re: Record LA redfish caught and released

Dr. Darrel Gilbert and his wife, Wendy Katz, hold up the massive redfish Gilbert landed Friday near South Pass. Capt. Mike Frenette said the fish measured 53 1/2 inches long with a 31 1/2-inch girth, and estimated its weight at 65 pounds.

Courtesy of Capt. Mike Frenette

A giant redfish that would have almost certainly broken the current state record was caught — and then released — last Friday afternoon in Venice along the shoreline outside of South Pass.

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Capt. Mike Frenette, with Redfish Lodge of Louisiana, said the massive fish measured 53 1/2 inches long with a girth of more than 31 inches, and weighed approximately 65 pounds.

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That is not a 53" long fish







My fish was a LA record if that was the case: