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06-26-2007, 12:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Ocean County , N.J.
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World Record Striper Mount - For Sale
I thought you guys might find this interesting, a local bait & tackle shop by me is selling the originial mount of Al McReynolds record 78.8lb Striper with signed docs from the taxidermist who in fact just reconditioned it back in 04/05..
Asking Price is $20,000.00 or/and accepting serious offers....
On the sidenote - rumor has it that Al sold it along with the entire contents of his attic for $2000.00 years ago
Also at this time donations are being taken up for the possibility of it being donated to the IGFA Museum...
Your Thoughts ?????
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06-26-2007, 12:58 PM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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$ 20,000
buys the gear and the means to make a serious run at your own world record... and at the VERY least youll have a HELL of alot more fun doing it than staring at a mounted fish
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aim: SaltedBrian
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06-26-2007, 01:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 3,781
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20,000 dollar piece of junk  |
Good health and family
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06-26-2007, 01:09 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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I am happy to hear that the mount was refurbished. I hadn't seen it in a few years, it needed a rehab.
Unfortunately, 20K is too much.
I hope it makes it to the IGFA. Sure somebody would drive it if need be.
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06-26-2007, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Springfield, MA
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Maybe he should donate it to the Museum, and try to claim the $20K on his taxes? That should raise an audit issue.
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06-26-2007, 05:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 806
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I seem to remember in the recent Salt Water Angler interview with Al McReynolds he said the fish disappeared around the time he caught it.
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06-26-2007, 06:15 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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hmmmm......used sweet 20' Grady?.....or mounted fish with history......20 grand for the mount???? you gotta be kidding me. I would be interested to see what they would get with a 7500 reserve on Ebay.....
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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06-26-2007, 06:33 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Not that I like them, but the Bass Pro shop opening in Foxboro would be very wise to buy it. 20,000 would seem a small price considering the publicity and increased store traffic it would get them.
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06-26-2007, 07:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Whitman,Ma.
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$20,000..yikes
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I'm going where I'm going... 
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06-27-2007, 07:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Not that I like them, but the Bass Pro shop opening in Foxboro would be very wise to buy it. 20,000 would seem a small price considering the publicity and increased store traffic it would get them.
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You missed your true calling, advertising/commercials/publicity!  |
Why even try......... 
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06-27-2007, 08:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
Not that I like them, but the Bass Pro shop opening in Foxboro would be very wise to buy it. 20,000 would seem a small price considering the publicity and increased store traffic it would get them.
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Exactly! It'll get more exposure there than anywhere else that I can see.. |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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06-27-2007, 06:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: jerseyshore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reebok
I seem to remember in the recent Salt Water Angler interview with Al McReynolds he said the fish disappeared around the time he caught it.
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I thought the same also... |
FORE!
It's usually darkest just before it turns Black..
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06-27-2007, 06:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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06-27-2007, 07:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bronko
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Thats a really sick thought  |
Why even try.........
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06-27-2007, 08:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Ocean County , N.J.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reebok
I seem to remember in the recent Salt Water Angler interview with Al McReynolds he said the fish disappeared around the time he caught it.
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There has been so many stories,rumors & lies about the entire saga of this fish over the years.. I guess this is just another chapter here in regards to this mount..
I've seen I believe a replica of it over at the old Campbell Marine heading into Margate and it was quite a site....
Worth 20k,, I think not....... |
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06-27-2007, 11:36 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Is that collectible, not. I wouldn't want a mounted fish in my house that I didn't catch.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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06-27-2007, 11:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
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20K - I'd rather buy a boat
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06-27-2007, 04:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Wasn't Mc Reynolds on here a year or two ago, telling his version of how everything went down?
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06-27-2007, 08:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MakoMike
Wasn't Mc Reynolds on here a year or two ago, telling his version of how everything went down?
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yes
If I recall the story correctly, he caught quite a few large fish that week (60+ lbs) also,
so did his son and daughter |
LETS GO BRANDON
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06-28-2007, 10:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Ocean County , N.J.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
yes
If I recall the story correctly, he caught quite a few large fish that week (60+ lbs) also,
so did his son and daughter
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Mid-Upper Teen Size TideRunners Also... |
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06-28-2007, 10:11 PM
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Spot Preserver
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 2,461
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Never bought the story and never will buy the mount. 20K is ridiculous. Good luck with that price tag.
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