Just thought visitors to this board might like to see a recent 62 lb mahi caught by Paco Saca in Salvadorian waters.<br><br><IMG SRC="http://www.outdoorcart.com/images/pacomahi62.jpg"><br><br>After it hit and started roaring off into the next postcode at mach 10, Paco did not know what size it was until much later in the fight and initially thought he had set his drag wrong. <br><br>Not so, it turns out. He also thinks it's the biggest caught so far in his country and tell's me he is close to six foot in height. So that gives you some idea of the fish length. <br><br>Great fish and a great peice of angling!<br><br><br><br>Burnin Thumbs!<br><br>Steve B <br>Moderator Lures/Baits Forum<br><A HREF="http://www.demonjigs.com" target="_new">http://www.demonjigs.com</A>
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Hello Steve,<br>That is a real beauty!!! The Dorado are a ton of fun to fish for, any info on what he caught it on?<br><br>[laugh] How about a good laugh?<br><A HREF="http://www.bigfishtackle.com/comics.htm " target="_new">http://www.bigfishtackle.com/comics.htm </A> <br><br>Mike H
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G'day Mike<br><br>That dodo is something else hey!. And yet I am told the IGFA record was beaten again just recently with a 90 lber. Can you imagine that, hell I can. <br><br>Down here (in Oz) another angler tells me he saw a 83 lber in the fish markets not so long ago. <br><br>Seeing you asked about the lure it was caught on, I have to freely declare that it was caught on a Demon Flying Fish Lure. <br><br><IMG SRC="http://www.outdoorcart.com/images/flyingfish.jpg"><br><br>This is a new and deadly "match the hatch" lure design from down under that is causing it's fare share of big fish to be caught. It fits into what I call the "trolling mega jig fly category" of lures given it's flex body, fly type flashings, perfect flying fish body shape and the fact that it can be scented as well. <br><br><A HREF="http://www.outdoorcart.com/demon/flyingfish.htm" target="_new">http://www.outdoorcart.com/demon/flyingfish.htm</A><br><br>Surface skip, troll, high speed troll or down rigged, they are definately a deadly tackle item from what anglers are tellling me and don't they smoke a treat. The big mahi is just one great example and off Florida and Mexico they are coming into their own. The Bahama's is next on the list. <br><br>Speakiing of new designs, here is another. Name? Smokin Joe's!<br><br><A HREF="http://www.demonjigs.com/smokinjoe.html" target="_new">http://www.demonjigs.com/smokinjoe.html</A><br><br>A big trolling fly with a 3 oz (internally) weighted head, special mylar face, HD epoxy head, double SS hook rig on 450 lb stainless wire, a special belnd of tail flashings and more. In a nut shell, damn deadly and hooks so sharp that when you accidently hook yourself you don't bleed.<br><br>What happens when the tail gets wrecked over time? Just pull on a skirt of your choice. <br><br>Too easy as we say down this way. <br><br><br><br>Burnin Thumbs!<br><br>Steve B <br>Moderator Lures/Baits Forum<br><A HREF="http://www.demonjigs.com" target="_new">http://www.demonjigs.com</A>
Great fish! Must have been fun!<br><br>
