Good for him. I watched the video and he seemed like a nice guy. And the fish looked bigger in the video than in the still photos.

It indeed was

Joe, You got any of these:

Stretch 30 Deep Dives to 30' 6oz (just kidding)

what a catch.

58lbs 13 oz from shore and 73 from a boat in the last 2 years isn't so bad :eek5:

Nice catch !
On a good day in early July up here thats a $300 fish :hidin:
:hihi::hihi::hihi:

On a slightly different note, about ten years ago the story was in the Cape Cod Times about a tourist, in August, who buys a bag of sandeels, gets directions to the nearest outer Cape swimming beach and gets his wife to drop him off. Well, he hooks, and lands a 60 pound bass. Calls his wife to pick him up and weighs in at the same bait shop. Did I forget to mention it was a midday fish?

Aye Carrumba!