 February
Meeting
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Our next fishing club meeting will be
on Wednesday evening at 7:00PM at our Community Center.
Our speakers will be Cap't Scott Wood, who operates
Driftwood Charters, has 37 years experience fishing the
Neuse and other local tribs. He fishes with Berry Bender
and
Team Redneb on a frequent basis and is a striped
bass, speckled trout and red drum specialist. Berry will
also join him at our meeting. Ed Wall's column last
Friday in the Sun Journal featured Scott and mentioned
some of his methods used to catch
coldwater stripers. A very timely subject for us as we
go through these winter months. Hope to see you all
there. If you haven't paid your 2012 $10 dues as yet,
bring a check maid out to FHFC to the meeting.
Cheers, Bob
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Inner
Harbour Speckled Trout
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Jim Gottert caught "a very fat" 18 inch spec fishing
inside with Larry Doyle.
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Inner
Harbour Striper
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Ed "Witness Protection Program" Bug
caught this 25 inch 8 pound Striper in his back
yard on a 3" 1/4 oz White Storm Shad right after
sunset.
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Spring
Creek Striper
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Harvey Pye caught a nice 19 1/2 inch striper on
January 10 on a Storm lure in Spring Creek. He also had
"a nice spec."
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Saltwater
Sportman Seminar at the Convention Center
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Club members hobnobbing with George Poveromo.
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Next
Meetimg Wednesday Evening January 5th 2012
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Happy New Year! Just a timely notice to
announce that we will be meeting at 7:00pm tomorrow
evening at the Community Center. Those of you who are
traditional early birds may pay your 2012 dues to either
of our two Bursars who will be eagerly accepting your
check made out to FHFC for $10. Our speaker for the
evening will be fellow member
Don Willis Jr.
Remember the SaltWater Sportsman Seminar Series 25th
anniversary event will be at the Community Center on
Saturday January 14th . We will be
meeting for breakfast at the Pollack Street Deli at 7:30
am prior to the meeting. I need to get the number of our
members who want to attend so let me know tomorrow
night. I’ll go over all the logistics at our meeting.
If you have any person you would like to recommend
speaking to our group, please let me know and I’ll
gladly contact them. Be sure to check out our web site
at > //pages.suddenlink.net/fhfc/ <
for all the activities of our club and who’s been
catching fish. Hope to see everyone tomorrow night.
Bob
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Holiday
Striper
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Tate Garey caught a nice striper on a Storm lure from
his dock on Osprey.
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December
Meeting
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Hi everyone, Wednesday, December 7
at 7:00 PM at our Community Center is our fishing club
meeting and our speaker is Dave Stewart,
Minnesott Bait & Tackle and
Knee Deep Guide Service. Dave
will be talking about the art of catching fish in
"skinny water". We're also expecting a visit by Santa
Claus and he never comes empty handed. If you haven't
gotten your ticket for the Salt Water Sportsman Seminar
Series that will be at our Convention Center on January,
14th. you can call 1-800-448-7360 and ask the young lady
that answers if she will send you a ticket. As before,
we will gather at the parking lot across from the venue
at 7:30AM and walk over to the Pollock Street Deli for
breakfast. Bring a sandwich with you
as we will tailgate in the parking area during lunch
hour. We'll also arrange for a group picture at the
lunch break. We'll talk more about the event at our
meeting. Those of you who have been catching fish, bring
some photos for our web site and Beacon. Hope to
see everyone tomorrow evening. Bob
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Harbour
Speckled Trout
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Bob Bruggeworth reported "I caught
three specs this AM and only kept this 20" 2.8 pounder.
They all hit the 3" curley tail storm lure."
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River
Striper
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Wayne Massetti shows his mother the 25 inch 5 1/2 pound
striped bass he caught in the Neuse.
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New
Speckled Trout Limit
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 Effective 12:01
A.M., Monday, November 14, 2011, it is unlawful to possess spotted seatrout (speckled
trout) less than 14 inches total
length.
It is unlawful to possess more than four (4) spotted seatrout per person per day by hook and line or for
recreational purposes." The limits are the same in
all water.
Red Drum must be more than 18 inches
long but no longer than 27 inches. The bag limit is one
per day. The limits are the same in all water.
