Just spent the past week fishing up in Maine. Caught a whole bunch of stripers. I was on my boat allllll week and went fishing EVERY DAY!! It doesn't get any better than that.

If it does get any better, I don't know what it is--WISH I WAS THERE! Did ya get some huge ones?

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"But though there is no difference in this respect between the best demagogue and the worst, both of them having to present their cases equally in terms of melodrama, there is all the difference in the world between the statesman who is humbugging the people into allowing him to do the will of God, in whatever disguise it may come to him, and one who is humbugging them into furthering his personal ambition and the commercial interests of the plutocrats who own the newspapers and support him on reciprocal terms."
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Most of the ones I caught were between 18" and 30". Lots of fun, for sure. I am learning that you dont need a whole lot of fancy gear to fish for stripers: a good sturdy rod, 20lb test line, and a few lures. Mackarel jigs work great by the way. Timing is everything too. A few hours off low tide seemed to produce the best results for me.

Hey.....No pics? It just sounds like a BIG fish story to me!:poke:

Too busy fishing to take pics. Though from what I am being told by the locals, the size fish I caught were not bragging caliber anyway. I do have some really nice pics of the sunsets (and my boat) while I was up there.

Very true--thats' exactly what we use in Texas--no tides to worry about however. Stripers put up a good fight!

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"Some men eventually stumble over the truth but they usually pick themselves up and walk on as if nothing ever happened."
-Winston Churchill

"But though there is no difference in this respect between the best demagogue and the worst, both of them having to present their cases equally in terms of melodrama, there is all the difference in the world between the statesman who is humbugging the people into allowing him to do the will of God, in whatever disguise it may come to him, and one who is humbugging them into furthering his personal ambition and the commercial interests of the plutocrats who own the newspapers and support him on reciprocal terms."
-George Bernard Shaw

I don't have time for pics either...and I catch a release so there's
never any evidence to support my claims...But I know the truth...
I had FUN!

I catch and release too. Leaves more fish for later on!

They tell me the bluefish will start running soon and I cant wait to try catching them thigs.

i catch and release everything but cats and panfish! decent cats are few and far between around here, and you can never have enough pan fish!

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