Old time fisherman and a good Striper

[Buck154]

   Went out around 11am to run out and check a few areas for seabass tomorrow. Fished from 50 to 80 foot range. That fishing wasn't good. Only jigged up 12-15 seabass and only one would have been a keeper SLOOOOOW..  so came across bunch of bunker and had bass go through them once in a while. Got one bunker and put it for a little while but nothing.  So I decided to do the thing I hate most... troll. I put out 2 mojos that I made and tied up.  Ended up getting one bass and it was a good one. My uncle said when we started he said he didn't want to take the rod if we hooked one....lol. to bad I told him. The bass was 47" and had to be 45 lbs. No long arm pictures here as he couldn't lift it at 77 years old. After a couple quick pictures I held her while boat in gear for a 2 minutes and she was splashing taking off. Beautiful release. 

[Buck154]

[Lunatic]

Good for him. Nice job!!

[deadonshot2]

Big bass. Congrats to both of you

[bushden]

Nice fish good job!

[hemlock]

That is awesome big old cow bass!

[Russ 11]

Good stuff John . Awesome that you spend time with your uncle . Big old girl . 

[hammer4reel]

Nice catch , congrats 

[Grassmans]

Nice fish !!

[nmc02]

Congratulations!! I dream that I, too at 77 will be lucky enough to have a similar experience. Doesn't get much bet than that. Good for both of you....memory made forever 👍👍👍

[Buck154]

Bass for the size don't fight that great so I'm not crazy for catching bass but this thing was impressive to hold. She stayed on the top fighting most of the time. She was shaking her head on top throwing a lot of water. Reminded me of a billfish head shake on top

[Buck154]

2 minutes ago, nmc02 said:

Congratulations!! I dream that I, too at 77 will be lucky enough to have a similar experience. Doesn't get much bet than that. Good for both of you....memory made forever 👍👍👍

He has not been doing to good this year. Lot of heart problems. Tons of doctors appointments. His doctor might get mad when he tells him about catching and holding it....lol

[Merkel]

That’s awesome! Congratulations.

[Zipper]

Great job John. New nickname Mr Mojo.

[deerstalker420]

Congrats