 Striped
Bass in Coastal waters must
be over 18 inches and the bag limit is
two per day. The Coastal season is October 1 through April 30.
Striped Bass
in
Joint & Inland waters must also be over 18 inches and
the bag limit is two per day, but it is
also unlawful to possess
stripers between 22 inches and 27 inches.
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Click here for the complete and
current limits in Coastal waters
and here for the
current limits in Inland and Joint waters.
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Spouses'
Night 2011
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Details and more
photos are here.
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November
Meeting |
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Hi everyone, I just want to remind you of our FHFC
meeting next Wednesday evening at 7:00pm in our
Community Center. Our speaker will be Terrell
Gould, Captain and owner of the
Carolina Princess. He will be talking about what we
have to look forward to for bottom fishing in 2012.
He also will be mentioning some of the more interesting
and unusual catches he has experienced over the past
several years.
We will also review our highly successful picnic/auction
that was held in Red Sail Park on October 5, our last
meeting. Over $2,000 was raised ofr our Wounded Warrior
fishing trip in 2012 as well as other charity events.
Thanks to everyone who participated. Spouse Night is
being held at Taberna Country Club on Wednesday night
November 9th. If you haven’t signed up for
this fantastic affair make sure you do so at our
Novenber 2nd meeting. The deadline for all
reservations is Thursday, November 3rd. There
will be a 50-50 raffle and the spouses will decide on
how many winners, based on the $$ collected, will be
selected at the end of the evening. Only Spouses can
win! Members buy the tickets.
We’re still collecting hats for the Cancer patients at
Duke and UNC hospitals. If you have some for us, bring
them to the meeting. The SaltWater Seminar Series is
returning to the New Bern Convention Center on Saturday
January 14th. It once again will be hosted by
George Poveromo and will feature our friends Cap’t Gary
Dubiel and Cap’t George Beckwith along with many other
noted anglers. Hope to see you all at our next
meeting. ~Bob
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Fly
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I had a scheduled trip to Eastern NC
for my annual fly fishing event.
Fished near Blowing Rock and Banner Elk and bites were
good early in the week on midges and prince nymphs.
Caught an "array" of 'bows and brookies in 'catch
and release' waters. ~Mike Shannon
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The
Drum Are Here!
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Evelyn Garey caught this citation
Red Drum fishing with
Gary
Dubiel. She willingly admitted that her Dad, club
member Tate Garey, "helped" her a little with the
reeling. They were fishing with Tate's wife, Jennifer,
and son, Grant. Since there were four family members,
Gary Dubiel arranged for four fish to be caught.
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The
Drum Are Here!
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FHFC member Joey Freeman with his
Grandson Chris holding the 47" red drum that young Chris
caught while fishing with Steve Dauerbach on Dave
Stewart's Knee Deep Guide Service's boat." Five drum
were caught.
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Steve with one of the five
Drum caught that day.
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Pike
Gets Walleye
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Mike Shannon's ten year old
grandson was about to land a very respectable Walleye
when a Northern Pike decided he wanted it. Great photo!
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Adventures
on the Irish Wake
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Some of the Spanish Mackerel recently caught by Jim
Gottert, Bruce Caskey and Ron Crouch on
Jim's Irish Wake. |
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Ron also caught a Scalloped
Hammerhead.
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Fishing with Gene DuPree and Ron Crouch, Jim
picked up some "snack" sized Dolphin.
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Thirteen
Wounded Warriors
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On June 8, the club took thirteen Wounded Warriors
fishing.
The full
story and photos are on their own page.
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Cobia?
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Four of the club members had
a cobia trip on the "HIGHLANDER" out of Atlantic Beach
on May 19. Walt, Connor & Tim are all happy
fishermen......early in the trip. Total cobia,
2 hooked, boated 0. It was a nice day for a boat
ride.
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Spanish
Mackerel and Bluefish
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Jim Rowan, Dennis Treubert, Larry Knapp, and Bob Prather
fished on Bob's Down Time along Shackelford. They
kept ten Bluefish and three Spanish Mackerel. They threw
a number of short (twelve inches or less) Bluefish
back--a good thing since they were stopped by the Marine
Patrol who boarded and inspected the fish.
