An Alabama resident has reeled in a 70-pound striped bass that shattered a 54-year-old state record and could land the angler in the book of world records for the heaviest striper ever caught in a landlocked fishery.
James R. Bramlett, 65, reeled in the behemoth on the Black Warrior River on Feb. 28.
Bramlett told Joe Songer of AL.com that he credits his wife, Janice, for urging him to go fishing. She was scheduled to undergo a hospital procedure in a few days and would need him to be around and take care of her.
The catch, weighed on a certified scale, exceeds the previous record, set in 1959, by 15 pounds. (Bramlett and his catch are pictured at right.)
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We moved to Colorado from a house on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. It had a dock below the house. From April to October I went to a light suspended above the water at 5 a.m., threw the cast net and brought up all the bait fish I could lift. Then I baited five big rod as set them in PVC pipes on the dock posts, retired to the kitchen to cook breakfast. When it was ready I came out on the deck and sat down to eat. I was often interrupted by the sight of one or more rods bouncing violently and had to return to the dock to reel in a good fish.
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15-20 pounds gives a good fight.
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