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The feeding of the 5,000 Not quite, but pensioner lands record-breaking halibut that's big enough to provide almost 1,000 fish suppers Mail Online

 The one that didn't get away: Gunther Hansel spent more than two hours reeling in the 8ft 2ins halibut - and needed help of five crewmates

   

It's a miracle: Gunther Hansel spent more than two hours reeling in the 8ft 2ins halibut - and needed the help of five crewmates to land the fish

 

 You're going to need a bigger freezer: Gunther and his crewmates were able to wynch the 34-stone fish onto the deck

You're going to need a bigger freezer: Gunther and his crewmates were able to wynch the 34-stone fish onto the deck of their boat

 

 One for the record books: Gunther, third from left, poses with some of his crewmates and his record-breaking catch

One for the record books: Gunther, third from left, poses with some of his crewmates and his record-breaking catch

1 posted on 11/23/2010 12:54:19 PM PST by Stoat
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And you should have seen the one that got away...


2 posted on 11/23/2010 12:56:30 PM PST by samtheman
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Yumpin Yimminy!


3 posted on 11/23/2010 12:58:18 PM PST by Adder (Part 1 Accomplished)
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Love to see Sarah and Bristol stun that one now that would be great TV at the same time have the libs shaking in their boots...


4 posted on 11/23/2010 12:59:56 PM PST by RINOS ARE RADICALS
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“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”


5 posted on 11/23/2010 1:01:51 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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1000 Halibut fillets?

DELICIOUS!


7 posted on 11/23/2010 1:03:55 PM PST by PGR88
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8 posted on 11/23/2010 1:04:25 PM PST by steveo (Why yes, I will have a Merry Christmas.)
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That’s a lot of fish-n-chips!


9 posted on 11/23/2010 1:04:25 PM PST by fso301
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It would take a strong knight, indeed, to chop down the largest tree in the forest with THAT halibut...


10 posted on 11/23/2010 1:06:07 PM PST by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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13 posted on 11/23/2010 1:16:14 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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Looks a bit like my pet fish,Eric.I chose him out of thousands.I didn’t like the others...they were all too flat!


14 posted on 11/23/2010 1:18:45 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
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Customer: Hello, I would like to buy a fish license, please.

Shopkeeper: A what?

Customer: A license for my pet fish, Eric.

Shopkeeper: How did you know my name was Eric?

Customer: No no no, my fish’s name is Eric, Eric the fish. He’s an halibut.

Shopkeeper: What?

Customer: He is...an...halibut.

Shopkeeper: You’ve got a pet halibut?

Customer: Yes. I chose him out of thousands. I didn’t like the others, they were all too flat.

Shopkeeper: You must be a looney.

Customer: I am not a looney! Why should I be tied with the epithet looney merely because I have a pet halibut? I’ve heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabardo has a pet prawn called Simon and you wouldn’t call him a looney; furthermore, Dawn Pailthorpe, the lady show-jumper, had a clam, called Stafford, after the late Chancellor, Allan Bullock has two pikes, both called Chris, and Marcel Proust had an haddock! So, if you’re calling the author of ‘A la recherche du temps perdu’ a looney, I shall have to ask you to step outside!

Shopkeeper: Alright, alright, alright. A license.

Customer: Yes.

Shopkeeper: For a fish.

Customer: Yes.

Shopkeeper: You are a looney.

Customer: Look, it’s a bleeding pet, isn’t it? I’ve got a license for me pet dog Eric, and I’ve got a license for me pet cat Eric...

Shopkeeper: You don’t need a license for your cat.

Customer: I bleeding well do and I got one. He can’t be called Eric without it—

Shopkeeper: There’s no such thing as a bloody cat license.

Customer: Yes there is!
Shopkeeper: Isn’t!

Customer: Is!

Shopkeeper Isn’t!

Customer: I bleeding got one, look! What’s that then?

Shopkeeper: This is a dog license with the word ‘dog’ crossed out and ‘cat’ written in in crayon.

Customer: The man didn’t have the right form.

Etc. etc.


15 posted on 11/23/2010 1:19:16 PM PST by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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But the overriding question of course is, was Gunther properly licensed?

 

YouTube - Monty Python - Fish License

 

 

16 posted on 11/23/2010 1:19:50 PM PST by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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It must have been eating ice-deprived polar bear.


17 posted on 11/23/2010 1:20:12 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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That’s just cool. 70 years old and a 2 hour fight. A world record and enough to feed a family for months.


18 posted on 11/23/2010 1:26:39 PM PST by November 2010
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That's one thing on my bucket list - to go halibut fishing in Alaska and catch one of those big babies.

One thing I've always wondered...what's the difference between a flounder and a halibut.......other than size? Anyone know? They look the same to me.

19 posted on 11/23/2010 1:27:41 PM PST by OB1kNOb (Don't make me go ALL CAPS on you.)
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Holy mackerel, that’s one halibut fish! (Ug, I know)


20 posted on 11/23/2010 1:28:30 PM PST by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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Hey let that go, I didn’t know Ohbamma could swim so deep, you know its him because he is flattened by the pressure and his eyes always look at you one at a time, very shifty character..
Oh well Bidens turn now..


21 posted on 11/23/2010 1:38:39 PM PST by aces
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“Why did you fight him for two hours?”

“For the halibut”. ba da bump

I’m here all week Ladies & Germs. Try the veal. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses.


22 posted on 11/23/2010 1:50:04 PM PST by rickb308 (Nothing good ever came from someone yelling Allah Snackbar)
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Does anyone know if a fish that old/big is good eating.

I like eating young animals/fish myself. Tender and sweet!


24 posted on 11/23/2010 2:16:03 PM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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Does anyone know if a fish that old/big is good eating.

I like eating young animals/fish myself. Tender and sweet!


25 posted on 11/23/2010 2:19:50 PM PST by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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