release team.  That memory is worth it for him.    
    
    Now he wants the ice out, yesterday.
    
    paddy

    Species: Largemouth Bass
    Weight : 3 lbs  2 oz
    Length : 19 3/4"
    Place  : Northwood Lake, Northwood, NH
    

    -kg
    

    
    Species:northern pike
    Weight : 17 1/2
    Length : 39
    Place  : Quinsigamond
    
    released
    Also Released a 4 lb and two 2 lb bass

     Species:Largemouth Bass
     Weight: 6 lb
     Length: 21 1/2
     Place : Buffamville res.
    
    
    Released As Was a 3 lb And Many 1 1/2 lb ders

    Species: Smallmouth Bass
    Weight: 5+ lbs (Estimated - I put her back)
    Length: 21-22" 
    Date: Early April, '92
    Place: Pond in Ma.
    Lure: Root Beer double tail grub w/"Star" collar on 1/4 oz. jighead
    line: 8lb
    Reel Quantum "Snapshot" spinning reel
    Rod: G. Loomis
    Time of Day: Afternoon
    Conditions: Windy, bright and cold
    Depth: Shallow, near shore

    
    The 7 plus large mouth noted earlier did in fact
    WIN the New England Big Bass Winter Tournie
    
    In May It't Boston For A Polygraph,Then July
    It"s Live On The Fisherman Live Radio Program
    To Receive Our 5000 Dollars.
    
         Two BOBS From Rhode Island
    
         The Fish Was Put Back Live.

    Talk about a great way to start a 3 day weekend. ;^).
    July 3rd
    8:30 AM
    Place....Stumpfield - back waters near the Dam
    Species..Largemouth
    Length...21"
    Weight...5 lbs. 13 ozs.
    Lure.....Black and Gold Rapala
    

    Felt good.....She pulled my boat around easily, nice fight until she got
    tired. Her big brother/sister snapped my line about 1/2 hour before I
    landed her.     

    I know exactly where she is for the next NHB tourny. 8^)

	Tight Lines
	Ed-    

    Species:	Striped Bass
    Weight:	30#
    Length:	40"
    Place:	right off the beach, NH
    Date:	july 8, 1992
    Bait:	mackerel chunk

 I took my daughter fishin' yesterday. I set up about 5:20, and caught a
little one right away. My daughter was thrilled. I tossed it back, rerigged,
and set off after her (she was headin' to the rocks.) I got about 50 feet,
and saw line screaming off my reel. A short but spirited fight, and I had
the fish on the sand. She deformed the hook (a mustad 3x strong.) Nice
fish- my first keeper.

 It took less than 5 minutes for the beach network to get other anglers down. :-)

 I caught more, and my daughter made me leave while the fish were still biting!
My first keeper. Looking forward to dinner tonight.

 The Doctah

    re: -1
    
    	Good fish! I'm still waiting for my first keeper...
    
    		Robert.

re: .1

	Sounds like a great expierence.
	Still waiting for my first "ever" keeper.
	Great fun with the small one's....nice to see/catch them.

-< Tuna Tail >-

Doctah

Nice fish, I hope I do as well Friday Night.

The Blues may have passed us by but this Striper fishing is Great.


				Jim

    Species:	Striped Bass
    Weight:	50# approx (weighed on boat)
    Length:	49"
    Place:	4-5 miles out of the Mouth of the Merrimack
    Date:	july 10, 1992 12:00 noon
    Bait:	pink floating broken-back rebel 

We were trolling for blues (had already caught 3) and the line on my new cheap
($12) rod starting screaming out (thought it was a big blue). I couldn't move 
the fish for about 4-5 minutes.  Then I started gaining line a little at a time.
I started to think twice about it being a bluefish, but a striper way out here
in bright sunshine (nah).

I didn't have a reel for this rod so I had put on the (gift) reel (an old 
Lawrence) from one of my extra "guest" deep sea rods.  It had 50 lb Andre on
it.  After 10 minutes the reel started jambing up and by the end couldn't 
turn the handle, we handlined the last 30 yds.  Don't know who was more pooped,
the fish or me.

