VA State Record Striper Caught

[Captain Ahab]

1/23/08

Barnes, a 63-year-old Chesapeake telephone contractor, set the Virginia record for the species with a 73-pound slob of a fish that broke the old state record by nearly five pounds.

Fish was caught trolling an umbrella rig.

And Barnes' fish is just 5 1/2 pounds shy of the International Game Fish Association all-tackle world record caught from a New Jersey beach in 1982.

 

[Waterwings]

Wow! I bet that one put up a good fight!

 

[slim357]

damn thats a nice fish, tops my biggest by 4 inches (and prob like 20 pounds, if only i remebered how much mine weighted)

 

[kentuckybassman]

Man I can't even imagine what that would be like to catch. Nearest thing i have ever done close to that is a 4 ft gar caught on an ultra light rod and reel with 8lb mono caught on a 7 inch flouresent yellow worm!! Man it was fun but it took a little over 40 min. to get to the boat and all I could do is look at it and cut the line!!!!!!!!

 

[mtnman]

thats a hog if i must say so myself!

 

[little anth]

thats a monster i am glad he caught it and did not have it dragged up like a few others in nj :roll: great fish

 

[shamoo]

little anth, You referring to that floundersarus ? what was the end result?

 

[little anth]

yea i am pretty sure its not a record.

 

[little anth]

https://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2007/09/medium_fluke.jpg

 

[Captain Ahab]

Ah Man - that fluke record story is OLD news. She did not get the record - end of story!

Now some more striper pics:

 

[Jim]

That is a cow for sure! :shock:

I'm going to try to find my pics now...and SCAN them in LOL! No where near that size, but big too!

 

[Captain Ahab]

Just heard a confirmed report that the fish was caught on a red and white Stretch 30

 

[little anth]

hurry up every one order em lol thats whats gunna happen :roll:

 

[slim357]

I read the fight only took 10 minutes, i guess the backed the boat up to the fish.

 

[Captain Ahab]

I read the fight only took 10 minutes, i guess the backed the boat up to the fish.

Slim - I read that as well, I do not think they backed down on the fish - the angler said it just not feel all that heavy nor did it have much fight. He should know, he has a number of Striper Tx. wins.

 

[little anth]

im glad he caught it he looks happy lol i would not be able to stand still long enough to take a pic if i caught that pig

 

[bcritch]

73Lbs is a huge striper. The world record is a little over 78lbs and was caught in Atlantic City.

Here's one of my stripers from a few years ago. My favorite fish to catch.

 

[Waterwings]

Nice one! We catch stripes here at the local lake, but they're nowhere near that big! Maybe 1' long if we're lucky.

 

[slim357]

heres one i caught in the chesapeake bay, hes my only trophy so far hes 48inches (got a 43 incher too but why put a 43 on the wall when theres a 48in one already up)