Photo Gallery: One For The Hardcores - The Fisherman

Photo Gallery: One For The Hardcores

Late-fall fishing is for the hardcores, and if you made the most of it this year, we salute you! With a parade of storms that brought challenging conditions, to the tune of about once every 7 to 10 days, threading the needle required some true dedication. But our readers came through, like they always do. We saw some impressive tog, lots of surf-caught stripers and it was a solid year for albies and especially bonito. As we transition to what many refer to as “the offseason” we’re relying on the hardcores to keep us inspired, pushing us out to fish through the winter. If you consider yourself to be among this segment of the angling population and would like to see your photos displayed here, get out there this winter, make it happen and send your photos to danderson@thefisherman.com.

gordon
Here’s young Gordon Brown with Danny from Goose Hummock, the duo worked together to land this awesome rainbow trout.
brett
Here’s the biggest tog we’ve seen from Long Island Sound this fall, a 16.78-pounder caught and released by Brett Aston and weighed at AW Marina in New London.
wolton
Here’s a beautiful blackfish caught by Wolton Kolakouski aboard the Tartan II running out of Niantic, CT.
juma
Here is another great tog landed aboard the Tartan II, this one battled by regular customer, Juma Jones.
steven
Steven Garcia was all smiles after boating this 12-pound tautog guided by Capt. Mike Stepski on the Tartan II.
everett
A shore tog is a special catch and here’s Everett Swanson showing us all how it’s done!
will
This kid can catch anything! Will Haberman continues his mastery over all Northeast species with this fine false albacore.
alex
We’ve been singing the praises of the new Yo-Zuri Mag Pencil all season, but I bet you didn’t think they’d catch bonito! Well, Alex Bartucca has proven that it can be done!
luis
Luis Figueroa nailed his personal best striper back in October with this 50-inch, surf-caught monster!
sean
Here’s Sean Hughes with a well-proportioned 29-pounder caught from the Rhode Island surf.

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