The lure was fished off a small planner (on the line) and I really don't know
how deep it was.  The first time I used the device (but definitely not the
last).

This was my first keeper and I released it after measurements and pictures.

Gordon

Gordon,
	Great story and one you'll treasure for a long time.
	What's best is you have the pic's to prove it.
	Hope you plan on making an extra one for the Photo Album!!!!

	I'm still trying for my first "keeper" but most likely will
	release it.  I have my camera aboard always now so hope to
	record that first one in good fashion.

	Nice "work"

-< Tuna Tail >-

    Nice fish Gorden. I have been waiting to catch a striper by mistake
    when bluefishing....maybe this week. ( I did get a keeper this
    June while cod fishing...).
    
    Bruce                                

       
    
       Species: Brown trout
        wieght: 12#6                                                                        
        place: Lake Ontario,near 9mile island
        time : 7:00 am
      charter: The Witch Charter out of Mexico Bay NY
    
       I know they grow much bigger round them parts,but for a NH boy
    used to 4-6 # samon out of Lake Winnasquam,that fish is one I will
    remember!
       PS. I hope to be reporting my 48 # king in late september!                                                                         
    

    
    
    		Species:    Striped Bass
    	 	Weight :    22#
    		Length :    39"
    		Place  :    Plum Island Reservation
    		Date   :    August 7, 1992
    		Bait   :    Frozen Squid
    
    
    		After catching 3 skates it was nice to see one of these
    		babies!! Nearly took the pole right out of the stand!
    		It was a sight to see also, as it came up on shore the
    		hook broke free and my to buddies pretty much had to tackle
    		it to keep it from heading back out. I wish I had a video
    		camara, wouldv'e sent this one to Home Videos'!! You never
    		know.
    
    		Dave

Species:  Bonito
Where:    Menemsha Harbor, Chilmark, MA (Martha's Vineyard)
When:     Thursday, 13-Aug-92
On:       mackerel broken-back rebel
Size:     8.5 lbs
Line:     Berkely Trilene XL 8#

My first bonito.  Awesome, nothing less could describe the fight.

    
    Species:  Salmon River Native Steelhead
    Weight:   13.5 lbs.
    Length:   32"
    Date:     Feb. 5, 10:00 am
    Place:    Between Snagging Pool and Pineville Bridge, Salmon River, N.Y.
    Bait:     Orange Egg Sac
    Line:     8 lb. test line, 6 lb. test leader
    Rod:      Tom Coots' 8.5 ft. Steelhead Rod (?)
    Reel:     Shimano FX200, Quick-release trigger
    Method:   Cast upstream, drift down along bottom w/ slinky wt., #6 hook
    Time:     20 fun-filled minutes to land (Wading in river)
    
      This was my first Steelhead trip, so I was extremely excited to be
    able to land one of these monsters on such light lb. test. This big
    male made about 5 runs, the longest being about 75 yds. Every time he
    saw me or the net, he would find renewed energy and start ripping off
    line again. The scariest part was when he ran away from the net and
    towards me at which time my line decided to tangle into a rat's nest
    only to surprise the hell out of me when it all untangled on his next
    run! I really learned the meaning of the word "finesse" on this day
    because it takes an incredible amount of it to work a 13.5 lb. fish out
    of current on 6 lb. leader. A special thanks to Tom Coots, Jack 
    Haggerty (Boomer), and Jack Varley (The Skoal Bandit), without whose
    infinite knowledge and guidance this would not have been possible.
    These guys really showed this rookie the ropes and now I'm hooked;
    can't wait to go again. I didn't even mind the sub-zero weather,
    ice on the line, the tackle, my eyelets, and face, the icebergs
    coming downstream, and re-tying a hundred times. This was the fish
    and fight of a lifetime!! When he finally came in, Coots pointed out
    that he had sperm on his flanks from the exertion, and I told him
    that may have been me, I got a little excited out there.
                                                             

	
re:-1
	Nice fish/fight/story
	Congratulations on a memory well deserved.
	thanks for letting us know the excitement.

