Pro Golfer Catches Record-Setting 56-pound Striped Bass

All, Fishing, Golf Jason McIntyre May 15th. 2012, 1:33pm

Until he wins a major, pro golfer Vaughn Taylor will best be known for hauling in this 56-pound, 2-ounce striped bass that is a “Savannah River record for that species.” It broke his landing net, according to the Augusta Chronicle.

About 60 feet from the boat, the tiring fish surfaced and offered Taylor the first glimpse of its head.
“I gasped,” he said. “I almost started to panic.”
Boating the fish, it turned out, was a challenge unto itself.
“I tried to net him, holding the rod on one hand and the net in the other,” he said. “He wouldn’t fit all the way in the net and when I tried to lift it, it bent the handle.”
Eventually, the fish was pulled close to the front of the boat. Taylor lay on his side, holding the rod aloft in his left hand while reaching for the striper with his right hand.

The fish shattered the previous record by 13 pounds. Taylor, who has two PGA Tour wins, needed a bigger cooler. [Augusta Chronicle]

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37 Responses to “Pro Golfer Catches Record-Setting 56-pound Striped Bass”

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KC Resident Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Damn. The record here is something like 42 – 44 pounds.
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spencer096 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Taylor, who has two PGA Tour wins, needed a bigger cooler.
/also heard at ohio state home games
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:37 PM
I wonder what LB test he was using and how long it took that reel that bad boy in?
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spencer096 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:39 PM
horatio, the victim was found with a giant fish shoved down his throat.
looks like our killer’s a fan of…
/sunglasses
…bass to mouth.
/YYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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molemaninthemorning Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
GODDAMN GATOR WAS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE HOUSE
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:46 PM
I would put “graduated middle school” higher on my list of accomplishments than “caught large fish”.
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T.E. Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
A cool moment in life is the first time you catch a big fish. It doesn’t matter if you’re 6 or 60, you act like you just won the Super Bowl.
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scripty Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Until he wins a major, pro golfer Vaughn Taylor will best be known for hauling in this 56-pound, 2-ounce striped bass.
Um, no. He played in the Ryder Cup. But I did enjoy reading this.
/Taking my 4-yr son to a fishing derby on SAT.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:48 PM
I would put “graduated middle school” higher on my list of accomplishments than “caught large fish”.
You worm using, Bluegill chasing, rummy.
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spencer096 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I would put “graduated middle school” higher on my list of accomplishments than “caught large fish”.
to be fair, i put getting to 73% completion in assassins creed 2: revelations higher on my list than “graduating college.”
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scripty Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
They are cancelling CSI Miami, but the jokes will never die.
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:49 PM
I would put “graduated middle school” higher on my list of accomplishments than “caught large fish”.
In your defense, getting out of middle school is pretty unusual for a Raiders fan.
/Obligatory
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sousedbergin Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
Dat bass.
This will sit nicely with his 4 wins on the NGA Hooters Tour citation on Wikipedia.
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spencer096 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
A cool moment in life is the first time you catch a big fish. It doesn’t matter if you’re 6 or 60, you act like you just won the Super Bowl.
step 1: catch big fish
step 2: set cleveland on fire
step 3: cook big fish on big fire
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:50 PM
You worm using, Bluegill chasing, rummy.
Hey now, nothin’ wrong with an afternoon going after Bluegill. Fighty little suckers.
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GloriousMullet Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Pssh, I caught an 89lb. stiper once
/one up’d
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ButtersBC Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:54 PM
They are cancelling CSI Miami
Perhaps my erotic fan fiction involving them will take off now that there’s a void to fill
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:54 PM
In your defense, getting out of middle school is pretty unusual for a Raiders fan.
/Obligatory
If face-painting and costume fabrication were compulsory middle school courses, Raider fans would be attending high school in record numbers.
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heldover Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:55 PM
to be fair, i put getting to 73% completion in assassins creed 2: revelations higher on my list than “graduating college.”
You’re good people, Spencer. Good people.
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scripty Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Also news according to the Augusta Chronicle: Charlie Daniels & Travis Tritt in concert this Friday.
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ms621 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Perhaps my erotic fan fiction involving them will take off now that there’s a void to fill
I never figured you as the type to lust after Khandi Alexander. Learn something new everyday in these parts.
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ms621 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:56 PM
to be fair, i put getting to 73% completion in assassins creed 2: revelations higher on my list than “graduating college.”
/music degree’d
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Nada Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
If it turns out the fish was on steroids, does the record get an asterisk?
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Nada Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
lust after Khandi Alexander
I have been doing this since NewsRadio.
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sousedbergin Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Obligatory
Customer: And, uh, no one’s ever caught him?
Clerk: Well, one fella came close. Went by the name of Homer. Seven feet tall he was, with arms like tree trunks. His eyes were like steel: cold, hard. Had a shock of hair, red, like the fires of Hell.
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spencer096 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
/music degree’d
nice shot, hot shit.
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Caribou Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Pro golfer Vaughn Taylor: 2 PGA tour wins, catches record-setting 56-pound Striped Bass.
fock, what the hell have I done with my life?
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Gerard Portmanteau Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Charlie Daniels
Man the Devil fucking molested Johnny’s fiddle solo. Such a ripoff.
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ms621 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
nice shot, hot shit.
I feel like I should add this to my commenter name.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
A cool moment in life is the first time you catch a big fish. It doesn’t matter if you’re 6 or 60, you act like you just won the Super Bowl.
conversely, losing a huge one is like changing a bet from a winner to a loser at the last moment
/pike, 2000, ontario
//okc, last night, my house
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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Holy fucking shit! Casey Kotchman’s over the Mendoza line.
/Roll Tribe
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payaso Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Taylor, who has two PGA Tour wins, needed a bigger cooler.
I wonder if it was a Yeti. Those sumbitches are expensive.
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arkbadger Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Also news according to the Augusta Chronicle: Charlie Daniels & Travis Tritt in concert this Friday.
that would be a damn good concert. Love CDB and TT.
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arkbadger Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
I wonder if it was a Yeti. Those sumbitches are expensive
kind of over-rated too. They will keep shit cold, but if you are using it for beer and keep opening and closing it, it’s just like any other ice chest.
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sportsgal116 Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
If that was a female would he have had to throw it back?
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payaso Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
They will keep shit cold, but if you are using it for beer and keep opening and closing it, it’s just like any other ice chest.
Pistols at dawn if you’re gonna compare a Yeti to some kind of Coleman.
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arkbadger Says:
May 15th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
If that was a female would he have had to throw it back?
without knowing, I would guess no. some states may have a law regarding females during spawning season, but I doubt it.
judging by the looks of it, I would guess it’s a female.

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Pro Golfer Catches Record-Setting 56-pound Striped Bass

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