February 2011! The beautiful Miss Shelly of Virginia Beach, Virginia left out of Rudee Inlet in search of trophy striper aka rockfish for you old timers. She had heard the striper bite was on along the Virginia Beach coast. Miss Shelly and her fishing buddy headed out at 6 am or right about sunrise in search of one of these big trophy striper that everybody else was talking about. She wanted in on the action and I must say who wouldn't? After leaving the dock out of Rudee Inlet during a chilly windy morning she made it to the fishing grounds off the Virginia Beach coast. After a few minutes her lines were out and it was now a simple waiting game. Trolling up and down the beach waiting for a strike. It fortunately didn't take long when Shelly heard the first line go off. Striper on and it was singing! Shelly jumped on the reel grabbed a seat in the fighting chair and proceeded to catch the biggest striper she had ever seen. She scored bigtime with a fat 50 pound plus striper. I may have called it a day right then but she wanted more. But it wasn't to be. The 50 plus pound striper she boated was the biggest of the day. I would say she has bragging rights until next trip. Pretty and can fish, WOW! Good job Miss Shelly!