Comments on: Hank’s Big Bass

By: tecosystems » The Summer of a Thousand Fish Begins with a Single Catch

tecosystems » The Summer of a Thousand Fish Begins with a Single Catch — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:24:39 +0000

[...] And then I remembered David Churbuck’s brother’s fish, and I felt even worse. While I’m studiously trying to hold on to the moral high ground as I fish solely on fly rods rather than spin, the fact is that that fish is an order of magnitude larger than anything I’ve caught. It’s not even close. [...]

By: tecosystems » May the Best (Read: Our) Fish Win

tecosystems » May the Best (Read: Our) Fish Win — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:08:11 +0000

[...] While my efforts to get David’s brother’s absurdly huge striper considered for Moldy Chum’s (a rather irreverent fishing blog) “Slab of the Year” contest were apparently successful, Hank’s Big Bass appears to be out of the running. No, I have no idea why – that’s the biggest striper I’ve ever seen – it just is. That’s the bad news. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:21:09 +0000

We finally found Hank, but on a picture.
Old friends from Barcelona, Oriol and Karma, need to contact him as soon as possible.
Is he really a father?
Hank, we miss you! we want to know about you!
Write us!

By: tecosystems

tecosystems — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:43:04 +0000

The Summer of a Thousand Fish Begins with a Single Catch Landed the first striper of the year last night right off our dock. If I hadn't, I don't know what I would have done because the fish were jumping all around me. I had no luck whatsoever with either the...

By: Doug K

Doug K — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:04:05 +0000

beautiful fish.. the fishing gods are merciful towards new fathers, it seems. I catch more in the stolen half-hours I get now, than I did fishing all day long in the halcyon days of independence..

By: john simonds

john simonds — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:01:27 +0000

There you go Stephen, the pattern is the green crabs.

By: site admin

site admin — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:36:49 +0000

Nah. No fly for Henry. Though he is a mean flycaster. We were lazy and went with spinning rods and bucktails. The bass were dining on green crabs.

By: stephen ogrady

stephen ogrady — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:20:18 +0000

dear. lord.

but i take it this wasn’t caught by fly? i’m going to feel at least morally superior if it was not

By: James Governor

James Governor — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:31:07 +0000

holy crap that is some fish.

By: site admin

site admin — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:41:11 +0000

The fish were at our feet, feeding on little green crabs tossed around by the surf. Close guess on the fish -- 40" I believe. I don't keep stripers. Too pretty and as the man said, "They fight like the Sunday Times and taste like 'em too."