The World Record Striper and $$$$

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Fee

Between the Sportsman's Show seminar circuit, offering up the story to a national magazine, selling the rights to the photographs and maybe riding the wave of your 15 minutes of fame to turn it into a charter business or tackle company, the amount of money a world record striped bass would be worth would rely heavily on how much the time and effort you were willing to invest in marketing yourself and your catch.

There wouldn't be a big, one-time payoff, it would be more like a job opportunity. Personally, I think turning a record fish into a substantial sum of money would be more difficult than actually catching the fish.

In terms of tackle manufacturers, unless there was a prior arrangement or sponsorship in place, the best you could reasonably expect would be discounts, and maybe even some free stuff.

That is pretty much my point. Get the right sports agent and they would know how to market you on the "circuit".

[Back Beach]

If anything, I'd use my new found leverage to get a photo op with Cindy Garrison...

[Swimmer]

After I had Janet Messineo mount the world record fish I would hang it in my room down cellar. There for my own edification I would go and look at it whenever I felt like it.

[jredfly]

Originally Posted by MAKAI

Yup,
I'd stuff a Shimano lure down it's mouth.
Put a Daiwa reel on a st Croix legend loaded with Berkley braid.
Spro swivels and Jinkai fluoro.
Making sure I was wearing my Orvis waders and Simms top.

Very Funny!