Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Way to catch em up kiddo...

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

JB

I replied earlier to your post but wanted to add a few comments. You had a great day of fishing, you're obviously passionate about the sport and have many good years in front of you. Posting reports on a public forum unfortunately will be met with comments by the good, the bad and the outright ugly. That's just the way it is. Some people made there points very well and took the time to provide their reasoning, others made them less tactfully and basically just implied you're lying. That's the ugly!

Whether you had 5 50's and 10 40's or 15 40's, that's a pretty impressive hand no matter how you shuffle the deck. You had an epic trip, one you'll remember for life and you should be which you obviously are very proud of it. That's all that matters. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.

Dakota

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Hammer doesn't smile a lot, but he is not a hater:)

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Thanks gerry, eddie, and steve. Gerry i really appreciate that.

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Sweet video

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Hammer in the video it shows the 50 lb fish to their nipple not the belly button, you said belly button is 42 add roughly 10" to your nipple and you get 52". Jb did keep one 50 that weighed 51.5 on a certified scale so I believe him when he says the other 3 were also over 50.

Great job jb. Hope to experience a half as good trip one day. Congrats on your 50! Something to be proud of

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/a...7-09-25-26.png
Not sure how you wear your slicks hammer but mine don't come to my belly button. 50" fish for sure

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Delaware,

How big was the carp in your video? Just out of curiosity, did you eat that carp after snapping a few pictures? From what I've been told, small carp are not at the top of the culinary charts much less ones that size.

Dakota

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

On a different subject, fished this Sunday and landed about a dozen bass. If you look at JB's video, you can see the tails of some of the fish look like the stripes are completely removed on the side directly above the tail. I know these big females have damage to their tails I assume from fanning the beds when they drop their eggs but I don't ever recall seeing damage that far up on their sides in past years. Has anyone else noticed this and is it from the spawning process? You can see it pretty clearly in the video JB posted. Just curious.

Dakota

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Fish was 45.55lbs after 12 hours in the barrel. No we do not eat the carp, we give them to hog farmers that feed them to their pigs, commercial turtle trappers, catfisherman, guys use them in crab pots and a few eastern European guys come get them to eat. Always a big smile. But i don't wanna take jb thread. Been discussed on my thread and wouldn't mind going In more detail on my thread

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Deleware. I have had ALOT of forty plus pound fish in my boat. And more than just t a few legit 50. I know what they look like.certified scale slip. I highly doubt it.

A fifty pound bass had barely would fit in the buckets on the deckm usually have 12 inch lid. Those fish heads also aren't showing the mass a fifty has...

Why I like digital scales allot more than a boga. Not misreading the numbers

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

It's a nice fish and an epic bite appreciated by all on board.

Congrats kid!

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

I just using your post saying your belly button is 40-42" high and the screen shot clearly shows that fish 10" Above his belly button, you then mention Hudson bass need to be 50" to hit 50lbs, well my math says 40" + 10" = 50". Just using your post and his video

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Now I'm gonna have to measure the distance between my nipples. Maybe I can use them to measure keeper fluke. Thanks for the tip!

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Nevermind, after careful measurment it turns its only good for measuring seabass.

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

We caught one 52" a few years back on the Staten Island side of the bay and I guesstimated it at 45lbs cause i only have the 30lb boga.I didn't know about the pound per inch thing back then. But seriously ... Who gives a shit if they're 50 or not, they are one thing ... Big.
Art

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

Now that's funny!

Re: 50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails
 

WOW, just came across this post from Gerry's Facebook post. Hell of a day kid! Congrats! Looking forward to seeing pictures of the mount!