alanh 6 Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 THIBODAUX , La. --A medical student who blindfolds his friends to keep his favorite offshore fishing spot secret has come up with a record-beating fish -- a Warsaw grouper weighing 359.1 pounds. The giant hauled in by J.J. Tabor of Thibodaux is 12 ounces above the previous Louisiana state record, a state biologist confirmed. It's been cut down to fillets. The first fillet weighed 53 pounds, Tabor said. He caught it near an oil rig 70 miles south of Fourchon, in 400 feet of water. He won't give a more specific description. 'It's J.J.'s secret,' said Joey Rodrigue, a friend from Baton Rouge who joined Tabor and Tabor's father, John, on the record-making trip Saturday. 'I don't even know where I was. He blindfolds us on the way out.' Tabor said he thought at first that his hook with a live hardtail on it had it the bottom 'until I felt the big head shake.' Rodrigue steered away from the rig. 'I put myself in a harness and just had to lay back and fight,' J.J. Tabor said. 'It was about a 15 or 20 minute fight.' Tabor cleaned the fish late Monday afternoon outside his father's auto repair shop in Thibodaux. 'We'll split it up,' he said. 'I'll make some phone calls and try to get rid of it fresh. The rest, we'll vacuum pack it and cook it later.' Tabor says he believes the fish is about 33 years old. He plans to send an inner-ear bone called the otolith to a university in Florida where researchers can help determine the age of the fish. He hopes to get the results in about four weeks. The world record, caught off Florida in 1985, is 436 pounds, 12 ounces. http://www.fishyorkepeninsula.com/images/attachments/wrX73wC4__IMAGE.jpeg[/img] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alanh 6 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Catch for the day http://www.fishyorkepeninsula.com/images/attachments/B1NEWn53__er_Medium.jpg[/img] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freddyboy 5 Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 {SMILIES_PATH}/cheesy.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/cheesy.gif you must get the same e-mail as i do allan ,,, i posted that on the 24th in the off topic section {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif ,,, still you have more info on yours {SMILIES_PATH}/wink.gif ,,, shocked me when i first saw the fish i thought it was s fake but i dont think it is {SMILIES_PATH}/shocked.gif ,, cheers freddyboy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alanh 6 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Sorry Fred didnt see your post {SMILIES_PATH}/embarrassed.gifI did have about 6 different pics but just posted the 2 best ones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
luke_westlakes 4 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I wonder what bait they would use for that... {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif {SMILIES_PATH}/grin.gif Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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