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Old 07-23-2014, 07:38 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Fish360 View Post
What charter capt worth his weight in salt does not have at least one camera on board?
You would be surprised at just how many do not even have a halfway decent camera phone! It's easier to kill the fish and hope someone has a camera back at the dock than it is to buy a camera and photograph the release of said fish...

As for this supposed monster ghost fish, I say no f'ing way. While its existence is 100% possible the circumstances behind this catch simply do not add up. What charter captain is going to release such a fish, even if its world record status is nullified based upon the details of the rumor, as he would have googans from all ends of the earth signing up to fish with the guy that put his client on the first documented 100-pounder. Further, how on earth does ANYONE get even a remotely accurate weight on a fish that big on the deck of a rolling heaving boat. Did he use the new prototype 200-pound Boga-Grip and have it hanging from a custom crane arm?

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