Biggest fish for me was a 62.55 lb white spring. I took it into Island Outfitter to verify the weight and with it being the largest of the year, IO provided me a MR2 and a $650 rod. What a score.
It was a foggy day in late Aug and my charter cancelled the day before, so for a change I went fishing for myself. Luckily it was the right spot at the right time.
I caught it at Otter Point and the same day 3 other guys I know got fish over 50 lb at the same location.
The fish was 48" long with a girth of 35". I plastic rapped it and froze it hole on a plank read for mounting. It was perfect and not even a scale was missing.
The sad part of catching this record fish is. I gave the fish to Mike Moss to mount for me and it disappeared to be never seen again. Luckily I got my deposit back after a lot of letter wirting to MC.
Don't deal with Mike, since my problem I've received 4 other calls from guys experiencing the same problem. But they haven't got a fish or a deposit (all $700+) back.
Next time (if there will be one) I'll run a legal check on the guy I give my trophy too. I learned allot about Mike once I ran a check on him.
Let's Go Fishing!
Doug
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