BryanH
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![[*]](./images/greyalliance2/default_icon.gif) posted on 11/7/10 at 11:54 |
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montana de oro 7/11
fished montana de oro sat and sun. fished the same hole did not have to move much, nice rip moving lots of sand and mole crabs.had several grabs but
was not landing any fish checked my fly and hook was old and dull,changed to a new one and bam started landing fish.sunday morn came thought i hit the
same spot to see if conditions were the same. started hooking up right away landed some large ones,the slab a big female at 20" proably 3.5 lbs ,and
she was giveing birth so i got a pic.and kept fishing for a
good weekend
keep on chucking, Bryan H
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fishabuoy
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| posted on 14/7/10 at 08:44 |
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I've always wondered about MDO and the fishing...Nice report! That is a chunky BSP.
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Steve_P
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| posted on 26/7/10 at 05:19 |
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huge perch!!
Hi Bryan,
Wow - that's a huge perch!
20" was a quick guesstimate right? Not on a tape measure?
Guessing from the photo, if your reel is 4" in diameter, it looks like that fish might be 15-16" long
but it is hard to tell for sure because of the angles in the picture.
The IGFA world record barred surf perch from Oxnard in March 1996 was
4.2 lbs (another 4.2 lb'er came from Morro Bay in Nov 1995 -
a really good winter for perch I guess!!). All indications on the net
are that these fish were in the 16-17" length range. If your
perch was 20", and loaded with fry, it would have had to have
gone easily over 5 lbs I would think.
(There is a great compilation of big perch info at
http://www.zenflyfishing.com/barredperch.html)
A huge perch like that is a real rarity - congrats! What fly did
you catch her on?
Steve_P
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BryanH
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| posted on 26/7/10 at 16:51 |
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steve,
Hey man thanks for the congrats, your right just a guess , but I use my hand
about 9'' it came out two hands plus two inches more or so.she was fat anyway, my largest for shure.was fun landing her.I got her on a
dumbbell rootbeer and red surf worm. I never take pics for lack of a camera,thou I had my phone so not a very good pic.We got big ones up here in the
moro bay area.landed a few more big ones the same day out of the same hole,but not that big got to love it.
keep on chuckin'
Bryan
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ShaneChung
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| posted on 26/7/10 at 20:21 |
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Steve,
Yes they do get super big up in his neck of the surf. Accoerding to Ken H. and Jay M. they can get up to 4#s. I have never seen one that big, but
I have seen lots that were well over three pounds (on an old Berkely spring scale). Those guys grow big up there. The largest one I ever saw was
actually the last third of the fish sticking out of the bucket at Moss Landing Beach. He had 5 that size stuffed in the old paint bucket!
Bryan,
Great catch! You gotta be fast and ready to get a good pic. of one of those super tanker preggies.
Shane
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