The 100 pound bass

[Needmore Salts]

Originally Posted by Nebe

I think the next LMB record is worth millions.... But the next striper? Maybe a couple hundred Gs if you played it right
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come on really, a 25 pd fish is gonna get more press and money than a 80 pd plus fish thats not locked up in one body of water?? i hope this guy gets some real press, thats a hell of accomplishment and he caught it from shore, sir if you read this my hat goes off to you....thats something everyone on this site hopes for one way or another...

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Needmore Salts

come on really, a 25 pd fish is gonna get more press and money than a 80 pd plus fish thats not locked up in one body of water?? ..

There are many X more LMB fisherman than striper fisherman. That's why there are so many more bass shows that surf fishing shows. As was said, if you have the world record striper and play your cards right, you'll do ok, but I doubt you'll become a millionaire
off it.

One thing to remember if you catch it, don't let anyone take a picture of it as once the picture gets out, I thought I read that you might loss control over it and any equipment manuf. might be able to use the picture with their product (doesn't sound right but I'd need a legal opinion on that).

The first picture I saw of that fish I thought was photo shopped but the 2nd looked real.

I wonder how much AH or BF would pay me if I caught it on their plugs

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Needmore Salts

come on really, a 25 pd fish is gonna get more press and money than a 80 pd plus fish thats not locked up in one body of water?? i hope this guy gets some real press, thats a hell of accomplishment and he caught it from shore, sir if you read this my hat goes off to you....thats something everyone on this site hopes for one way or another...

Yes really.
Let me know when you are ready for your next lesson.

[Needmore Salts]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Yes really.
Let me know when you are ready for your next lesson.

anytime.... i would welcome the conversation.... it kind of bothers me personally that people take freshwater fishing so dam serious, trout gets stocked, opening day makes me wanna throwup, large and small mouth fishing has oh boy o'berto written all over nowadays, i guess it's a good thing that not much money or sponsorship comes out of surfcasting in general....

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Needmore Salts

anytime.... i would welcome the conversation.... it kind of bothers me personally that people take freshwater fishing so dam serious, trout gets stocked, opening day makes me wanna throwup, large and small mouth fishing has oh boy o'berto written all over nowadays, i guess it's a good thing that not much money or sponsorship comes out of surfcasting in general....

Look at bass pro shops for example A huge multi million dollar business owned privately... a business built on LMB fishing and hunting. Largemouth are found in just about if not all states in america.. striped bass are only on the east coast, california and southern oregon. Ok.. some small areas have land locked hybrid stripers.. but my point is that in this country there may be 15 million people who fish for LMB every year. The striped bass fishery is a fraction of that. Sure there are large tackle manufactures who market to LMB and stripers who are huge and could afford to sponsor someone or give prize money to the next world record holder, but the fact is this- they know that the real cash cow is LMB and that is where they focus their advertising money and sponsorships.. and as PaulS said... look at how many LMB fishing shows there are compared to striped bass fishing shows... there is no comparison.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Look at bass pro shops for example A huge multi million dollar business owned privately... a business built on LMB fishing and hunting. Largemouth are found in just about if not all states in america.. striped bass are only on the east coast, california and southern oregon. Ok.. some small areas have land locked hybrid stripers.. but my point is that in this country there may be 15 million people who fish for LMB every year. The striped bass fishery is a fraction of that. Sure there are large tackle manufactures who market to LMB and stripers who are huge and could afford to sponsor someone or give prize money to the next world record holder, but the fact is this- they know that the real cash cow is LMB and that is where they focus their advertising money and sponsorships.. and as PaulS said... look at how many LMB fishing shows there are compared to striped bass fishing shows... there is no comparison.

nebe is 100% correct. If the world record SB was caught people in about 10 states would care. Drive around this country and you'll see bass boats everywhere. We used to chuckle that in Florida you'll see a 2 bedroom shack, broken down car, and a beautiful Ranger parked in the driveway.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

nebe is 100% correct. If the world record SB was caught people in about 10 states would care. Drive around this country and you'll see bass boats everywhere. We used to chuckle that in Florida you'll see a 2 bedroom shack, broken down car, and a beautiful Ranger parked in the driveway.

In Vermont it's a couple of snowmobiles also.

[robc22]

100 pound released striper!!= internet hoax!!