Huge Striper??

Lxpaul6 · #1 04-27-2010, 09:58 PM

Does anyone know if this picture is real or not? i just came across it on another site that said it had been caught and released by an angler in Maryland...Any one else hear bout it?

Holy S#%!!!!!

Ghilie · #2 04-27-2010, 10:22 PM

[email protected][email protected] Is that real?

Rickski · #3 04-27-2010, 10:29 PM

I'd love to shake his hand for catching and releasing a fish that deserved to be released. That old, she would not have been good eating anyway. Great catch. I'm glad he got some pictures of her. I hope we start seeing more that size.

Doublerunner · #4 04-27-2010, 10:37 PM

It's hard to say if it is photo shopped or not. I suppose there will always be suspicion whether justified or not.

Believe the reason it was released ( if this is true ) was because it was caught in an area that is off limits to fishing. If that is true I hope there are serious penalties to the angler that poached it

Ghilie · #5 04-27-2010, 10:50 PM

From what i hear, it was caught in a catch and release area only...

rjcappy · #6 04-28-2010, 01:05 AM

Pic seems to be real. That's gotta be a record!

zimno1 · #7 04-28-2010, 01:29 AM

if it's legit pic it's easy 70# fish. i'm not sure i'd have yanked it up like that to release it afterward but i'd have surely took the later pic. i just can't put my finger on the reason to blur out the face? wtf? if it is a chop my hats off to the author. if it's a catch of a lifetime i am duly impressed. i thought it was al mcreynolds son to be honest with you...

Rickski · #8 04-28-2010, 07:12 AM

Unless she was caught in a large land locked, or fenced in area, it roams the ocean, and hopefully we will see more of them in that class. I certainly hope it wasn't caught in a restricted area, and the face being blurred is questionable. But unless the second picture is photo-chopped, he is not hiding his identity.

I think we know what needs to happen when we catch them in that class. Zim is right about the way she is being held in the first photo, but a hug, kiss, picture and release is the right thing to do. I'll save a few of the offspring for the dinner table.

Finny · #9 04-28-2010, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Doublerunner

It's hard to say if it is photo shopped or not. I suppose there will always be suspicion whether justified or not.

Believe the reason it was released ( if this is true ) was because it was caught in an area that is off limits to fishing. If that is true I hope there are serious penalties to the angler that poached it

save your BS negative post to your own mind pos

whiteka6 · #10 04-28-2010, 04:20 PM

I bet he blurred out his face because he had a stupid/hilarious look on his face trying to lift that thing out of the water.

Mark P · #11 04-28-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Finny

save your BS negative post to your own mind pos

Settle down Finny, I guarantee if DR was standing on a rock next to you and you hauled in a fish of that size he would be the first to congratulate you. Thats all I am going to say.

That is one beautiful fish! Must have been an amazing experience for the angler. I don't care where he caught it that is the fish of many lifetimes. That is definitely a contender. Congrats to the angler and Heres to hoping there are many more out there Just like her.

Rickski · #12 04-28-2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jackbass

I guarantee if DR was standing on a rock next to you and you hauled in a fish of that size he would be the first to congratulate you. Thats all I am going to say.

Well said.

Sudsy · #13 04-28-2010, 10:35 PM

Sorry guys, I'm all about conservation too, but if I ever catch a 70#er I'm mounting it - When I'm done I'm taking it to get weighed then off to the taxidermist

Lxpaul6 · #14 04-28-2010, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sudsy

Sorry guys, I'm all about conservation too, but if I ever catch a 70#er I'm mounting it - When I'm done I'm taking it to get weighed then off to the taxidermist

TBH

Doublerunner · #15 04-28-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Finny

save your BS negative post to your own mind pos

LMAO. If this fish was legally caught...and released successfully....then I congratulate and admire that man.

Do you know what WTF means?

Way Too Fun

So POS must mean Positively Outstanding Striperfisherman

In all seriousness I know you don't care for my conservationist views. If I felt the stock was producing tens of thousands of bigguns like that every year then I might feel differently. But I don't and so I am willing to sacrifice my own ego for the sake of future generations of healthy stripers. But that's just my own opinion and I may be totally wrong. I also don't have a problem with those who take the occassional keeper for the dinner table. But I don't believe every keeper size fish has to be killed to stock a freezer or an ego

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