Great Surf Morning by Pat Presutto

Posted on May 31, 2018 by VHFC

I picked up another nice striper today (5/31) on the beach in Surf City. I caught it at 6:30 AM on a bunker chunk. My fish was 42.75 inches and weighed 28 lbs 1 oz. When I beached her, my 60 lb leader brokeI and I almost lost my fish. I quickly got between the incoming waves and the now freed striper and made a grab for the gills. Despite taking a lot of water, it was still a very good morning.

After my weigh-in at SCBT, I was told my fish was third place in both the store tournament and the spring derby.

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