	I'm ready to go ice pick or not!!!!
	-< Tuna Tail >- ;-)

    GOOD FISH, I'LL BE HEADING FOR THE SALMON RIVER TOMORROW MORNING FOR A
    FEW DAYS, WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW EVERYTHING IS
    

    I was doing an install two weeks ago by Ky. Lake and decided to stop
    behind the dam and try for a couple of hours on the way home.  They
    weren't hawgs but here goes:
    
    1 smallmouth....17" and fat
    3 sauger...1 to 3lbs.
    
    I caught them on Shad jigs 1/4oz to 3/4 oz.  I am heading back down
    on the 27th to see if the crappie are hungry.  Good luck.
    
    Wess

    
    
    Largemouth bass  7 lb
    released after pictures were taken.
    caught on large sucker
    late afternoon around 4:30
    sun.the last day of feb.

re:-1
	Nice fish
	Where did this event occur?

	-< Tuna Tail >-

    
    
    
    Coventry Rhode Island
    1/2 mile from my front door.there was finally enough ice to fish
    R.I.

    
         I waited to post this, because the fish was in the running for the
    Governor's Cup...alas, it didn't win   :(
    
    Species: Pollock ( "The Silver Bullet")
    Weight:  36.5 lbs
    Caught:  9/25/92
    Fleet:   Yankee
    Boat:    Yankee Patriot

    
    Species: Rainbow trout
    Weight:  5 lbs. 
    Length:  23 inches
    Place:   11 Mile Res.
    Date:    3/14/93
    Lure:    Swedish Pimple    

    Gordon Roberts

    nice trout!  what pound line were you using?  What's a swedish pimple?
    
    bob
    goin fishin after work tommorrow!!!!!
    still workin on the boat
    

RE:    <<< Note 39.49 by ODIXIE::RHARRIS "How many days until deer season?" >>>

>    nice trout!  what pound line were you using?  What's a swedish pimple?
    
Thanks Bob.  6# line through a 36" deep 10" dia hole.  swedish pimple kind of
looks like a stretched out kastmaster.  silver with an orange stripe.
sure glad I just got the new 10" power auger.

    
    
    1lb. Garibaldi
    
    1 green pea as bait (from the pasta salad)
    a hook I found (all rusted and layin on a rock with about 15 ft of line
    attached.
    
    Location: Santa Catalina Island
    
    Took a picture and released it and went back to picniking
    
    
    Hand-lining, What a fight! 

    Species: Brown Trout
    Weight:  8lb 3oz
    length:  25.5 inches
    Place:   pool in a small stream in PA.
    Date:    5/15/93
    Lure:    Small spinner on 4lb line!

    Congratulations
    Nice fish on light tackle.
    CorR	Consumed or Released?
    
    -< Tuna Tail >-

    Kept for the wall.  Normally I'll keep only one or two trout to
    eat and release everything else. 
    
    Jeff

    Jeff,
    	I don't fish for them much but sure do like their taste...Yum Yum
    -< Tuna Tail >-

    The Oregon State record for brown trout was broken yesterday by a
    California fisherman - they're everywhere.
    
    Species:  Brown
    Location:  Palina Lake ( a lake in the Cascade Mountains in Central
    Or.)
    Length:  36"
    Girth:  24 1/2"
    Weight:  27 lbs.
    
    Caught it on 8# test while trolling with a Mepps spinner.
    

    Species:        Landlocked Salmon
    Location:       Mooselookmeguntic Lake (near Rangeley, ME)
    Length:         25"
    Weight:         5 lbs, 12 oz
    Lure:           Rapalla (bright orange)
    How:            Trolling.  Caught him on the turn just as the lure
                    started to pick back up.
    
