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Posted: 3/4/2013 10:05:44 AM EDT

un-freakin-believable: http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/03/dora_man_catches_record_stripe.html

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:08:58 AM EDT

[#1]

Dang!

I bet that was fun.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:09:27 AM EDT

[#2]

Wow

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:11:20 AM EDT

[#3]

about 15 miles from my house

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:11:54 AM EDT

[#4]

Awesome!

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:12:52 AM EDT

[#5]

that would be a blast

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:13:02 AM EDT

[#6]

I didn't even know it was possible to get that big.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:14:49 AM EDT

[#7]

Dang, that would of been a fun battle bringing it in

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:15:28 AM EDT

[#8]

I know a photoshopped zebrafish when I see it.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:15:39 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

I didn't even know it was possible to get that big.

Have you not viewed any Godzilla movies?

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:15:47 AM EDT

[#10]

Lucky sumbitch!! I've been out to black warrior....

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:16:55 AM EDT

[#11]

That's a TOAD!

He needed a huge livewell and he could have made bank touring with that fish.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:17:47 AM EDT

[#12]

Wow, nice fish!

Nobody has sued to get the name of that river changed?

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:17:48 AM EDT

[#13]

i've lived and fished for stripe in that area and around tn river all of my life. thats 2x bigger than anything i've ever seen....

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:18:33 AM EDT

[#14]

Didn't know they could get that big either...Would have been a good time bringing that biggin' in!

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:19:27 AM EDT

[#15]

Hell yes.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:19:53 AM EDT

[#16]

who fishes fresh water with 30 lb test....

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:21:19 AM EDT

[#17]

world record?

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:22:38 AM EDT

[#18]

WOW!

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:22:58 AM EDT

[#19]

Have seen and handled a LOT of stripers over the years, but never weighed any that big:
Back in the '80s, our scale only went to 60#, but it did get bottomed out from time to time, a few that I'm sure were north of 70#.
Had a male do it once, by far the BIGGEST male we'd ever seen (usually big ones are ALL females!!!)

Once has over a dozen above 50# in ONE day (gillnetting)

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:23:56 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

I know a photoshopped zebrafish when I see it.

Don't be jealous

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:26:13 AM EDT

[#21]

If I was Surf Casting I bet I would of giving up reeling that one in LOL.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:29:14 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
I didn't even know it was possible to get that big.

The all tackle world record striped bass (saltwater) is 81.88 lbs; caught August 2011 in Long Island Sound:
http://www.onthewater.com/articles/2012/08/catching-the-world-record-striped-bass/

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:30:49 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
who fishes fresh water with 30 lb test....

Striper and Muskie addicts.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:34:45 AM EDT

[#24]

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:34:48 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I didn't even know it was possible to get that big.

The all tackle world record striped bass (saltwater) is 81.88 lbs; caught August 2011 in Long Island Sound:
http://www.onthewater.com/articles/2012/08/catching-the-world-record-striped-bass/

dont they have separate records for salt water and fresh water (land locked)?

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:35:09 AM EDT

[#26]

...landed a 70 pound striped bass from the Black Warrior River...

The catch may become the new IGFA world record for a landlocked stripe bass.

What is a landlocked river? Alabama ain't even a landlocked state.

In the context of the article, what does "landlocked" mean?

25 years ago, catching 40 pounders seemed to be routine, and so, I would have gussed the WR would be much bigger than 70 lbs.

It's certainly a big-ass fish. I'd be proud of it.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:37:15 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:What is a landlocked river?

Guessing a river with a dam that doesn't have fishladders.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:38:13 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Wow

qft

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:43:29 AM EDT

[#29]

Nice one.

We have one of those steamplant cooling water creeks around here. The thing steams in the winter time. The water stays bath water warm all year around and therefore it's a popular fishing spot. You can catch speckled trout and stripers in there pretty much all year around. Of course there is the rumor you will grow a third eye eating the fish from there, but that's just rumor.

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:43:46 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
who fishes fresh water with 30 lb test....

Guys who catch world record fish

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:45:29 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I didn't even know it was possible to get that big.

The all tackle world record striped bass (saltwater) is 81.88 lbs; caught August 2011 in Long Island Sound:
http://www.onthewater.com/articles/2012/08/catching-the-world-record-striped-bass/

dont they have separate records for salt water and fresh water (land locked)?

Yes. The current record for a landlocked striper is 67lb 8oz; caught May 1992 in O'Neill Forebay, Los Banos, California.
http://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Bass, striped (landlocked)

Posted: 3/4/2013 10:53:32 AM EDT

[#32]

That's a HAWG!! That guy is stoked!!!

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:00:03 AM EDT

[#33]

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:04:27 AM EDT

[#34]

Holy you know what! --I think he can stop now --He wins at fishing.

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:05:16 AM EDT

[#35]

hot linked photo

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:06:53 AM EDT

[#36]

Wowser!

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:07:22 AM EDT

[#37]

Damn record went from 15lbs to 70?????

Good lord.

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:08:15 AM EDT

[#38]

I've heard that fish don't stop growing. The longer they live, the bigger they get.

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:10:21 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Damn record went from 15lbs to 70?????

Good lord.

No, this fish beat the prior record BY 15 lbs, not of 15 lbs.

Still, damn. I had no idea they could get that big.

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:15:30 AM EDT

[#40]

I've seen several 40lb+ stripers, but damn!

My personal best striper (24lbs, 5oz, Lake Texoma) would be nothing but bait for that bastard.

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:16:03 AM EDT

[#41]

Good for him! That's awesome.

Posted: 3/4/2013 11:16:20 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:What is a landlocked river?

Guessing a river with a dam that doesn't have fishladders.

Me too. I was hoping to get a fishing expert's opinion and details. Like: 1) Can parts of the same river be landlocked and other parts, not. 2) Does landlocked mean saltwater fish are proven to be unable to get in, or proven to be unable to go back and forth, or, are landlocked rivers assumed to be closed to saltwater fish? 3) Is a dam with a lock system considered to be the same as a dam with a ladder? Etc..

I guess I'm really wondering how strong the word "landlocked" in the record's description or category.