The night he caught the devil. The real story.

[beachwalker]

it was the $250 g's baby.

big money in the early 80's.

i don't think i would be worrying about a skin to mount if they were scrutinizing my fish for weighing and I was to get $250 g's if she was the record.

WHAT did that feel like on his rod. Jeez the scrambling I have done for my biggest which were only in the forties was unbelievable.

God Bless you Al is right ! Glad to here you are still Bass fishing. Awesome !

[bassmaster]

John WTF You trading Me to another board
You cheap rat bastage I hex U
Master
any one wanna Buy some plugs

[kippy]

Dave are you selling butt plugs again?

[Mike P]

Didn't Al buy a home up in Plymouth with the after tax prize money? mikecc's dad had a picture of Al and himself that he took in the old shop.

[stripers247]

Mako Mike and wee man

You guys are killin me

Rochetta and McReynolds talk all the time. The have both talked to each other about several bigger stripers that have gotten away.

Al hasnt said a word in 22 years and all three of his children are happy and successful.

You make the guy out like he is a bum. Do you guys know the man personally?

Or only the BS that has been perpetuated by hateful comments.

Rochetta was well known Al was not.

Rochetta had a 100,000 boat Al did not.

Al has a tremendous amount of repect for Bob Rochetta and I get the feeling that it is reciprical. Why do you feel the need to kick the dog again.
Somethin personal or jealousy?


He didnt get the 250 gs until two years later. And he didnt even know that abu garcia had put up the prize money. They werent gonna tell him.

It gave him the chance to travel and fish pay off debts and purchase a modest home in Glocester.

[fishweewee]

My comments weren't intended to be hateful.

I don't want to detract from Al's accomplishment.

But the way your are positioning his story - you almost want us all to feel sorry for him.

By the way, someone points a gun at me, the least I would do is call the cops and press charges.

[MakoMike]

247,

1st of all, none of my comments were meant to be, and I don't think they can be construed as "hurtful."

Bobby and Al are just different people. Bobby, at the time he caught the fish was a Suffolk county cop. He was fishing out of a 20 fott Mako cc, hardy a $100,000 boat, especially way back then. I was only pointing out that they were different people who handled the fame differently. If you ask Bobby he will tell you that, at the time, there were at least five other guys fishing Montauk, that could just as easily have cught that fish. Bob, Mike McMan, John Alberta, Boib storc, Tom Jordan, Roger jarvis as well as myself and several others used to shar info and fish the same spots. Any one of us might have at least hooked that fish ( I doubt I would have landed it had it been me ) My only point is that we all would have reacted differently, Bobby handled it well, Al didn't.

[stripers247]

Mako Man

the interesting thing is that nobody has caught one that size since. Just too darn difficult. They bust tackle. Above 30 pounds the fight increases exponentially.

Thats 23 years my friend. and none of the guys have nailed it yet.

There are 100 plus pounders out there. Somebodies bound to bring one in sooner or later.

wee man

about calling the cops. Some of us arent brought up that way Guy.


Interesting discussion none the less . Thanks for the feed back.

[MakoMike]

Certainly is interesting that those fish are so few and far between. If some of the speculation, that the big momms hand out in deeper water is right, no one may catch one as lomg as the eez is closed. But the fish are getting bigger. Couple of 60s last year and a whole bunch of 50s this year, who knows what next year will bring?

Many of those guys I mentioned are still fishing out of Montauk. John Alberta isn't, he moved his boat back west on the island somewhere. Bobby is fishing out of Southhold, since he moved to Sekauket. But the rest are still there, except fo me, of course

[chris L]

247
there was a 75.6# caught in New Haven harbor in 1992 . although not bigger but close and in a boat . guess it dont count !

[fishweewee]

Connecticut fish don't count.

CT sucks.

[chris L]

lets see what sux about Ct .
ct fish
visitors
travel throughers
taxes
politics
I95
Q bridge
highway construction
some woman
non driving idiots
long island sound
west haven beach
rich people
water front home owners
rhode island
cape cod
alaska
arizona
australia

[fishweewee]

You forgot New Jersey.

[chris L]

thats a whole nuther topic .
" what sux besides connecticut " !
new jersey
PA
new york
mass
NH
maine
vermont
eastern canada
western canada
OHIO

[bassmaster]

You Guys are killin Me

[JohnR]

Originally posted by fishweewee
Connecticut fish don't count.

CT sucks.

No BOAT fish from CONNECTICUT don't count