    
    Actually, the fish was caught by a friend of my son.  We were all at
    our cabin over the Memorial Day weekend.  However, it was a nice fish
    (certainly the biggest I've seen out of this lake) and thought it
    deserved a mention here.  I was driving and we *ALL* participated in
    getting this fish in the boat because we had neglected to take a net
    with us!

================================================================================
Specie      : Smallmouth Bass
Weight      : 3 lbs 15 oz
Length      : 20-21 " apx
Date        : 14 Sep 1993
Place       : Northwood Lake  
Lure        : worm 
line        : new braided line  dia of 12 lb test but 60 lb test
Rod         : Berkley Lighten rod
Reel        : G. Loomis
Time of Day : 11 PM
Conditions  : Dark, no moon out yet
Depth       : Shallow, near shore about 18 inch of water

This is the first time I got to try the new braided line on a large bass.
It was great yet strange.  First I have been having trouble with the line,
it only works good with heavy lures as the line reels out faster then a small
lure and ends up tying  knots in it.  I normally have to add a small weight 
to the end of the line to cast it. It is white, highly visible to bass.  I had
to take a green magic marker and color the first 3 ft of the line, but that is
hard to do as the line does not absorbed it very well.  After all said and done,
it is still a great line but  has it limits.   Next comes the hook set, all 
sorts of warning labels comes with the line.. 
   DO NOT DO A HARD HOOK SET OR YOU WILL SHATTER YOUR GRAPHITE ROD !!!
The reason for this is the line only has about 2 to 3  percent stretch as
compared to normal line of 20 to 30 percent stretch.  You are always in
contact with your lure, I could feel the bass pick up the worm, I waited then
just jerked the rod about 1 inch to do the hook set.  Nah I said that could not
have hook the fish so I jerked the rod again about 1 inch.  The Fight was on
.. in pure darkness there was no moon to help... for about 5 min I fought ..
about 3 min of the 5 the fish was airborne, but all of the time I was in solid
control like I have never been before, not once did the line go slack.  I did
not understand  how much the stretching of normal lines gave the fish a big
advantage.  The only shock absorbsion now was the rod, not the line.  I went
to land the fish, ok it was dark and I was not sure what I had caught so I
did not want to lip the fish.  I tried to pull it up with the rod... I did
not think the rod would hold the fish, so here comes what should have been
warning # 2...
   DONT PULL A FISH IN USING THE LINE... IT WILL CUT THREW YOUR HAND LIKE BUTTER
Yup, I needed gloves to pull this puppy in, but I wrapped the line around my had
several times an pulled the fish in.  Now this was not that big of a fish (in 
weight) but was a good length, it had a small belly so was underweight but still
gave a great fight.   I just wanted to post a note about my experience with the
new braided line.  It is great, has it limits and it will stay on one of my rods
at all times now.

SUMMARY of LINE:
  NO STRETCH  
  MUST USE HEAVY LURES or Weight the line
  IT IS HIGHLY VISIBLE... COLOR it... 
    I used a magic marker make it spotted green for the first 3 feet.
  I was using it in my bait casting reel, but others have used it
  in a spinner reel ( the 30 lb test version )
  It is expensive about $10 for 100 yards.

( I said spotted green as it is hard to get it to be a solid color, but
  the spotted green seem to work ok)

john

    opps almost forgot to mention about the hook set with the braided line..
    I went to take the hook out of the fish, I was using a ture-turn
    2/0 hook.  I had hooked it on its upper lip, the hook set was so
    deep that I could only see the shaft of the hook, the hook and the
    rounded section was buried deep in the jaw of the fish.  I tried to
    remove the hook, even with pliers I could not remove the hook.
    
    Since there is no stretch you don't have to do the power hook set
    with this new line, if you do I guess if you rod did not shatter
    you would either pull the jaw out of the fish's head or you would
    straighten out your hook.
    
    enjoy john
    
    

    Well, Dennis and I finally got the skunk out of the box.  Its been 4
    years for me and 3 years tunawishless for Dennis.  We got our first
    giant tuna yesterday up on Jeffries Ledge.  Vitals are 434#'s dressed
    at 98" long.  It was a little over an hour fight, on penn internat'l
    80# 2speed wide reel.  For our first fish it was terrific!
    

