Fisherwoman catches world record 64 STONE tuna (worth $2m or 1,769 tins) but she's going to get it stuffed instead
<ul class="">[*]Donna Pascoe, 56, hooked the 411.6kg (64 stone) bluefin in New Zealand
[*]She battled for over four hours with the fish before reeling it into boat
[*]It weighs twice as much as a baby elephant and could fill 1,769 cans
[*]But she can't sell it because it was not caught on a commercial vessel
[*]Instead she plans to have it stuffed and mounted at home for the memory
[*]She's now waiting certification from International Game Fish Association
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...stead.html
Thats crazy that she can't sell it just because it wasn't caught on a commercial fishing vessel.
Quote:Stone? ..........poseur. 
Definitely poseur.
I wonder the cost to get that thing mounted. I'm betting the cost of that thing after being stuffed will be pretty high as well.
Quote:Thats crazy that she can't sell it just because it wasn't caught on a commercial fishing vessel.
There are ways. There are certainly ways....
Bwhahahahha
I'd find a way to sell it.. Legal or not..
Quote:I'd find a way to sell it.. Legal or not..
Two phone calls and there would have been a midnight visit by a Japanese fellow with a briefcase full of cash and a U-Haul truck. :thumbsup:
Quote:Two phone calls and there would have been a midnight visit by a Japanese fellow with a briefcase full of cash and a U-Haul truck. :thumbsup:
"Hey you got the stuff?"...
"Yeah I got the stuff.. You got the money?"
Quote:"Hey you got the stuff?"...
"Yeah I got the stuff.. You got the money?"
Let me smell it to make sure it is legit.
I wonder how much tuna would fetch on the black market...
Quote:I wonder how much tuna would fetch on the black market...
Quit perpetuating stereotypes. Black people don't eat tuna any more than any other ethnic gr...oh, wait, I misread.
Never mind.
Quote:Let me smell it to make sure it is legit.
I need you as my wingman on Saturday nights..
Quote:Let me smell it to make sure it is legit.
She'd better do something w/it PDQ or it's going to Smell like Fish...
NH3...
Quote:Definitely poseur.
I wonder the cost to get that thing mounted. I'm betting the cost of that thing after being stuffed will be pretty high as well.
Taxidermies mostly replicate prized catches/kills vs stuffing them. The cost of preserving and stuffing an actual animal is astronomical... They sometimes utilize an small portion of the anatomy but even that's rare...
NH3...