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[Raider Ronnie]

I've heard some stories that if you want to see some monsters,
Just follow a seiner or gill net boat around when they haul their gear!

[Clogston29]

Here's a link to an article with some interesting opinions and theories about large bass.

http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/surf_ghost_fish.shtml

Administrators, sorry if this link if it is considered commericial and feel free to remove this post. I just thought it was interesting and pertained to this discussion.

[ThrowingTimber]

many big fish this year wait and see

[MakoMike]

I'll be surprised if a new world record isn't set this year. I don't know if it'll be in this neck of the woods or down south later in the year. But I think there are more than a few 80 pound fish swimming around right now and probably a few over 100.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

Here's a link to an article with some interesting opinions and theories about large bass.

http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/surf_ghost_fish.shtml

Administrators, sorry if this link if it is considered commericial and feel free to remove this post. I just thought it was interesting and pertained to this discussion.

No problem. Not here, anyway. I have a hard copy printed out of every article on the Dozer's site myself. It's too good a resource to keep to yourself

[Nebe]

IMO, we will need 4 or 5 years till it happens

[keeperreaper]

While scuba diving a few years ago on a wreck to be unnamed; a bunch of divers including myself saw a striped bass that I'd estimate to be well over 100 pounds. The fish was massive and being about 15 feet from it the bass was larger that any mounted striper I have seen by alot. I know everything in the water looks bigger but even if it lost 25% of its size it would still be the world record. Another member on another board also saw the fish while diving there on a separate occasion and we have spoken about it a few times. I have dove there and fished the wreck many times since the sighting and have never seen it again but that one sighting keeps me going back many times every year just in case she is lurking.

[ThrowingTimber]

1976 year class

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

Here's a link to an article with some interesting opinions and theories about large bass.

http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/surf_ghost_fish.shtml

Administrators, sorry if this link if it is considered commericial and feel free to remove this post. I just thought it was interesting and pertained to this discussion.

No problem - we just don't want other sites ing us for their own personal gain - That's a good site

[Iwannakeeper]

One of the unanswered questions in the Ghost Fish article is spawning.

I do not understand how these big fish spawn, and if they spawn at sea how their offspring would survive off-shore. Does not seem intuitive to me.

I believe there are monster cows out there....when and where is the question.

I have heard tales of the seiners/draggers pulling up fish that we all dream about. And some of the bi-catch that would have set records. But I am not getting that info first or even second hand, so it could just be folk-lore.

I believe there are fish over 100#s, but they are elusive and might not come to inshore waters as frequently.

the other thought that crossed my mine when reading the ghost fish article, is that Al McRenolds fish did not have the alligator head. From all of the pictures I can remember seeing, Al's monster had a monster head. Big and thick like you would expect from a striper, not the lean head suggested in the article. So, I would assume that Al's was a very big, old, and up until that day elusive striper of the typical inshore variety.

-IWK