Canal Sailfish (Humor)

[Van]

A buddy sent me a link to a fishing forum where they were talking about the sailfish caught in the canal. I read through quickly but came across this post. I won't list the guy's screen name and maybe some here know him or he may be on here too. He got some crap from members there for it...but I don't know whether the post was a joke or for real, its quite a read.

If true then ????????WTF???????? Here it is.
What to you think?

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First of all there is Zero chance a fish like either of those would be caught in the canal.

Put reality aside for a moment and lets say a fish like that was in the canal, a large majority of anglers stand zero chance a typical angler could ever land such a fish.

A small percentage of us are elite, choosing to sacrifice in other areas of our live so as to never compromise on the field of battle with a fish, for example no matter how much my wife and little girls cried during the two heat waves I refused to let them turn the a/c on , so as to not run up the electric bill. I am still paying off the three different size ZB and Shimano reels I needed for this season, so, sorry babe , no a/c for you.

Now an elite fisherMAN, a guy like me would clearly be able to land a sailfish in the canal or really anywhere with my equipment. A highly organized system, adaptable and moldable to any condition, from the 832 in 20 lb test to the knot and leader system, I as, some here, have thought it out way in advance and am ready for that once in a hundred lifetime hook-ups a sailfish would represent ( that is to say when another smaller inshore species is the target).

Too many guys here fish old reels, with inferior braids . Braids that are two or three generations behind the NEWEST technology. And the lb test used is ridiculous....see some guys using 50 even 80 test braid because it fits on the reel the same way 17 lb mono would have ...lol , what a bunch of NON-commited GOOGANS ....frankly they make me SICK.

I would guess there is maybe 1 percent of the guys I read who post here that could handle an unexpected hookup with a sail or marlin.