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Boise girl catches 333-pound halibut
KOMO ^ | 6/18/15 | Sierra Oshrin

Posted on 06/18/2015 5:17:03 PM PDT by grimalkin

BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) -- 10-year-old Lily Hornish loves fishing. So her family took her on a trip to Ketchikan, Alaska, in the hope of catching a halibut.

But the shy angler wasn't expecting to catch one so big.

"It was the first bait down, then my pole was tugging," Lily said. "I started reeling it in and then my dad helped me. And then a big fish came out."

A big fish that weighed 333 pounds, to be exact.

(Excerpt) Read more at komonews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Alaska; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: chitchat; dinner; fishing; halibut
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Picture at source link. That thing is monstrous.
1 posted on 06/18/2015 5:17:03 PM PDT by grimalkin
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To: grimalkin

75lbs is my biggest.


2 posted on 06/18/2015 5:19:36 PM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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To: grimalkin

I bet she went fishing just for no good reason at all.


3 posted on 06/18/2015 5:20:21 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Claire Wolfe should check her watch. It's time.)
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To: grimalkin

River Monsters did a show on people in Alaska disappearing while fishing.

Upshoot was they were hooking into Halibut, big ones, who pulled them in and down. I suppose the treacherous currents did the rest. Evidently Halibut are known to be fighters.


4 posted on 06/18/2015 5:22:05 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: grimalkin

Great story, thanks.


5 posted on 06/18/2015 5:23:03 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: grimalkin

I love it. The fishing G-ds are often kind to the young. ;-)


6 posted on 06/18/2015 5:23:52 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: grimalkin

Wow! Great story!


7 posted on 06/18/2015 5:24:49 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: grimalkin

“You should have seen the one that got away.”


8 posted on 06/18/2015 5:25:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: grimalkin

“That thing is monstrous.”

Yes. 333 lbs. vs what, 100 lbs conservative for the girl? A 10-year old girl. OK. Sure. (cough)


9 posted on 06/18/2015 5:26:51 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: grimalkin

God I love Halibut than any other fist, especially with melted Butter. =) so expensive though but worth it. =)


10 posted on 06/18/2015 5:27:00 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: grimalkin

Let me see...blackened...deep fried...broiled...sauteed...oh my...need that freezer in the basement.


11 posted on 06/18/2015 5:27:46 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (We plan to endure. 3%)
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To: grimalkin

Dang, I just got back from the Bahamas where I caught a 40 pound snapper....sheesh....that Halibut is a MON-STER!!!


12 posted on 06/18/2015 5:28:22 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright
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13 posted on 06/18/2015 5:28:38 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: grimalkin

Whats for dinner?

Halibut..

Again?


14 posted on 06/18/2015 5:29:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: grimalkin

I suspect dad more than helped a little


15 posted on 06/18/2015 5:29:42 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: grimalkin

When asked why she liked fishing instead of playing with dolls she replied,

“I just like to do it for the halibut”...


16 posted on 06/18/2015 5:32:27 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (If attacked by a mob of clowns go for the juggler.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Just for the halibut...


17 posted on 06/18/2015 5:32:42 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: grimalkin

Good size!
Congratulations, young lady!
I remember all the flounder I caught as a boy from the Cape Cod Canal, and the fluke and sole from a jetty from the Connecticut shore into Long Island Sound.

Happy eating, folks!


18 posted on 06/18/2015 5:34:11 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Clint N. Suhks

I knew that joke would eventually show up somewhere.


19 posted on 06/18/2015 5:34:50 PM PDT by dfwgator
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I bet she went fishing just for no good reason at all.

Just for the halibut, I'm sure...

20 posted on 06/18/2015 5:35:06 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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