Throw the book out!!!!

[BassDawg]

decent fish, No Doubt!
i like to call that size belly-fillers, Mike!!

just wondering about the definiton of quote,
"Bass, Big Bass"...................

imho, big bass start at 30#+.

then there's LAHHHGE bass at 40#+;

then there's TROPHY bass at 50#+;

then there's COW bass at 60#+;

then there's MONSTAH bass at 70#+;

then there's IGFA bass at 80#+;

then there's the 90# to 100#'ers + that fall into that
"stuff Striper Dreams are made of" class, and YES ~oh yes~
i do BELIEVE that she and her yearmates are out there for
sum lucky and skilled sumbeetch to land THE Striper of a Lifetime!!!

shore do hope it's me, or
someone from these pages...............as

The Good Lord knows the members here Fish Hard and Smart,
and are well deserving of the Prize ~~so magnificent~~ and
worthy the fruition of their relentless haunts!!

[numbskull]

Taken by day while sight fishing in shallow water, that's a big fish in my book. Nice catch.

[bassballer]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

decent fish, No Doubt!
i like to call that size belly-fillers, Mike!!

just wondering about the definiton of quote,
"Bass, Big Bass"...................

imho, big bass start at 30#+.

then there's LAHHHGE bass at 40#+;

then there's TROPHY bass at 50#+;

then there's COW bass at 60#+;

then there's MONSTAH bass at 70#+;

then there's IGFA bass at 80#+;

then there's the 90# to 100#'ers + that fall into that
"stuff Striper Dreams are made of" class, and YES ~oh yes~
i do BELIEVE that she and her yearmates are out there for
sum lucky and skilled sumbeetch to land THE Striper of a Lifetime!!!

shore do hope it's me, or
someone from these pages...............as

The Good Lord knows the members here Fish Hard and Smart,
and are well deserving of the Prize ~~so magnificent~~ and
worthy the fruition of their relentless haunts!!

Cmon Jess, since when is a 25# not a nice bass? You know damn well you log a 25# you would be psyched. Cmon now.

[k-e-v-i-n]

all i have to say is this... last year my biggest was 24lb ... all season...

this year... I landed a 35lb and Sh*t my pants that I landed it in the surf... since that i have logged 13fish over 21lbs and each of them TO ME are big fish so that being said >>>>> I am fortunate that my season is my best (of only 3 years) and I would never tell someone a 25lber is only a decent fish...

with as many people on this board and only the few here and there posts of 25+ fish ... that in itself should say something.


Can't we all just get along... and be proud of another person catching a fish??? its really annoying that everything has to be a pissing battle on here... sometimes I feel we all are worse than women when it comes to bitching ...

[Skitterpop]

have I seen on a sunny day in places with a lot of human activity in boats or splashing around in the water very big fish cruising through it all or smacking small baitfish right against a very shallow shore.

The more you learn expands the real book. The book in general is a nice guideline but is far away from the actual reality of what Striped Bass do and when they do it.