Originally Posted by Jimmy Fee (Post 765633)

Between the Sportsman's Show seminar circuit, offering up the story to a national magazine, selling the rights to the photographs and maybe riding the wave of your 15 minutes of fame to turn it into a charter business or tackle company, the amount of money a world record striped bass would be worth would rely heavily on how much the time and effort you were willing to invest in marketing yourself and your catch.

There wouldn't be a big, one-time payoff, it would be more like a job opportunity. Personally, I think turning a record fish into a substantial sum of money would be more difficult than actually catching the fish.

In terms of tackle manufacturers, unless there was a prior arrangement or sponsorship in place, the best you could reasonably expect would be discounts, and maybe even some free stuff.

Originally Posted by MAKAI (Post 765469)

Yup,
I'd stuff a Shimano lure down it's mouth.
Put a Daiwa reel on a st Croix legend loaded with Berkley braid.
Spro swivels and Jinkai fluoro.
Making sure I was wearing my Orvis waders and Simms top.
:rtfm: :point: :biglaugh: