Just got back from fishing.......again
 

12 croaker
2 spot
1 perch
2 oyster toads

And one 40-50 pound skate (there was a debate amongst fellow fishermen as to the actual weight).....had a wingspan of roughly 4 feet, good thing i had some 100lb spider wire on my reel....that bad boy almost dragged me into the ocean

good times had by all :pimp

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yaaaaaaaaaarghh

yaaaaaaaaaaarghh!

please post some pics :)

what time did you have to wake up at?

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Yaaaaaaaaaargh!

sounds like some interesting catches! the only fish i recognize is the perch.. i am in south fla. are you upnorth? lol, i am used to hearing grouper, snapper.. err, not oyster toads and croaker, hehe

HMMMM skate soup,,,my fav

I was near the naval base in norfolk

this is a croaker

http://www.pr0.net/croaker2.jpg

Aren't stories of fishing considered "tales" until pics prove otherwise?
*** edit -- k, I see one pic :)

On a side note, this thread reminds me of catching rainbow trout on the Smith river in norther CA as a kid and tasting the savage yumminess after it's cooked in a cast iron skillet with just a little flour batter on it by grammy.

Mmmm... fresh fish.

i don't tell fish stories.....when i go out & get beat or catch chump minnows i just don't post...i go fishing 2-3x a week :pimp

no delicious bass?

pr0, when do i get to come down and do some fishing bro? :pimp

no the stripers aren't running yet...i saw a few flounder being caught, but pulling a flounder up about 30-40 feet up an old bridge is near impossible

although some people have improvised rope & giant treble hook contraptions....so that they can swing it under the fish & then pull it up....which of course has a 100% mortality rate to the fish, so they better make sure the flounder is 18"

the skate i caught was on a surf casting rod with 100lb test spider wire, i got him to the surface up to the bridge, then put on gloves & manually pulled him up with the help of another fisherman

usually the only way you can land a skate is on a boat..a net...or by literally dragging them onto the beach surfcasting, i lucked out