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Big Bass: 52-Pound Striper Breaks Delaware State Record

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December 17, 2012

Big Bass: 52-Pound Striper Breaks Delaware State Record

By Chad Love

Delaware's 34-year-old saltwater striped bass record is now history after a surf fisherman hauled in a 52-pound striper this weekend.

From this story on capegazette.com: 
The Holy Grail of Delaware saltwater fishing has been passed. On Saturday, Ben Smith, fishing a chunk of fresh bunker in the surf at Three Rs Road, connected with a 52-pound rockfish and took over the Delaware State Record for the species. The previous record was set in 1978 by Betty Rosen and weighed 51 pounds, eight ounces. That fish was caught from the south jetty at Indian River Inlet.

According to the story, the big fish hit one of Smith's rigs early Saturday morning as he was having breakfast. I'd take that over a donut any day...

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from Koldkut wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago

Indian river inlet......where not to fish if you want tranquility. Hell of a nice fish, and I'm sure the surf guys are super stoked that the record came from the beach and not a boat.

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from dave00100 wrote 25 weeks 5 days ago

koldkut, you took the words right out of my mouth. indian river inlet is not for the transcendentalist fisher. that is pretty cool that the surf presented this fish instead of the boats circling just offshore.

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from Joseph Stricker wrote 25 weeks 3 days ago

What was he eating for breakfast ? Nice Fish

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from Koldkut wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago

Indian river inlet......where not to fish if you want tranquility. Hell of a nice fish, and I'm sure the surf guys are super stoked that the record came from the beach and not a boat.

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from dave00100 wrote 25 weeks 5 days ago

koldkut, you took the words right out of my mouth. indian river inlet is not for the transcendentalist fisher. that is pretty cool that the surf presented this fish instead of the boats circling just offshore.

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from Joseph Stricker wrote 25 weeks 3 days ago

What was he eating for breakfast ? Nice Fish

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