Pending W.R. Dog Snapper

Awesome. I'd say it was a cubera at first glance because of the size.

Nice fat snapper:thumbsup2:
congrat's to the record holder;)

i thought the same thing Dan..the line below the eye is the giveaway though

WOW !! How many lbs?

So what happens when you have a pending world record fish? Can you eat it? Do you need to freeze it till someone comes and takes a look at it? What happens if you don't have an approved scale to weight it? A record is a great accomplishment but I would eat that thing in record time if filing for a record was a hassle. Just curious how one goes about that without wasting the fish? No disrespect intended, I'm just curious.

What a beast, congret's.

Cheers, Don

where it was taken?? nice fish

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So what happens when you have a pending world record fish? Can you eat it? Do you need to freeze it till someone comes and takes a look at it? What happens if you don't have an approved scale to weight it? A record is a great accomplishment but I would eat that thing in record time if filing for a record was a hassle. Just curious how one goes about that without wasting the fish? No disrespect intended, I'm just curious.

I woud recommend freezing it until it's cleared as a record.

About two years ago Daryl Wong shot a potential world record white ulua in Hawaii. He took a couple pictures then sold the fish....to someone who ate it.
Then, the question came up that maybe the fish was a hybrid. They needed some tissue to test the DNA, which by now had been digested by some happy Hawaiian.
So the fish was never certified as a record but actually might have been.

I just gut them and hope my certified weight is great enough. I give a fish no more then 2 hrs before it gets
it's guts fed back to the sea.

Cheers, Don

I do that to Don. But if I had what I thought was a record....yeah, I'd probably gut it. A record is nice....but it's just another fish.

Geralt, beautiful "Aguadera" very fat, I have a baked good recipe ....
this is one of the largest fished by my Cyrano 110

Never forget, that shaft was out .........

geralt, preciosa "Aguadera" , very gorda, tengo una buena receta al horno....
esta es una de las mas grandes pescada por mi Cyrano 110

Nunca la olvidare, sacar ese shaft fue.........

The requirements for IUSA records can be found at: IUSA World Record Application
There is a good bit more than just a few pictures required to submit your catch for a record. Also while the IUSA is very accommodating and more than fair in reviewing and accepting your application do not sit on your application too long. If you have a record complete and submit your application ASAP. EMIL

Good picture Jose.