Ty I saw a guide that had clients out that caught a big one in the area of the big one I saw- it was a little over 52 in pic so was probably a 1/2 inch longer with tale pinched. It could have been the one I saw as it was only a couple of inches shorter than I thought but I think it was a bit thiner but I only saw it for a few secounds by the boat. I did lose a few so action was fair but I did fish hard The mioracle of the trip was I actually landed one on the pacemaker, tks
And of course it was only a couple of hours after I quit to pack up to go home for the big fish and the guy needed help realing it in and only had one hook on the back of the bait (pacemaker) in the lip of the fish. Had a good trip, I think i caught 5 with a 43 1/2 half the biggest and never saw the big one again but it was not for the lack of trying. Hope to see you next year god willing - catch a big one