Okay, let’s start at the beginning of my day. Went to church as normal but Scott and I had arranged to go fishing as soon as I got back to my house. He called later to let me know that Mitch would be joining us on my boat. We did not get out as quickly as possible because Scott needed gas in his boat so we went there first. He needed to fill up because this week is fish camp. We invite everyone we know that wants to fish the last week of the season so we each need our boats full of gas and ready to go. But, we decided that today we need to scout out where to fish and how.
We left the dock at about 1:30 and headed to R62. We did see a bunch of birds and the water was active. We were catching normal fish all day and we got our 28 inch fish in the boat leaving room for a big one. There have been more “big ones” caught this year than has been in a bunch of years and we wanted to be that boat as well.
We were bottom bouncing and I saw the rod bend over and so did Scott. He picked it up and screamed to stop the boat. The fish was taking drag even after I had it in neutral. Mitch and I got the other rods in the boat to keep everything out of the way.
We all knew it was going to be a big guy and as it turned out it was a 47” 45 pound killer. This one was caught on our bottom bounce rig. We were in deeper water so in those cases we definitely want one of them out.
Bringing a fish that big in the boat takes the whole crew. There is an amount of teamwork that is needed that without that level of work there is no way the fish is in the boat. Even with us all at work it was still amazing to get everything in order to get him over the rail.
This is what we were all looking for, we have fish to eat and could really care less about the food aspect of fishing (even though we love to eat them). I wanted the big one, this was the biggest striper to be over the rail of my boat and I am glad and proud to catch it with two of my best friends.
Just a quick note about the name of the post. It originated from our trips with Brandon and the boys. They want to name all of the fish and we decided the big one would be called Bocephus. So they keep saying we are going to catch Bocephus. Well this time we did, maybe the next time they go with us we can catch it’s brother.
December 26, 2021
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 61.7 °F | 43.3 °F | 55.6 °F |
| Dew Point | 52.3 °F | 39.1 °F | 42.5 °F |
| Humidity | 90 % | 44 % | 63 % |
| Precipitation | 0.00 in | — | — |
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Speed | 11.4 mph | 0.0 mph | 3.0 mph |
| Wind Gust | 13.2 mph | — | 4.0 mph |
| Wind Direction | — | — | |
| Pressure | 29.88 in | 29.52 in | — |
The water was very calm, about 1 foot. Water temp was 44.
