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Using the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) mathematical formula of computing the weight of a fish by taking girth and length measurements prior to releasing it, the monster would have weighed in at 250 pounds.
The current record for tarpon in Costa Rica is a 207-pound fish caught in 1994. This is the third caught and released at the lodge since last November that would have gone over that weight.
Guide Wendy Hodgson, who was born in the area and has been fishing there all his life, said it was by far the largest he had ever seen or heard of, and was too big to even jump as tarpon normally do when hooked, instead skimming the surface, rolling and diving.
One fish like that was enough for the angler in one day, so Lauranzano went surf-fishing for snook at Agua Dulce in the afternoon, and lost three snook estimated at around 15 pounds when they straightened the hook.
That's a good omen, as we are coming into the peak snook season in that area. Three IGFA world-record Atlantic snook have been caught on the northern Caribbean, all in early October. They include the all-tackle record of 53 pounds, 10 ounces, the women's eight-pound line test record of 27 pounds, eight ounces, and the women's 20-pound line test of 49 pounds.
According to Wise, Texan Billy Bostic caught and released an 80-pound tarpon, while Eric Point from Michigan last weekend jumped two and boated a 100-pound fish on the first morning of a six-day trip.
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