Tog fishing in ocean city maryland. New personal best #15

[MVP]

Congrats John on your new personal best as she was truely a beauty. She was released in great shape to be caught another day. Crew both days were great to fish with. As for lost fish it was very dissapointing as you put your time and and hope to get that bite. Set the hook and had it off the bottom. My rod was doubled over like an old ugly stick commercial. I have caught allot of DD on this rod but this was the real deal as it was all fish as i was not stuck. When you have fish on like that everything has to go right. I did everything right as my rig held up and i had him out of his home on his way up. Everything i had control over was done correctly. Tackle failure like that is out of my control. The worst part is not knowing how big it really was as i would bet the farm that it was a very big teenager or possibly even bigger. We will never know. If someone who is fishing down that way catches a fish with a 5/0 owner with a glow bead on it it was meant to be that you caught it and not I.

Fish won that battle but i will be back and keep trying. Talked to my buddy on the way home and it put things in perspective. He is in hospital with his dying father that will probably not make it through the weekend. That is true heart break. I got to fish with a great group of guys and caught some nice quality fish both days including a nice 9.5 lb male. Dissapointment is part of Life it is what you do going forward that counts. I will be back in search of the one. I just hope it does not take another 30 years.

[Tuna Tales]

Nice!

Congrats!!

Still trying to break 11 here...


Joe T.

[Togman316]

Thank you alex. Hopefully you get back to maryland soon and land a giant.