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View Poll Results: Biggest Cow lurking out there?
80+ 17 36.17%
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Old 03-21-2005, 11:53 AM   #17
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One of the unanswered questions in the Ghost Fish article is spawning.

I do not understand how these big fish spawn, and if they spawn at sea how their offspring would survive off-shore. Does not seem intuitive to me.

I believe there are monster cows out there....when and where is the question.

I have heard tales of the seiners/draggers pulling up fish that we all dream about. And some of the bi-catch that would have set records. But I am not getting that info first or even second hand, so it could just be folk-lore.

I believe there are fish over 100#s, but they are elusive and might not come to inshore waters as frequently.

the other thought that crossed my mine when reading the ghost fish article, is that Al McRenolds fish did not have the alligator head. From all of the pictures I can remember seeing, Al's monster had a monster head. Big and thick like you would expect from a striper, not the lean head suggested in the article. So, I would assume that Al's was a very big, old, and up until that day elusive striper of the typical inshore variety.

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