RHM's Thread Hijack: official world record for Greg Myerson - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnR · 10-19-2011, 05:41 PM

Step away from the computer.

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Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

john
Your out there drifting and he found a good hump that big fish sit behind.
I'm just sayin. there's nothing hard or awesome about it.
Its called luck. there's a ton of great surf guys on this site including your self but I havent seen you cast yet or looked in your plug bag.

I have fished with great surfcasters - I'm honest enough with myself to not be delusional into thinking I was one.

If it was simply drifting over a hump but there is more to it....

Again, yawn.

BigFish · 10-19-2011, 05:43 PM

Wish I had Greg Meyerson's kind of luck????

Swimmer · 10-20-2011, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Wish I had Greg Meyerson's kind of luck????

Ya, what a bum!!!!!!!!!

PaulS · 10-20-2011, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

I have fished with great surfcasters -

Me?

WadingWill · 10-20-2011, 07:26 AM

First off, congrats to Greg, that's the fish of a lifetime.

Mike, last year a friend and I were fishing "your" rocks, we had been there all night. You showed up as the sun was coming up, and didn't ask, but told us we'd better make room for you in a rotation. After we told you to go @#$% yourself, you started fishing near us. Not even an hour later, you cast the top half of your rod into the drink, the sign of a real "sharpie." We cast at it and got it back for you. I'm guessing you don't remember that though huh?

JohnR · 10-20-2011, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by PaulS

Me?

I fished with you before you were great. Broke the damn gold cart in the process.

Sea Flat · 10-20-2011, 07:43 AM

What you are not taking into account is that the angler found that particular piece of structure to fish, it is a spot that he fishes regularly that produces nice fish. Just like a shore guy would do. He also knew what stage of tide to be there and why he chose that specific tide to fish. Just like a shore guy does.

I agree that sometimes people just get lucky, but this fisherman is clearly not that type of fisherman. Just read what he has said about how he fishes and you will soon realize that.

Personally I enjoy fishing from the shore as much as I do from a boat. I have enjoyed an equal amount of great days shore and boat fishing. A boat may get you the opportunity to drive to a surface blitz, but let's be real, those are small fish that anyone can catch. Finding an 80 lb. cow is difficult for any angler. Boat anglers still need to put in time, they have a lot of water to choose from. The fact that this angler specifically chose that stretch of water at that specific time, purposefully shows skill and not luck.

The old, "boat fish don't count" thing is a great running joke that most normal people don't take so serious. Obviously if he caught it on home made wood it would be more impressive, but there is a reason that not many fish over 60 lbs. have ever been caught on wood. Not to mention, this fish was hanging deep.

Your continuous complaining and whining just makes you look jealous.

piemma · 10-20-2011, 07:58 AM

Look regardless of whatever RHM or OCM or whatever his name is today says, if it were easy to catch an 80 then a lot more people would have done it in the 32 or 33 years that Al McReynolds record stood. Shore fish, boat fish it doesn't matter. It is a world record that the kid worked for.

If you think he "stumbled" onto this fish you are mistaken. He has numerous 50s and a few 60 to his credit. he obviously knows what he is doing, where the big fish hang and what they eat. His success rate indicates to me that it is not luck but a combination of knowledge and skill.

As an aside, Mike, I don't know you from a hole in a wall, never fished with you, near you or on the same patch of water as you. You may be a nice guy but your belittling of this huge accomplishment just make you look like an utter fool.

Mike P · 10-20-2011, 08:04 AM

Mike---at the bottom of my posts, there's a signature line. I suggest that you read it, again and again, until it sinks in. Because every post you make on this site and SOL proves the latter half (that's the part that starts with "Fools") of it.

I would like to think that you're just trolling. But, unfortunately, people who know you tell me that you're just not that bright.

PaulS · 10-20-2011, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

I fished with you before you were great. Broke the damn gold cart in the process.

That cart should have had a taxi meter on it and off road tires. It saved me.

StriperSniper · 10-20-2011, 10:08 AM

Congrats to Greg for landing the record.
As the leader he found hanging from the fish's mouth proves,hooking the record and landing it is a combination of luck and experience.
On that particular night he was lucky enough to get the fish to hit and experienced enough to know how to land it.
Good for him