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congrats Nick, thats a fine fish. If ya want to get it mounted, Joel Stone paints the very best I ever saw.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Very Nice! I bet that was a helluva fight.
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
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congrats Nick, thats a fine fish. If ya want to get it mounted, Joel Stone paints the very best I ever saw. He told me he won’t do them anymore. I’ve got a 30 pounder that he mounted for me. I’ve got this fish in the freezer and if i don’t catch a 40 pounder by the end of summer I’m going to try to mount it myself and try to talk Joel into letting me pay him to teach me to paint stripers
Yeah c�mon. Daniel White
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I wasn't asking for the dang GPS coordinates of where the fish was caught. Just wondering if it was Smith Lake, or one of the lakes on the Coosa.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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I wasn't asking for the dang GPS coordinates of where the fish was caught. Just wondering if it was Smith Lake, or one of the lakes on the Coosa. Coosa river
Yeah c�mon. Daniel White
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congrats Nick, thats a fine fish. If ya want to get it mounted, Joel Stone paints the very best I ever saw. He told me he won’t do them anymore. I’ve got a 30 pounder that he mounted for me. I’ve got this fish in the freezer and if i don’t catch a 40 pounder by the end of summer I’m going to try to mount it myself and try to talk Joel into letting me pay him to teach me to paint stripers seems he was using a fella from Pell City/Riverside to do most of his fish mounts several years ago, did a good job. Then Joel was painting them. Damn shame he ain't doing em anymore.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Great fish, congratulations
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congrats Nick, thats a fine fish. If ya want to get it mounted, Joel Stone paints the very best I ever saw. He told me he won’t do them anymore. I’ve got a 30 pounder that he mounted for me. I’ve got this fish in the freezer and if i don’t catch a 40 pounder by the end of summer I’m going to try to mount it myself and try to talk Joel into letting me pay him to teach me to paint stripers seems he was using a fella from Pell City/Riverside to do most of his fish mounts several years ago, did a good job. Then Joel was painting them. Damn shame he ain't doing em anymore. I can understand being covered up in higher paying/easier work but i don’t know if he knows, his striper mounts are the best ive ever seen, even on the Internet.
Yeah c�mon. Daniel White
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congrats Nick, thats a fine fish. If ya want to get it mounted, Joel Stone paints the very best I ever saw. He told me he won’t do them anymore. I’ve got a 30 pounder that he mounted for me. I’ve got this fish in the freezer and if i don’t catch a 40 pounder by the end of summer I’m going to try to mount it myself and try to talk Joel into letting me pay him to teach me to paint stripers seems he was using a fella from Pell City/Riverside to do most of his fish mounts several years ago, did a good job. Then Joel was painting them. Damn shame he ain't doing em anymore. I wanted to get a Rug made out of a huge Raccoon my son killed. He wouldn't touch it. He must be getting out of the business. He was definitely good at what he did/does, but I wont be back to Leeds.
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I wasn't asking for the dang GPS coordinates of where the fish was caught. Just wondering if it was Smith Lake, or one of the lakes on the Coosa. Coosa river Thanks
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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I wasn't asking for the dang GPS coordinates of where the fish was caught. Just wondering if it was Smith Lake, or one of the lakes on the Coosa. Coosa river Thanks I bet you're a front ender on a bass boat too! 
Life is a journey. Make sure and bring plenty of Beer.
My luck has been so bad lately, it could be raining pussies and I'd catch one with a dick broke off in it.
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Fur is probly a rear ender. Sorry that was setup. 
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I wasn't asking for the dang GPS coordinates of where the fish was caught. Just wondering if it was Smith Lake, or one of the lakes on the Coosa. Coosa river Thanks I bet you're a front ender on a bass boat too! I don't even know what that means, you ol spike killer!
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Fur is probly a rear ender. Sorry that was setup. Dam
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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A big ol stripe makes a beautiful mount, methinks.
Congrats. Yeah they do! 'Huntress and I have a 27 lb and 22 lb mounted that we caught while fishing with Nick...they take up a lotta wall, I couldn't imagine one that much bigger up there! PS:...I might know where he caught it! 
Well behaved women never make history.~ Out back
Quit laughing...I think I broke something.
Fifteen is my limit on Schnitzen-Gruben, Baby...
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Nice!! What line do you use or recommend Tfd1224 ?
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Nice!! What line do you use or recommend Tfd1224 ? I was using 80 lb powerpro braid and 50 lb fluorocarbon leader
Yeah c�mon. Daniel White
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Nice!! What line do you use or recommend Tfd1224 ? I was using 80 lb powerpro braid and 50 lb fluorocarbon leader You didn't intend for him to break it ,did you?
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Nice!! What line do you use or recommend Tfd1224 ? I was using 80 lb powerpro braid and 50 lb fluorocarbon leader You didn't intend for him to break it ,did you? These are the hardest fighting fish in the river, bar none. Aside from that, i catch a lot of 20lb plus stripers and release 98% of them. As hot as it is, i like to wear them out really quickly so they don’t build up a lot of lactic acid during the fight which will kill them. This one fought so hard, he was basically dead when i got him to the boat. Even on that gear, the fight lasted 5 minutes or so. I have lost quite a few on 30 lb flouro and even had them break 5/0 gamakatsu circle hooks on more than 1 occasion. They haven’t broke an 8/0 or that 50 lb flouro yet.
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Yeah c�mon. Daniel White
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