62lb caught south of the block....

[LeCounts1099]

Well, RIJ... In a word: No! (& I don't accept challenges to manhood/ surf- prowess from those I don't know-- & who are obviously biased so will never judge fairly! Others I'll take on gladly!


Preparation & focus & desire & carefully maintained equipment (esp. pre- VS & ZB...) PLUS being in the right place at the right time = DZ's accomplishment that you want to diminish-- same thing you want to get on ME for?

And DZ did it on mono. & on an artificial from boulder- strewn shores that would scare the hardiest fisherman! Kudos DZ!


Cronies out of the woodwork will come here I'm sure!


Congrats Mark-- you're in the "Sixty" club! I've been working my ass off to join you for many years-- I'm just going the shore & plug route like my personal Bass "heros" did! Hey, Iron Mike!

[Green Light]

Nice fish!

I give him credit for heading out alone at night on a boat.
I have been on land for so long, I have roots growing from my shoes.

[boot man]

Ahhh...nice fish but anyone can catch a 62 lb fish if they have 2 arms. You should try it with one arm like my heroes, "Lefty" Loosey (ca. 1964)or "Right Hand" Mary (July 12, 1983 in 4 foot seas).

Gimme a break it's a great fish by an experienced angler and somebody has to belittle it by comparing it to fish in a barrel because it's not the way they fish. Absolutely unbelievable.

Again, GREAT JOB, MARK!!

[Mr. Krinkle]

Originally Posted by TheSurfcaster

good fish, but it had to have been from a boat - if it was it's just not the same..............

Dude, a 60 lber is a 60 lber, REGARDLESS.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by LeCounts1099

No, "Fishaholic"... a clown is someone who freely calls other people "clowns," for nothing more than having an (educated/ experienced/ valid) opinion that differs from his own!


ESP. when it's based upon a "personal" stupid 'Net grudge-- still fresh I'm sure in some memories here: you I recall called me a "clown" then because I was anti- burning G'berry... & you were "pro" doing so ('cause you never fish there?...). Yup-- you sure showed me a "clown" then I guess! (Or was it vice- versa... thus the continued hen- pecking/ grudge you do so well?

As to here... fine, at worst I shouldn't move this "congrats" thread to a "discussion" one-- but my opinion stands! And I know many others here would share it... so they can all wear your "clown" label too I guess? I'll be bigger than you: I refuse to escalate your "feud" w/ me for again then being right!


As for topic: congrats to any who land a 60+ obviously! But you FaH can celebrate & admire the catches YOU wish to-- Umbrella or Yo- Yo landed or Commercial/ for $, or whatever...

AND I'll continue to celebrate the catches of MY "heros"/ most admired Striper guys! (i.e., M. Malenovsky, 64 lb. from Montauk Lights' rocks... T. Coleman, 67 lb. ( ) from the SHORE of Block! (NOT a bigger feat? Back in the pre- 80 lb. Braid days?)... Our own DZ, not one but two 50's on plugs from Shore there too... T. Cee, 57 lb. just a few years ago from Cape sand full of Seals!... T. Szetzko, 73 ( ) from same sand many years before... etc.!


Everybody else: hold your opinions here on S-B & just Post blandly... lest FaH call your thoughts "clownish!"

I've never been one to hold my opinion, and in mine, you're 0-3 in your self-assesment of your opinion--I find it (ignorant/ inexperienced/invalid).

But that's just my opinion.

Bland? Moi? If you think that's flaming, you should have come along the internet in my "glory days" on another website.

[LeCounts1099]

Never looking to "flame" Mike... Just trying to Post something interesting occasionally... how about you?


You're right Mike & cronies: a 60+ from a boat on bait at night behind Block is right there with a 67 from shore there on Wood (or TWO 50's on plastic from there... or a 57 on Wood from the Cape in '05)... etc!


I was totally off- base to suggest otherwise! I apologize for my uninformed opinion!


Sorry all! Back to your congrats thread!

[SouthernStriper]

Nice fish !!!!!

[Jenn]

Nice fish reguardless if it came from shore, boat OR a barrell if you ask me! I would take it either way....

[RIJIMMY]

just one clarification - I was not diminshing DZ's catch. My reference to the Snowstorm Blitz was to identify a specific event/time when large fish were around in numbers and on the feed. If you discount guys getting fish @ BI, you must diminsh all fish caught in a blitz?

[spence]

[fishaholic18]

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by LeCounts1099

Never looking to "flame" Mike... Just trying to Post something interesting occasionally... how about you?


You're right Mike & cronies: a 60+ from a boat on bait at night behind Block is right there with a 67 from shore there on Wood (or TWO 50's on plastic from there... or a 57 on Wood from the Cape in '05)... etc!


I was totally off- base to suggest otherwise! I apologize for my uninformed opinion!


Sorry all! Back to your congrats thread!

nice couch

[Finaddict]

yeah it's a nice fish ... congrats to the angler

[Rick Ackley]

Damn nice fish in my opinion. Congrats.

[Hooper]

I'd be bragging about this fish even if I found it washed up dead on the beach in the hot July sun!

Great fish, boat or sand, period. I hope I get one someday!

[Slipknot]

Great catch there

Gunpowder, congratulate your friend Mark for me
that is a large bass and certainly a trophy , as long as it's not dragged up in a net and it's caught on a rod and reel from shore or boat ,on bait or artifitial, that is impressive in my book.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

that is a large bass and certainly a trophy , as long as it's not dragged up in a net and it's caught on a rod and reel from shore or boat ,on bait or artifitial, that is impressive in my book.

Yea, but he caught it on a Thursday

-spence

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by LeCounts1099

Never looking to "flame" Mike... Just trying to Post something interesting occasionally... how about you?

I think this thread is not about sarcasm , it's about a trophy fish.

time to move on

[Swimmer]

Imagine the thrill when the fish came into view at the side of the boat. Oh to experince thaT THRILL MYSELF.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

uhh, yeah but Fishaholic can outfish you shore or boat, blindfolded. An d as you skimmed his 50 posts, did you see him belittle anyone's fish? I doubt it, but you felt the need to do it, so thus the "clown" title. If you need to put down others accomplishments to make you feel better, more power to you. Fishing is fishing, boat or surf.
Was it an accomplishment when your "idols" were catching trophies in the Snowstorm Bilitz? Any dolt with a rod and lure could have caught them too if they were there. Kind of like shooting fish in a barrel, no?

JIMMY

[JohnR]

Let's make this even more polarizing - he caught it with a Van Staal

Seriously, I think we are over analyzing this. We are not talking about a situation where some person that had never casted to bass before lands a 60 at their feet by sheer luck. We are talking about someone that used a proven method from a proven platform that was lucky enough to have this fish before him and skilled enough to do something about it.

Circumstances are what are put in front of you and what you do with them plus some lady luck.

Oooops - work beckons...

[Green Light]

JohnR,

I agree. Well worded.

[Adam_777]

Originally Posted by Hooper

I'd be bragging about this fish even if I found it washed up dead on the beach in the hot July sun!

Great fish, boat or sand, period. I hope I get one someday!

My exact thoughts ! Nice Fish ! Weighs the same on any scale !

[smac]

That is an awesome fish.

I would love to catch something like that from the kayak. Actually right now, ANYthing next to the kayak would be good. I lost my mojo when I moved to Mass.