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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Sanguine on June 06, 2018, 10:04:09 pm

Title: Washington man catches nearly 7-foot halibut: 'It was bigger than a folding table'
Post by: Sanguine on June 06, 2018, 10:04:09 pm

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

Ummmm, halibut.

Title: Re: Washington man catches nearly 7-foot halibut: 'It was bigger than a folding table'
Post by: Ghost Bear on June 06, 2018, 10:07:26 pm

I wonder if he was fishing just for the halibut.

Title: Re: Washington man catches nearly 7-foot halibut: 'It was bigger than a folding table'
Post by: WingNot on June 06, 2018, 10:09:27 pm

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

Title: Re: Washington man catches nearly 7-foot halibut: 'It was bigger than a folding table'
Post by: thackney on June 07, 2018, 01:08:23 pm

Quote from: Sanguine on June 06, 2018, 10:04:09 pm

Ummmm, halibut.

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

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