It’s real - Greg Myerson is a big guy (6’4” and stocky) whereas Al McReynolds (the previous record holder from New Jersey in the black and white photo) was more normal sized. Myerson is what us Striper hounds refer to as a “sharpie” - a dedicated Striper chaser who is out almost every night and has many previous huge fish to his credit. While I wish the record could have stayed in NJ, congratulations are in order to a guy who has put his time in and now has his reward. Interestingly, just a month ago another monster of 77 pounds was also caught (I think off of Rhode Island) by another sharpie who also has many other over 50 pound stripers to his credit. That’s where the big girls are at this time of the year in the New England waters.