650# Swordfish

[rarhomes]

Just got an e-mail. Click link see pics.

Broward duo reel in 650-pound swordfish
By Steve Waters | SunSentinel.com
8:27 PM EDT, September 22, 2008

Capt. Ken Swindell of Sunrise with the estimated 650-pound swordfish that he caught Saturday morning fishing with Cliff Hughes in 1,800 feet of water off Broward County. (Cliff Hughes / September 23, 2008)



Capt. Ken Swindell didn't think he was bringing up that big of a swordfish on his electric reel Saturday morning.

Then he and commercial swordfisherman Cliff Hughes got a look at the fish.

"We thought it was a little tiny one, because it wasn't really fighting until we got it to the boat," Swindell said. "He was as long as the boat was."

Swindell, of Sunrise, and Hughes, of Pompano Beach, didn't weigh the swordfish, but its core – the fish without its head, tail and innards – weighed 500 pounds. The formula for a swordfish's live weight is to add 30 percent of the core weight, which made the fish 650 pounds.



The men were fishing on Crystal Oceans, Hughes' 23-foot center console. They had hooked the swordfish 15 minutes after they dropped a squid to the bottom in 1,800 feet 10 miles south of Port Everglades. It took Swindell 30 minutes to get the fish to the boat and when he saw the fish, he was speechless.

"We caught one like 250 pounds two days before," Swindell said. "Cliff said, 'Well, is he bigger than the one the other day?' He looked over the side and he about puked."

The swordfish then ran off 400-500 yards of line and Swindell and Hughes, who was driving, needed another two hours to get the fish back to the boat.

Swindell and Hughes called over Reely Tight, which was fishing nearby, for help. One of its mates got in Crystal Oceans and helped the duo get the fish in the boat. Hughes and Swindell then headed straight to a Pompano Beach fish house, where they needed a forklift to get the fish out of the boat.




http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/o...,3674826.story

[Baydivot]

thats a big boy.

[Jer]

650lb Swordfish Picture

[shoefish]

Oh my god....that thing is a monster

[fmoore]

Wow. That is a huge sword. Save that bill!

[sportfishingusa]

Oh my god....that thing is a monster

holy ming... you can say that again batman!!

[rarhomes]

Notice the bill is all worn off, like the tuskers of an old Boar from rootin in the mud.

[neilinov]

Holy shitttttt I want one!

[WAHOONBOX]

THAT IS ONLY 650?

IMPRESSIVE.....

[Uncle Buck]

Hey guys... Kenny is part of the south Florida swordfishing community that I'm involved in. I've run into him a few times. A cool guy with lots of crazy stories. Here's the link to the full story of that 650lb sword, told by him... http://www.swordfishingcentral.com/f...ory-650-a.html