NPH Beast

[samgann93]

Had a decent day in the bay. All fish caught on big hammers smothered in unibutter. Got my new personal best at 4lb looked to be about 18-20inches... Guy that watched me catch it said in the 10years hes worked there he has never seen this big of a spottie come out. safely released!

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u170/samgann93/4lbSpottie32710.jpg

Bad Pic to show how big... Sorry.


Thanks,
Sam

[GeordyBass]

Nice Man! That thing is a piggy!

Good Job Doin it the DDFC way Sammy! lol

[fisherman from long beach]

nice spottie,that thing must of puuled hard

[Matador1238]

Nice fish!!

[klocked]

Right there is a nice fish!!
Good job Sam!

[Iron Only]

Thats a monster, nice work.

[DockRat]

WTG on the toad.
DR

[Newfishsmell]

Huge spottie, congrats - wtg ...

[4_D_ HALIBUT]

A toad indeed!

[Fishbones]

monster spotty.....

[greenbean]

Nice job! Way to go!

[Phanatic]

Beasty. Good job. I use the same setup. Me and my buddy launched off long beach harbor yesterday and it was intense. I was using the unibutter for the first time and my buddy has been using his calico cocktail pro cure the for the longest time now. Anyways, my hookup rate vs his was 2:1. By the time I reached 6 or 7 spotties, he began catching up after smothering some of my unibutter all over and smoking me up to his 13th spotty which left me at my 10th at the end of the day. At one point my buddy almost hooked a spottie but he was caught off guard, so he lost it. A couple seconds later it came back but he wasn't quick enough to set the hook so he lost it again, and lastly the third time the spotty came around, he finally yanked that hook and pulled that sucker up. Its crazy how these bad boys love the buttaaahh. Hands down my favorite attractant thus far.

[Nessie Hunter]

Nice Spot ya got.....

World record is 4.95 # (I think??)...
18" = 3#....

[ghetto dad]

Nice job man...that looks like the largest ive caught outta there too...same length and all...is his gut sunken in too?? mine was....lol...

GD

[LBSea]

That is so frickin awsome! Great fish, Ive had big ones but never a 4lbr at least not yet.

[samgann93]

Thanks guys. Ya the thing was a beast. Didnt get skinny at all but it wasnt a football like the lmb's get. It was very proportional to its big head. haha. I wish i would have had a tape on me or a scale. I would have loved to get an official weight and length but i wanted to get the fish back in the water asap.

Thanks again guys.

[murrieta angler]

Very nice fish Sam,
Thanks for the report and pic,
Robert

[IncredibleHuck]

Awesome fish Sam!

[flyngby]

Very nice toad!!

From the DFG Website!

Bass, Spotted Sand
Paralabrax maculatofasciatus
6 lb 12 oz Newport Bay Orange
October 1, 1994
Matt Bergherm

Steve

[Jaysuuun]

Wow that is a toad! Look at the size of that head! :Shocked:

[Santa Fe Eric]

Yup! That sucka's big! Nice work!

[NooB SaBass]

TOAD, very nice man that had 2 be a fight...