Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
05-23-2013, 01:33 PM
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/excursions/post/giant-amberjack-could-have-been-a-record-contender/
It did get carved into fillets before being weighed!!! -Tyr
Monstrous amberjack caught in Sea of Cortez could have been a record contenderAngler, crew were so excited they carved it into fillets before weighing<time date="2013-05-22">May 22, 2013</time> by Pete Thomas (http://www.grindtv.com/author/pete-thomas/)
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http://cdn.grindtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Amberjack3.jpg
The powerful amberjack was so massive it might have been a world record.
But the fisherman who battled the monstrous fish, and the Mexican crew that helped deliver it from the Sea of Cortez to a remote Baja California beach, were not thinking about records.
They marveled at the size of the fish and hefted their great prize as if to see if it could, indeed, be hefted—then carved it up for fish tacos and fillets for the grill.
http://cdn.grindtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/amberjack.jpgCapt. Raymundo “Mundo” Lucero Geraldo poses with giant amberjack. Top photo shows another captain hefting the prized game fish. Photos by Esteban Romero
The International Game Fish Association lists a 156-pound amberjack caught off Japan in 2010 as the all-tackle world record (http://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Amberjack,%20greater). The fish caught last week by Kevin Shiotani was conservatively estimated to weigh at least 135 pounds.
As anyone who has done a lot of weight-guessing knows, however, estimates can be wildly inaccurate.
Regardless of a possible record lost, Shiotani’s amberjack is one of the largest ever caught, although it’s likely that larger specimens have been hooked and lost in the rocks.
The catch was made after a 25-minute struggle near Cerralvo Island, the southern-most island in the Sea of Cortez.
Shiotani is a regular customer of Tailhunter International Sportfishing (http://tailhunter-international.com/), a La Paz-based charter business that trucks clients to a remote beach to fish Cerralvo and offshore waters out of pangas, or large skiffs.
Jonathan Roldan, who owns Tailhunter International and Tailhunter Restaurant (https://www.facebook.com/Tailhunter.Restaurant), explained the catch to Phil Friedman Outdoors Radio. (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/philipfriedmanoutdoors/2013/05/21/baja-now-on-phil-friedman-outdoors-radio)
“Kevin fought the fish for 25 minutes to a half-hour and got it to the boat and, of course, blew everyone away,” he said. “They stuck a gaff in it, got it back to the beach, and started taking pictures. It’s a magnificent fish.”
It did get carved into fillets before being weighed!!! -Tyr
Monstrous amberjack caught in Sea of Cortez could have been a record contenderAngler, crew were so excited they carved it into fillets before weighing<time date="2013-05-22">May 22, 2013</time> by Pete Thomas (http://www.grindtv.com/author/pete-thomas/)
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http://cdn.grindtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Amberjack3.jpg
The powerful amberjack was so massive it might have been a world record.
But the fisherman who battled the monstrous fish, and the Mexican crew that helped deliver it from the Sea of Cortez to a remote Baja California beach, were not thinking about records.
They marveled at the size of the fish and hefted their great prize as if to see if it could, indeed, be hefted—then carved it up for fish tacos and fillets for the grill.
http://cdn.grindtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/amberjack.jpgCapt. Raymundo “Mundo” Lucero Geraldo poses with giant amberjack. Top photo shows another captain hefting the prized game fish. Photos by Esteban Romero
The International Game Fish Association lists a 156-pound amberjack caught off Japan in 2010 as the all-tackle world record (http://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Amberjack,%20greater). The fish caught last week by Kevin Shiotani was conservatively estimated to weigh at least 135 pounds.
As anyone who has done a lot of weight-guessing knows, however, estimates can be wildly inaccurate.
Regardless of a possible record lost, Shiotani’s amberjack is one of the largest ever caught, although it’s likely that larger specimens have been hooked and lost in the rocks.
The catch was made after a 25-minute struggle near Cerralvo Island, the southern-most island in the Sea of Cortez.
Shiotani is a regular customer of Tailhunter International Sportfishing (http://tailhunter-international.com/), a La Paz-based charter business that trucks clients to a remote beach to fish Cerralvo and offshore waters out of pangas, or large skiffs.
Jonathan Roldan, who owns Tailhunter International and Tailhunter Restaurant (https://www.facebook.com/Tailhunter.Restaurant), explained the catch to Phil Friedman Outdoors Radio. (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/philipfriedmanoutdoors/2013/05/21/baja-now-on-phil-friedman-outdoors-radio)
“Kevin fought the fish for 25 minutes to a half-hour and got it to the boat and, of course, blew everyone away,” he said. “They stuck a gaff in it, got it back to the beach, and started taking pictures. It’s a magnificent fish.”