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I read the SWS article, at first I was in awe of the fight but then started doubting many of the points already brought up. Most of us would think that a fish of that size would have no problem cutting/rubbing through 20 lb test line during a 4 hr fight from a jetty that I would guess has more rocks out beyond it. Then when he gets the fish into gaff range he misses it and it nearly spools him again after a 3 hr fight, that fish would be exhausted at that point and that just doesn't seem likely. then on his second shot at the fish he slips off the jetty into chin deep water and amazingly that 78 lb fish is right in front of him so he gets his arm through it's gills and pulls himself back onto the jetty with some assistance from his buddy. He would have had to do that with no hands then f he held on to his pole? Unless he let go of his pole and used that free arm to get himself back onto the rocks, then in theory he could have pulled the rod and reel back up if the plug was still hooked into the fish, which I assume it was? I guess it's possible that all of these things went this way just not real likely!
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