Tallman

Congratulations! The first of many!

We were up on the Helen H beginning of the month,the pool winner day one was 16.4 lbs. we brought home fillets from thirty from 7 to 11 lbs three guys!

Been going up there for five years,this year had the largest average size! We brought home filets from thirty fish from seven to eleven pounds (two days) we gave a bunch away to others on boat! Three of us!

When you are fishing a party boat with a number of anglers on board who know what their doing,nothing is more endearing as someone throwing a light bucktail tangling a bunch of lines! If your on a boat with just a few people it might work!

Here’s an 11 lb from our trip!

Fdsmiles, i don’t know how you used a 4 oz bucktail, we had to use 16 to 20 ozs to stay on bottom,in the many years I’ve been doing this trip,10 to 12 ozs have been the lightest!

Just got back from Nantucket shoals trip on Helen H 3 of us kept 30 between 7 and 11 pounds been going for years but this is best average size fish ever! The first day a 16.4 won the pool 37 inches,what a fish! Will post pictures when my buddy sends them to me!

I believe pudelpointers were used in the development of the dd. They also have strict breeding restrictions ,these German breeds require diligent training but in the end you wind up with a tough excellent hunting companion!

The best hunting dog is the one you own and love! My Henry the pudelpointer now three ,has hundreds of birds shot over him! A true versatile dog!

This was my friends pool winner

We’ve averaged six to nine consistently,my biggest is 9.9 but my friend fishing next to me has a number over 10,he won the pool with an 11.8 one year. The pool winners are usually from 11 to 14 lbs. you need stout equipment as your using 12 to 16 oz sinkers l

I go up to Hyannis on the Helen H Nantucket trip always catch a ton of large fluke!

All fish from Raritan Bay,the big one,middle picture Ambrose channel 36 inches,14.2 lbs. the bottom picture 29.5 in 10.1 lbs back bay triangle!

It took me over 50 years to break the ten pound mark,then twice since!

Buck154, this was first one we caught,nice fat fish,the rest we caught were all about 12 in! You did well!