Man we need a oil rig out here

[gcracker89]

A friend sent me this tonight


Subject: Time for a Fish Fry!!





THIBODAUX , La . --A medical student who blindfolds his friends
to keep his favorite offshore fishing spot secret has come up with a
record-beating fish -- a
Warsaw grouper weighing 359.1 pounds. The giant
hauled in by J. J. Tabor of Thibodaux is 12 ounces above the previous
Louisiana state record, a state biologist confirmed. It's been cut down to fillets.
The first fillet weighed 53 pounds, Tabor said. He caught it near an oil rig 70
miles south of Fourchon, in 400 feet of water. He won't give a more
specific description.

'It's J J's secret,' said Joey Rodriguez, a friend from Baton Rouge
who joined Tabor and Tabor's father, John, on the record-making trip
Saturday. 'I don't even know where I was. He blindfolds us on the way


out.' Tabor said he thought at first that his hook with a live hardtail on it


had it the bottom 'until I felt the big head shake. Rodriguez steered away


from the rig. 'I put myself in a harness and just had to lay back and fight,'


JJ Tabor said. 'It was about a 15 or 20 minute fight.'

Tabor cleaned the fish late Monday afternoon outside his
father's auto repair shop in Thibodaux .. 'We'll split it up,' he said. 'I'll make
some phone calls and try to get rid of it fresh. The rest, we'll vacuum pack it
and cook it later.'

Tabor says he believes the fish is about 33 years old. He plans
to send an inner-ear bone called the otolith to a university in Florida where
researchers can help determine the age of the fish. He hopes to get the
results in about four weeks. The world record, caught off Florida in 1985,
is 436 pounds, 12 ounces

[Mobile Diver]

That will rate a HOLY SHIT!!

[Fish-Kabob]

This was the post back in November. More pictures.

http://www.spearboard.com/showthread...ghlight=warsaw

[Mobile Diver]

I remember. Didn't know it was the same fish.

[gcracker89]

Last week, last month last year who cares I just want to see one of these bad boys in the water. Couple of years and we can run off Key West and dive the riggs

[K Mejean]

Originally Posted by gcracker89

Last week, last month last year who cares I just want to see one of these bad boys in the water. Couple of years and we can run off Key West and dive the riggs

Yeah it won't be too long and the Cubans will have a buttload of oil rigs down south of us. Then those big boys will be heading to this area.

[stallbaum]

Wow. That doesnt even look real.