Is this for real....New Record?

[Tarpon4me]

Personally, I think the picture is real. I can understand the theory behind what stickfigurefrank is saying, however, what I see is a very real, new world record. The shading on the guys face, arms, and on the bass all match, hints the sun direction was to the left shading the right. The detail on the bass is distinct and very real, right down to the wear on the ends of the basses fins. (can you see where they have split and wore, typical of large territorial fish battling, and simple wear from brushing against structure) If you look close enough, you can even see the lateral line on the fish. The belly has no stretch marks and the scales are not pulling appart, so it's not possible that the fish was packed with anything making the girth more than it is, it grew to those proportions naturally. Personally, I think the guy needs a pat on the back. That's a nice fish, and that fish didn't get that old by being stupid. With that said, I feel he should be credited for his angling skill, and we all should be so lucky to land a trophy like that some day.
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