New NY inland record striper caught today! - Page 2

gunner1 · #16 05-15-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Doc Z

I'll tell ya where...........Newburg Beacon bridge about 2 minutes after we left at 5:45 to get more bait............damn......I new I shoulda gotten more worms. We had a great day there.......1am to 7am and the fish are getting bigger and more aggressive.

I just didn't want to burn the guy's spot.

Striperwiper · #17 05-15-2014, 02:34 PM

What a FISH! Congrats to the angler. It seems like the fishing has been getting better and better every year on the Hudson.

Doc Z · #18 05-15-2014, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by gunner1

I just didn't want to burn the guy's spot.

It was my spot just before that........

It's a bit river and there is no spot burning from a boat.

aquaflu · #19 05-15-2014, 05:31 PM

Do you win anything for getting a record besides the bragging rights? Just wondering. I know at one point Mustad had a promo where if you caught a world or state record with one of their hooks you get $1 mill.

outdoorsman · #20 05-15-2014, 05:55 PM

All I won was a taxidermy bill! I had the skin-mount and a replica done. DEC gave me a nice plaque and certificate, I got an In-Fisherman Angler award (plaque). Lund Boats told me they would give me a raincoat and never sent it. Line, rod, and reel companies didn't really offer up anything. I never revealed the secret lure, much to the dismay of some reporters.

Maybe the new record will fare better! The bragging rights were nice, along with the amazed faces of people who walked in the door only to see the striper on the wall.

Ericallstate · #21 05-15-2014, 06:58 PM

Ian I've never had the pleasure of meeting you but I can tell from your comments your a gentleman. I promise to be the same when someone breaks my record. I hope I can keep it half as long as you did.

Doc Z · #22 05-15-2014, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ericallstate

Ian I've never had the pleasure of meeting you but I can tell from your comments your a gentleman. I promise to be the same when someone breaks my record. I hope I can keep it half as long as you did.

Unless less someone gets real lucky I'm betting that will be your record for at least 5-7 years.......60 lbs will be damn hard to beat....congrats.

mikeyg · #23 05-15-2014, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ericallstate

Ian I've never had the pleasure of meeting you but I can tell from your comments your a gentleman. I promise to be the same when someone breaks my record. I hope I can keep it half as long as you did.

Congratulations Eric on the fish of a lifetime!

aquaflu · #24 05-15-2014, 08:33 PM

Still can't get over how that big thing ate a little tiny bloodworm lol. I'm curious if this fish was caught off the bottom like they say the big cows lay or if the fish was suspended off the bottom like how i seem to catch all my other ones from newburgh area.

aquaflu · #25 05-15-2014, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ericallstate

Ian I've never had the pleasure of meeting you but I can tell from your comments your a gentleman. I promise to be the same when someone breaks my record. I hope I can keep it half as long as you did.

Welcome to the forum. Are you the guy that caught the new record!? If so, congratulations!

Ericallstate · #26 05-15-2014, 08:40 PM

Thanks guys. Yeah it was me and yeah it was a blood 15ft in 35fow. Not a fish on the screen at the time. Somehow my reel came off the rod and I was able to get it back on. Then the line got wrapped on the prop. Thankfully I had braid on. I had to heave her over the bow by going through the gill because I was alone and didn't have a net. All the stars were in align to land this thing.

gunner1 · #27 05-15-2014, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by outdoorsman

All I won was a taxidermy bill! I had the skin-mount and a replica done. DEC gave me a nice plaque and certificate, I got an In-Fisherman Angler award (plaque). Lund Boats told me they would give me a raincoat and never sent it. Line, rod, and reel companies didn't really offer up anything. I never revealed the secret lure, much to the dismay of some reporters.

Maybe the new record will fare better! The bragging rights were nice, along with the amazed faces of people who walked in the door only to see the striper on the wall.

Is it safe to reveal the secret lure now that the record has fallen?

aquaflu · #28 05-15-2014, 09:08 PM

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Is it safe to reveal the secret lure now that the record has fallen?

If I were him I'd contact the lure manufacturer for an endorsement before he did that, and if they agree to pay him then say the name of the lure, but if they don't agree to pay him then say the name of the COMPETITOR'S lure!!! hahaha

darndam · #29 05-15-2014, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ericallstate

Thanks guys. Yeah it was me and yeah it was a blood 15ft in 35fow. Not a fish on the screen at the time. Somehow my reel came off the rod and I was able to get it back on. Then the line got wrapped on the prop. Thankfully I had braid on. I had to heave her over the bow by going through the gill because I was alone and didn't have a net. All the stars were in align to land this thing.

WOW JUST WOW. Been there (not with a 60#er of course), where everything that can go wrong does and you still wrangler her into the boat. Well done. No better feeling. Im sure you will never fish without a net again!

wfocatman · #30 05-15-2014, 10:42 PM

congrats eric. good for you man!! yes, i have fish envy. mines not nearly that big.