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Saw that, very impressive
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There is a good chance the record will fall again soon, every year bigger bass are showing up in the area of Block Island Sound. I took a 50+ pounder there about 8 years ago with wireline and tube.
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160
Native Manta Ray 14
great story.
maybe this is a stupid question because I’ve never fished for stripers up in the NE, but why are all those articles saying its the most coveted saltwater all tackle fishing record?
I would assume that would be a blue marlin…
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Probably because there isn’t that much to go after close in in the Northeast except striped bass. Long runs out to the canyons for tuna and a very short summer season for the fish we have. Plus, such magazines as Saltwater Sportsman have staff that are avid striper fans. Even the older editors like Rip Cunningham and those before him were striper fanatics. Ho Hum.
Here are some reasons why a striper world record is so coveted:
It is a consummate gamefish as it is a handsome, strong fighter, good table fair, and larger fish are very wary requiring a skilled angler.
Large, potential record size stripers are accessible to the common man unlike blue marlin and other offshore species. Also trophy sized bass are often taken from the beach like the current record.
As for the comment that there isn’t much to go after in the Northeast, well, that is incorrect. Besides striper, there are flounder, bluefish, and black sea bass that makes the ones here look like runts, tautog, large porgy (scup), and bonito all within the bays and just off the beaches. However, the comment about the short season is correct. Imagine how stir crazy you would be to go fishing after waiting from November to May?
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160
Native Manta Ray 14
quote:
Originally posted by hairballHere are some reasons why a striper world record is so coveted:
It is a consummate gamefish as it is a handsome, strong fighter, good table fair, and larger fish are very wary requiring a skilled angler.
Large, potential record size stripers are accessible to the common man unlike blue marlin and other offshore species. Also trophy sized bass are often taken from the beach like the current record.
As for the comment that there isn’t much to go after in the Northeast, well, that is incorrect. Besides striper, there are flounder, bluefish, and black sea bass that makes the ones here look like runts, tautog, large porgy (scup), and bonito all within the bays and just off the beaches. However, the comment about the short season is correct. Imagine how stir crazy you would be to go fishing after waiting from November to May?
Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160
Native Manta Ray 14
all great points Hairball. Thanks.
“I’d hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”
Hunter S. Thompson
Well said hairball,I lived on Nantucket Island for 3 years and stiper fishing is huge up there.Throwing a pearl colored rebel lure in the surf at night with all that pea soup fog all around you and having a 40# striper explode on it is unsurpassed in angling as far as I’m concerned