1/7 Cape May Blackfish

[kurtisb]

Headed down south with an all star cast: Ron, Steli, Chris, Eric and Captain Chad. Chad was on fire with a 10, 12, 14 and 16 all on jigs. Eric with a 14. Steli with a 13. I got a new PB at 18.5.

[hartattack]

Congrats on the PB Kurtis - it's a Butter Ball :eek:

[Gerry Zagorski]

Wow Kurtis... That's a piggy and a fish of a lifetime!!

Congrats and thanks for sharing it here.

[stevelikes2fish]

Congrats Kurt on that big fish. Great pic!

[PaBeerGuy]

Way to go Kurtis, nice PB. Wow, what a collection of piggies. I do mean the fish guys, nothing personal. Same boat that Alex was on down South as in Indian River?:rolleyes:

[kurtisb]

Chad had a monster on at the end of the day, but paid the price of fishing 40# fluoro. If anyone catches a 20# plus tog at site 11 with an unpainted 2 oz banana jig in its mouth, please post a picture.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Title says Cape May... Indian River is Delaware.

[kurtisb]

Out of Cape May, but fished the Delaware reefs. Had an encounter with the Delaware fish police, but no problems. I think they had a heads up that Capt. Chad was on board.

[Scotty]

Yesssss!!! Nice, Kurtis :)

[hammer4reel]

Awesome trip

[PaBeerGuy]

duh, my bad. I read the story and not the title. I know the boat.:)

[Tunarun]

Holy Chit! Congrats to You All!! ! Jigging for tog.....You got me thinking how we use to ONLY drag natural bait for fluke, now the world and myself is bucktailing with Gulp. Hmmm I see Stelli also caught a Jumbo. I have to ask Stelli since I know him Very Well as a Competitor, was yours caught the so call normal way or on a jig? If not, do you think you would have caught more jigging for them? I know you don't post much but myself and hopefully others value your input. Dennis

[shrimpman steve]

Wow-wee

[Blackfish Bobby]

Holy Chit! Congrats to You All!! ! Jigging for tog.....You got me thinking how we use to ONLY drag natural bait for fluke, now the world and myself is bucktailing with Gulp. Hmmm I see Stelli also caught a Jumbo. I have to ask Stelli since I know him Very Well as a Competitor, was yours caught the so call normal way or on a jig? If not, do you think you would have caught more jigging for them? I know you don't post much but myself and hopefully others value your input. Dennis

I will eat my shorts if Stelli touched a jig !!!! LMAO.

Great trip guys and congratulations. I was in Effingers picking up ANOTHER tog jig rod and reel and Braden told me Capt Chad was in also working on his tog jig gear. Next time......Take me with you .....take me with you !!!!

[Tuna Tales]

Nice catch guys!!


Joe T.

[MVP]

No Way Stelli is using a jig Jerry would kill him:D

[Reelron]

Holy Chit! Congrats to You All!! ! Jigging for tog.....You got me thinking how we use to ONLY drag natural bait for fluke, now the world and myself is bucktailing with Gulp. Hmmm I see Stelli also caught a Jumbo. I have to ask Stelli since I know him Very Well as a Competitor, was yours caught the so call normal way or on a jig? If not, do you think you would have caught more jigging for them? I know you don't post much but myself and hopefully others value your input. Dennis

Actually, Steli & I fished two days down there on two different boats. out of Cape May! Wednesday, on a CC , with Steli, Will, OMG, Hoffman, Alex MVP, Max Berry, & Steve, Boat Limit! Will had a 15# slob for a new PB! Had my limit early and we got into C & R mode, a flat calm day on a center console, in January? We actually "Hovered" over a wreck on the last stop, as wind conditions were non-existant, and we caught until we ran out of crabs.

Thursday, with, Stelios Gatanas, Kurtis Berry, Eric, Chris Flamini, & Capt. Chad. Again Boat limit, with 7 fish over 10 pounds, up to an 18.5lb. fish for Kurtis. While I didn't have a DD Tog, I did manage to catch my limit + on my brand new rod. And again a fair weather day in January?

You are correct, Steli did not use a jig to catch his fish, actually I believe only 2 guys fished jigs & they are both pictured. Kurtis' slob was also caught the "old" way, and what a fish it was! While I did want to try the jig, I continued to use my new rod in hopes of catching a double digit fish to check the action on the blank. Never got the DD (actually rolled a few) but I did manage some nice roasters and for me to have a limit + on both days is just fantastic, can't wait to get back down there!

[jigemup]

Congrats Kurtis on PB. Great job to Chad and Eric for sticking with the jigs and showing how it's done.

[fishingmortgageman]

Congrats to Kurtis on the fish of a lifetime. He was busy catching all day. Capt Chad showed the southern boys how it is done up north. The mate Bob and Capt Tom could not believe it when he swung his first double digit. When that 10.5 hit the deck with a giant thump all they could do was laugh. With his light jigging rod he was forced to accept their help on his bigger fish. Even in 90 feet of water the jigs produced well all day. I got a nice 14# for my biggest so far on the jig. Most of the big fish were released to be enjoyed by someone else again. A great day with great company.

[howarda780]

Way to go Kurt!

[Fin Reaper]

What a day!
Congrats guys

[bunker dunker]

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to all.thats one for the books.

[SplitShot]

"OUTSTANDING" trip for you guys!!! that is quite the catching day, for sure!! :D

[GDubya07]

Great Fishing and Catching there guys -

Kudos and Congrats PB Kurtis

GDubs-:cool:

[Man Workin]

That's a trip of a lifetime great job. Is it OK to ask what boat you guys fished on or would that be considered spot burning. Just wondering, thanks.
Congrats and great job again.
M.W Crew.

[D-ROD]

Congrats on your PB!!! Nice fish!!

[Tunarun]

Thanks Reelron and Eric in responding. I like to jig and fish bait at the same time especially for tuna. I get Scolded a lot of times for doing it figuring I'm doubling my chances of hooking up. But I know if I stayed with one or the other, I'll do better but that temptation is always there. I doubt if I could manage that tog fishing. lol Do I really want to buy another setup??? Decisions, decisions... I have a costume made fresh water fly rod that has never been used, another decision buy I did on impulse. Time will tell. Dennis

[Joey Dah Fish]

I can only say one thing. It's great to see those who deserve a fish like that got it !!!

[dales529]

I can only say one thing. It's great to see those who deserve a fish like that got it !!!

What he said! Great job Kurtis well deserved! And Congrats to all aboard sounds like a great trip

[raybell69]

Awesome catch guys

[TAGGED FISH]

Great fish Kurtis. Congrats on a pretty fish.

[Del River Rat]

Great job Love that boat 🦀

[FISHGERE]

awesome trip

what is the name of the boat you guys fish on

[Reel Class]

Congrats Kurtis!

[Tony Cav]

It's nice to see ol' Capt Chad rock'en out with his tog out. Congrats!!