74 pound striped bass! Largest striper ever caught on video! 

that is no monster striper... it is certainly respectable but these fish get bigger than this one for sure I worked on an open/ charter boat our of fortesque New Jersey when I get my own captains license ill be the 5th generation of my fathers family to do so my grand father, his father and his father before him all had party boats my grandfather had the 75 ft lone star n[ow out off the coast of south jersey shore with a giant t.v. screen on the back advertising local businesses ] either way a BIG striper is *5 inches long and nearly 100 lbs

@@turttell2736 your cool

Kevin Fishaholic thanks I like to think so lmao

In a lot of states you can’t keep them that big, Unless you have a commercial license I beleive

We caught one one time 100 lb in the pound Nets back in 89 it was over 6 ft long the fish was so old at the stripes had faded off of look like a giant white fish yes we let it go

I agree, I try to do everything I can to release them. I keep my share for the table and the smoker but the vast majority go back. and i encourage my clients to do the same. In all honesty, this fish didn't make it. I spent almost 20 minutes trying to revive her...In the end, I didn't lose any sleep over it as I felt we did just about everything we could. I have caught a ton of crap from people criticizing me for not getting an official weight, I didn't want a bunch of pictures floating around of yet another dead breeder hanging on scale so that I could stroke my ego... It seems people care about the size of the fish more than I do, to them I say, get off your asses and catch one yourself, then you can talk smack. The fish was eaten and to honor her, I have an amazing replica mount of her on my living room wall. Thanks for watching!

I bet it was yummy!! I love eating some of my catches... I admit I only kept 5 last season and 3 of them were because of a bad gut hooking or gill blood.. I'll tell ya, the stripers I've caught and kept up in northern New England taste way better than the ones from down here.

+noah harper yeah but burgers and ribs are fat nasty food taken by poor cow hit in the brain with an air bolt. People eat most fish farm raised.

+Blaine Anderson How much does it affect fish taken out of the water totally stressed from fighting and then someone has the fish out of the water for even a minute. I mean if you ran a mile and then someone put you in choke hold. You would be out in seconds or if someone held you under the water. So does it have the same affect on them? I've caught tons of big ones in nets, but they were fighting on a line for 10 minutes. The net snagged them and sometimes pulled right into the boat and they might flop around for a minute or two and that's about it. So some people will take the fish out of the water for a couple minutes not thinking the fish needs oxygen and not the way we get it..

+noah harper Suck when there runts an gill hooked . such a waste of good eatin turned crab bait

No it's not even close to 103. the calif record is 67 lbs from San Luis reservoir. I used to fish there years ago when it was good in the 1980s and 90s. The delta was a great spot I don't live the any more so haven't kept up on the fishing in the last 25 years

52" tops you most not have realized we can see the 48" mark by his jaw

J Bach the world record is 81 pounds and 54 inches, so this fish had to be between 51 and 53 inches.

agreed like an extra 3 to 4 inchs at best

I thought the exact same thing maybe 51 or 52

did you trick write your comment?

+jane bo said in the comments it didnt, sad its spending the rest of its life on his wall

jane bo on his way to get gutted

Honestly If it don't go at least it will go on his dinner plate.

He said she will be on its way??sorry but That fish is dead u can tell its not breathing anymore.....

It died, clearly

He did release it

lots of little bass would look better