Not a Striper, but at 36-1/2" and at 21lbs it could be
 

My third Salmon over 20lbs in the last 6 years. The fish was caught with a Kastmaster and on 6lb test. I have never had a fresh water fish peel 175yrds of line like this fish did, not even the 22lb 14oz salmon I caught a couple years ago took this much line. The fight took a 1/2 hour, but the story behind the fish is even crazier. If anyone wants to read it you can check out my fishing report on my site...Sorry to long to post right now. Basicly I hooked this fish on new years day and after a 15min battle my line broke at the reel due to crap line. after this I hooked the trailing line 4 times in two days and on the last time the fish got me into some wood. I evn had my brother bring his diving equip to see if he could free the fish, but by the time he got donw there the fish had rested again. Well this past wekend I caught that monster fish and it still had my lure in it's mouth. It was officially weighed at The bait shack in Orleans and was 21lbs ..36-1/2" long with a girth of 21"...This fish shatters both IGFA & Hall of fame records, so we'll see what happens.

couple more pics

Dam nice catch Congrats

wow! way to go roy! :claps:

Roy you never cease to amaze me :btu: :cheers: :claps: :claps: :claps:
Congratulations!

That is an awesome accomplishment to say the least

Jeezus! You are one hell of a fisherman with one hell of a good attitude, Roy. Nice to know guys like you are out there.

THAT,S GREAT // remember the moment :cheers:

Thanks guys. Im still on some crazy high from all this. What a rush. It's not even the size of the fish but the turn of events that came with it. In the end persistence paid off which im sure had some luck and an angel or two over my shoulder.

Awesome Roy, there have been some big salmon caught in the past week, but yours is the tops.. an 18 was weighed in at the Hook Up mid week, last week... same pond :D

Thanks .....I know the kid who caught it..lol...first thing I asked him was did it have a lure in it's mouth?

Simply amazing!

Nice work and tremendous dedication

schwing :drool:

Wow - nice job Roy!

Nice job. and on 6# test too ?. thats awesome.

niiiiice

Thanks for the replies guys

Roy nice meeting you the other day on the job. You said you were going Salmon fishing and happy to see you had success!

Congrats, what a great way to start off '07

Roy that is a beautiful fish, NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow...congrats!!!:uhuh:

Great job, great fish, and a great story.:) I didn't know those ponds had salmon, never mind monsters like that.

really nice salmon roy .

Great story and what a beautiful fish. Congratulations

:kewl:

You Da Man Roy..................

amazing events, awesome Roy!

WOW nice fish! Great story too,congrats.

That's Awsome! Congrads! :btu:

congrats bigtime RoyL
 

but hey.... i know you have it posted on your site...and all.....

But, you could get paid for that story if you sold it
to say a trout specific Magazine.... especially the whole business of
re -snagging your broken stretch of line days afterward WOW!
thats SOOO unusual , i've never even heard or read of such a thing.

so in otherwords your story has to go public in a big way...
television... the works -> man.

Go for it... all the way... call some networks....
->David letterman call his office....
soon you'll have lotsa new fishin Gear :btu: $$$$$$$