The one that did'nt get away

[uspirate]

this guy retains bragging rights!
link to story & pics
THIBODAUX , La. - A medical student who blindfolds his friends to keep his favorite offshore fishing spot secret has come up with a record-beating fish, a warsaw grouper weighing 359.1 pounds.
The giant hauled in by J.J. Tabor of Thibodaux is 12 ounces above the previous Louisiana state record, a state biologist confirmed. It's been cut down to fillets. The first fillet weighed 53 pounds, Tabor said.
He caught it near an oil rig 70 miles south of Fourchon, in 400 feet of water. He won't give a more specific description. 'It's J.J.'s secret,' said Joey Rodrigue, a friend from Baton Rouge who joined Tabor and Tabor's father, John, on the record-making trip Saturday. 'I don't even know where I was. He blindfolds us on the way out.' Tabor said he thought at first that his hook with a live hardtail on it had the bottom 'until I felt the big head shake.' Rodrigue steered away from the rig. 'I put myself in a harness and just had to lay back and fight,' J.J. Tabor said. 'It was about a 15 or 20 minute fight.' Tabor says he believes the fish is about 33 years old. He plans to send an inner-ear bone called the otolith to a university in Florida where researchers can help determine the age of the fish. He hopes to get the results in about four weeks. The world record, caught off Florida in 1985, is 436 pounds, 12 ounces.




edit: he blindfolded his friends huh? aint nothing a lil pocket GPS couldnt fix

[sailingdog]

Or a GPS wristwatch. Damn big fishie though.

How do you bread a 53 lb. fillet??? and how do you cook it????

[flyingwelshman]

Here's a link from a couple of years ago about a guy who speared a slightly larger Warsaw - on SCUBA @ 425fsw!!!!!!

I can only say what many of the contributors to the Spearboard said: "Holy ****!!!"

Do I shoot or do I run!!! - Spearboard Spearfishing Community

[uspirate]

Originally Posted by sailingdog

Or a GPS wristwatch. Damn big fishie though.

How do you bread a 53 lb. fillet??? and how do you cook it????

with gourmet style

[uspirate]

Originally Posted by flyingwelshman

Here's a link from a couple of years ago about a guy who speared a slightly larger Warsaw - on SCUBA @ 425fsw!!!!!!

I can only say what many of the contributors to the Spearboard said: "Holy ****!!!"

Do I shoot or do I run!!! - Spearboard Spearfishing Community

OMG! Speared at 425' down? that dude has balls of steel!

[Rockter]

Why do they kill such a marvellous creature?
What's the point?
Fillets?
A picture?
Are they hungry?

[erps]

I know, I always thought trophy hunting was kind of counter productive. Seems like the trophy critters ought to be the ones out there breeding other trophy critters.

[Giulietta]

And some complaint when a few sharks feed on people....

[merlin2375]

Approximately how many fish sticks do you think that could make?

2390892472983473984 seems about right?

[Joel73]

Originally Posted by Rockter

Why do they kill such a marvellous creature?
What's the point?
Fillets?
A picture?
Are they hungry?

I'll bet most of them just want bragging rights... and 30,000,000 fish fillets to stock the freezer with. Never mind that frozen fish is not nearly as good as fresh caught.


They are pretty amazing creatures... especially the huige ones like in these pictures.