the best of the best, when it comes to consistant large, were probably some pinhookers out of LI, RI and the cape in the 60s and 70s. nothing hung for photos, just boxed and sold. "Night Tides" has a brief description of some of the LI guys but I'm sure there were similar guys all along the coast. The Greek is pretty impressive himself.
for any strictly surf guys to be mentioned the question would probably have to be rephrased to say best surf striper fisherman. there are some great surfcasters, ones who stand head and shoulders above the rest, out there, but I don't think they can do anything close, as far a consistant numbers of large, to what the great boat fisherman do. Too limited by having to target what's within reach.
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