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Date Posted: 10:59:59 07/05/99 Mon
Author: David
Subject: Giant halibut flops test for fishing prize

Talk about a barn door.
This article is from CNN online:

Giant halibut flops test for fishing prize

July 1, 1999
Web posted at: 9:09 p.m. EDT (0109 GMT)

UNALASKA, Alaska -- Although
Scott Cress caught a halibut weighing
427 pounds, he's not eligible for a
chance at $3,500 in prize money for the
fishing derby because he failed to buy an
entry ticket.

The behemoth was hauled in from the
Akutan Pass in Alaska while Cress, of
Lewiston, Idaho, was fishing from a boat
called the Grand Aleutian.

Had Cress spent $7 on a daily derby
ticket, he'd have been in the running for
the $1,000 prize for the biggest fish of
the month and $2,500 for the biggest
fish of the year.

Last year's biggest derby catch weighed in at 349 pounds.

Derby official Mike Golat said he doesn't think a 400-pounder has ever won the derby, although several fish that hefty have been caught by people who didn't have tickets, or as was the case this spring, were
caught before the derby started June 1.

The world sport record was set in Unalaska in 1996 by Jack Tragis of Fairbanks who caught a 459-pounder. Tragis also did not have a derby ticket. There is a $100,000 prize available to anyone who breaks that record while holding a derby ticket.

Here's the link to the article and picture:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9907/01/giant.halibut/

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