my buddy mark and his son droped there car off for me to work on yesterday at sevem thirty in the morning.they went surf fishing for a hour and a half and caught some sharks.when they pulled up they said come and see this fish it will not fit in the ice chest-o my god[17 and a half pound striper.it was hard to get back to work.soon as I got home went 11 minutes down the road and casted a white lucky craft wingnut had given me--thanx Arthur--casted for 13 minutes with no hits,the whole time talking to my self saying this was a waste of time -now this was my first surf fishing session of the year.merry christrmas and happy new year--casted weigh out slow retieve and mr.lucky craft was peeling brand new 12 pound test.i couldn't show off no body around.after 10 minutes I got him in.little over 7 poumd striper 23 and a half inch long-picture to follow--thanx Arthur again.i think ill have a cheeseburger now