Headed South out of Rudee on Sunday, January 7 on the Jobsite, John Yates Captain.

We had a couple of guys on the boat new to rock-fishing, one of which produced a consistent chum slick for the trip.

After a few good 37" rocks, fishing went cold for about a half an hour. Then the light umbrella rod doubled over and drag screaming...the sound we all love to hear. The fish immediately surfaced, the fight was on for about 10 minutes and then the fish was at the stern. Thanks to good team work, John, we netted the beast.

We stood in shock, giddy with laughter, in admiration of the biggest rock that has been in this boat. We measured the 48" on the boat and weighed back at Rudee 41.5 lb rock!

After we put the fish in the cooler, still giddy from the event and the fact that this fish dwarfed the others in the box, we noticed that the 80" snap swivel was shredded and wedged into the frame of the umbrella rig. I guess luck does have a lot to do with fishing and I'll take every bit of it!

I would like to post this picture but have had little success with the copy/paste out of "My Pictures." Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

congrats sounds like a great day of fishing. Cant you just click on add photo

Try to attach the picture to the post, you might have to resize it. I've never been able to get the attachment thing to work but it works for others.

Another way is to open an account at snapfish.com or myfishingpictures.com and upload the picture into your account, accounts are FREE. Then when you go to post, open up the picture in your account and it should have the location of the picture in a url form. Copy this link then click on IMG above where you post. a little window will pop up, paste the link into that window and hit enter and it will automatically enter the picture into your post.

This is the best that I can explain it, it's a lot easier then I probably just made it sound.

Great Story.

Nice story and a great day on the water for you and your friends. New converts to Linesider Fever perhaps?
Dave

I had to go to a separate site to copy/paste.

http://www.virginiafishing.com/FISHING%20R...January%207.htm

Those are some nice looking fish.

Which ones were yours?

Eric

I am the ugly guy with the yellow bibs. John and his family got into the pictures as well.