Wow! I think the coolest thing was watching CJ and his dad swimming back out with the big fish to release it. What a memory for that young man!
A 12-year-old named CJ reportedly caught a 7--foot-long sailfish during a family vacation to Seagrove Beach. CJ and his dad were pulling a needlefish on #80 fluoro leader behind their kayaks about 3/4 mile offshore of Seagrove Beach when the fish hit. After fighting it for about 20 minutes out of the kayak, they paddled back to the beach to land it where CJ grabbed the fish's bill to pull it over the sandbar. CJ is reportedly pumped, and his dad said he has fished in the Gulf for 20 years and never seen a sailfish but had heard they were out there.
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A 12-year-old named CJ reportedly caught a 7--foot-long sailfish during a family vacation to Seagrove Beach. CJ and his dad were pulling a needlefish on #80 fluoro leader behind their kayaks about 3/4 mile offshore of Seagrove Beach when the fish hit. After fighting it for about 20 minutes out of the kayak, they paddled back to the beach to land it where CJ grabbed the fish's bill to pull it over the sandbar. CJ is reportedly pumped, and his dad said he has fished in the Gulf for 20 years and never seen a sailfish but had heard they were out there.
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