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A world record yellowfin tuna deserves not just one but two videos, right? These show Mike Livingston and friends posing with his record-busting catch: a 405 pound yellow fin tuna, breaking a 30-year record. Livingston is from the Vagabond sport fishing boat which is run by San Diego's Point Loma Sportfishing. For the first, you'll need to tilt your laptop...
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OK, things didn't go that wrong, but I certainly wouldn't want something like this to happen to me. Imagine you're just innocently deep sea fishing when this happens. And, no, I'm not going to tell you what happens, you'll have to watch it yourself. Disclaimer: while this site normally concentrates on fish posing with people, in this case we've received...
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The "barreleye" fish (Macropinna microstoma) is one of the stranger creatures you're going to see this week. The two spots above its mouth are not eyes but are the equivalent of nostrils. Its eyes are the large green objects inside its translucent head. The video was actually shot in 2004 by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (link) but was...
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A couple weeks ago Senator Lisa Murkowski and some close friends participated in the 11th annual Kenai River Classic, a fundraiser for that river in Alaska. It raised $800,000. The largest fish was a 67-pound King Salmon, caught by a vice-president of British Petroleum. However, the only picture we have available is that of plucky Lisa, whose catch weighed...
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