A California man hooked the catch of a lifetime while on vacation in Alaska.
482-pound halibut caught off Alaska disqualified from world record
SANTA ANA, Calif. A California man hooked the catch of a lifetime while on vacation in Alaska.
The Orange County Register reports Friday that 76-year-old Jack McGuire of Santa Ana caught a 482-pound Pacific halibut.
McGuire struggled for 40 minutes before the giant fish was reeled in.
His catch outweighs the 459-pound Pacific halibut caught in Alaska in 1996 that is currently the world record, but it doesn't meet International Game Fish Association regulations.
The halibut was shot, then harpooned before it was brought aboard the boat, disqualifying the catch from being considered for a world record.
McGuire was on a weeklong fishing trip near Glacier Bay with his three children when he caught the 95-inch-long fish. He has been fishing since age 6.
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I wonder if he knew that harpooning, and shooting the fish before it got on the boat would disqualify him. I'll bet he's not a "Happy Camper"!!
Maybe not, but he's gonna have some full freezers - fer shure, fer shure.
That's for sure! I can't imagine what that fish looked like!!
Ar ar ar ar ar
Cool fish story.
OK, I found it. It's a big one.
The captain of the vessel helped him take in some line. That alone disqualifies him from a world record. No one is allow to help you in anyway, except to get the fish on board the boat.
What a hell of a catch it was though.
I was wondering how it would take for someone to come up with that.
Thanks Grump...that is A WHOPPER!!
Thanks Kav. I was wondering what the rules were.