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Taco de Baja
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[*] posted on 6-29-2007 at 07:37 AM
Not Baja, but WOW


There must be some of these guys there too :yes:
The print article had a picture, the internet version did not. :(

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The world record for a white seabass caught on rod and reel is 83.75 pounds. So when anglers see this, jaws are likely to drop and more concerted efforts will probably be made to pursue these kings of croaker along our coast.

On consecutive trips, Bill Ernst, 58, a spearfisherman for 45 years, speared white seabass weighing 42, 47, and 68 pounds.

So a week ago, Ernst headed back to the the Deep Hole at the Los Angeles/Ventura county line where he shot the other big white seabass.

It was 8 a.m. Nobody else was around. He climbed onto his paddleboard with his spear gun and paddled to a kelp bed a half-mile out in 50 feet of water. He tied the board to the kelp and started freediving.

On his second dive, he descended inside the kelp but near the edge. He saw two big white seabass facing away from him, just sitting there, apparently asleep.

"The one in front, further away, he was huge," Ernst said. "He was bigger than the one I shot. It had to be 100 pounds."....

Not one to pursue records, Ernst was prompted to submit the fish to offer proof that enormous white seabass like this really do exist along the coastline.

On a certified market scale, the fish weighed 93.1 pounds

The current International Underwater Spearfishing Association record for a speared white seabass is 80 pounds, so Ernst shattered the mark.


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[Edited on 6-29-2007 by Taco de Baja]




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