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Big Catch
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:03 pm
THIBODAUX , La. --A medical student who blindfolds his friends to keep his favorite offshore fishing spot a 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 hardtail on it had hit the bottom 'until I felt the rod shake.' Rodriguez 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.
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 hardtail on it had hit the bottom 'until I felt the rod shake.' Rodriguez 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.
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:05 pm to COACH ROD
are you seriously going to post this w/o pics?
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:07 pm to COACH ROD
quote:
The first fillet weighed 53 pounds
holy frick
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:07 pm to COACH ROD
How old is this article? Pretty sure this is from 3 or 4 yrs. ago
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:11 pm to COACH ROD
I'm borrowing an OT term......that's a German fish.
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:11 pm to COACH ROD
this happened a long time ago
Posted on 4/26/11 at 4:38 pm to COACH ROD
old story, I believe he had caught the record, lost the record, then regained the record within a month or two.
Posted on 4/26/11 at 5:34 pm to COACH ROD
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near an oil rig 70 miles south of Fourchon, in 400 Feet of water
'It was about a 15 or 20 minute fight.'
WTF?!?!?
This post was edited on 4/26/11 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:56 pm to COACH ROD
I say BS on the blindfold crap. If you are fishing at a rig, all you would have to do is look at the rig and get the area and block number.
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