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Source: winknews |
4/23/2015 |
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A couple fishing at the beach got a huge surprise when they reeled in a 300 pound goliath grouper.
“I have never seen a fish that big and I fish a lot, and I have caught some big fish,” said Taylor Buckely.
“It was just a spectacle,” he said.
Early Wednesday, Buckely was relaxing on Sanibel and noticed a couple fishing with a large fishing rod.
“But then I could see the rod tip moving, so there was a fish on it,” said Buckley.
Graciela Mahana shot the whole thing on her cell phone. |
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“For me it was very, very crazy because she was fighting with it,” said Mahana.
Mahana says the woman fought the goliath grouper for about an hour.
“You could see a dorsal fin and then a tail would come out,” said Buckley.
Finally they were able to get the fish out of the water.
“You would never expect that in a surf situation. You don’t catch fish like that by casting in to the surf,” said Buckley.
The couple took a couple photos with the big catch and then released the fish back into the water |
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