I need a bigger boat !

[dragin22s]

wow how did you get that in the boat?
bet that was a pretty pay day

[Ed]

One heck of a fish!

Hopefully, we will get something like that on Saturday when we head out on the Karen Lynn.

[Mark62]

wow....just....wow

[BigLew]

Hey Nick,

Let's be serious for a moment.

What I (we) want to know is just how you managed to get that 750 lb. slob onboard?? I mean, I watched a video on youtube of a big fish (600 lb range) being boated by 4-5 guys on a substantial sportfishman and they had all they could do to get it onboard in a half hour.

Don't get me wrong, I have NO doubt that you did it, just how did you do it is the question.

[ScottM]

What I (we) want to know is just how you managed to get that 750 lb. slob onboard??

Although I don't have the exact answer, it was probably done one of 3 ways - 1) using a come-along mounted to the t-top either hauling it through a transom door or over the rail, 2) using a slide mounted to the gunwale, or 3) using a teeter board mounted to the gunwale. If I remember correctly, Nick's friend Jimmy (the guy who caught the fish) runs a 30+-foot inboard-powered CC, so it might have a transom door.

Ohhhh, so that's not an 18ft Seacraft?? NICE fish though. Sort of pays for the trip...

[Basspond]

I saw some pictures of this on another forum this morning. The fish was brought over the side with a block and tackle off the t-top lifting the head, then three guys lifting the tail over the rail. The boat didn't even seem to be listing to the side with the fish and three guys on the rail, very impressive.

Amazing, amazing fish!

[cSickNick]

I was not aboard on this trip and Jimmy did not call me?
He knows i would have thrown that pig in the boat faster than Hancock

So he had to do it the old way, 3 Greek boys!

That SeaVee is also a pig, talk about stable!!!!