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View Poll Results: Capt Bob Rochetta vs Albert McReynolds
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Yes, the IGFA got it right and McReynolds is "Tha Man"
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Nope, Capt Bob holds the legit unassisted record at 76#
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Why don't they have two categories surfcaught and boatcaught?
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Who gives a CRAP, I'm gonna best them both next summah!!
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12-17-2007, 11:26 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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The biggest striper ever caught was done sometime in the far past and it was tossed in with a whole pile of others.Don't know if it was a rod and reel fish , a boat net caught fish , etc. It was never submitted for "World record" status.
We call the "world record holder" the one who has his name in the IGFA book. So , did Al catch the biggest striper ever? probably not. Is he the "world record holder"? If you go by IGFA , he is and that's the end of the story.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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12-17-2007, 11:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,749
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I hate politics, especialy when it comes to fishing.....it's kind of like tainting a sports record for alleged drug use, with out positive proof, of any "monkey buisness" it is what it is......IMHO, it's time to let it go.... I believe that in the next two or three years it will be broken again.. so none of it will matter.... each fish was grand in it's own fashion... let's enjoy it for what it is, two great catches of two extraordinary fish....
and Numby, that was a RIOT!
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12-17-2007, 11:47 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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I hope I never catch an eighty pounder with only my brother or my friend with me. I am going to make sure I have my attornies, best boy, gaffer, two cameramen/women, and lastly God as a witness, or else I will just throw it back in the surf.
Better men than Al Mcreynolds have folded from the pressure of falsely claiming something to be his and wasn't.
And I wish Stezko's fish was the IGFA record holder, because he is a local boy.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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12-17-2007, 06:18 PM
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Trophy Hunter Apprentice
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: THE Other Cape
Posts: 2,508
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
I hope I never catch an eighty pounder with only my brother or my friend with me. I am going to make sure I have my attornies, best boy, gaffer, two cameramen/women, and lastly God as a witness, or else I will just throw it back in the surf.
Better men than Al Mcreynolds have folded from the pressure of falsely claiming something to be his and wasn't.
And I wish Stezko's fish was the IGFA record holder, because he is a local boy.
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That is some funny stuff Swimmer  .
Very interesting....................the range of opinions on this "Record" seem to run the gambit.
I do recognize the McReynolds striper as the current IGFA top fish, however it does seem tainted and that is why the questionable status is so prevalent in a good portion of the respondent posts. As I stated earlier, had he swum her in unassisted ~to a man~ he would be hailed as the undisputed World Record Holder and be held in high esteem by us all.
I also believe that a Record of such high regard will be restored to its greatness within the next season or two, and hopefully she'll be landed within the shores of New England. Seems to be the Land of the Champeenships, lately..............why not the Land of the LAHHHHHGEST Large  ?? |
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between man and nature shall not be broken."~~ Leo Tolstoy
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