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Ned Stark
06-19-2019, 12:02 PM
After almost five years of trying to catch the unicorn fish, I finally got him a few weeks ago at Ocean Grove. I caught not one but two stripers! One was short and the other was dinner. It was pretty disappointing how there was only a 45 minute window starting around 5am for the fish to bite. Once that sun hit the water it was all downhill from there. The fight was pretty exciting since my friend and I had no idea what was on the other end. We thought it was a blue at first. Now with the striper conquered, I can set my sights on my first shark now.
shrimpman steve
06-19-2019, 12:24 PM
Congratulations on your first striper!
Gerry Zagorski
06-19-2019, 12:59 PM
Congrats and you never forget your first time...
BigRock44
06-19-2019, 08:50 PM
Nice!
penn50w
06-20-2019, 08:21 AM
After almost five years of trying to catch the unicorn fish, I finally got him a few weeks ago at Ocean Grove. I caught not one but two stripers! One was short and the other was dinner. It was pretty disappointing how there was only a 45 minute window starting around 5am for the fish to bite. Once that sun hit the water it was all downhill from there. The fight was pretty exciting since my friend and I had no idea what was on the other end. We thought it was a blue at first. Now with the striper conquered, I can set my sights on my first shark now.

and 1 of these was 28"?
MudCat08
06-20-2019, 12:58 PM
Well done brother!
porgylber
06-20-2019, 01:07 PM
and 1 of these was 28"?

LMAO. It’s like all of the party boat pictures with people happily holding up their sea bass catches. There’s no way that some of those fish are even close to 12.5”. Sometimes I feel like an idiot for obeying the law while everyone around me is not.
MasiJC
06-20-2019, 01:11 PM
Congrats!
eds2cents
06-21-2019, 06:53 PM
That sink is 3 ft wide so shut up!! Slot fish taste way better than those big breeder cows. Keep the slots, take a pic then release the slobs!
Freelancer
06-21-2019, 07:19 PM
Way to go bro!
dales529
06-21-2019, 07:21 PM
LMAO. It’s like all of the party boat pictures with people happily holding up their sea bass catches. There’s no way that some of those fish are even close to 12.5”. Sometimes I feel like an idiot for obeying the law while everyone around me is not.

Just because you see a picture on a PB doesnt mean that fish was retained. Gaff holes exempt lol. Really wish people would stop trying to put good people out of business. We Recreational fishermen / women need to stick together but that seems impossible. Worry about YOU and if you have questions on the pictures ask the captain directly, get the facts and then post