otw 55 pound fish pic?
 

Johnathan Lewie with his 55.1lb striper on June 16th, 2013

I'm not good at the calling pic's crap. Why is there white out in 2 spots that have nothing to do with location. Where is his right hand? And standing straight up feet crooked with a 55 with no strain?

Although the tail looks small (not questioning his catch) the only "white-out" I see, isn't really white out. Looks like the sun high-lighting the corner of his shirt. ??? and he's using 2 hands to hold her up, I think>>>

its June... people catch 50's

And 60's. The pic just doesn't look right.

The white spot below the dorsal and above the tail just jumped out. It even looks worked in the thumbnail. Like I said I'm NOT good at calling pic's crap this one just looked weird in a few ways. I didn't even question that FAKE world record pic a few weeks ago:rotf2: But for some reason this one didn't add up to me. There have been alot of 50's taken in the last week. And they will be replaced with bigger fish. This pic still has me scratching my head>

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I share your enthusiasm for making sure all the pictures are legit but man, you might think about getting another hobby to take up some of your time.:rotf2::rotf2:

If people have to perpetrate fraud to pump themselves up.....whatever......they have to live with themselves and the shame! I have more important things to do than worry about such trivialities! Don't concern yourself WPM......if the guy caught it all I have to say is congratulations and I move on! I don't want to waste any more time on this....I am trying to catch my own "50"......wish me luck! LOL!!:uhuh::fishin:

Best of luck Larry

You people are retarded. The white patches are the sun reflecting off of his shirt and pants.
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If you inspect the properties of the photo...you will see that the "program name" is

"Adobe Photoshop CS6"

enough said.

therefor retouched and faked.

Who cares?

White spots are as Eben says. shirt and pants in the sun.

Not convinced either way but relatively low stress for a fifty-something

No biggie

several of them and many 40s this past week....if you have a boat.

The head could be a cut and paste with the kerchief blending the transition to the body. Besides who wears kerchiefs besides fags and cowboys.
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If it was caught on a boat, its automatic -15 pounds ...

What I am saying is I hold a surf 35 equal accomplishment to a boat 50#

so what? I used to use photoshop to re-size and file my pictures
it doesn't mean I altered them just like it does not mean for sure that this photo was altered.

I'm with bigfish, if it's fake, then the guy has to live with it.

maybe we can post a thread of all big fish pictures and see if the detectives can tell what is real or not

Didn't say if he caught it or not. Just said the pic is way retarded. Especially to be published otw.
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Sweet! I got two fittys already then!

Words spoken as a true surfcaster Putski!

Sure seems that advances in modern electronics has almost made a mockery of the "boat 50" IMO.

I received several additional high-res pictures of this fish directly from the angler and have ZERO question of the fish's weight. He also landed a 53+ the same tide and they were both weighed on a certified scale. There have now been 11 50s caught off Block in the last 7 days including two 55's and a 58.

Why is it that it seems like every single big bass is being questioned this year? Did that ding-dong in Canada really make us all that skeptical?

Lmao.ha ha.
55# isn't that hard to hold up, hey Jay drop the pen and mouse and come work with me for a week,ya wuss!
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I saw another pic of this fish on the OTW page in front of the tackle shop where it was weighed in that looked legit..
here is the link:
Two 55lb Stripers Weighed on Back to Back Days

The Photoshop reference is local to your PC. :smash: JPG files do not carry that kind of information. On your PC, JPG files default to Photoshop. My PC JPG photos open with Windows Picture Gallery. I do agree that there is something unsettling about the photo.

And everyone ended up dead probably. :(
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^ 11 less 50's swimming is what we should be talking about!
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What ^ said.

That is a big fish and still not straining, he is just strong. The picture Westportmafia was questioning did look a little weird to me too, but the one in this link you posted makes it official. It's real!

Not to open a can of worms, but I wonder if these guys would have kept these big fish if the tourney didn't exist?

2012 Striper Cup Weigh Ins

Official "kill report" of last years cup. Starting at 13.8 lbs.....Seems OTW has some responsibility to at least try to discourage entering fish that have no shot at winning. How is a 13 lbs fish even legal length?

OTW is just another industry exploiting the fishery.

Cool nice to see someone's getting it done!
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They could easily come up with a better way to do it. They weigh stations should be able to post up the weight the day the fish was weighed. And the board would be updated immediately rather than a month later. And anyone who weighs a smaller fish than the top leaders could be penalized. Doesn't make sense to have such a huge contest and have the most outdated method of running a leaderboard

Heard it was on an Eel M'cBob

I like how in the RI fishing report they mention that they hope people are letting the 50's go, meanwhile they sponsor a kill tournament. They can't have it both ways. Totally hypocritical.

Ouch :(

I agree with Steve K. Pick a side of the fence.
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LMAO

. So 11 fish at the end of their life were taken. God forbid we concern ourselves with the thousands of good eating fish taken every weekend. Just because its a fifty guys get their pants in a ruffle.
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Vic, there are lots of us getting it done. Just some of us are not killing every big fish we get. Personally, my partner and I have killed maybe 4 fish out of probably well over 100 legal fish. Those 4 fish were gut hooked. All were eaten.

By the way, I have no problem with guys keeping fish. It's why we do this thing.

Retards? Fags?

I guess a conspiracy theory brings out the best in people.

-spence

when you go out to stick fish with hooks, some are going to die. and when you spend money on gear, boats ect, its your right to take a fish home. Its the nature of the beast. its what we do. 1 @ 36" and be done with the BS.

That 50 is legit. When the wind lays down ill be out to stick my own 50 by any means necessary.