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JohnK
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Post by JohnK on May 19, 2006 10:34:54 GMT 1
I'm guessing he didn't catch that on a size 20 Black Gnat!
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Post by fester on May 19, 2006 15:13:10 GMT 1
More details.........
MIAMI May 16, 2006 (AP)— A doctor with a slew of world fishing records added another one to his collection when he caught a 385-pound lemon shark on fly tackle, the International Game Fish Association said Tuesday.
Dr. Martin Arostegui caught the heaviest fish ever documented on fly tackle, beating out a nearly 40-year-old record, IGFA world records coordinator Rebecca Reynolds said.
"We brought it in alive and we released it alive," Arostegui told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "That to me is what made the catch very special."
Arostegui caught the lemon shark in flats near the Marquesas Keys west of Key West in early March.
He and Capt. Ralph Delph of Key West used a filleted barracuda tied to the boat to create a scent line that attracted the hungry shark, Arostegui said.
As he watched the shark approach, he switched to a fly rod with 12-pound tippet and a bright orange, 7-inch feathered fly streamer. Arostegui said he quickly moved it one time and hooked the fish.
He fought the fish for one hour, and at one point the shark opened its jaws and attacked Delph's 29-foot boat.
"He could have eaten half of me or even all of me in one bite," said Arostegui, who stands at 5 feet tall.
The next step was restraining and hauling aboard the dangerous shark. Delph gaffed it in the soft, fleshy part of its tail as Arostegui tied the fish in front of the tail with a cleated rope.
But the fish proved too heavy to bring aboard, so they enlisted the help of another fisherman and guide who were nearby. The four men wrestled the shark into a 10-foot long live well designed by Delph.
The 7 1/2-foot long fish was brought into Key West and weighed. After a 60-day waiting period, the fishing association confirmed the record catch, but placed it in the 16-pound tippet line class because Arostegui's weighed in at 13 pounds. A tippet is the part of a leader that a fly is attached to.
The previous record for heaviest fish on fly tackle was a 356-pound goliath grouper, also known as jewfish, caught by Bart Froth in Islamorada on 12-pound tippet. That record had been on the books since March 15, 1967.
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Post by Animal on May 19, 2006 22:02:05 GMT 1
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Post by fester on May 19, 2006 23:46:54 GMT 1
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Post by learner on May 20, 2006 10:23:11 GMT 1
WB Fester!
Think the one I had at colwyn bay was bigger but that was not on fly so don't think it counts.Would have taken it to Rays on the pier but he was out dogging bait so just let it go unharmed.
I WISH.....not had a catch for weeks!
Have to stop dreaming and get out a bit more.
Was out practicing my light fishing with lures and spinners. Got the hang of sum!
I do like this better than beach casting so will continue with it, even tho not had any fish to it.
Problem with some lures!!!!!
Got some lures that I thought would do well and to be honest they did attract a follow ...BUT They melted in the car!!!
It was not a very hot day, was a nice day tho. Had them in the bait box in the car until about 2pm and then left work for a fishing session when got there one had melted to a blob and the other of the same type was OK. All the others were OK (not affected by the heat) but some had been in the same compartment of the box.........joined the blob!
I got them from the tackle shop in Llandudno the one down the side street at the back of ATS.
Moral of the story is don't buy the ones that are loose in a box with no trade name unless you know what they are!
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