Angler Just Misses Striped Bass World Record
Peter Vican caught a 75.4 lb. striped bass off the reef at Block Island over the weekend. Well, it was the Block Island reef, as the story in the Providence Journal says, he normally fishes off Block Island, and in the tradition of real striper fishermen, he apparently wasn’t even willing to admit he was in the Atlantic Ocean. The current world record striped bass on hook and line is 78-pound 8-ounces and was caught by Al McReynolds during a…