Whatcha think?

Given how far it is from his body I don't think so... Is he supposed to be holding it himself in the pic?
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He's got a great honey hole ..
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no. thats a mid 30 held far out. there's no girth

That fish is at least a 50#. No world record, but one hell of a bass. She could eat the fish I have been catching lately!

73.75

What a beautiful cow!

Record in some states.
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If I was going to fake a big fish I could do better then that . That's either real or the worst long arm I have ever seen. I tend to so BS and if its real... 40#
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I'd say easily over 50.

Why all the doubters???? It is supposedly Greg M, who holds the certified record, though I don't personally know him, nor could I identify him from a picture. From reports I have read or heard over the past year, he is hardcore, serious bass fisherman. He played collegiate football, so is large in stature. If he were a contributing member here, we would all be congratulating him.... That is a serious catch! I for one, enjoy seeing such a picture, as catching bass is what I enjoy and is why I come here.....

Why all the doubters???? It is supposedly Greg M, who holds the certified record, though I don't personally know him, nor could I identify him from a picture. From reports I have read or heard over the past year, he is hardcore, serious bass fisherman. He played collegiate football, so is large in stature. If he were a contributing member here, we would all be congratulating him.... That is a serious catch! I for one, enjoy seeing such a picture, as catching bass is what I enjoy and is why I come here.....

1 - In today's day and age you can take a MUCH better photo than that with almost any camera. If guys keep releasing these grainy, washed out pictures of a bass, people are going to keep speculating

2 - The whole fish isn't in frame and its being held at a VERY peculiar angle.

If I ever catch a fish that big the picture will be very good quality, the fish will be held against my body for an unquestioned source of scale, and the entire fish will be in frame.

I wish people would just try to make their fish NOT look sketchy.

For the record, I didn't doubt the picture was real, just wasn't a WR (>80lb) fish.

I agree, not a record. He reported it to be 73 1/4# (second hand report he must have put on FB. I don't do FB) Most of collaborative info came off the other board, which includes him saying it fought harder than any other bass he had hooked, including the record fish.

As for photos.... especially at night... I am a fisherman, not a photographer. Hence you will not see more than two posted pics of me holding fish.... I have a dumb phone and don't carry a camera. It's not what I do it for.

What the hell is the point of even speculating? Whether the thing is 20 pounds or 120 pound doesn't do much for me. Who cares?
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Wow. I'd love to catch a fish big enough for people to argue about possibilities of it being a record. Not sure I ever will, but would love every sec of it! VERY VERY nice fish. Good on him!

Nice fish. My only beef is that he catches a lot of big fish and kills a lot of big fish. How many do you need to kill at this point? Why not only keep what would be close to beating your own record at this point? What else is left to prove?

Nice fish. My only beef is that he catches a lot of big fish and kills a lot of big fish. How many do you need to kill at this point? Why not only keep what would be close to beating your own record at this point? What else is left to prove?


I agree but its within his right to keep em, as of now at least. That guy knows how to go large for sure. If i were to catch a world record and keep it i think everything else would swim away. Unless of course i was fishing a tournament like the striper cup. :smash:

Nice fish. My only beef is that he catches a lot of big fish and kills a lot of big fish. How many do you need to kill at this point? Why not only keep what would be close to beating your own record at this point? What else is left to prove?


I agree but its within his right to keep em, as of now at least. That guy knows how to go large for sure. If i were to catch a world record and keep it i think everything else would swim away. Unless of course i was fishing a tournament like the striper cup. :smash:

I think its just my mentality but when i get a large fish i am frantic trying to get that thing back in the water. As soon as i see the fish i go into a half panic on getting it back in the water healthy. I take more of an ass woopin in the surf releasing than i ever do catching.

My views on catch and release aside, congrats to Greg.

Looking at the photo, his arm does appear to be bent and not outstreched, but I'm no forensic photo guy..

Either way, it's looks like a damn nice fish, so congrats to him again.

It's a great catch regardless...
too bad the camera flash made him squint his eyes a Bit

so I took his eyes from another picture and edited that photo
just my way of saying "nice fish" Greg !

one for the scrap book

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/ravenob1/Greg.png

The photo that would really impress me would be one of him releasing a fish like that...
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What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!

What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!

brilliant
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brilliant
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Thank you. Glad you appreciate my point of view.:rotf2:

If I caught a 73# fish I'd take it on tour with me. Unless I got it where I fish a lot, then the long walk back would kill me. In that case the lame cell phone pic would have to do
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What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!

HAHAHAHAHA:rotf2::rotf2:

What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!


couldnt of said it better

Well I know there are guys on this site that have released some very nice fish so there is a little bit of truth in these statements, not 70 pounders of course and that may be a different story, but I do believe fishing isn't about chest thumping for everyone...

What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!

:rollem:

What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!

