81+# striper caught ?

[wimpy]

Anyone else hear about this?

On the Water Blogs

81-Pound Striped Bass Update
August 05, 2011 by Kevin Blinkoff


Here’s the facts, reported to us by Connecticut-based OTW writer Kierran Broatch: This morning, Striper Cup angler Greg Myerson weighed in a striped bass that registered 81.88 pounds on the scale at Jack’s Shoreline in Westbrook, Connecticut – almost 12 hours after it had been landed Thursday evening aboard a boat in Long Island Sound. If the fish had been properly documented, it could have been eligible for the world record. However, at the moment Myerson has decided to take the fish home at not pursue record certification. Here’s a photo of the fish, taken earlier this morning.

(can't load the pic?? It was posted on a site that deals with those things that steal your bait)

[SurfJockey]

Here it is.

[SurfJockey]

WOW!      Amazing striper right there.
But why would you end the life of a fish of that caliber, without going full bore on documenting it?  I'd be all over the pursuit of a record like that.

[Offshore Madness]

   holy crap batman,grab my rod and lets goooo!!!!

Why o why didnt he do it right!
 any way it was a catch of a life time.

[wimpy]

Thanks' for uploading pic. His head looks like a peanut compared to that tail!

[Pfishingruven]

WOW!      Amazing striper right there.
But why would you end the life of a fish of that caliber, without going full bore on documenting it?  I'd be all over the pursuit of a record like that.

Maybe he didn't want to go through all the BS that Al McReynold went through and is still putting up with!?

[gymrat987654321]

 

[ped579]

   What a shame to destroy such a beautiful specimen if you are not going to follow through with all the nonsense. I am, not impressed.  I just find it repulsive to take it's life for no reason.   

[Pops Soul]

  Maybe he figured if he didn't keep it someone else would.....

[Bucktail]

WOW!     Amazing striper right there.
But why would you end the life of a fish of that caliber, without going full bore on documenting it?  I'd be all over the pursuit of a record like that.

Maybe he didn't want to go through all the BS that Al McReynold went through and is still putting up with!?

...or Monica Oswald?

Awesome fish just the same!  Congratulations!

[Pfishingruven]

Here it is!  The true story behind the fish and an actual interview with the angler.

Field & Stream Interview

Definitely well deserved.  Sounds like this guy has put in his time for many, many years and was rewarded!  Congrats!!

 

[Fishin Dude]

Very nice fish there.  He is doing it right. Going to make some cash on the deal. <'((((><

[paul-e]

Wow

[Luna Sea 5]

now thats a cow