Cinto's fish was taken on a charter with one of the best striped bass boat fishermen ever, Frank Sabatowski. No question Cinto "deserved" his fish. He fished hard and worked hard to hire the guy who put him on it. Yet Sabatowski found that fish and dragged the plug in front of it. Something very similar happened recently with another hard fishing, dedicated fisherman and former poster who took a well deserved 60 while learning to fish chunks with his charter captain friend.
If I charter Cowhunter and he takes me in his boat, picks the spot, time, and tide, sets up the tackle, obtains the bait, tells me what to do and then I catch a world record.....who (after the bunker, of course
) really deserves the credit?
My point is that the accomplishment of any catch is often better measured by something other than the size of the fish.