THIS GUY ATE HIS WORLD RECORD!
As a longtime angler, Dennis Tilden knows: the quicker a fish is prepared after it’s caught, the fresher it will taste.
But Tilden, who reeled in a 32-pound Mexican barracuda recently while fishing in the Pacific off Costa Rica, did not know until dinner was being served that he’d be eating a potential world-record catch.
The International Game Fish Association lists as the all-tackle record a 28-pound, 6-ounce Mexican barracuda caught off Panama in 2010.
A proper certified weight had not been obtained, and measurements and other details for the paperwork ......
Get full gist here
But Tilden, who reeled in a 32-pound Mexican barracuda recently while fishing in the Pacific off Costa Rica, did not know until dinner was being served that he’d be eating a potential world-record catch.
The International Game Fish Association lists as the all-tackle record a 28-pound, 6-ounce Mexican barracuda caught off Panama in 2010.
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Tilden’s barracuda, caught during a tournament out of Crocodile Bay Resort
on the Osa Peninsula, was weighed briefly before its head was removed
for a soup. It’s flesh was quickly filleted and later prepared as a
ceviche.
The headline says it all; photo: courtesy of Crocodile Bay Resort
A proper certified weight had not been obtained, and measurements and other details for the paperwork ......
Get full gist here