.....now that I have the pics to go with it , here goes the report... the day before thanksgiving me and my buddy headed up to silverwood for a little more of the schoolie stripe action I had been gettin into lately and a couple of really nice LM! So we loaded the little alumi’(9ft aluminum flat bottom) and the minkota and we were off..got to the lake about 730am.jumped out of the truck and that COLD morning air hit your face..buuurr! I could see some clouds off in the distance that looked like the could be holdin some rain.. Good FISH condtionsnot to good for fisherman that left there thermals and other 7 layers at home (ha!) but we werent gonna let a couple of thunder heads scare us so dumped the alumi’ in and went huntin! Cruised around the arm a bit.. I went right to work with some little swimbaits I’ve been gettin bit on. and I threw a new yozuri crank(kind of like a TDX minnow)..nothin!...went on like this for the first 1.5 hrs so I make my way back to my little hole its been on at. pull up on it about the 3rd cast BINGO! My rod goes bendo and the drag on the SS is screamin! FISH ON! My buddies trippin! he hasent tanggled with these fiesty stripes in awhile and on 4lb it makes it all the more better.. Couple of good runs and I lip a nice 4lb stripper ..NICE ONE! Back he goes... dozen more casts for nothin... so we move up a little in search of a school or something.. Still nothin so 20 min goes by and were sittin there and out of no were comes "You boys catch any thing!?" and I turn around theres a warden standing their! I said "just one but I threw him back, little stripper"he replyed with "you guys have your licences" "YES SIR" "could you hold em up for me !" " NO PROBLEM" A quick flash of our licence and it was "you boys have a nice day"and "YOU do the same!" Back to fishin..pick up the yozuri whip it out there im watchin him walk away i get about 8 cranks on that sucker and something hammers this thing! WHAM! Im on.. starts bulldoggin real good but by this time I can tell this anit no stripper, get him up next to the boat..nice solid largemouth.. pushin 4lbs. And when i say solid im mean it these LM are healthy chuncks!.. quick pic back he goes..so the days not a bust anyway, but its not the steady chew I had got into the week before so we cruised to another little cove up the way..my buddy is throwin a rapala gettin a couple bumps then finally hooks something.. its little, im thinkin tiny LM.... no Trout! I said WHAT! Yeah it’s a trout .. No way .. Bout that time I look up and catch jumbo size swirl out of the cornor of my eye... holy $#IT! You anit gotta tell me twice .. I dive for my box of trout plugs tie one on as fast as I can. By this time my buddy already caught another trout on this bass size rapala so I know were in the school of lunch! But he don’t really know that... so about 4th cast with the plug and I mean I get SMASHED! my rod doubles over! This thing takes off and I mean is rippin!!took 45 yrds in what seemed like seconds and then POP! (talk about freight train!!) Im sittin there in total shock..my buddy says "Oh $#it!what was that" I reel up the line after sitting there for a minute and can see my knot had failed me .F#@$#!*!#@.. in all the hustle I guess I didnt get my knot right ..."That was one of those resident HOG stripes!"...exactly what you hunt for so long for and what we all dream of ..so I grab another plug disappointed knowing that I just blew it on a seriously BIG fish! The trout disappeared and everything looked over. I keep at it with my plug. Nothin ..a while goes by im day dreamin bout the big one that got away when my buddy gets bumped again.. Really ..so I trhrow a long one out back..I get about half my cast back then SMASH!!! rod doubles over again and im like"OH MY GOD!" it’s a big one and its haulin A$$! the same way as the first! Line is just smokin off my reel like I had never seen before and im trippin! I kick the minkota in full speed reverse to back down on him as he is gonna spool me if he keep this pace! But were out of juice!! So I tell my buddy "ROW!! Row as fast as you can bro or were gonna lose him!like now!!" As im saying this and hes startin to oar im watching my last couple wraps go down th tubes and im thinkin im done! Just as my buddys turnin on the juice this HOG starts slowing down and im putin more wraps back on my spool.. Couple more minutes and I got half my line and im turnin this bad boy and now hes tired and I got him whipped! this thing rolled up next to the boat and I couldnt believe it...first I tried to lip him like a LM and could not get a good hold on him as it was huge!. I actually had to drop my rod and grab his bottom lip with both hands! Flopped that dude over the side and I just about $hit! I had never seen one this big up close and personal so I couldnt even guess how much it weighed! My buddys going NUCKIN FUTS! It was great! The fish was 42in long and had 271/2in girth....and a whoppin 39.8lbS! Defiantly a new personal best for me!!and the highlghit of my turkey day! PHISHuntR

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DONT KNOW how i screwed that all up!! first time posting pics....obviously need some help hunh!!! haha.KEEP EM BENT!!!
PHISHuntR

WOW!!!!!!! That thing's HUGE! The plug looks like the smallest size TD minnow by comparison. You are one lucky guy.

