40 pound Club
 

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40 Pound Club



The "Clubs" pertain to yellowtail, halibut and white seabass. I will start a thread for 30, 50, 60 and this 40 pound Club. If you have been fortunate enough to reach this level, post em up! No certified scale necessary, post the photos, tell the story if you like. Inspire the rest of us.

Certified at Dana Landing: 40 lbs. 2 oz. Looked like a Tuna

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42lbs and some change
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43.7 Lbs.
2011

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40.3 Lbs on Iron 2012
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Imperial Beach kelp about 8 yrs ago. About 3rd time ever fishing off a yak . Two guys fishing on a boat weighed it for me on a spring scale, 40lb they said.( pic taken at Rohr park in CV , only person with a camera at the time was at a bbq there)

releasing 40lb "schoolies"
 

Not sure if this one counts cause I didn't weigh or measure it before it was released......but it did take an estimated 10lb crap just before the pic so it could have been over 50!!!:biggrinjester:

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And because this is 2011 and still photos are "sooo 2010", I got it all on HD video.....cameo appearances by Kevin "The KID", Eric "deepdvr", and Ryan "RK"....thanks to kevin for the photos.

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Some more info about that day are in the youtube decription under the video. Good Times!

All without spilling your tankard of coffee- impresive

45#
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48#...........snotty morning in March several years back........on a mackerel, old school:D

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February iron fish.........I had caught my 2nd 40 pounds on the nose, a couple weeks earlier. This one went 41.

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48lb


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all alone with no one to take a pic...42 lbs
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My first over 40 in June of 2007...41.2 lbs
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I hate the MLPA...
the spot where these fish lived will be closed forever...
a moment of silence please!

JER-------- About fricken time!!!!!! :luxhello::luxhello::luxhello::luxhello::luxhello: :luxhello::luxhello:

43 pounds.
51 inches

Lots of Dumb luck on a spanish.

40lbs X 2=80lbs.....is there an 80lb club?

$400 because I lost two full setups. One ended up washing up on the beach about 45minutes later so the $400 was more like $150

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47 pounds, this last July.

41lbs on the beach, 44lbs on my scale at home. Being a true fisherman, I call it 44 "ish" :sifone:

Very fun day with multiple double hooks ups all around.

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Anorexic Fish :wsb:
Long Snake-like body, massive dome, only 48 lbs :confused:

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41lbs and change. Craziest fight I've ever had on the kayak :boxing_smiley:

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49# PB WSB
 

Certified at Dana Landing. Caught 4/6/2010 on a plastic tube squid on a lead head with a shredded sardine. It's hard to imagine how much I've learned in the last year. I caught this 'back' when I knew nothing, mid-column, near none of the usual areas, midday. It was a total fluke.

One in the kill Bag and the other for release:)

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Over forty, January fish, my fifth trip to La Jolla, caught in the evening. Fished all day for it, picked up one around thirty early that morning as well.