I'm pretty sure I've never killed a 73 pound fish. Although, there's always the one that RIROCKHOUND dropped in the wash, I didn't get a good look at it.

-spence

What a bunch of clowns. I am SURE all you dweebs would release a 73.75# fish. Oh the poor fish,you hook the little fishy and it bleeds.
What the hell do you even fish for??? Grow a set of ball will ya!!!

So b/c 2 people said they'd prefer he didn't kill as many large fish they are clowns and dweebs?

:biglaugh:

I'm pretty sure I've never killed a 73 pound fish. Although, there's always the one that RIROCKHOUND dropped in the wash, I didn't get a good look at it.

-spence

I think it was over 70

I think it was over 70

To date, nobody has proven otherwise.

-spence

Only block island Jeff knows for sure.
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couldnt of said it better
Me neither. Except I would have put an S on the end of "a set of ball" to make it grammatically correct. Although I am going to start saying I have a huge set of ball daily now cause it makes me giggle. I guess that I was flexing in the mirror last night after taking a dump during the Man of Steel. The problem with that is I accidentally went into the women's room and got kicked out of the theater.:uhuh:JK

I keep thinking of the old AC/DC tune.....♪" Some balls are held for charity and some for fancy dress. But when they're held for......♪
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I've kept 2 fish this year. If I catch a 70# tonight, it will be the third.
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I've kept 2 fish this year. If I catch a 70# tonight, it will be the third.
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That's my point. I've never caught a trophy, but if I did, I would keep it as well. But if I had caught many, many large fish and held the world record, I don't think I'd feel the need to keep large fish still. That's just my opinion.

I still don't see how killing fish equates to having balls, though. yawn...

It's ball my friend

It's ball my friend

thats funny chit right there.....

I hope all you haters have lots of cheese to go with your WHINE!

It is sad we disparage some for catching and posting pictures of big fish it easy there's the fish and there's a face.. and somehow that gets translated to hurting the stock?? I think we should be happy to see these fish it helps the case that conservation and catch and release works.. you didn't see fish like that in the late 80's it was a fry then.. we don't condemn commercial guys whys is that? no pictures... we who use rod and reel are not the enemy to the future of fish stocks ..

I read back through the comments and it seems the disparaging views mostly involved the crappy photography....posting pictures in the public square invites comment..if he posted pictures of him drinking himself into a stupor...some might applaud, some might laugh, some might comment that is seems excessive and some might comment that he's an idiot...it's legal, he can do it and post pics of it and he's really not bothering anyone...he solidified his status as a legendary fisherman and most of us..no....just about all of us know that we'll never sniff a fish like the many that he has landed, it shouldn't preclude anyone form commenting or asking questions....it would be great to see him release a 70 having already hit that mark in his lifetime(primarily because it would be unique I think but also one hell of a gesture), I guess two is even better.....I think he's entered some big fish in the Striper Cup catch and release indicating that he does put some big fish back....I always wonder what you do with a fish like that after the pics, is the commercial season open in CT? If you enjoy eating fish, and I do...the 30 something inch fish are far preferable for dinner, I've noticed a few things whenever these threads pop up....individual views not only vary widely but for some have changed quite a bit over time, some were singing very different tunes just a year or two ago which means that opinions evolve on these things and not necessarily with "seasoning" but sometimes with "catching" as in, "if "I'm" doing well...then there's no problem with the striper population so whale away...but if i'm not catching where I feel I deserve to be catching, the sky is falling, it's pre-moratorium all over again and it's everyone else's fault"......the keepers are more and more sensitive about the keeping, particularly of the big fish, not sure if it's part of the evolution, oversensitivity or guilt possibly...guilt as a result of the trend among peers or mood of community and the fact that you are seeing more and more pics/video of releases which the community seems to enjoy and applaud universally(not disparage)....always an interesting discussion though



BTW...the guys that I've always thought of as having "big balls" are the ones who continually do things that require either disregard or stupidity and somehow get away with it...then we marvel...'wow...he's got a set"....the odds usually catch up to them though:biglaugh:

[QUOTE=scottw;1006083] is the commercial season open in CT? QUOTE]

I do not believe that CT has a commercial season.

Correct, no commercial season in Ct. Although 1 - 2 years ago they allocated the "commercial quota" to the rec. by giving out a bonus voucher for a 3rd fish at like 25" or something crazy like that.

The commercial season in CT corresponds with Mass Comm season.. ;)

The commercial season in CT corresponds with Mass Comm season.. ;)

Pretty much, and it extends the RI season, too. :D

Nice fish
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Just say good job. Or say nothing. I've taken pictures of my friends fish in a boat at night and it isn't easy. The boat is not sittin still, it's moving in the current and pictures do not come out perfect. And you end up holding the fish at weird angles trying to stay upright. The guy is dialed in, has proved it for years.
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