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Black
Sea Bass
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While fishing with Wayne
Smith and Gus Villanova on HIS MISTRESS, Al Muenster
caught this 2 lb 11 oz Black Sea Bass. They also caught
approx. 50 to 60 Sea Bass but all have to be returned to
the sea, including this fish, because the season on Sea
Bass does not open until June 1. We were able to keep 6
Trigger fish & 6 Spot Tailed Pinfish.
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Catfish
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Bob Bruggeworth caught this 26 inch catfish from his
dock with a live pinfish on an ultralight outfit.
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First
Fish
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The first fish caught on the new dock on Upper Broad
Creek was a striped bass (just over six inches).
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Bill
Collecting
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There are 5 charters on the Bill Collector in April and
May. All want in on the wagering.
The charters are:
Dan Thallman’s group – April 2
Rhys Evans River Bend team - May 10
Bob Bruggeworth Fairfield Club 1 - May 11
Wayne Smith Salt Water Club – May 18
Wayne Smith Fairfield Club 2 – May 31
The bet will be:
1. $10 per angler – total pot is $300 Up the ante,
this is getting serious! Person arranging the charter
collects the $60 bet from his crew and turns it in to
Wayne.
2. Winner will be the largest keeper fish of any
species by weight brought to the dock for cleaning and
weighing at the cleaning station.
3. If there are any Blue Marlin caught, the angler
catching and releasing the largest as estimated by the
Captain and Mate will win $50 of the $300. The pool
balance of $250 will go to the crew with the largest
fish brought in per 2. above.
4. Take pictures of catches and Email to Wayne.
5. One person on each boat will record their results
and give that to Wayne immediately after their trip.
6. Winner will be announced at the June club meetings.
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First
Flounder?
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Ray Harrison caught this flounder in Upper Broad Creek
on March 5. The rest is secret.
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SPRING
TOURNAMENT |
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Open to all club members and their guests.
Date:
Saturday April 9, 2011
Start:
Any time you wish on 4/9/11
End:
2.00 P M (firm) at 6001 Cassowary Lane; for measuring
fish.
Entrance Fee:
$10.00 per person (prize money, food and refreshments).
Pay entrance fee at club
meeting Wednesday April 6th, or no later than
Thursday April 7th.
There will be three
categories of fish to be measured for length. In
each category there will be a prize for the longest
fish. Each category must comply with N.C. fishing
regulations regarding minimum lengths; etc.
Category 1. Striped Bass (minimum length 18”).
(None between 22” & 27”)
Category 2. Large Mouth Bass (Minimum length 14”).
Category 3. Red Drum (Minimum length 18”
maximum 27”)
Each category will pay equal
prize money. You can win all three categories,
(if you are REALLY, REALLY
LUCKY!!!.
NOTE: You
can fish from shore or boat. There will be plenty
of docking space available at Costa’s balk head and
pier. A ladder will be available to get you out of
your boat.
A picnic will follow
the fish measuring.
Any questions, call Bob
Costa at 638-6916
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Inner
Harbour Drum
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This 19" red drum was one of two caught by Ed
Buglovsky at a secret spot in the Harbour known only to
him. The other was an undersized 15" fish that was
properly released.
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Slocum
Creek Report
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Dan Bowman caught some nice
crappies and bluegills in Slocum Creek recently.
He reported the largemouth were also hitting.
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Shad
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Bob Bruggeworth reports that "The shad are in the
harbour. Shad darts or small gold Hopkins should work."
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New
Banners for Fairfield Harbour
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Bob Bruggeworth, Jim Gottert, Dan
Thallman and Gus Villanova display the new flags that
the Fishing Club procured for Fairfield Harbour.
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First
Fish of 2011
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Herman Bozenhardt caught this legal sized red drum
behind his house on Pelican Drive at noon on 1/1/11.
Herm said there was a large school of some 50 fish on
top of the water just waiting to be caught on
artificial bait. Many were caught and released
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Striped
Bass in Season
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Striped Bass over 18 inches are legal after October 1.
On October 4, this 20 inch Striper hit a Bomber on Upper
Broad Creek.