Tight lines,
Wade

Sorry about the rental boat part,i don't know where i got that from.But good job man!!That's what striper fishing is about,being there on the right day when they are just going off.Great job again.

Congrats man, thats an awesome striper. Where at silverwood were you fishing?
Mike

Nice Fish!!
It's not often you get a second chance like that.
Congratulations!!

Man that is one sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet striper! I'm glad to see some of those big ones still in there. When they worked on the aqueduct and drained the lake a few years ago, they tried to get rid of a lot of thosse sidelines. I'm sure glad they're coming back strong.

Tight Lines,
Jason Huckeba

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Wow Congrats Man!!! You caught my fish, j/k. Thats a great striper and sounds like a great day. When is my turn?

HEY NICE!

THANKS ROB!! :D for the help with the lay out!looks great!I had it all messed up. I guess thats why they call you the web-MASTER!(haha)
You run an excellent board/site and keep up the great work!

PHISHuntR :)

Congratulations!!
I saw your the picture in WON. I was thinking you had the same look on your face as the SARL dunkers get when their trying to look tough holding up thier 2# farm trout ( No offence meant to Jason. His posts are great.) Then I realized that I'd have a look on my face too trying to hold a hog like that out in front of me while sitting in a boat.



I'll be paying double attention to your posts from now on, so be true :)

NoTrollMotor

>Congratulations!!
>I saw your the picture in WON. I was thinking you had the
>same look on your face as the SARL dunkers get when their
>trying to look tough holding up thier 2# farm trout ( No
>offence meant to Jason. His posts are great.) Then I
>realized that I'd have a look on my face too trying to hold a
>hog like that out in front of me while sitting in a boat.
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>I'll be paying double attention to your posts from now on, so
>be true :)


..........im not sure how to take your post??.and dont know how to respond to "ill be payin double attention to your posts from now on ,so be true" should I be honored...or take offense..PLEASE CLAIRIFY!...and what does ",so be true" mean..are you implying that my fish didnt weight or look as much as said?or what????why lie, if that was the case why wouldnt i have called it 49lbs... i have no reason to call it any thing but what it was!and as far as the look on my face,the adrenaline was pumpin FULL SPEED at that moment! always gotta be at least one hatin on a bro! why dont you try puttin in some work yourself and maybe you can bless us with a shot of your mug seconds after your first 40 hits the deck!! since you didnt care for mine!!..
.....until next time... shake them haters off, KEEP EM BENT! and PEACE OUT!

PHISHuntR!

PHISHuntR I didn't mean any offence!!!

You started out by stating that you weren't sure how to take my post, but the rest of your message goes into flame about my hating and my not working. Where did all of that come from??

That was a hell of a fish that you caught, and you should be damn proud! I was just trying to humorously point out that some get a look in WON like they just got kicked in the nuts when they oughta be smiling. I then tried to infer that I would probably have a face if I was trying to hold a beautiful fish like that in front of me. I guessed I missed my mark.

As far as the "I'll be paying attention, so be true" remark. I have not caught one as big as your Silverwood fish. ( I guess that I'm not "Working" hard enough) You obviously have greater expertise than I, and I look forward to learning from future posts that are as informative as your past ones. After that picture, few can doubt your credentials. The "be true" comment probably reflected the tendency I would have to keep a spot that produced your PB for myself. I thought that the Smiley I finished with would cause you to realize that I was joking and not to take offence, but I guess I missed the mark on that one also.

... so I should feel honored! :-)... no offense taken,now..thanks for clairifying.Disregard what I said in the last post as I didnt really know how you were comin off.I know exactly what you mean bout shots in the western and the stupid tuff guy look! that is the last thing goin through my mind at that point in time.Amped to say the least! and about the expertise..???????..fishin is fishin! im glad you enjoy my posts and hope they are informative as thats what this boards all about.as far as keepin the spiizzot to my self.........it takes a little more then just being there... guts and determination and chargin it hard.. puttin in work.. its what trophy huntins all about!keep at it,theres plenty of resident HOGS left in there(mr.silks got a 30 this week), next one could be yours!
KEEP EM BENT!!!

PHISHuntR

Cool!
I hope to see you on the water someday. I'll introduce myself if I do.

NoTrollMotor