For Del Rio, and other fisherman...

**NordicNed** · 05-29-2005, 12:52 AM

Started off my Holiday weekend with a fishing trip,

My first ocean adventure since last fall, landed 5 stripers personaly, this being my largest today..

we have a great fishery here in CT.....This was my biggest and best todday, 36 " striper, about 20lbs I'de say.... Not my all time best, but a good start to the 2005 season for me...

PS: I'm the one representing the purple pride, holding the Big Dog....Yes, thats me,....Viking Ned...

**PurplePackerEater** · 05-29-2005, 02:05 AM

Dammmmnn, Now that's a fish!

I caught a three lb Lg Mouth Bass today(opener), and a few small ones...but you have a dammn nice fish.

**ultravikingfan** · 05-29-2005, 03:51 AM

"VikingNed" wrote:

Started off my Holiday weekend with a fishing trip,

My first ocean adventure since last fall, landed 5 stripers personaly, this being my largest today..

5 strippers? Hubba hubba!
(I beat Cajun to it!)

Ned, your a pretty big dude yourself! I would've never been able to reel that sucker in! :lol:

This is all the bigger I ever catch!

**NordicNed** · 05-29-2005, 12:19 PM

PPE and Ultra,

Thanks for the compliments.

This is just a baby...LOL..

Last year I landed my largest to date, a 48" 40 lb, Cow Striper.....

Most Striper fisherman here in the New England area consider a 50 pounder to be their true target catch (catch of a lifetime).....

But 40 lbs and up is worth some braging rights..

Yes Ultra, In my younger days, I was known to land a few Strippers also......LOL....

**TheAnimal93** · 05-29-2005, 02:15 PM

Nice Striper Ned. You do any other freshwater fishing?

**NordicNed** · 05-31-2005, 10:16 PM

Animal,

This is a Salt Water Striper.......But the fresh water ones look the same..

I also like fresh water fishing, IE: Pike, Trout, Crappie, Catfish, to name a few..

But I'm really into salt water, mostly offshore-deep water action, IE: Sharks and Tuna...

Del Rio · 05-31-2005, 10:21 PM

Nice NED..........jerk........... :lol:

Just playing, I wish I could have caught something that big this weekend. I actually had a four day weekend, did a backpacking trip with my brothers up into the high uintas, fished the natural lakes up there for some seriously tasty trout. I caught a lot of fish but I think the biggest one we landed was 2 pounds max.

Seen two bears, a heard of elk and a bunch of mule deer to boot. I will go after the big boys in june when i head down to Flaming Gorge.

**cajunvike** · 06-01-2005, 12:19 AM

Any comment on that humongous catfish that dude caught on the Mississippi River about a week ago?

**NordicNed** · 06-01-2005, 12:23 AM

Didn't hear about it Cajun, but if you find a link to it, I'de love to read it...

But I do know that there are some monster catfish in the world....

**ultravikingfan** · 06-01-2005, 12:29 AM

Speaking of big fish, this is my brother from about 5 years ago. If I remember correctly he was on the St. Croix river. It do believe that is a sturgeon; 97 pounds.

*He had 20 lb line too.