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Even if you spent your weekend fishing, it still probably didn’t include catching what could be a world-record fish.
This is what happened to Bonita Springs, Fla., resident Alex Newman when he competed this weekend in the 3rd Annual Offshore Rodeo Fishing Tournament and brought in a 124.18-pound fish to win the tournament, which was benefiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities Southwest Florida.
Newman said that he and his crew had been out there for 2 1/2 hours when the grouper was caught. The grouper weighed 124.18 pounds and was measured at 57 inches with a 48-inch girth.
According to Newman, he initially thought that the fish was 90 pounds when they first saw it.
"But when we were lifting it up we couldn't lift it," he told The News-Press. "I fish the gulf a lot. This is the biggest fish I've caught. When that thing popped up it was like a dinosaur."
They added that “according to the International Game Fish Association, which collects and verifies world records worldwide, the current record for a black grouper is 124 pounds caught Jan. 11, 2003, in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas.”
Newman’s boat accounted for 182 of the 1,200 pounds of fish brought in during the tournament.
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