Shark Fisherman Reels in Record Tuna
Posted on: Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 12:00 CDT
DEWEY BEACH, Del. - Fisherman Dan Dillon went out to sea in search of shark. He returned empty handed - at least as far as sharks are concerned.
Dillon, however, did reel in an 873-pound bluefin on Saturday, the biggest tuna on record in Delaware.
"I'll have fish stories forever now," said Dillon, 39, a commercial real estate executive from Herndon, Va. The monster fish was caught 40 miles off the southern Delaware coast.
Dillon used an 80-pound test monofilament line on an 80-pound class reel, using a bluefish fillet as bait.
Measuring 9 feet, 7 inches in length, 80 inches in girth, the fish outweighed the state's previous record catch by more than 500 pounds.
"I'm a big person and it makes me look small," said Dillon, who is 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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