It looks like its finally been broken!!!
[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/bass_record_press_release.html"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/bass_record_press_release.html[/url]
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That was huge. That guy is going to get all kinds of endorsements.
I never thought that record would get broken.
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I wonder given the date of April 1 if it's a legit record breaker? Also could it be a phony name? Deliar = The Liar??
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nope, saw it on the news too! wow!
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Anyone notice the April Fools on the guys sweatshirt? There is no Rollick CA or Rollick GA! I think this is a April Fools joke on us all.
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wooo hoo, I was looking for a record my self this week. not having much luck, seeing that this record can be broken I think I will be back on the water again tomarow with antisapation....
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Nice April Fools joke Mike
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There were seven tips that this was not legite, can anyone guess what the seven tips were?
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Rollick C.A.
De LIAR
Fiction Lake
Caper
April fool on shirt
The other two are ???
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I noticed the April Fools on the shirt, and the DATE. Plus I'd heard of this little prank before.
I also noticed you added a nice BFT logo to the guy's hat! Cool.
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Hey Guys. Think with me for a minute. April 1 !! The fisherman's name is "Deliar" This is just another of a long line of big bass HO-AX's played on us each year.
BIGTROUTMAN
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It was verified way to fast by a guy named Caper. This Ocmulgee lake in GA doesn't exist and there is an Okmulgee in Oklahoma.
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I was thinking the same thing. I tried to locate the city of Rollick, not heard of. I also tried to research the lake, can't find any info on it either
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There is no Ocmulgee Lake in Georgia, however the Ocmulgee River and Oconee River merge to form the Altamaha River. The present world record was caught in an oxbow lake, Montgomery Lake, off the Ocmulgee River. But nice try guys. No new record today..
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That was way to obvious. Should of posted that a little early with less B.S.
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There is also a fine print disclaimer at the bottom of the page.
[font "Times New Roman"][size 1]Note: The above information may be speculative, based on misinformation, contain inaccurate data, or could be entirely fabricated depending on how savvy the reader may be, what today's date is, or the degree of gullibility exhibited by any reader of this release. In the case of a more savvy reader there would be 7 clues to the fact that this release may in fact be of the previously mentioned nature. [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?forum=2;"][#800080]Click Here[/#800080][/url] to guess the 7 clues.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 1]Good one guys.[/size][/font]
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that was a good one i'm not going to lie you got me.
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Nice one Mike!
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[size 2][size 1]Hello Guys,[/size]
[size 1]We are still getting email every couple of minutes. It seems everyone had a lot of fun with this! We did get a few hundred emails from people who said they had fallen for it until they forwarded it to a friend and the friend started pointing out the clues.[/size]
[size 1]Eric you are the first one that picked up the disclaimer (LOL)! Thank you to BearLake for loaning us the base copy for the disclaimer![/size]
[size 1]I enlarged it so its easier to read:
Note: The above information may be speculative, based on misinformation, contain inaccurate data, or could be entirely fabricated depending on how savvy the reader may be, what today's date is, or the degree of gullibility exhibited by any reader of this release. In the case of a more savvy reader there would be 7 clues to the fact that this release may in fact be of the previously mentioned nature. Click Here to guess the 7 clues. [/size]
[size 1]The seven clues were:[/size]
[size 1]1) Rollick C.A.- Is not a real place. The definition of Rollick is to "play or romp around"[/size]
[size 1]2) Last name "Deliar" is a play on "The Liar", (seemed to be the most obvious, we were worried this might be to obvious)[/size]
[size 1]3) Fiction Lake- Is not a real lake and everyone knows what fiction means (2nd most common clue people got)[/size]
[size 1]4) Last name "Caper", (not many people caught this one and this was another one we were worried about)[/size]
[size 1]5) No such agency called CA. Museum of Natural Resources (at least not that we know of)[/size]
[size 1]6) April Fools logo on the sweatshirt when you enlarge the photo (not nearly as many people caught this as we thought would, some said they were way to busy admiring the fish)[/size] [size 1]The fish was actaully only 8 and half pounds, thank you to Sean for the fine work in Photoshop!!! Many people said it looked totally legit!
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[size 1]7) The date April 1 (some people new this before even going to the page but most said they forgot it was April Fools Day)[/size]
[size 1]Lastly the disclaimer at the bottom went virtually unnoticed, Eric was the first to say anything about it. I think people are just very used to small print and ignore it.[/size] [center]THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT SENSES OF HUMOR, YOU MADE OUR DAY!!! HAPPY APRIL FOOLS!!!!![/center][/size]
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has anyone guessed all 7 clues?
1. Rollick, C.A.
2. Marc Deliar
3. Fiction Lake
4. Museum of Natural Resources (suppose to be Natural Sciences)
5. April Fools on the shirt
6. that one witness at the weigh in better be a Department Employee.
7. research curator should be biologist.
well those are my guesses.. [
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C. Green
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