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Arbutis 06-05-2019 06:36 PM
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Tough fishing day today in the Shrews. We had strong wind against tide all morning and then wind across tide all afternoon. Crabs really took advantage of it. Difficult to say the least. Not to mention that it was really tough to get any killies for the past couple days because high tide was a midnight. Anyway - enough complaining...

Between three of us we caught 32 fluke, 1 bluefish, 2 crabs. 7 keeper fluke - biggest was 20 inches. Ran out of killies and switched to gulp. Despite a below average fishing result, it was a beautiful day to be on the water with friends. Fished hard from 9 to 4 and covered a lot of ground despite burning only 5 gallons of fuel. That's pretty efficient.

The GD 25" fish is still in the lead. Couldn't get a fatty flatty today.

Dupes 06-07-2019 11:36 PM
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My buddy Tom had an 8 pound fluke in the Navesink on the Wonder Rig on Sunday !!!!..... He did not know about the contest and measure the fish in a pic.
Fish hit the jig which he refuses to cut the hooks off..... I saw this fish. Absolutley awesome achievement on extremely light tackle..... Congrats Dupes !!! Maybe you can post the fish pic on top of that cooler and estimate the length. The cooler has the ruler and the fish is hanging off of both sides...WAY TO GO.
Bobby, thank you. FYI, it was 8.5. I measured it at 26.5”. The cooler in the pic is 23”. I had read this post but didn’t think of taking the pic with the ruler. It was fun on the light rod.

Caught a bunch of short fatties but only a couple keepers. Nice day on the water.

Dupes 06-07-2019 11:39 PM
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.....I forgot to mention....Tom is an Engineer and that is why he will not cut the hooks off of something that was designed to "catch" fish in his opinion....
It paid off !!!
I get the same feeling cutting the hook off a jig as I get when I’m drilling holes in my boat to mount a transducer. Just doesn’t feel right.

Arbutis 06-09-2019 01:16 AM
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Dupes - can you give us some more details about your GREAT catch... Can you show a photo of the rig you use (including the bucktail and the hook section).

You don't have to spot burn but give us some idea what body of water you were in and depth and tide if you remember.

If this was truly a Wonder Rig fish - you're good for the contest with that 26.5" doormat. Like I said in the original post - honor system. Just need some WR photo evidence. Thanks Dupes!

Jay F 06-09-2019 05:23 AM
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Got this 25inch Fatty yesterday.

Arbutis 06-16-2019 08:15 PM
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I thought I saved myself 50 bucks today when I hooked this beauty! Put it on the ruler and I couldn't stretch it a millimeter over 26 inches. Great fish and great fight on light tackle. But 26.5 is still the leader in this contest (for now).

26" Doormat. Caught on the Shrewsbury River, Sunday June 16, 2019 around 2pm (high tide was 12pm) in 11 ft of water in the "dead zone" as I like to call it (not so much anymore) west-southwest wind approx 5-10mph.
Caught using the Wonder Rig (on medium size male killie) on #4 Gama - Octo hook (red) with 12 pound test fluorocarbon leader about 30 inches long.

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Grateful Dad 06-17-2019 09:04 AM
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Nice fish, Doug!

Arbutis 06-17-2019 09:47 AM
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Thanks. Whoever says you can't catch a 7 pound fluke on 12 pound test and a tiny #4 hook is wrong.

Arbutis 07-01-2019 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Dupes (Post 531711)
Bobby, thank you. FYI, it was 8.5. I measured it at 26.5”. The cooler in the pic is 23”. I had read this post but didn’t think of taking the pic with the ruler. It was fun on the light rod.
Nice job Dupes! You're the June Wonder Rig WINNER. PM me when you get a chance and let me know where to send your prize. (Name and address)


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