Jamie+M

John -

Thanks. As soon as I get the photos, I'll send you one. Like I said in my original post, I am (unfortunately) NOT familiar at all with fish of that size, so I am certainly capable of making incorrect statements. And I have to say, the fish in your photo looks more than 6 pounds bigger than mine. Maybe the captain was a little short on the tape measure, but I swear it was 36 pounds! Is that you in the photo? That is one nice fish.

Hey Plug, thanks for the response. If I sounded overly defensive, I apologize. I didn't feel like anyone was calling me a liar, in fact, I appreciate the responses from you guys who know more about this stuff than I do. I was just surprised at how unusual it would be for a fish of that length to weigh 36 pounds. I hope my photo comes out half as good as the one John posted!

Tight lines to all.