Capt Bob Rochetta vs Albert McReynolds

[numbskull]

This is no contest. As Mr Debendetto so helpfully points out, Mr McReynolds has BAD TEETH! Englishmen aside, anyone who cannot be trusted to brush their teeth twice a day is also likely to leave the toilet seat up.........except in Brockton where they usually just piss on the lid.........but the end result is the same...........a moment of imbalance, a moment of terror, followed by a big splash......which any jetty fisherman can relate to......... so Mr McReynold obviously either cannot be trusted, or has a wife with such enormous buttocks she really has no idea what is going on down there anyways. But, kind reader, consider also that even if the latter is the the case, who is to be believed..........a man with the title CAPTAIN in his name, or a man with bad teeth and a fat wife? Why the Captain of course! Master of the sea, a leader of men, an man of stature, with a firm unyielding jaw, good teeth, and a petite wife with a small butt yet unusually large firm breasts with prominent nipples that yearn upward as she wets her lips and smiles invitingly at............someone else other than you, leaving you angry, hateful, and with painful congested gonads....unless of course you are married, past 50, and have kids, in which case you have forgotten what gonads were. Either way, even if the handsome captain is telling the truth, the fcking baztard already has it too good sailing around catching fish all day then banging the bazoongas out of his hot wife every night....probably three or four times a night.......so the hell with him, he doesn't need no stinking world record! My vote goes for the guy with the bad teeth and fat wife.......and your's should too.

[Mike P]

Rochetta caught his using 50# line from a boat.

I'd say that was better than having a helping hand pull you out of the water.

People have been questioning McReynolds' fish for 25 years.

Either put up the proof that it wasn't a legit catch, or pour yourself a hot steaming cup of STFU.

[BigFish]

That last line is priceless MikeP!

[MikeToole]

I thought this statement would end the discussion because it is so right. Fishing from a boat is nothing but assisted fishing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against boat fisherman holding records just based on weight. But when you look at what people say Albert did, it is nothing compared to what a boat does for you. It cast for you, helps you around lobster pots when you have a fish on, keeps you out of the surf, and allows you to use 50# line. Now if Alberts buddy had swum out with the plug to get it in the right spot and than put Albert on his back once the fish was hooked and swam out past the surf. Then I might question if Albert had an unfair assist. Lets get real here.

Albert's only real problem was a bunch of pain in the butt New Jersey guys who didn't think he was a good enough person to have caught the record fish. Heaven forbid that someone might compare them to Albert or even worse, say Albert is better than them. Before you jump on me for picking on NJ guys, I grew up in fishing in NJ in the 60s and still fish there with friends. Great guys but man can they be petty.

Originally Posted by Mike P

Rochetta caught his using 50# line from a boat.

Either put up the proof that it wasn't a legit catch, or pour yourself a hot steaming cup of STFU.

[animal]

Dawg,you like to talk $^%# about boat fishing,yet,here,you claim Rochetta's fish is better?
I fish bass from shore primarily.However,I catch my best fish from boats.It's a lot more convenient,than skishing THE RACE.

Although we've had our differances,I feel obligated to answer for boatmen.If you think a boat will up your odds of large,you are correct.If you think buying a boat is going to make you a killer,you're dead wrong!We have a GPS,and a Fishfinder,however,if you don't know what you're doing,it doesn't matter,you're going home fishless!
Being able to see a school of bass under the boat,is nothing,if you can't make 'em eat,and if you think you can drop an unweighted slug-go,to fish,47 feet below you in a 19 knot rip,you're wrong again.
I'm not trying to bait you,here,I'm trying to help you.I think,in the spirit of Christmas,we should call a truce.Merry X-mas Dawg.

[BassDawg]

Thanks Bob,

Truce accepted and right back at ya with a HOHOHO and a Merry Christmas to you and your family !

I have no problem with boat fishing as I've landed my share of grouper, tarpon, shark, barracuda, king macks, and red snapper from the fibreglass. I've only stated in the past that with regards to morone saxatilis, I believe that surfcasting and "boatcasting" are two completely different styles of fishing for our beloved prey.

And while we all agree that a striper is a stiper is a striper, whether she be boat or surf caught, my personal preference is to hop the rocks, wade the flats, seek the foam from terra firma because I believe that it adds a more desirable degree of difficulty and levels the playing field, somewhat, between the hunter and the hunted..........................

No right or wrong here, just different. I would be thrilled out of my deck shoes to boat a Trophy Striper from Area A, but in my "limited moons" opinion it would be far more rewarding and a greater achievement to land her from the rocks. Especially, my first fiddy !!