Caught a thief at LJ
 

He was trying to steal my bait.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegall...ppy_Paddle.JPG

Don't give me any crap about stiff arming....
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It went 50.2 lbs at OEX, I shouldn't have bled it on the water but I was estimating/hoping for 40lbs out there.
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I launched at 7:00am, planned to troll a rapala out to deeper water and then work the irons and knife jigs. I dropped a dorado colored cd-14 about a 1/4 mile after the buoys and then got hit 2 minutes later. Ripped line like crazy on a brand new TLD-15 with 50# dark green power pro braid tied directly to the rapala. My gps showed he was towing me about 4 mph for several minutes, then started an up and down fight. It could hold it's depth so well that I was starting to get bummed it would be a bsb. I only needed one gaff shot, I noticed it had a couple other wounds, this fish was someone elses heartbreak recently. On the beach at 8:00am, how sweet is that?

WOW:luxhello: :you_rock: :cheers1: :yt: :kayak-surfer: :yt: :party: :party:

Congrats on a fantastic fish!

WOW. Dave, you are the man!

Holy Crap!!! Nice one Dave!!! :you_rock:

Well deserved. You've been putting in alot of time- glad to see it pay off.:cheers1:

WOW!

Good job Dave!

Glad you caught that beast now instead of when WCW rolls around...that would be a probable JP contender. 10 cases of YT Pale Ale. I'm just sayin'.

Congrats on a trophy fish. I hope to catch a local YT that big sometime in my lifetime.

Still shaking my head after looing at the pictures again. Just awesome man!

Enjoy your weekend, you must be completely stoked!

:notworthy:

:notworthy: that's all I can say...

Was out this morning, late... nice day, other than turdrollers, nada going on for me, good seeing the am crew...

NICE DAVE!!!!

:luxhello:

That thing is huge. I was confused for a second looking at the pic of it on deck. It dwarfs your legs and everything around it. Too bad you day was cut short at only 1 hr.

:you_rock: :yt:

I heard about this on the water today. Nice. Good thing wcw hasn't started yet.

Speachless... Nice fish!

Nice! Good job Dave, you earned this.

-Patrick

Helluva fish. Congrats!

awesome fish, congrats

Wow...nice fish man :notworthy:

Way to go Dave! That's close to Larry's whopper. If you didn't bleed it, who knows? It sounds like we're talking a difference of 3.2 oz...

Congrats!

Big battle scarred toad. Good job. I want to see the fillets off that bad boy!

Way to go Team Qualcomm!:eek:

:yt: Grande

Nice job Dave! Not many with a 50# local yellow under their belt!
:paddleersmilie:
:cheers1:

Nice!

Just sick!

SWEET :yt:

Congrats on a toad of a fish!

FIDDY!!!!:yt:
Saweeet Dave ... Congrats
Arne

:eek:... Very nice, Dave.

Outstanding. Fish like that keep me out there. One day....one day....

oh my god, i hate work!!!!!!!!! nice job out there.

What a BEHEMOTH :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:


Dave, E me your addy so I can send the pics I took>
Just got called into work and will hopefully get them to you tonight.

Congrats again!
Mark

Nice fish:you_rock:

What was its length?

So the 50# kayak yt club now has three members. Larry, Arne, and now Dave. What is the LJ record for boaters? I heard a rumor the spearo record at LJ is 60#. Anyone have any hard data on either of those other records?

And congrats again Dave. This is about the 5th time I've checked this post just to look at those unreal pics :cheers1:. That thing looks photoshopped in your lap becuase the proportions are all wrong:eek:.

definately well deserved. Stoked for ya Dave!!!:luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello:

Holy Mother of Seriola! Congrats..Nice work.

Nice payoff after a bummer Wednesday. Good thing you left the wife's small peddle Hobie at home because it looked like you needed all of the Prowler to haul it in.

I believe the spearo YT record for LJ is 68#.

WOW! That's one nice YT!

:cheers1:

WOW
 

Congrats, what a fish!! :cheers1:

:eek: What a friggin TOAD!!!! Congrats on one helluva fish man! Incredible!!!!:cheers1:

I know that must have been quite an event sinking a gaff into that fish. What a rush. Fifty pounds is quite a beast.

Congrats on the catch of a lifetime, from a kayak!

Thanks everyone, still stoked. Already invited all the neighbors over for a bbq tomorrow. Here's an otw shot from Ski.

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Hey you made the front page: Let's Talk Hookup

Hey FISHIONADO good job on that monster. I was the Samoan Dude that said that fish was 50 LBS. That fish was so large it looked fake on the water, also it had huge lips and a two foot tail. SICK!:yt: