Washington man catches nearly 7-foot halibut: 'It was bigger than a folding table'

[Sanguine]

Over Memorial Day weekend, a Washington state man caught a roughly 7-foot halibut in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the northwestern part of the state.

But Tom Hellinger’s impressive catch came with one big issue: he was unable to find a scale big enough to document the fish’s exact weight. This means Hellinger will never know if his catch, which he told Fox 13 was “bigger than a folding table,” broke the state’s 288-pound Pacific halibut record set in the late 1980s.

“We tried to find a hanging scale to weigh it on,” Hellinger told the news station, though he was unsuccessful.

Still, Hellinger estimated the fish weighed more than 200 pounds....

http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2018/06/06/washington-man-catches-nearly-7-foot-halibut-it-was-bigger-than-folding-table.html

Ummmm, halibut.

[Ghost Bear]

I wonder if he was fishing just for the halibut.

[WingNot]

I'm gonna drop a sand dollar in the box for Jerry's Squids, for the halibut.

[thackney]

Ummmm, halibut.

The halibut has since been processed, resulting in 140 pounds of fillets.

One of the things I miss most about living in Alaska.