50 Pounders !!! Striper Report - Johnny Bucktails

[waynedane]

Way to catch em up kiddo...

Originally Posted by Johnny Bucktails

Thank you all once again. I understand your opinion but take into consideration that my father is 6'2 230 pounds and strong as an ox. Look at the struggle he had getting my fish into the boat. I have been dealing with you haters for a long time and it all comes down to jealousy. I don't have to prove anything to you. I took the time out of my trip to record it for you guys but i guess some people don't appreciate that. Out of 35 comments, only about 5 were negative, pretty good ratio if you ask me lol P.S the fish is still in the taxidermist if you would like to see it. Seemed like most of you enjoyed the video ! glad to here. Sorry it was half assed, i wanted to put it up asap.
Tight lines -JB

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

[shrimpman steve]

Originally Posted by hammer4reel

Johnny one thing I'm not is a HATER

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

[Johnny Bucktails]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

Way to do it Johnny. Wish there were a lot more young men out there as passionate about this great sport of ours as you. Way too many young people that spend countless hours in the house with their face planted in a cell phone or video game. It's people like you that can help carry the torch to the next generation and keep our sport alive.

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

[SaltLife1980]

Sweet video

[Delawareriver]

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

[Delawareriver]

Not sure how you wear your slicks hammer but mine don't come to my belly button. 50" fish for sure

Originally Posted by Delawareriver

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

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

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

[Delawareriver]

Originally Posted by dakota560

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

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