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Old 11-05-2009, 04:06 PM   #1
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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
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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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Old 11-05-2009, 04:57 PM   #2
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Hope he has a HMS permit

(but it has GOT to be a rush if not a smidge damn dangerous)
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Old 11-05-2009, 05:11 PM   #3
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Does he need a permit for that?
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Old 11-05-2009, 05:26 PM   #4
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Wow.. Very cool
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Old 11-05-2009, 05:36 PM   #5
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November off Race Point in a kayak fighting a tuna? That is pushing your luck unless you have a boat on standby. August is one thing, November you die fast if you go over.
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This guy isn't too smart if he don't have the permit. It is needed.
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great reason to kill fish ///////. can you say E G O ><><<
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Old 11-05-2009, 08:43 PM   #8
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i happen to know Dave, he is not an egomaniac,that fish will not go in the dumpster.i am almost positive that he has the license. i told him how to get it for his kayak.he wouldn't be trying to set a record by taking fish illegally.
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I permit is needed. There is no legal fishing for bluefin except from a permitted vessel. Regardless, this is an amazing accomplishment...I just hope he was legal.
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i happen to know Dave, he is not an egomaniac,that fish will not go in the dumpster.i am almost positive that he has the license. i told him how to get it for his kayak.he wouldn't be trying to set a record by taking fish illegally.

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Old 11-06-2009, 06:47 AM   #11
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Congrats to Dave on a great catch!
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Old 11-06-2009, 07:37 AM   #12
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Dave does have the permit, as well as a %^$#load of safety gear and radio etc., but it is abit dangerous especially now.

I thought this did the resord for unassisted - yak out, catch, yak back - no assist boats- but maybe not. He texted me last night about it, I'll call him and get the scoop.
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Better than killing fish for laughs on a website. Right now a bluefin is easier to come by than a bluefish.
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Old 11-06-2009, 12:41 PM   #14
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Great catch, must of been some sleigh ride. Don't know why everybody assumed the worst here?
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congrats Dave...


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Old 11-06-2009, 02:37 PM   #16
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Must of been some fight ...awesome,.

permit squalk is funny.

how long to land it? how long was the row back.

Good for the fisherman!!

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Awesome! He seems like a good guy on a mission.


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