holy shit face batman thats big, but ive seen people catch 600lb goliaths in florida and that looks just as big so i cant imagine it only being 359
Time to go to LA.
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 Rodriguez, 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 hard tail 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 cleaned the fish late Monday afternoon outside his father’s auto repair shop in
Thibodaux . "We’ll split it up," he said. "I’ll make some phone calls and try to get rid of it fresh.
The rest, we ‘ll vacuum pack it and cook it later."
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.
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 Rodriguez, 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 hard tail 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 cleaned the fish late Monday afternoon outside his father’s auto repair shop in
Thibodaux . "We’ll split it up," he said. "I’ll make some phone calls and try to get rid of it fresh.
The rest, we ‘ll vacuum pack it and cook it later."
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.
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