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On my first trip to the keys, the shallow water fishing was slow, really slow, and not having the will to stay at it, a buddy and I went out to the edge of the reef near Aligator Light to look for something interesting. We Found It.
With a large spinning reel (Penn 8500SS)I hooked a Barracuda on a Tube Lure. As the fish was wearing down a very large Tiger shark ate the whole Cuda. The Tube Lure had two very large treble hooks rigged into it and the upper hook caught in the nose of the Shark. We followed that fish for hours and got it boatside, and had no way of controlling it but could have killed it many times over. We were fishing in a 18' Hewes Flats Boat and the fishappeared to beas long as the boat with the upper lobe of the tail included longer.We guessed it over 700lbs. and busted it off to release it. I have often wondered how much that fish really weighed and it would be my largest fish ever caught.
Other than thatfish it wouldbe a 170 lb Tarpon, also estimated.
What is your biggest fish deal?
With a large spinning reel (Penn 8500SS)I hooked a Barracuda on a Tube Lure. As the fish was wearing down a very large Tiger shark ate the whole Cuda. The Tube Lure had two very large treble hooks rigged into it and the upper hook caught in the nose of the Shark. We followed that fish for hours and got it boatside, and had no way of controlling it but could have killed it many times over. We were fishing in a 18' Hewes Flats Boat and the fishappeared to beas long as the boat with the upper lobe of the tail included longer.We guessed it over 700lbs. and busted it off to release it. I have often wondered how much that fish really weighed and it would be my largest fish ever caught.
Other than thatfish it wouldbe a 170 lb Tarpon, also estimated.
What is your biggest fish deal?