BF,
At this point, the details are very sketchy (for obvious reasons
),
but here are some of the operative comments I've heard from the man himself and the witnesses (VERY few):
1. a grown man running up and down the shoreline with a light rod in hand not to get frayed/spooled, etc...
2. new igfa record for 8# test.
3. 48+ inches...fat 46 something #'s
Congrats to the well deserving, very giving, and one of the hardest fishman I know. You deserve it man
ps: you guessed right about who it is.