Stoneroller Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 http://ilovemurphy.com/2012/04/02/nc-state-record-striped-bass-fish-caught-on-lake-hiwassee-in-murphy-nc/ It’s official! The North Carolina state record has just been broken! Tyler Shields of Murphy NC just caught a 66.1 pound striped bass! It’s a HUGE fish at 47.5 inches long and a 35 inch girth. It was caught using 10 lb. test line with a Zoom worm! It’s quite an amazing story of a record caught right here on Lake Hiwassee. What’s even neater is the previous state record was set in 1991 with a 54.2 lb. fish also on Lake Hiwassee. the picture of the fish is with the link, what a MONSTER!!!! Fish On Kayak Adventures, LLC. Supreme Commander 'The Dude' of Kayak fishing www.fishonkayakadventures.com fishonkayakadventures@yahoo.com
Addicted to Creeks Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 im going to go ahead and catch a few of those this year...what a monster Fish always lose by being "got in and dressed." It is best to weigh them while they are in the water. The only really large one I ever caught got away with my leader when I first struck him. He weighed ten pounds. —Charles Dudley Warner
Mitch f Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Wonder how many times that fish almost spooled him? The first big striper I hooked and lost was around 35-40 lbs. I remember my first reaction was to look down at my spool and think "This fish is going to take all my line in about 30 seconds!" "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
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