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Old 11-16-2009, 07:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default day time sword on the lucky dog

caught this on an lp broke the rod first minute into 2 hour fight yesterday
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Old 11-16-2009, 07:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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NICE fish and pics!
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Old 11-16-2009, 07:37 PM   #3 (permalink)
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COŅO!!!! Nice fish guys.

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Old 11-16-2009, 07:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That LP is useless now, I'll go pick it up tomorrow....
nice fish, excellent job..... how did you avoid the line from being chafed?
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
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we held it up with a lead sinker until we got the rod back it was fun to say the least the fish breached three times before we got the rod back
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Old 11-16-2009, 08:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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wow great looking fish, what a monster . what was the weight we are you fishing ?
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Old 11-17-2009, 07:02 AM   #7 (permalink)
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did not weight fished out of bay front park in homestead
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Old 11-17-2009, 07:18 AM   #8 (permalink)
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would have liked to see your faces when it broke... nice job getting it in.
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Old 11-17-2009, 07:55 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 11-17-2009, 09:01 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Congrats! Awesome job!



They really need a rod snap smiley too!
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Old 11-17-2009, 09:06 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Nice catch Rusty. Harry
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Old 11-17-2009, 10:25 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Nice Fish!!!! If you need a new rod you should check out Stalker Outfitters.
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:25 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Nice fish. I was curious what the LJFL and girth were if u had them. Congrats!
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Old 11-17-2009, 03:00 PM   #14 (permalink)
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did not, it was getting late and it was on sunday night so we had to cut the fish and get home my guess was about 450-475lbs.
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Old 11-17-2009, 03:56 PM   #15 (permalink)
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nice fish...nice work on landing him after the rod breaking
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Old 11-17-2009, 07:40 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Great work guys nice job keepin her tight
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Old 11-17-2009, 08:06 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Nice fish hopefully will be weighting a few this weekend. Did you get a fork length?. Awesome job either way. LP has a new rod called the wishbone I highly recommend I have caught 400lbers with no problems, check it out.
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