New VA state record...

Airslot · #1 01-03-2005, 03:08 PM

63lb 8oz monster weighed in yesterday afternoon by a guy who lives around the corner from me. Caught it right beside me. Oh the agony. Congrats Paul.

Airslot

macojoe · #2 01-03-2005, 03:57 PM

Wow thats great news!! To bad it wasn't you!! Keep trying!

#3 01-03-2005, 04:57 PM

AIRSLOT - I feel your pain. ;)

I had the privilege of taking this film photo of my bud, Extreme James and his 57# on 11/15/2000. Though far from a NY state record, I believe it was the largest striper reported taken,anywhere, in the year 2000.

Congrats to your friend, Paul. Any pics?

Airslot · #4 01-03-2005, 05:58 PM

I'm sure there are pics because he's had to jump through all the hoops to have it certified. I've not seen them yet. As for posting, I still haven't posted my boat pics yet.

Airslot

reelapeelin · #5 01-03-2005, 07:07 PM

A guy in SC got a 61 1/2# last year from one of the GA/SC lakes last year...too bad THAT wasn't me :'(...

chesapeake724 · #6 01-04-2005, 12:37 AM

Ask and ye shall receive.

It's hosted by Snapfish, but it occasionally blocks outside linking. If you guys can't see it, say so and I'll copy it to my ISP.

Here are the catch details:

January 3, 2005

State Record Striped Bass Landed

A 63-lb., 8-oz. striped bass caught on January 2nd by Paul W. Kleckner of Greenbackville has been certified as a new Virginia state record by the Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament.

Kleckner caught his fish in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Shore of Virginia, approximately 18 miles south of Wachapreague Inlet. He was fishing with Otis W. Evans, Jr. on the private boat White Bite. The record-setting striper, which measured 50.5 inches in length and had a girth of 33 inches, was fooled by a parachute lure dressed with a 4-inch white shad fished as the trailing bait of an umbrella rig.

They were trolling approximately 2 miles off the beach in area with a lot of bait and gannets sitting on the water when the record-setting striped bass struck. Kleckner fought the fish for almost 25 minutes before he was able to land it.

The prior state record of 63-pounds was caught in the Atlantic Ocean near Corolla Lighthouse by Carolyn Brown on January 30, 2004.

For more information, contact Claude Bain, Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament, 968 S. Oriole Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, (757) 491-5160, [email protected].

macojoe · #7 01-04-2005, 12:41 AM

Great! Glad to see someone is getting them!! In Jan. no less!!
God for him I bet he is all smiles!! He has set the bar for 2005 early!