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04-27-2010, 09:49 AM
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Location: Newport, RI
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congrats to the angler if that was released, and hopefully lived. not to many guys could stomach releasing a fish like that.
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04-27-2010, 11:07 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Apparently the guy who caught the fish had a 68# last year and witnesses said that this fish was WAY bigger. They didn't have a scale to weigh it and he released it alive.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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04-27-2010, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Quincy, MA
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ive seen bigger  |
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04-27-2010, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: somewhere on a rock
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
Apparently the guy who caught the fish had a 68# last year and witnesses said that this fish was WAY bigger. They didn't have a scale to weigh it and he released it alive.
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unfriekenbelievable |
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04-27-2010, 05:12 PM
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Location: Ma/RI
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HOLY COW!!!!!!
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04-27-2010, 05:16 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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It looks legit to me..
I am not an expert but I do know a bit about photo shopping, etc. I say the photo is likely legit. 100lbs? ...I don't think so but its a huge fish thats for sure. The World record LMB was tied by a guy in Japan I think. I agree, the world record LMB will bring far more cash than will a Striper.
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04-27-2010, 06:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vineyard Haven
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I hate that guy . He has ruined every picture I have ever taken of a fish. Jeez dude, go play the lottery.  |
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04-27-2010, 08:46 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
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Congrats to the angler and thanks for releasing the fish.
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04-27-2010, 11:12 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
congrats to the angler if that was released, and hopefully lived. not to many guys could stomach releasing a fish like that.
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I wonder if he realizes that a world record Striper could be worth a couple of million $. With endorsements for everything from the hook and swivel to line, rod, reel, dry top, waders, etc, etc. Then there is the tradeshow circuit with the fish mounted plus the writers royalties about the fish, the trip, the fight, articles, books.
I swear I am a greedy Bast**d and the first thing I would do after getting the weight certified would be to get a sports agent. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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04-27-2010, 11:18 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: On The Water, Cape May to Cape Cod
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If it was in MD in the Vicinity of the Susquehanna Flats, it's C&R only right now until 4/30 because the bass are up there spawning.
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04-27-2010, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
I wonder if he realizes that a world record Striper could be worth a couple of million $. With endorsements for everything from the hook and swivel to line, rod, reel, dry top, waders, etc, etc. Then there is the tradeshow circuit with the fish mounted plus the writers royalties about the fish, the trip, the fight, articles, books.
I swear I am a greedy Bast**d and the first thing I would do after getting the weight certified would be to get a sports agent.
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After i got it weighed and certified it would be sleeping in my bed with me and sitting at the table with me and my girlfriend while we ate. Then I'd be wearing any hat, and using a rod someone paid me to. the thought of making a living through fishing and not working my ass off would be to tempting. |
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04-27-2010, 11:32 AM
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Cape Crusader
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Ashland, MA
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If he even suspected that fish might be a world record and let it go, he's a better man than I.
I release virtually every fish I catch, but if I caught that one it would not be swimming away under any circumstances. That is a life changing fish if it is the record, and it sure looks like it might have been. I'm not sure it is a 100 lb fish, but it sure looks 80 lbs plus.
Wow.
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04-27-2010, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
I wonder if he realizes that a world record Striper could be worth a couple of million $. With endorsements for everything from the hook and swivel to line, rod, reel, dry top, waders, etc, etc. Then there is the tradeshow circuit with the fish mounted plus the writers royalties about the fish, the trip, the fight, articles, books.
I swear I am a greedy Bast**d and the first thing I would do after getting the weight certified would be to get a sports agent.
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You are dreaming. It's worth very little. |
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04-27-2010, 03:16 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
You are dreaming. It's worth very little.
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That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it!!!!  |
No boat, back in the suds.
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04-28-2010, 11:24 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
... the first thing I would do after getting the weight certified would be to get a sports agent.
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B.S.
You'd cut the thing up and make sausages out of it...  |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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04-29-2010, 04:26 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,825
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Back Beach
B.S.
You'd cut the thing up and make sausages out of it... |
...with lots of garlic and oregano!!!  |
No boat, back in the suds.
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04-29-2010, 05:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Truro
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100% legit - I know the "kid", his Dad, and people who fish with them.
They have been coming up this way every year for a week or two since the kid was 2 ft tall - good people, and good fishermen.
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04-29-2010, 06:21 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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wow
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04-29-2010, 06:28 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishonnelsons
100% legit - I know the "kid", his Dad, and people who fish with them.
They have been coming up this way every year for a week or two since the kid was 2 ft tall - good people, and good fishermen.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bart
wow
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