It gave me a fight, i was in a tournament and in (black) bass fishing mode and I had found some nice bass. I saw this big fish (on my scope) and my first thought it was a bass and I saw it come off the bottom and eat my bait.

Stephen Tyson Jr

When I released it, it really sank in, ‘You let that one go,’ the one thing I regret is not getting it weighed. But at that moment, it was literally the first 5-10 minutes of the tournament. I’m not going to stop fishing for bass. Starting out that fast, I knew I had a chance of at least 20 pounds. But then catching a striper that size, oh my god. It’s a fish of a lifetime.

Stephen Tyson Jr