Full Version: NORTH CAROLINA STRIPED BASS RECORD!
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My word, did you see the picture of the pending North Carolina State Record Striped Bass? She's a humdinger. And caught in the inlet! How about that, folks?
Its on the Oregon Inlet Fishing center site also.
Is that big enough?
Looks like the fish has a gaff mark
It does Gaffing is legal in NC.It probably was too big for his net.
Caught off Avon
QUOTE: STORY FROM ANOTHER BOARD
""I have read the posts (other board) here and I would like to clarify a couple of items. I am licensed Captain and run a 26 foot Mako, Triple Crown. I have over 20 years of experince fishing off the NC coast. I worked as a fisheries biologist for close to 5 years with the DMF (ICMR). I am not a tourist. I had friends down for the holidays for a long fishing trip. The basic story is that I hooked up three fish at once and put two kids on a rod and then on the third rod, one of my best friends, who now lives in Michigan. The first two fish were in the mid 30s and the third fish was the State Record. David Hiebert will be listed as the angler in the record book. The fish was caught on a white mojo, with of course some serious doctoring by me. There was NOT another mojo hanging out of its mouth. Please do not question my tackle, I am very meticulous. I had the 80 on the boat because I had just been off tuna fishing. The picture on the OI web site is of me, not David Heibert, my angler. That was a choice of OI Fishing Center, there were probably thousands of photos taken. At the time of the weighing at OI I was told the state record was 63#. I was under the impression I had missed by one pound. Because of this, and becuase the scale at OI does not read ounces, I was going to verify that weight on another scale. On the way to TW's my friend John Cain confirmed by phone the old record was 60# and this fish was a new record. I went on to TW's, and more or less to please the on-lookers we got out the fish again and threw it on their scale, that had not been tested since year 2000. We took some pictures. I was NOT trying to get another citation. I called the DMF to verify I had done all I needed to certify the record. They called me back and said everything was fine.
I was not in the Hooters tourney, which I guess is a shame. The memories are worth more. My only regret is that I did not run in right away, I was guessing the fish was in the low-mid 50's. It was 6 hours before I weighed it in. Who knows how much it lost in weight. ""
QUOTE: STORY FROM ANOTHER BOARD
""I have read the posts (other board) here and I would like to clarify a couple of items. I am licensed Captain and run a 26 foot Mako, Triple Crown. I have over 20 years of experince fishing off the NC coast. I worked as a fisheries biologist for close to 5 years with the DMF (ICMR). I am not a tourist. I had friends down for the holidays for a long fishing trip. The basic story is that I hooked up three fish at once and put two kids on a rod and then on the third rod, one of my best friends, who now lives in Michigan. The first two fish were in the mid 30s and the third fish was the State Record. David Hiebert will be listed as the angler in the record book. The fish was caught on a white mojo, with of course some serious doctoring by me. There was NOT another mojo hanging out of its mouth. Please do not question my tackle, I am very meticulous. I had the 80 on the boat because I had just been off tuna fishing. The picture on the OI web site is of me, not David Heibert, my angler. That was a choice of OI Fishing Center, there were probably thousands of photos taken. At the time of the weighing at OI I was told the state record was 63#. I was under the impression I had missed by one pound. Because of this, and becuase the scale at OI does not read ounces, I was going to verify that weight on another scale. On the way to TW's my friend John Cain confirmed by phone the old record was 60# and this fish was a new record. I went on to TW's, and more or less to please the on-lookers we got out the fish again and threw it on their scale, that had not been tested since year 2000. We took some pictures. I was NOT trying to get another citation. I called the DMF to verify I had done all I needed to certify the record. They called me back and said everything was fine.
I was not in the Hooters tourney, which I guess is a shame. The memories are worth more. My only regret is that I did not run in right away, I was guessing the fish was in the low-mid 50's. It was 6 hours before I weighed it in. Who knows how much it lost in weight. ""
It's a dam shame that somebody who catches a nice fish like that has to justify how/when and why he caught a record fish. It Never fails man.....Catch a record and the whole world is against you. Congratulations to the Captain and angler who landed this beautiful specimen of a striper. You deserve to be in the record books.....Bob....Still Think'n
Great fish and congrats to the angler and crew!!! Well done!!!
Congrats on the fish,dont let anyone get you down you know what happened and thats all that really matters.
Congrats on the fish off a lifetime!!!! Those kids are spoiled for life and you provided a memmory they will never forget, way too go and tight lines 
outstanding. Beautiful fish. I am really glad to see the there were "kids" On board, Not only the catch of a lifetime but to be a youngster and whitness something like this is even better.
I would wish you good luck but it seems to me you already have it. Dont listen to jealous people and you should never have defend that catch.
Are you running a charter service. I would love to be have a guide that is putting those kinda fish in the box?
I would wish you good luck but it seems to me you already have it. Dont listen to jealous people and you should never have defend that catch.
Are you running a charter service. I would love to be have a guide that is putting those kinda fish in the box?
Wow! Glad to get the straight dope. We had heard that the fish was caught IN the inlet.I guess they meant the boat was OUT OF Oregon Inlet. 
By the way, where were you getting all the flack from? I haven't heard anything even slightly off color about your fish on this site.It didn't look like anyone was "dissing" you on "OuterbanksFishing.com "either. As for ***** **** or other sites, well...That's why most of us are on THIS SITE!!!
By the way, where were you getting all the flack from? I haven't heard anything even slightly off color about your fish on this site.It didn't look like anyone was "dissing" you on "OuterbanksFishing.com "either. As for ***** **** or other sites, well...That's why most of us are on THIS SITE!!!
Congrats to the captain and angler!!! What a fish!!!
Awesome fish and a catch of a lifetime. Congrats to the Capt. and the angler. Way to go, Thats a real hog!!!!!!!!!! 
tri-n-again
.....YOU DO NOT OWE ANY ONE AN EXPLANATION !! YOU ARE THE MAN BROHTER !!
.....YOU DO NOT OWE ANY ONE AN EXPLANATION !! YOU ARE THE MAN BROHTER !!
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