77 inches, not confirmed
 

caught in Nova Scotia yesterday. 23 inches longer than current record

To me, that's a no doubt photoshop job and it's not even a good one... but I'm not a digital imaging expert so who knows.

if it is legit we should hear about it very shortly, agree with the poor pic quality

this fish is legit.. :buds:

That is a funky picture! Could be real , time will tell. :)

I am just speculating, but a few things have me calling this bluff:

That chick is holding onto the heavy end of a 100lb fish and looks way too comfortable
There are no other pictures than this grainy one. In this day and age where a gopro can capture 4k images in a package smaller than most point and shoot cameras, I would think there would not only be more images, but higher quality ones too.

There was a rumor about this fish floating around Sunday. I was at a cookout and one of my nephews told me he heard about a bass that was longer than the world record but only weighed 55#.

If it was a record fish it would be all over the place by now. As far as the graininess of it. I have taken pictures in a misty environment that I hoped would come out but with an af lense the focus gets all messed up simply due to it has no idea what to focus on. And most don't play with the settings to adjust for ambient light and atmospheric conditions. Regardless if it is real it is a whopper
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The picture just doesn't look real... I can't put my finger on why though. Her hand all the way to the right of the photo has a lot to do with it. She doesn't seem to me supporting much... neither does his on the other side, which has their middle hands supporting the majority of a beast of a fish.

I kinda want this to be real, but I want more pics to drool over if it is!

hahaha....

That fish has some paste on hands.

I will join in......
Giant Barred Surf Perch.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2..._0296Perch.jpg

I would love to believe this is real and will hold (most) of my opinion but the picture looks shopped to me too

There was alot of the same talk when Meyers got his fish... my thing is.. look how much sand is on the fish.. and they are in a muddy marsh full of grass..time will tell all...

That wasn't a rumor it was caught on a boat in nj by a young lady trolling a bunker spoon. Fish was 3" longer than myersons but had just spawned and weighed 56lbs. Pic is easy to find on the web
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Rod looks funky, it disappears over the fish by his right shoulder.

Haha, that perch pic looks legit though.

not real

Not real (in my view).
Fish that size would have their hands pushing more in from the belly.
Funny how the rod goes from in front of his thigh but behind his shoulder???

The surf perch look legit too!!!

The thing with this picture is you can see his forearm at the rear of the fish, a fish smaller then that should be resting on his forearm not in his palm.
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Not to mention, when you hold something heavy you don't splay your fingers out like you're trying to catch a roast beef sandwich! You hold them together to help support the weight. Further, there is no dark shadow on their bodies from the flash and the fish would have to be frozen for them to hold the belly with virtually no sag like that... it's seems so obvious... and I think his index finger and middle finger are the same finger pasted on twice... but what do I know.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...03203796_n.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWn0lxRNqos

Should have watched these to learn a few tricks.

Here it is!

Debunked: Photo of Nova Scotia "World Record" Striper is a Fake | Field & Stream

:biglaugh: Thanks Z

fake

https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.burke.10?fref=ts

:smash:

I Think the guy's a jerk for the stunt. Some people find this crap funny...me not so much........

I got one too.

Maybe the only thing to believe in are those e-mails which go to SPAM folder saying this guy from Nigeria has $25 million to give me?

Here's my 91-pounder caught last week...





this took me 20 minutes... :devil2:

:rotf2:

Judging by the beard, you caught that one on PEI

Probably took a $20 Walmart white rod special to reel it in to! :rotf2: