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As the end of May approaches, big
croakers have arrived in force on the Gooses for the evening bite. Limits have been
common, and some of them are 18" in length! Here's Sean Brooks and Everett
Collins with a pair of fine croakers. |
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And here's Kerri Kwiatkowski with
a 19" monster croaker, one of many caught as dark descended on the evening of May 27. |
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Look, is that a croaker?
Could they be back? Well, yes and no. Some are being caught here and there
along the Western Shore and Captain Drew knows where to find them farther down the
Bay. Sometime real soon they will be accessible not far away, and we'll be there to
greet them. |
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Art McCrea and crew caught their
limit of rockfish on May 9, which was a beautiful day to be out on the Bay. Our
largest fish of the season, nearly 40 lbs., was caught by Dave (front), backed up by Rick
(left), Scott, Fred, Art, and Hazen. Good catch guys! |
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Here's Dave with a real trophy,
pushing the scales to nearly 40 lbs! |
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And here we have Augie (2nd from
left) and crew from Frederick, almost in West Va. |
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And the Ron Crabbe crew with their
limit... |
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Can you say "money
fish"? The first day of the Rod-N-Reel Tournament was Friday May 4, and a good
day it was for the Duke Brown crew! Shown at left is Steve Brown with an $800
rockfish! Actually, Steve's fish placed 4th on Friday and was a "long
part" (46 3/4") of 2nd place in the "Big Inch" (add lengths of your 3
longest fish). Congratulations guys! |
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Here's the whole crew, behind
Steve (in front) from left to right, that's Dean, Andre, Allen, Duke, Donald, and Wayne.
This crew caught 29 of 30 fish, only one of which was sub-legal. They know
how to catch the big ones. |
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And here's our Captain, accepting
awards from Friday for 4th place biggest fish, and 2nd place in the Big Inch category.
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From May 3rd we have the Steve
Smith (far right) crew, including from left to right, Keith Kaufmann (former
Managing Editor of the Mid-Atlantic Edition of the Fisherman Magazine), Pete, Colin,
Keith, Harry, and Steve. Nice catch guys! |
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Here's Keith Kaufmann with a nice
39 inch trophy rockfish. |
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And here we have the Louie Hugg
crew with their limit catch from May 2nd. From left to right, that's Gary, Mike,
Anthony, Louie, Eric, and Joe. |
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Here's Louie Hugg with a beautiful
40 inch trophy rockfish. |
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And here we have the Bob Gunkel
(2nd from left, standing) crew of May 1st with their limit catch of trophy rockfish.
From left to right standing, that's Jack, Bob, Larry, and Joe, behind (left to
right) Dwayne and Jerry. For more crew photos, click here. |
