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saxmatt · #21 10-10-2012, 05:57 PM

Thanks! Photo credit goes to my buddy Kierran Broatch. Kierran is an excellent photographer, story teller and all around fisherman I know. He writes for On The Water magazine, did their interview and pics of the world record srtiper caught last year. Check out his blog, it's great:

http://www.thectyankee.com/

PAMonger · #22 10-10-2012, 06:08 PM

My first NJ skillful angler award:

Plus getting my dad his first 35#+ striper...

jimmythegreek · #23 10-10-2012, 06:23 PM

[QUOTE=catfishonthelake]I caught a 200-pound sand tiger and battled a 250-pound blue marlin, but below is what I consider my best catch of the year...and maybe my life. February 24th, 2012 in a rented boat from Dow's on Lake Hopatcong in at 20+mph NW wind with water temps hovering in the mid-30's. Found, hooked and landed all by myself. Put my camera on my cooler on the front bench seat, set the timer, took the big girl out of the net for the pic and then let her go alive. I was more concerned with getting her back in the water than getting a measurement, but almost everyone I've asked in Muskie Inc. and anyone I consider to be a good musky fisherman has told me this was a 50-inch fish. Absolutely the fish of a lifetime.
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catfish that things a hog, unbeleivable. I saw a pic in rollie and helens catalog I just got of a smaller one of you, nice job bro. Im on the hunt for one myself this year just tryin to figure them out

FASTEDDIE29 · #24 10-10-2012, 06:49 PM

Couple good fish from the Raritan River.

AndyS · #25 10-10-2012, 06:56 PM

Brown trout video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZt2HquSvbA

catfishonthelake · #26 10-10-2012, 07:10 PM

[QUOTE=jimmythegreek][QUOTE=catfishonthelake]I caught a 200-pound sand tiger and battled a 250-pound blue marlin, but below is what I consider my best catch of the year...and maybe my life. February 24th, 2012 in a rented boat from Dow's on Lake Hopatcong in at 20+mph NW wind with water temps hovering in the mid-30's. Found, hooked and landed all by myself. Put my camera on my cooler on the front bench seat, set the timer, took the big girl out of the net for the pic and then let her go alive. I was more concerned with getting her back in the water than getting a measurement, but almost everyone I've asked in Muskie Inc. and anyone I consider to be a good musky fisherman has told me this was a 50-inch fish. Absolutely the fish of a lifetime.

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catfish that things a hog, unbeleivable. I saw a pic in rollie and helens catalog I just got of a smaller one of you, nice job bro. Im on the hunt for one myself this year just tryin to figure them out

Thanks Jimmy. And yeah, my friend is a friend of Jim at Rollie's and snuck that pic in there without telling me. It was pretty cool. If you need help figuring them out, feel free to PM me or even better, come to one of the Muskies Inc. meetings. We meet the last Tuesday of every month at the Arrowhead Lodge in Denville. Great group of guys and it's helped me seriously cut the learning curve down.

Lard Almighty · #27 10-10-2012, 07:17 PM

The fruits of calling in sick, 4/18 on a kastmaster:

My first ever shad, on the Raritan River, 5/2 on a grub:

A few minutes later, my first ever Raritan River walleye, on the same grub:

My PB shad on the Big D, 5/5 on a Blue Fox:

A decent pike on Champlain, 6/30 on a spinnerbait:

My best bass of the year (so far), 7/28 on a Slug-Go:

My biggest rainbow of the year (so far), on the West Branch of the Delaware, 9/29 on a Panther Martin:

About half an hour later, my biggest brown of the year (so far) on the same Panther Martin:

catfishonthelake · #28 10-10-2012, 07:39 PM

Some more 2012 highlights.....and I ain't nearly done.

ChaosStarter · #29 10-10-2012, 07:45 PM

Didn't get a SMB over 3.5lbs (my pb) so no pictures of that. But I did get my first 5lb LMB, and then 2 weeks later, my second. I also got my best (for the time being) hybrid at spruce. Hoping to break all of these records and finally get a 4lb+ SMB eventually.

Candlewood Lake

Round Valley

Spruce

I did get my new PB Striper though.

jimmythegreek · #30 10-10-2012, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by catfishonthelake

Thanks Jimmy. And yeah, my friend is a friend of Jim at Rollie's and snuck that pic in there without telling me. It was pretty cool. If you need help figuring them out, feel free to PM me or even better, come to one of the Muskies Inc. meetings. We meet the last Tuesday of every month at the Arrowhead Lodge in Denville. Great group of guys and it's helped me seriously cut the learning curve down.

thanks bro, I'll do that. What day does it fall on this month and what time is the meeting? I would like to come check it out and learn sumthin lol