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We (on the Bama Lady) also released a blue Sunday at 11:50 am on the 100 fathom curve a little inshore of the Elbow in murky green water with scattered grass. It's a real sob story as we had a video malfunction that has likely cost us the tournament. I believe the tournament committeehas yet to make a decision on the situation, so i don't want to say too much other than we all feel really bad for our deserving angler Farah Keel. After trolling more than 100 miles of Blue Water and Rigsall weekend with nary a worthy strike, we decided Sunday a.m. to try our luck pulling a deeper spread in shallower water and make tracks to the 100 fathom curve. The blue hit a dink ballyhoo/duster combo starboard flat, on 30#. Farah did a great job of landing the fish and we leadered and released it succesfully with video rolling from the bridge. Committee boat was out of range, but got Carib on the radio who called it in on sat phone and got us our confirmation number; #1. We go back to watch the video, and guess what?? no footage. Leave it to some poltergeist BS to follow us off the dock. The camera, which has always recorded pefectly including friday night in a test shoot, decides that it is going to demonstrate that it's recording, show the fight in the viewfinder, but miraculously refuse to record and playback the footage which is the sole function of a @$%R@% video camera. Back at the weighdock the camera continues to have the same malfunction. It acts like its recording, but it will not playback the footage. I believe we would have taken the C & R thanks to the light line, but nonetheless congratulations to Farah on her first Blue. the dough would sure be nice, but video or not she'll have the great memory.

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