Triple-digit roosterfish measures up with world record caught in 1960

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BY MIKE STEVENS

PUERTO VALLARTA— Boasting a built-in ardour for sportfishing, San Diego Fish Processing co-owner Jamie Allen took a while off and headed to Puerto Vallarta to tug on some fish of her personal, and he or she ended up catching a fish of a lifetime.

Whereas fishing out of a small boat out of PV, Allen linked to a monster roosterfish she was in a position to lastly tame after an extended battle. She was working with 40-pound line, on a Avet SX5 reel and a 6-foot rod, and when the massive rooster was boated, she was blown away and even the crew noticed it as one thing particular.

The story of the tape was as follows: 64 inches lengthy with a 33-inch girth and a weight of fifty kilos. Right here in El Norte, 50 kilos means 110.23 kilos.

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“I began fishing in 2019 and caught nearly each pelagic fish in my first yr,” Allen advised Western Outside Information. “This was positively one of many hardest catches of my life. Our captains mentioned this was the most important rooster they’ve ever seen. Grey Taxidermy was referred to as instantly, and he met us on the dock, and he was amazed on the sight of it. Undoubtedly one for the books. I’m nonetheless in awe and I can’t watch for my mount to reach to hold up in our workplace for everybody to admire.”

In response to the IGFA, the all-tackle report for roosterfish was a 114 pounder caught by Abe Sackheim in La Paz in 1960. That fish was additionally 64 inches lengthy with a 33-inch girth.

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