	Thats great, the first is always the hardest. How there are
	many more for both you and Dennis.

				Jim 

    Species  	: Steelhead
    Weight      : 18#
    Length	: 36 in.
    Date	: 15 Jan 94
    Place	: North Fork Umpqua
    Line	: 10# mono
    
    Picked up a large buck pulling plugs.  Hell of a go-around.  Thanks to
    the manuevering of the sled boat in that fast water, we were able to
    keep up with all of the crazy runs and jumps without breaking the line.
    Nice start of the year.
    
    Ken

	Congrat's
	How long did it take you to hawl that 18# beauty up on 10# line?

	-< Tuna Tail >-

    re -1
    
    You know I really don't know.  But, it wasn't too bad because of the
    sled boat.  We could chase him up or down river.  I don't think I could
    have landed him without a boat.  The water is awfully fast in that
    area.
    
    Ken

re:-1
	All that excitement musta been fantastic.
	Can't wait till late March here.

	Had nice 2hr drive to work today on bumby icepacked
	I-290 and I-495 but made it ok.

	-< Tuna Tail >-

    
    Huh!  Don'like "heman fishin'", complains about a little ice
    on the roads....    Whutchya gunna do when the weather really
    get bad!!   :^)
    
    390 wasn't bad from oxford north.  Should've been on 16 and 395
    from webster at 0615 !!!  The contractors were on exit 4 bridge,
    - well - thier trucks were. The drivers were probably at the
    diner!!
    
    C'mon ya coward!  Lets go ice fishin' !!  :^)
    
    Fred

re:-1
	Fred,

	I get on at Exit 4 around 7:00am ish.
	Those contractors were in Carls diner when I left for work :-)

	As for the "Wimp" deal....where were you on Nov 26th '93
	I was alone aboard the FishTeaser in the Atlantic 3 miles 
	offshore from Monomoy Island 8^0

	Besides, I hear only folks with hard heads fish in hard water.

	-< Tuna Tail >-

	PS: When are you going again ;^)

    
    Nov 26th, '93.  While you were out there "alone" (because you failed
    to invite me) I was out in the woods slaving away with my chainsaw
    trying to keep the oil bill down around the reasonable area. :^)
    
    Next time out?  Got company commin'in from England. Never been
    out on hard water before.  Wants to try it.  So I'm getting
    all my gear back in shape now.   I haven't really used it for
    about 4 or 5 years. BUT - #1 son did, and you KNOW they never
    return things in the condition they gettum!
    
    "Ahh, Dad, the auger quit runnin'. We tried everything but........."
    Then the tilts!  ONe of his buddies must be left handed. :^)
    String was wound backwards.  Flags don't get tripped that way!
     
    So, we'll be going out between the 2nd and 14th a few times, I HOPE!
    
    And YOU ARE INVITED !!  :^)
    
    Fred

Fred,
	Fortunetly for me whenever my son borrow's my fishing gear he
	returns everything in great condition except the lure's lost 
	during those great "battles" ;^)

	Anyway he bought me a fantastic graphite Penn rod/reel outfit for Xmas!

	Ice invite sounds tempting (weather permitting)
	Where do you cut the ice?

	Do you use your chainsaw to make big holes for big fish?

	-< Tuna Tail >- Dick

	Species	  : Lauren M. Puishys (a baby girl)
	Weight	  : 7.1LB
	Length	  : 20.5"
	Location  : Worchester	
	Date	  : 5-March-1994
	Bait/Lure : Deborah Puishys
	Comments  : Mother and baby are home and doing fine. It took ten minutes after arriving	    
      	            at the hospitol, Bob likes to keep his projects on schecule.

    Well Congrats on # 1. Great day to have it on. Lauren and I will share
    our birthdays on the 5th of March.

