Action packed fluking

[hammer4reel]

Headed out with Eddie and Booner today .

lots of fish everywhere we stopped , but wow did shorts out number the keepers .

fun catching , then scratching out another limit .

keepers were all no measure 19” and up fish , no jumbos today 

3 to 4 footers stacked up coming home made for a slower than usual ride from up north ..

 

had a boat first today , Booner called for the net on a horse shoe  crab . Caught in 65’ of water . Was some fight for sure .

 

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Edited September 5, 2020 by hammer4reel

[Booner]

It was a fun day and action packed day for sure. Plenty of fillets  for everyone. 

And for the record,,,,, I meant to catch that " hermit " crab 

[Kype]

holy crap. i see a grin. maybe even a smile? good fishing.

[Zipper]

Booner at his day job.

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by Zipper

[Grassmans]

Nice !!

[Zipper]

Great trip Dan. On the meat as usual.  I heard it got really snotty later in the day. I was out this morning and noticed  fish getting smaller inside.  I believe the migration out is underway. Still tons of bait in the rivers.

[SPEARFISH]

Good catch.   He wanted the hermit for blackfish. 

[BowhunterNJ]

Nice trip and fish!  So the hermit got away? Where was the flying gaff and tail rope?

[mightyhunter]

Nice catch as usual 

[tpr1921]

Good catch.

[MGHunter66]

Awesome, must have been a great day. 

[JHbowhunter]

awesome trip guys!   Question to Booner, did the crab give enough "head shakes" to warrant the call for net?  What color gulp did it take?     And did you get a free bowl of soup with that crab?

[Zipper]

21 minutes ago, JHbowhunter said:

awesome trip guys!   Question to Booner, did the crab give enough "head shakes" to warrant the call for net?  What color gulp did it take?     And did you get a free bowl of soup with that crab?

No free bowl,  he wanted to make hermit crab soup.

[Booner]

1 hour ago, JHbowhunter said:

awesome trip guys!   Question to Booner, did the crab give enough "head shakes" to warrant the call for net?  What color gulp did it take?     And did you get a free bowl of soup with that crab?

Here's what happened,,,

As we all know,fluking is a bottom game. And with my expert fluking skills, I was actually bouncing my bucktail under the ocean floor. When I feel my bait come to a complete stop and then high speed retreat,I set the hook. My rod ( 40-80 class ) tripled over and the fight was on. Everyone on the boat besides me were amazed, at not only how I had to put the rod in the gunnel to fight this beast but were more amazed at my calm demeanor. 

I knew something was up when there was no head shaking. After a vicious battle, we have color. But the color wasn't of a massive 38lb doormat, NOR was it the color of a " HERMIT " crab, but it was the meanest nastiest HORSE SHOE crab you've ever seen. The teeth this thing had were scarey. But ill give you my secret to subterranean  fluking. 1/8" steel leader. So with those teeth versus my leader it didn't stand a chance! Once next to the boat,4 loads of buckshot and it was mine! 

After high fives and those guys screaming in joy,, I just quietly sat down to replay this whole thing over a bowl of government issued tomatoes soup i received from HatRus.com

I'll be speaking at this year's sports show in Raritan. Albeit,  I won't be inside,but in the parking lot from the bed of my pick up. Stop by and say 👋.  We can share some oyster crackers together

[hammer4reel]

Booner not many guys I know would have ever boated that crab .

like bringing a 2 gallon bucket up from the deep .

im pretty sure Jacks knots wouldn’t have even held up for the fight.

and we would be hearing for a year about the monster that got away lol