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Old March 28th, 2008, 11:28 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.saltwater,uk.rec.fishing.sea,rec.scuba,alt.fishing
MoiMoi[_2_]
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Default What was this fish? Gulf of mexico, buttom of an oil rig, very VERY big.

In article , says...
Sounds like Jew fish to me. Grouper dont get that big.


Yep. My bad.
Jewfish definitely most likely.

Really a type of grouper, both a
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
And as previously said, US record 680 lbs, even larger elsewhere in the
world.

Maybe y'all winched a world record that day.
Not very sporting, though :-)

MM