Thanks

She is # 2 though.  #1 for 1994

bob

    
    Species: Lake Trout
    Length: 22"
    Weight: 4 lb 2 oz
    Date: 4/22/94
    Location: Mass.
    Line: 8 lb trim max ultrathin
    Reel: Shimano AXP
    Rod: G. Abu Cross fire
    Lure: medium shiner

	My 11 year old son Jonathan caught this Friday afternoon 
	off the shore on one heck of a windy day. 
	
	It was a fine day of fishing and that trout fed all five 
	of us with plenty to spare

    Species     : Lake Trout
    Weight      : 15 lbs.
    Length      : 35.5 in.
    Date        : 5/29/94
    Location    : Lake Sunapee New Hampshire
    Water Temp  : 54.5
    Depth       : 55 ft.
    Lure        : NK 28
    Speed       : 2.3 mph
    Line        : 12 lb Trilene Big Game
    Time        : 8:00 am

	re: .73

	Congratulations....VERY nice fish and great report.

	-< Tuna Tail >-

	PS: Released or Nummy Nummies? ;^)

    Release was considered, but I've wanted a mount for a long time to
    hang on the wall of our summer cottage. This was a once in a lifetime
    fish for New Hampshire, so it's at Wildlife taxidermy...should be back
    in a couple of months :-) A picture of it will be in next weeks local
    paper, the Argus Champion...one of our neighbors called it in. To bad
    today is the first day of the KMART - Chevy 2,000,000 dollar nationwide
    fishing contest! Top one hundred freshwater fish for the North East go
    to the 100,000$ regionals...I think I would have been there. I did
    manage to hit waypoint save on the loran when the downrigger released.
    Maybe they hang out in pairs ;-)

re:-1
	The only thing I have against mounting a fish is that you
	don't get to eat the meat :^(

	Is this true?

	Great you took picture of it.
	Now I know what will be hanging in your office soon :^)

	-< Tuna Tail >-

    		They can now produce very realistic replicas of fish
    now buy simply using pictures and measurements.  Snap a few shots,
    etc.  Toss 'em back to grow some more.....
    
    			Bob

    I've seen some of the artificial mounts. They look nice, but you
    definitley feel like what your seeing isn't real, and never was.
    My uncle had a sailfish done, and a friends father had a king salmon.
    I think they were done from fiberglass, but it almost seemed that it
    was some kind of plastic. In my opinion they were OK, but not worth
    a quarter of the money they cost, and I wouldn't want it on my wall...
    I'm sure other people might feel completely fine with one, which is 
    great as releasing the fish would be neat (although most NH lakes have
    been overstocked to the point the forage base has been destroyed).
    As a side note, a friend of mine called fish and game to see if they
    maintain any records for NH lakes. They do, and the largest fish
    registered for Sunapee was 11lbs, in 1954. They are sending him the
    forms for registration. I've read of bigger fish being taken over the
    years, but I guess none were registered...The state record was closer
    to 40lbs!

>    As a side note, a friend of mine called fish and game to see if they
>    maintain any records for NH lakes. They do, and the largest fish
>    registered for Sunapee was 11lbs, in 1954.

 That's the largest Sunapee trout, not lake trout. The state record laker
is 28 lbs 8 oz, caught in 1958 at Newfound. I'd be more than a little surprised
if no one had ever registered a lake trout from Sunapee that was over 20 lbs.

    I was really surprised too. Do you mean the Sunapee Golden Trout, which
    is now extinct? I thought they were gone  before 1954, but I bet your
    right. I called my friend last night, and he's going to get back with
    fish and game today to find out what the story is... 

 The Sunapee trout is, I believe, a subspecies of the golden trout. 
The golden trout is not extinct; some are still alive and well out west.
In fact, it is believed that NH still has a tiny population of golden
trout according to state fisheries biologist Steve Perry. No confirmed
catches lately, though.

    According to "American Food and Game Fishes" the Golden Trout your
    referring to in the west are originally from the  Kern River region
    of California and is a subspecies of the rainbow trout, Salmo gilberti.
    The Sunapee trout, salvelinus aureolus or golden trout of Sunapee
    wasn't discovered until 1888. It was only native to Sunapee Lake
    New Hampshire and Flood Pond, Ellsworth Maine. 
    
