The story is crazy, I read it a while back. I believe the fish was 76ish or was it 67ish? I can't remember exactly, but I do remember the story of his hardships following the catch. What is even crazier are those old photos from around the turn of the century. I saw a fishing show once where guys were holding up 100lb+ stripers. These stripers were so huge they looked fake. The show said they didn't weigh them back then, but some were estimated to approach 125 pounds! Schools of stripers in the 30-40 pound class aren't that rare these days(East Coast). Could you imagine 60-80 pound schoolies or a 100lb striper on topwater? I'll have to add that to my time machine fishing trip list for sure.