A San Clemente, California, man caught what he thinks is a state-record tarpon.
The man was trolling for tarpon near Cat Island on Friday when he hooked the 77-inch long, 185.5-pound fish. He had already caught and released one fish when he hooked the big one.
“We knew we had a big one because it was spooling the reel pretty quickly and jumping way out there,” said Don Ruiz. “We started up the boat and started chasing it. It took 45 minutes before we got it to the boat.”
Ruiz is a Gulf Coast native who said he comes to visit a couple of times a year.
He plans on having a fiberglass mount of the fish based on photographs. A local artist also came out to make a press painting of the catch. The fish itself will be donated to the Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs.
More info at WLOX News: https://www.wlox.com/2019/08/02/two-pot ... ht-friday/
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