[KenB]

Those super expensive (at least recently) come from a very special fishery in Japan. There are a predetermined set of spots that can be fished in this one channel, and names are put in a lottery (to get your name in the lottery is a big deal). Once the names are picked, you can only fish your spot for a certain time period, and you have to fish solo. The spot in between the main island (honshu) and the northern island, hokkaido.

2 other comments about the expensive fish. I think there were 2 fish that broke the 200K mark. Both were bought by restaurants not based in Japan.

I think there were a bunch of folks who did really really well in the 1980s. Anyway, congrats to Nat on a huge fish! Way to shake that monkey! Hopefully Nat can get $150K for that fish!