Striped Bass Record

An Alabama resident has reeled in a 70-pound striped bass that shattered a 54-year-old state record and could land the angler in the book of world records for the heaviest striper ever caught in a landlocked fishery.

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Jeez. Hope he returned it live, but I doubt it. Big fish are prime breeders

Landlocked fishery.
Shooting fish in a barrel?
Always struck me that fishing is a man trying to outwit a fish.
This is one of those rare occations when he did.

Wow! Biggest one I ever caught was 5.5 lbs.

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Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

Wow! Biggest one I ever caught was 5.5 lbs.

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Well done.
Managed to outwit a small fish.
Bravo.

It was in a real lake. He was a tricky bugger. I released him. I was 12.

^ Maybe now you're a bit older you might be able to outwit a big fish.
I just never "got" fishing.
And I work at sea.

^Do you hunt dogs?...

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Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

^Do you hunt dogs?...

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Oh yes!
With foxes.

^Fair enough...Catch and release?...

I love fishing but why on earth would you want to kill a fish that has lived as long as that one obviously has, by the way even if it was released it would die from the trauma of it being held like that.

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Originally Posted by Ozcol

I love fishing but why on earth would you want to kill a fish that has lived as long as that one obviously has, by the way even if it was released it would die from the trauma of it being held like that.

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Looks like it was full of eggs too.

We're talking Alabama here, boys...:mid: