A BIG One!

John took his goddaughter Jordan, her boyfriend Josh and her brother Chandler offshore today. It was part of John's gift to Jordan for her graduation. (Josh graduated too) Fishing has been a little slow a LOT slower than last year so they were just hoping to catch something! Well...the first bite of the day was this one. Josh was excited... he had caught his biggest fish to date...then
they had a hit...knew it was big and then this guy jumped up about six feet...and the fight was on. Chandler was first to take the pole...he fought it for about 25 minutes. He got it in pretty close...then it took off again and it was Jordan's turn. She fought it for about 20 minutes...then Josh brought it in.
They knew it was one of the biggest fish they were ever going to catch...so they took lots of pictures! They took it to Whitey's Bait and Tackle to have it measured and weighed. It OFFICIALLY weighed 58 lbs...and was 5 ft 8inches long.! They even took it to another place to confirm the weight show it off and then John started calling everyone!
Cleaning up the boat
Here's how big the head was...this is a shot of it in the cooler
The tail was sticking out...so everyone passing by could see it!
When Tim drove by...it didn't take long for the crew to make it's way down to get a look at this fish.
John with the fish




And where all good fish ultimately end up....on the cleaning table! I know what's for dinner tonight!