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....
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegall...YT_Cropped.JPG

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.
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegall.../500/scale.JPG

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!