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Originally posted by stripers247
From Al
To you John Im not crying poor mouth and Im not trying to profit from this or is this kind man who has the web site, we are just trying to set the record straight and are just trying to tell unsuspecting fishermen what can happen to them and their family. There is no class you can take or no school you can go to that will prepare you for the business of catching a world record. I was only prepared as the angler from a lifetime of dedicated fishing. I want to be man enough to congratulate the next person who becomes the next world record holder with no remorse for that person. And I would assist them and advise them on what mistakes not to make. Us sincere fishermen know the difference between a 5 from a 10 dollar bill or a blue from a striper but nobody prepares you for hundreds of thousands. I wish I hollered help earlier.
John what do you do when you have no one to turn to? People have a habit of telling you "Keep me out of it" when your asking for help.
Sincerely yours john
Al McReynolds a fisherman. I confess to being nothing else.
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Al, the "as long as its not self promoting" with the spam and the laugh after it was really for Jim's benefit. Ask him, he probably say that we were not "nice" to him the first time he came by.
As for profit, he probably will do good for his site to bring this topic to the forefront - it generates hits, you will "profit" if you are able to set the record straight - not necessarily with money.
My whole point, and maybe I wasn't clear enough, is that what problems you've had in your life were not all the fault of the fish. Unless you are a saint and I'll go out on a limb and say you're not - I'm no saint either and I've done some pretty stupid things over time, most which have been corrected. What I'm saying is that it is not all as a result of the fish. As for the fish, I've been reading for years that you would cut the line if it happened again. Hearing that has made me thought about keeping my mouth shut if I fall into your shoes 30 years later. I have no problem with that fish being the record holder one way or the other. IGFA sys it is, good enough for me and less something monumental caused me to change my mind. Possible but not likely. I also have no reason to doubt whether you caught it or not.
As for what do you do when there is no one to turn to? You learn to clean your own ##$ first - that's what I did. I probably wasn't in as dire straights as you were but I've also seen people bounce back from a lot more serious stuff than this fish (if that's all there is to it). I SINCERELY respect anyone that comes back from the edge, from the lowest of lows, and finds a way back to self respect. That includes you. If people turned away from you and you reached youor low and have come back, as a person you have my respect. From the few stories and articles I've seen, as an angler, you have my respect (and my condolences). If you've been screwed by others, I hope you get what you might justly deserve. But for one, I don't think this fish brought on all of your problems. I know I can't blame all of my problems on one or two stupid things I've done . But I have gotten better thru making better decisions.
So don't take this as a knock, as I'm not trying to knock you or the fish. As someone that's screwed up more than a couple times in the past, I just don't think the fish is the root of all the problems.