Posted By: thewrap
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:39 AM
I may catch crap for this but I'm calling BS. First that looks a little bit photoshopped. And 2nd that guy looks like he is holding that 70lb fish up way too easily. Kind of makes you wonder.
Posted By: HuntingTexas
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:44 AM
I may catch crap for this but I'm calling BS. First that looks a little bit photoshopped. And 2nd that guy looks like he is holding that 70lb fish up way too easily. Kind of makes you wonder.
If you look at the blue at the top of the stripers mouth that's a hanging scale with a hook I think.
Posted By: BenBob
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:44 AM
Looks like there is a blue rope holding it up.
Posted By: dilleydog7
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:44 AM
If you look closely it looks like some type of blue rope is holding the fish up and the man is holding it in a way to keep it from spinning on him. I am sure there is no way he could hold a 70# fish up that way. Awsome catch. But I do believe what you are seeing is real, he is just being assisted somehow
Posted By: Fyrfyter
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:45 AM
If you look above his hand, there is a rope holding the fish up. He's just posing with it, like he's holding it up.
Posted By: chickenpants
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:46 AM
And 2nd that guy looks like he is holding that 70lb fish up way too easily. Kind of makes you wonder.
I thought the same thing but if you look it is hanging from a rope
Posted By: txshntr
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:46 AM
Looks like it is hanging from a scale. He isn't holding it. Hell of a fish!!!
Posted By: tdecker22
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:48 AM
I may catch crap for this but I'm calling BS. First that looks a little bit photoshopped. And 2nd that guy looks like he is holding that 70lb fish up way too easily. Kind of makes you wonder.
It looks to me that the fish is still hanging on the scale I'm sure. I believe the story.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 03:54 AM
I have caught stripers and hybrids in the 15 lb range and this one dwarfs those. I will say it looks legit. Stripers are very thick also and weigh a bit more than the appear to be also.
Posted By: TheCloudX
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 08:26 AM
I think it's real, but it looks like it didn't survive. Shame too, it's cool to see them.
Posted By: stuko
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 01:58 PM
Does anyone think there is a blue rope holding it up??
Posted By: DocBailey
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/04/13 02:13 PM
impressive, i bet he that sucker gave him a good fight
Posted By: Yellowhammer
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/05/13 06:16 PM
I may catch crap for this but I'm calling BS. First that looks a little bit photoshopped. And 2nd that guy looks like he is holding that 70lb fish up way too easily. Kind of makes you wonder.
It is legit:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/03/dora_man_catches_record_stripe.htmlHe isn't holding it up, it is hanging from a rope.
Posted By: elcasador
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/05/13 07:17 PM
NO, It's fake, says his wife urged him to go fishing!
Posted By: chk
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/05/13 07:25 PM
No joke- I'd say there a one too many echoes.
Posted By: Kimber1911
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/08/13 01:36 PM
That's a hell of a striper!
Posted By: Ramsey
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/08/13 03:11 PM
Monster fish - he can thank his wife for that great day
saw this the a few days ago. man that sucker is a giant!
Posted By: Dragonuv
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/08/13 04:33 PM
I think it could be real. In VA we'd see people catch 20-40#'ers quite often, with a few 50# fish once in awhile. 70#'s isn't too far of a stretch. Stripers are the funnest fish to catch.
Posted By: hoof n wings
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/08/13 11:20 PM
Pffff, I catchem like that all the time in the pond at the lease, even release them back
Posted By: Aceh0le
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/08/13 11:38 PM
They definately had a good photographer. When you look at the pics it's look massive then looks a lot smaller... But still it's a beast and I'm jealous
Posted By: TWC
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/10/13 12:51 PM
This is legit. I don't live too far from where this fish was caught. It was all over the news here. There were state officials on hand to weigh the fish on certified scales.
I think our state record was about 55-56 pounds.
The funny thing is that very few people here fish for Stripers. After living in Texas for so long and getting used to everybody chasing stripers all over the state I never could figure out why they don't get much attention here. These guys hate catching Hybrids and Sand bass (called white bass here) are concidered trash fish.
Posted By: cameron00
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/10/13 01:37 PM
Does anyone think there is a blue rope holding it up??
No.
UNTIL NOW. I have excellent vision and believe there may be a blue rope holding it up. Perhaps from the scale.
Posted By: TWC
Re: Holy Crap......Big Striper - 03/10/13 03:32 PM
Here is story link to it. The first picture shows the rope holding the fish. Scroll down and you will see a video about it.
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/03/dora_man_catches_record_stripe.html