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Originally Posted by keeperreaper
Mike did your cousin catch that or did he just take a pic? That fish is close to a 1000 I bet.
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A friend of his caught the beast and gave him a jingle to meet down the pier. Equipment was a Penn 130 soaking bait on an 8/0 hook, fight took ~ 1 hr. Too big to haul into the boat and took some ingenuity back at the dock/pier to lift and weigh. Waiting for final dimensions, etc today.
Fairly close to shore also, within a few miles off the coast. With all the commercial boats out there, I guess it's a continuous chum line for these fish and they're chowing right near and up to fisherman's boats.