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Woman lands enormous halibut (335.7 pounds) on first-ever fishing trip
GrindTV.com ^
| 8/16/11
| Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com
Posted on 08/16/2011 2:18:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Annette Gutierrez embarked on her first-ever fishing trip recently out of Valdez, Alaska, and returned with a monstrous Pacific halibut weighing 335.7 pounds and measuring 88 inches from mouth to tail -- or nearly two feet taller than the 5-foot-6 angler.
Chalk it up to beginner's luck, or Lady Luck, but Gutierrez, a New Mexico resident who works seasonally in Alaska, has joined the elite few to have landed a "barn door" halibut topping 300 pounds.
"It was insane to get such a very big fish my first time," said Gutierrez, in an interview last week with the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. "Oh my God, it was huge."
The catch vaulted Gutierrez, 47, a truck driver for a Fairbanks construction firm, into first place in the Valdez Halibut Derby, which will pay $15,000 for the heaviest halibut after the season-long derby ends on Sept. 4.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 2400pound; enormous; fishing; halibut
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the largest catch so far was a 193 pounder..
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:20:29 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
Yep, she has one hallava butt.
To: NormsRevenge
Geez,
My 1st trip to AK I caught a 75 pound halibut. Biggest fish I ever caught. Can’t imagine 300+lbs.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:22:14 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: NormsRevenge
How’d she get it into the boat?
(Probably had to tow it back to the dock.)
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:22:49 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: NormsRevenge
Well all I can say is: Hal-i-but that!
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:25:34 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: NormsRevenge
A few orders of fish and chips there......
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:25:49 PM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: NormsRevenge
Now all you fishermen/women and hunters out there will chide me, but I would have let it go.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:27:00 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
To: umgud
I caught a 30-pounder off of Long Beach, CA. It was like fighting a self-propelled boat anchor. Dang fine eatin’, tho.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:28:37 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
To: NormsRevenge
shiite, I used to cut stuff up like dat for bait"
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:28:42 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: NormsRevenge
When asked why she goes fishing, she said "For the halibut!"
[snare drum]
Thank you! I'm here all week! Try the veal!
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:28:46 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: illiac
Thats going to take a lot of beer to batter that fish!
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:29:15 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: Doogle
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:29:43 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: NormsRevenge
Fresh Halibut is about $26/lb here. Wonder how much is meat. Say 250 lbs. $6500 dollar fish. I must be off. 3 of those and you pay off your car. Hope Obama and the IRS don't get wind.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:30:02 PM PDT
by
throwback
( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
To: NormsRevenge
Mighty fine catch there.
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The fish ain't bad, either.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:30:46 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: tubebender
If you get a break from napping in the shade ... would you show this to the expert angler in your home?
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:32:49 PM PDT
by
JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
To: NormsRevenge
Went to Alaska last 2 weeks saw a 197 lb Halibut hanging at Valdez harbor watched the guys filet it.
Best tasting fish ever.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:33:54 PM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?)
To: Pinkbell
"Now all you fishermen/women and hunters out there will chide me, but I would have let it go."I practice catch and release ... into very hot grease.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:34:48 PM PDT
by
JustaDumbBlonde
(Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
To: NormsRevenge
Wow, the biggest fish I ever caught was an 8 pound channel cat. I thought it put up a real fight too.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:36:44 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Argus
They shoot them in the head first with a shotgun slug.
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posted on
08/16/2011 2:36:57 PM PDT
by
Neoliberalnot
((Read "The Grey Book" for an alternative to corruption in DC))
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