60 Pounder Caught East over the weekend
 

Part of my network of boats I fish with caught this over the weekend.

All I can say was it looked like the fish was bigger than the guy who caught it. Frankie Noto (the man who got it) / close friend Vinny Vetere (on the left)

PM me if you want any details.

This is truely a cow bass... Unreal.. fish of a lifetime.. I was next to him in another boat when he caught it..

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Hahaha, that looks 160#

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[QUOTE=Michael82929]Part of my network of boats I fish with caught this over the weekend.

Michael,

A 50 lb fish is a fish of a lifetime so I am not sure what you would call a 60 pounder. I see fish was weighed at Micheals in SI. That is a tremendous catch. I do quite a bit of fishing on the LEGACY out of Mansion Marina in Staten Island. They have had an unbelievable year with big fish this year but that 60 tops the cake. Do you know those guys from the LEGACY? The are some great people.

Did they catch it trolling spoons or on bait.

Great photo

MVP

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Frankie caught the fish on live bunker...

There arent from LEGACY.

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Are they midgits or are they standing 10 ft behind the fish 'cause that thing looks like 100 lbs! Nice catch!

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Good Lord, Manute Bol came back as a fish!

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Beast

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WOW!!!!!!!
Now that's a striper.

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AWESOME CATCH:eek:

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have known both fishermen for a long time, top notch gentlemen congrats!

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That is one hell of a Bass. Nice job guys!

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Nice fish!, we have to come up with a way to weight fish like that in the fishing area. Sucks to see a fish like that not to go back. Thats only my opinion , if you catch it you have the right to do what ever you want with your fish. Hopefully a lot of people got a piece

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A very VERY impressive fish. Congrats!!!

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WOW - The - Biggy-Fishy - Fishy- Fishy - wonder how long it takes for a stryper to get that big ?

G-:cool:

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I've known Frankie Noto for a long time as well....
A great Fisherman, not one to brag at all.

We all love to fish.....

I've seen and heard of more 50 lb plus fish this year then ever before.

The other morning I was surrounded by acres of huge Drum just finning on the surface.....

I just love it...

JJC

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Right you are little Joe!!!!!

It's not their first time at the rodeo....... both of those guys have plenty of large fish under their belts.

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Wow, only 60 #'s. Nice!!

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What I do is weigh the fish in the net. I have a detachable handle so all I do is net the fish take the handle off and weigh the net and fish together. The net weighs less than a pound. I know some guys weigh the fish by the lip/jaw but this will cause internal injuries. The fish is then gently removed from the net and held horizontally for a quick picture, revived at boatside and released. I like to see those big girls go back but you never know if that fish was gut hooked and bleeding, I would have put it the box too. Absolute fish of a lifetime, congrats!

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That's a fish of a lifetime. Most of us will probaly never even see a bass that size. Congrats to the angler that caught it.

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EVEN BETTER...Catch & Release!! Awesome!

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That fish was almost twenty years old......http://www.stripers247.com/striped-b...ight-chart.php

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these guys are in the yearly contest!you have to weigh it.this bite has been going on for some time.why?because the bunker boats can not
net in ny they just destroyed the highlands bridge bunker along with the striper bite!!!

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bastages

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Sal

I saw you by us this AM, when I saw you this morning, I knew something bad happened with the knoll / sandy / highlands bite...

so sad...

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new york it is illegal to net in state waters.NOT IN GOOD OLD NJ. OUR STATE IS BEING EXPLOITED BY EVERY BUNKER BOAT ON THE EAST COAST!:rolleyes: :rolleyes: