42 inch striped bass fishing light tackle TFO rods top water Crane Beach Ipswich MA 5/22/11

42 inch 25+ pound fish Catch & Release Striped bass top water Fishing MA Crane Beach Ipswich Essex 5/22/10 not the first fish of the year but the biggest year. Started my spring fishing with some nice striped bass riding the outgoing tide. This big striper Came up and gulped the jumping minnow down on the first cast. What made this fun was I the rod. I used a 3/8oz - 1oz Temple fork salmon pole 8'6" or TFO rod. This was not as fat as your avg late season fish but at 25p it was fun fight on light tackle and even bent the vmc hooks. What you are experiencing is a very good tool that if handled right a competent can land very large fish and make fishing for smaller fish that more fun!

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[jawsflounderace]

What lb test leader were you using?

[brianmoc]

@jawsflounderace NO leader. :)

[eliasp69]

Hello Brian.I 'm interested in purchasing a rod as in videoclip.You can tell if it's suitable for fishing with rattlin (15-25gr) on the river? Any additional information is ok.Thank you.

[brianmoc]

@eliasp69 It’s a great rod and can cast and handle the fish you are targeting. Its light rod but you can cast 1oz lures with it and as you can see it can catch large fish up to 30 pounds. What other info would you like?

[brianmoc]

@brianmoc its real the best option for the price and i have had no problems with. Funny thing is the guy in this video has one now and loves it.

[Unplugged704]

damn.. that didn't take but 20 seconds!!!

I'm heading up to RI to visit some friends.. do you know of any spots like that in RI? Unfortunately can't make it up to Ipswich! lol

[brianmoc]

@Unplugged704 RI has a bunch of spots like this but i would ask them not me. :)

[pheeny69]

Nice sportsmanship..... releasing it. If only fishing for monsters like that was as easy as this video.

[stripedbassking]

great vid man! wish fishing came this easy to me hahaha tice bass ona topwater plug!! good luck!

oh and THANK YOU for realsing a great fish!!!

[brianmoc]

@PASTACHEF1 thanks and your lures could work here! Thanks!