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Juke
06-16-2005, 01:40 PM
This news line appeared on page 52 of the July 2005 issue of the Saltwater Sportsman.

World Record Redfish?
Daniel Monette of Louisburg, North Caorlina, just might have caught a world-record-breaking redfish this past April, but he'll never know for sure: he released the fish before weighing it on a certified scale because North Carolina regulations prohibit fisherman from keeping redfish 27 inches or longer. Fishing with fresh mullet on 20 pound line at Ocracoke Beach, Monette beached a bull meashuring 53 inches long with a 38 inch girth. Based on the standard lenght-girth formula, Monette's redfish was estimated to weigh 95.6 pounds-more than one pound heavier than the current world record of 94.2 pounds. "I was a little disappointed to let it go without knowing if I broke the record," he says. "But I wouldn't ever want to kill a fish like that."

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JDSeiders
06-16-2005, 04:55 PM
Yeah, I read about this at the Tradewinds Tackle site from Ocracoke. The folks on there were razzing him because the fish grew with each news report. Don't recall what the actual size was.
George Z
06-16-2005, 08:09 PM
Uh..... I think Chad might have that one beat...
Juke
06-16-2005, 08:11 PM
Thats what I was thinking when I posted this.
JDSeiders
06-16-2005, 08:12 PM
Someone at last night's meeting mentioned Texans and their Tall tales...


[grin][grin][grin]
Chad
06-17-2005, 09:15 AM
That was long tails, the ones connected to big a$$ fish.
CPR,
Chad
wpvboat
06-17-2005, 10:16 AM
That guy has little excuse if he didn't get a picture of it next to a measuring tape with his own arm in the picture to prove it. I understand why Chad didn't get a picture and at least he threw in that if you don't believe his story then IDGAF.
JDSeiders
06-17-2005, 05:57 PM
wpvboat originally wrote:
That guy has little excuse if he didn't get a picture of it next to a measuring tape with his own arm in the picture to prove it.

I think he did. I think it's the media that is distorting the story.


I understand why Chad didn't get a picture and at least he threw in that if you don't believe his story then IDGAF.


Chad threw what in? His camera? In the water?


That boy's not right.









[grin]
Salmo trutta
06-17-2005, 06:13 PM
Are you guys still finding them reds in the skinny water? Has it switched to a night time thing?
Chad
06-20-2005, 06:23 AM
Get it right, that boy is Knot Right!!!!!! I wouldn't exactly say I threw it in, it was more like it got thrown in and me with it.
Chad