77.4 lb bass new RI state record!

[CharlieTuna]

Wow what a fish!:clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping::clap ping:


We’re gonna need a bigger pin.
After fishing the tournament three years in a row, Peter Vican didn’t get around to signing up for the Striper Cup in 2009. That was when he caught the Rhode Island State Record, 76-pound, 14-ounce striped bass. After a little razzing from OTW’s general manager, Neal Larsson, when signing up for the 2010 Striper Cup, Vican predicted, “You’re going to have to make a 70-pounder pin.”


The weigh slip arrived this morning at OTW headquarters. The fish, a leviathan among striped bass, outweighed the previous largest Striper Cup weigh-in by nearly 10 pounds. The fish, a stocky 52-incher, outweighed his previous fish by almost a full pound. The fish, at 77.40 pounds, was one midnight snack away from being the biggest striped bass ever caught on rod and reel.


Here are the pics!


http://www.onthewater.com/fishing/massive-77-4-lb-striper-weighed-in/

[nitestrikes]

The news video

http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14937427&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5972636


Congrats Pete on the fish of a lifetime. If anyone gets the world record this or any other year, you would deserve it.

[clamchucker]

Congratulations. I remember reading about him a few years ago. He does his homework and allegedly throws some bass back that tcould not qualify to be a record.

[seamonkey]

:clapping::clapping:Beautiful!

[stormchaser]

That thing was one bunker away from a world record, amazing.

[plugaholic]

Outstanding catch!:thumbsup:

[bababooey]

Well it looks like lightning can strike twice, congrats Mr Vican.:clapping:

[dogfish]

She's a beaut!