We are allowed to keep two fish per angler with
18" minimum in Coastal waters and no Striped Bass
between 22" & 27" in Joint and Inland waters. Also
remember that the Speckled Trout minimum length has
changed from 12" to 14" with a bag limit of 10 per
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Red
Drum
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Bob Bruggeworth's son Bob caught this one spotted
Channel Bass on Friday, September 10. He was helping his
father scout locations for Saturday's Charity Old Drum
Challenge.
They were fishing on the Old Salt near the Artificial
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The
Gus Report
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Alaska
Report
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Gardenia Hull, Larry Knapp and Wayne Smith
with Coho Salmon and a Lingcod
caught offshore near Sitka, Alaska August 29.
Wayne Smith and his 80 pound halibut in Sitka.
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Gardenia, Larry and Wayne fished from the
Alaskan Advantage fishing lodge with owner Tom
Buckroyd. Two days before their arrival in Sitka, Tom
caught the 332 pound halibut pictured below in a photo
from the Sitka Weekend newspaper.
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Island
Fish
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Larry and Betty Knapp
recently fished with Captain Doug Rowe and his mate Greg
on his 40 foot Hatteras,
Fish Rowe, out of Georgetown, Great Exuma.
Larry with one of what Captain Doug
likes to call the "rare, elusive Island Trout."
Most people call them barracuda. Captain Doug is
pictured below holding the Wahoo Betty brought to the
boat after a good twenty minute fight. The Capt.
estimated it at around 80 pounds. He prepared steaks and
some pieces suitable for sushi which was later prepared
at the hotel.
There's
a great article about Doug Rowe and the Exuma wahoo
on his site.
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Citation
Amberjack!
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Bob Bruggeworth, Joey Freeman, Larry Knapp, Wayne
Massetti, Harvey Pye and Dan Thallman fished with
Captain Stephen Draughon and his
mate, Wade on
the Bill Collector Friday, April 30. They drew
numbers to determine the order and going through
the cycle they all had fish, sometimes more than one at
a time. The highlight was a fifteen minute battle by
Harvey Pye to land a 56 pound amberjack on light tackle.
That's well over
the 50 pound requirement for a North Carolina citation!
The sole mahi-mahi was caught by Larry Knapp.
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A
Spec Report
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"Charles Denman and Frank Spininger with Speckled
Trout caught between Massetti and Bruggerworth homes in
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It
Keeps on "Rock"n'
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The Rock continue to hit Bombers and MirrOlures on Upper
Broad Creek. On Thursday March 25, this 22 incher
weighted in at 4 pounds and 13 ounces. He tore a hook
off a Bomber Long A but was still caught on the second
treble. That's a
Bomber Long A in his mouth.
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Continuing
Striper Action
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Wayne Massetti and Larry Knapp with some of the Striped
Bass they caught in a light mist Friday night on Upper
Broad Creek. Bomber Long A's and MirrOlures did the
trick. The largest fish weighted in at 5 pounds 11
ounces.
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Yet
More Striper Action
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Wayne Smith reports he "caught this 23 1/8”
Striper yesterday just above Hatteras. Fooled it by
trolling a blue/white Rapala with a feather. It was
returned to fight another day, of course. Only fish
that we caught. We covered a lot of water both
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Continuing Broad
Creek Striper Action
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Wayne Pearson reports that he "caught this Rock
this afternoon in upper Broad Creek. Can't tell you what
kind of bait I used! LOL"
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Broad
Creek Striper Action
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Schools of Striped Bass were in Upper Broad Creek Sunday
night. Larry Knapp closed out February with this trio of
20 to 22 inch linesiders. They hit a
Bomber Long "A" on a very slow twitching retrieve.
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Striper
Action on Broad Creek
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The Striped Bass are still hitting MirrOlures along the
banks
on Upper Broad Creek.
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Upper
Broad Creek Stripers, January 17
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This is one of two 22 inch stripers that fell for a MirrOlure floating
twitchbait just as the sun was setting and rain
beginning on Larry Knapp's dock.
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Dock-side
Striper, January 14
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Larry Dole
reports, "I caught this off my dock today at
dusk slow fishing a MR-17 with a bucktail
added to it. First cast, he hit it 10 feet from
the dock."
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