To be sure, he removed the fish's otolith, the inner ear bone, and will send it to a university in Florida where researchers can help determine the age of the fish. He hopes to get the results in about four weeks. The rest, we'll vacuum pack it and cook it later." Tabor says he believes the fish is about 33 years old. "I'll make some phone calls and try to get rid of it fresh. The first filet he cut weighed 53 pounds. He cleaned the fish late Monday afternoon outside his father's auto repair shop in Thibodaux. He blindfolds us on the way out." Tabor says he was using a 250-pound weight line. Tabor, who is a medical student, keeps the location of his catch close to his fishing vest. "It was about a 15 or 20 minute fight." J.J. The whale shark is the largest fish in the world and can weigh up to 21.5 tons. Based on these criteria, here are the 10 biggest fish in the world. had the pole and Joey had the boat under control so I was just a witness to the fact." "I put myself in a harness and just had to lay back and fight," J.J. Tabor said. We have not looked at extinct fish, such as the Placodermi group, where the Dunkleosteus and the Titanichthys may have weighed more than 3.5 tons. "Then I went to the back of the boat to lend a hand. A Goliath named Cleatus was one of the oldest recorded groupers in captivity. The oldest recorded Goliath grouper lived to be 37 years old. Some scientists guess that Goliaths can live for 50 to 100 years in ideal conditions. "I hate to say it but I was snoring pretty good until I heard all the ruckus come up," John Tabor said. Goliath groupers live rather long lives, and the average Goliath grouper lifespan might surprise you. "I manned the steering wheel and steered the boat away from the rig so we could get it away," Rodrigue said. "When we hooked up, I thought I had hit the bottom until I felt the big head shake." Tabor was fishing with his father, John, and a friend from Baton Rouge, Joey Rodrique. "The bait was a live hardtail," Tabor said. Unfortunately, this breed of grouper has dwindled in number because of overfishing. His 81-pound, 14-ounce striped bass was caught near Long Island Sound in 2011. Among them are young sea turtles and smaller breeds of sharks. Angler Gregory Myerson holds the record for the largest striped bass ever caught. Tabor says he was fishing in about 400 feet of water Saturday evening when he got the bite of his life. They feast on a variety of fish that swim near the surface. A state biologist confirms the fish is a warsaw grouper that weighed in at 359.1 pounds, just three-quarters of a pound above the old Louisiana state record for that type of fish. It's taller than he is and weighs considerably more. Tabor would have to borrow every hand in his hometown of Thibodaux to describe the grouper he caught near an oil rig off the Louisiana coast, 70 miles south of Fourchon. A fisherman usually uses his hands to describe how big of a catch he's landed.
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