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A San Diego angler past Sunday battled a monolithic swordfish for astir 5 hours and returned to larboard successful nan acheronian pinch a imaginable grounds catch.
The swordfish landed by Luc Ofield tipped nan San Diego Marlin Club standard astatine 666.2 pounds. A 2nd weigh-in recorded a weight of 663.8 pounds.
The existent California record stands astatine 520 pounds, for a swordfish caught disconnected San Diego successful October 2023. (It tin return weeks for nan authorities to reappraisal caller grounds submissions.)
“After a 4.5 hours agelong conflict pinch nan gladiator of nan sea, Luc and Dave managed to subdue this monster of a Swordfish!” nan San Diego Marlin Club announced Monday via Instagram. “666.2 lbs weighed astatine nan Marlin Club past nighttime and it looks for illustration this will return nan caller California State Record Swordfish!”
Ofield, who useful astatine Angler’s Choice Tackle successful San Diego, issued a connection Tuesday via Instagram, noting nan little weight and a longer fighting period:
“The eventual conflict pinch a Goliath of nan sea! I person nan utmost respect for this food and nan astonishing conflict it gave. 4 hours and 50 minutes of earthy strength. Thanks to nan vessel skills of my buddy Dave, aliases this food would person ne'er made it to nan scales.
“Thanks to Dylan, Michael, Todd, Jack, for helping grounds this portion of history erstwhile we reached nan dock. 663.8 lbs! New pending authorities record. Still successful shock.”
For comparison, nan all-tackle world record stands astatine 1,182 pounds. That record, which mightiness ne'er beryllium broken, was group successful 1953 disconnected Iquique, Chile.
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