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I agree, I saw that picture in the fisherman as well. (a week or two ago?) I even mumbled something to my wife about it, she gave me the...ask me if I care...look. I looked at the picture and said, nice fish but I would not have it mounted. To me a trophy fish is one that you would have mounted as a real trophy...a once in a lifetime catch, something over 50 for sure. Cows to me are bass over 40 lbs. The 20-40 range I deem as large. I suppose everyone has their own terminology, and if you caught a 40 lber on a fly rod that could be considered a trophy as well. I don't take anything away from a 28 lb striper...it is a good size fish but for it to be a trophy (in my eyes anyway) it would have to be 2X as big.
That said, I am guilty of using the term "doormats" loosely...I think a doormat is a fluke > 10 lbs but since they are so damn rare I have started calling fluke > 6lb doormats.
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