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RUSSO
05-13-2007, 04:28 PM
Went camping this weekend at San Clemente State Park. Got up early Sat. morning made the hike down only to see the Red Tide in full effect, devastating. Plan B, hopped in the truck and rolled down to one of my old spots in North SD county. It was pretty slow, but I did C & R this Hali at 24"
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/carlsbad.JPG


Checked out the beach again at San Clemente and was surprised to see that the Red Tide moved out throughout the day and by the evening it was totally gone, fished for about an hour and a half there and got some bites, but only landed a decent sand bass.

RUSSO

SanDimasLMB
05-13-2007, 05:30 PM
good job on the hali. doesnt look like 24" though

RUSSO
05-13-2007, 05:55 PM
Maybe, but it was.

retrofitted
05-14-2007, 12:14 AM
Looks like 24 to me. Great job on the hali Russo, and thanks for the report. Nice to hear the red tide's at least on the move - fished DP harbor on Saturday and the stuff was everywhere. Three hours, a handful of varied lures, Hot Sauce scent, etc. and not a single hit.

Sea Murda
05-14-2007, 09:55 AM
Looks like 24 to me also! Thanks for the report dude, damn I havent camped at San Clemente in a long ***** time. We usually go down to Carlsbad.........

supasportkid
05-14-2007, 11:11 AM
good job on the hali man!

EricU
05-14-2007, 05:00 PM
good job on the hali. doesnt look like 24" though
If you have seen enough of them you can almost instantly guess how close to legal one is and come damn close.



Cool, camping and fishing.

Landing that halibut was nothing like that striper, huh?

Nice 24 incher!

Thank you for the report.

Troutman65
05-14-2007, 08:51 PM
Red tide sucks. Thanks for the pic. and the post.

catfisher22
05-15-2007, 12:50 PM
I agree it doesn't look 24in.

hookemdano
05-15-2007, 02:05 PM
That hali is easily over 20" - if he says it's 24 I believe it, pics have been known to be deceiving anyway.

Nice report, and props on the C&R. :thumb:

SOSO
05-15-2007, 02:07 PM
Come one guys, so what if its 24 inches or not! Lets give him props for the great report and sharing it with us. Any of you catch a monster Striper bass like him off the surf?

n1ckxlam
05-15-2007, 03:00 PM
Thanks for the report man

beats a day at work thats forsure

Nick

RUSSO
05-15-2007, 03:09 PM
WOW! I didnt intend for this post to be so controversial. I actually agree that the fish looks smaller than it was. All I can tell you is I measured it with a tape measure and it measured a little over 24 inches. Im a big guy(6' 2") about 255, my hands are pretty good size and fish tend to look small in my pics. The striper didnt look as big as it was in some of the pics as well. Anyways, Thanks for the back up guys. Oh yeah, Ericu, something tells me nothing I catch will ever compare to that Striper, but Im gonna keep trying.
RUSSO

one_leg
05-15-2007, 03:11 PM
I believe him! He's got man hands. :lol:

Nice 'Butt RUSSO.

One_Leg

Troutman65
05-16-2007, 04:37 PM
If he says its legal I belive him

D-PESCADOR
05-17-2007, 07:22 AM
yeah it looks like 23.5 good job

catfisher22
05-17-2007, 10:04 AM
Where did you get that big striper at? You have any pics of it? I got a nice 6lb striper last week of the beach.