    The real interesting thing is the book states that around the turn of
    the century "through fish cultural operations the  Sunapee trout was
    introduced into a number of other lakes."
    
    I've read elsewhere that the reason the Sunapee trout became 
    extinct (contradictory to what Steve Perry claims) is that it
    intermixed with Lake trout after their introduction. I forget if
    either the offspring can't reproduce, or if it was something more
    like the male lake trout are more agressive then the male Sunapee
    trout and in a few generations breed the Sunapee traits out of the
    gene pool...Based on all this, I find it exciting that the state
    biologist thinks they still live somewhere in NH, would be very
    interested to find out where, and wonder why they aren't on the States
    endangered species list. It would be interesting to chat with Mr Perry. 

>    I've read elsewhere that the reason the Sunapee trout became 
>    extinct (contradictory to what Steve Perry claims) is that it
>    intermixed with Lake trout after their introduction.

 I heard the same story. But it is believed that a small population may
well still exist (not in Sunapee, but in one or two other places in NH
and, I believe, one in Maine.) I misplaced the notes I took during my phone 
call with Steve Perry a year or two ago, but I probably posted most of them
either in this conference or in flyfish.

    Gee, I don't know where in this file the information is, but I did
    enter some data about Sunapee Trout, Golden Trout, Arctic Char, et. al.
    somewhere in this file. ::Levesque, ::Wood, and ::JOHNHC shared a bunch
    of informational tid bits on the subject in that particular string.
    
    Maybe Mark can find it?
    
    John H-C

	Perhaps it's in the archived WAHOO::FISHING...

	Just a thought.
				B.C.

    Actually it was in note 140 of this conference, "Stocking fish". John
    was told from the Maine officials they were really stocking Silver
    Char. The feeling was that the Silver Char were the same as Sunapee
    trout, with minor differences. Seeing as this whole science seems
    pretty in-exact I still don't know what's really true. The only thing
    that would convince me would be a DNA study, if possible, using skin
    or flesh samples from a Sunapee trout mount verified as being caught
    in the lake itself... 

         Hey Marty nice fish I seen the picture
         in the paper today. the Man. Union Leader
         any pointers I was thinking of going up there
         this weekend.
    
    Mike G>

    I'd be happy to give you some pointers. What will you be fishing for?
    Will you have downriggers? Leadcore? 

    RE.
        I have 2 downriggers and can run 2 poles on each plus
    a couple rods on the surface. What areas might good.
    
    Thanks in advance
    Mike G> 

	What's an NK 28 that caught that Laker on Sunapee ?
	I've often seen lures with strange (to me) names like 
	that when talking about L Ontario, and I've always
	wondered...

	/Ken

    The NK28 is a popular Ontario spoon manufactured by Northern King
    lures. They are available in different sizes,colors and patterns.
    They have the nice feature of being attractive to both large Kings as
    well as lakers.

                        -< Wanda's Small Mouth Cousin >-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Small Mouth Bass move into the location that Wanda use to patrol.

Weight 		:	4 lbs  very fat an chubby 
length		:	apx 19 in.(did not measure)
Date		:	29 JULY 1994
Temp		:	80 deg F 
Wx  		:	Clear the day after a rain storm
Time		:	9:30 PM
lure		:	crawdad colored worm rig for dead sticking
location	:	Northwood Lake (NH)
presentation	:	dead sticking for about 1 min 
			then moving it about 6 inches

so far from this one spot I have caught 
a 7.5 lb Large mouth bass
a 5   lb Small mouth bass

and hook one fish that took the line stright out and ran
for over 50 ft (drag was set at about 6 lb) before stopping
and then hit the bottom snagging lines in the rocks.. No Idea
what kind of fish that could have been, however, I Don't think
it was a bass.

I have also caught two more fish that look like walleyes.