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Old 11-12-2008, 04:27 PM
Texascoastalfish Texascoastalfish is offline
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Was out in West Galveston Bay Sunday, and along with the normal Specks and Reds my wife caught some species of Puffer fish. I grabbed it out of the water when we saw how freaky it looked. Im glad I had on gloves cause Its skin can be Toxic,
Weird !! She didnt like it too close neither lol
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Old 11-12-2008, 04:42 PM
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Very cool! I had no idea they got that big. Thanks for postin' it. They take jigs or what? --
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Old 11-12-2008, 04:59 PM
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We were really fishing for Flounder using slip sinkers and treble hooks with live shrimp/finger mullet. This one took a live mullet. We ended up with only 2 keeper Reds 23" each,no Flounder,but it was a beautiful day on the Bay. This pic is
"Before Inflation" It had a mug only its mother would love
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Old 11-13-2008, 08:07 PM
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Unless it's been beaten recently, the world record leopard puffer fish is 16 lbs 3 oz, caught by my cousin, Bob Joyce, in '73, when he was just 13 years old, off a sea-wall in Lake Park, Florida. We were fishing for snook.
That thing blew up bigger than a basketball when we pulled it out of the water. There was a wildlife officer right there, which is how he got the record. It was mounted and displayed in Herb's Tackle Shop in Lake Worth, Florida for many years.

Prior to that, I think the biggest one I had ever seen was about 2 lbs.
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Old 11-13-2008, 10:49 PM
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That thing blew up bigger than a basketball when we pulled it out of the water. It was mounted and displayed for many years.
Frank, I think their talk'n about "Hootie" not "Hooter's".
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Old 11-18-2008, 09:24 PM
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Frank, I think their talk'n about "Hootie" not "Hooter's".
I gotta admit, I like 'em both. When I see a really good-lookin' woman, I say, "Way to go, God!"
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