Monster @ So creek

WTG on the mano y dino battle!I love the "old man and the sea" pose.The expression on your face says it all.

Totally awesome! Great post, photos and blow-by-blow description! 

Fight on Dude!  Never give up to the bitter end.  You won that fight.

Very, very, cool, Gabe! Good for you, glad it was only a broken paddle.
Who needs a spare paddle? You made it back didn't you?
That's my biggest fear, hooking a monster like that when alone. A true test.

Supreme deck carnage...great report!!!

Gabe... Congrats!!!  I know you've been looking for a thrill like that!  Nice work... glad you made it back upstream!

EK

Looks like you found my hidden stash of fish I have been fishing Sonoma creek and the sloughs for many years and the number of fish out there is always amazing.Another month and the creek will be over run with sharks and rays and the sloughs are always good for stripers and a good place to get out of the wind

Epic battle dude! It aint easy to fight a fight like that AND take some pics too, but Im sure your way glad you did. Thats where I caught the 7 foot monster in my avitar, this time of year too, lots of big females are caught there in early spring. Got me thinking...

Great Report on a great fish, I especially love the aftermath shots,

WTG,

Congrads, Gabe!! Action was all yours......too bad it was too big?  what a bad thing that is....NOT!
I too got an oversized and was bummed(for about two seconds) then I realized what a battle it was and what a rush it was too!!
Thanks for the port&pics!!!!

Congrats  Nice fish and great report.  I remember fishing before the slot limit it would be hard to put back for sure.

  What a great story and moster hook up!  I had a couple of dinos roll on the napa river but none that wanted achovies on their pizza.  you reallly get a sense of the stress of that situation, thanks for sharing it!  how is it pulling out up on the mud flat there at low tide at the end of the day? 

Controlled chaos!!!

Wonderful experience.
Thanks For sharing.

Way to go! I've been hesitant to take on one of those Dino's, but the reward seems to be worth it all. Great report!

Keith

Thanx for all the congrats guys.It was my extreme pleasure to bring you that report,It was geting very sad reporting the 0-12+  so it was just a matter of time. Looking forward to more positive reports