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mekcotuit · 11-05-2009, 04:06 PM

Wonder if he went for a little sleigh ride?

Near-record tuna caught - from a kayak
By Mary Ann Bragg
STAFF WRITER
November 05, 2009 1:57 PM
PROVINCETOWN - Part-time Yarmouth resident Dave Lamoureux, 42, a Wall Street trader from Chicago, caught a 157-pound tuna early this morning from his kayak off Race Point Beach in Provincetown.

Unfortunately for Lamoureux, the record for a tuna caught from a kayak is 187 pounds.

Lamoureux has been trying since August to beat world records set for tuna-fishing from a kayak. His tuna was weighed this afternoon at Goose Hummock in Orleans.

Lamoureux said he caught the tuna using his family's 12-foot kayak, after being out on the water at the "crack of dawn." He pulled it to the shore in the Cape Cod National Seashore. A boater came along and then helped him tow it to Fisherman's Wharf.

Since August he has caught a 60-pound tuna and an 80-pound one, and lost more than a dozen others. Lamoureux said he is pursuing the world record for the "adrenaline rush."

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mekcotuit Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cotuit MA Posts: 295	Near-record tuna caught - from a kayak Wonder if he went for a little sleigh ride? Near-record tuna caught - from a kayak By Mary Ann Bragg STAFF WRITER November 05, 2009 1:57 PM PROVINCETOWN - Part-time Yarmouth resident Dave Lamoureux, 42, a Wall Street trader from Chicago, caught a 157-pound tuna early this morning from his kayak off Race Point Beach in Provincetown. Unfortunately for Lamoureux, the record for a tuna caught from a kayak is 187 pounds. Lamoureux has been trying since August to beat world records set for tuna-fishing from a kayak. His tuna was weighed this afternoon at Goose Hummock in Orleans. Lamoureux said he caught the tuna using his family's 12-foot kayak, after being out on the water at the "crack of dawn." He pulled it to the shore in the Cape Cod National Seashore. A boater came along and then helped him tow it to Fisherman's Wharf. Since August he has caught a 60-pound tuna and an 80-pound one, and lost more than a dozen others. Lamoureux said he is pursuing the world record for the "adrenaline rush." Copyright © Cape Cod Media Group, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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