WOW! Now That's a Gator

WOW! Now that's a Gator Trout.
New pending IGFA All-Tackle World Length Record.
No weight given.

34.25 "

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...psdzelbst9.jpg

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Ledbetter's Spotted Seatrout


When spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) reach the size of the one Luke Ledbetter pulled from Florida's Indian River on June 1st, they earn the nickname of "gator trout". Ledbetter was fishing with Capt. Peter Deeks near the town of Melbourne, FL when the massive trout crushed the live mullet he was using for bait. After a dogged fight on light spinning gear, Ledbetter had the fish subdued. The fish measured out to an impressive 87 cm and was released alive – qualifying Ledbetter for the All-Tackle Length world record. The current IGFA record stands at 79 cm.

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I'm hearing that it weighed just over 14#.

It was 14 lb 34 1/4" long 18 1/2" girth I have the back story on the elite tour page on Facebook my brother is a orange beach native and taught me all I know about speck fishing we are all excited about the events I did release the fish so it's possible to be broke soon lots of 30"+ getting pulled out of ft pierce fl this year

And there we go people, the low down from the man who had the showdown with that leviathan.

Thank you Luke,
I'll be sure to read that page.
Congrats on the on a new World Record gator!

I must say, Luke, that when I saw your picture with that fish, I wondered how you managed to photoshop such a good image, lol.

I'm going to get a replica mount grays has a mold big enough any suggestions on a good replica mount work

Is it my imagination, bad eyesight or is that pic's background edited to keep the location undisclosed?

It's just your imagination. That's a tsunami wave in the background!