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18 FOOT? 🤯 Do you believe it? 👇
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In rare deep-sea footage recorded by a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) near an offshore oil platform, observers documented a tuna estimated at nearly 18 feet in length.

For perspective, Atlantic bluefin tuna usually grow 6–8 feet long, with record individuals near 13 feet. That makes this sighting extraordinary—suggesting there may be undocumented giants in the deep.

These ROV inspections, though routine, sometimes reveal the hidden ecosystems around subsea oil rigs. Structures like these act as artificial reefs, drawing schools of fish and the predators that follow them.

Encounters like this highlight how much remains uncharted beneath the waves—over 80% of the ocean is still unexplored. Even with familiar species, we’re still discovering just how massive and mysterious they can become.

Via @horrorsunderwater

We specialize in satire but this has been a debate for years - thoughts?

#fish #thefishingdrag #nature #tuna #bluefintuna

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Ever wonder what happens with @hukgear inside @icastshow 👇

They brought their team together for first reactions to what’s coming next. Because their gear is built by anglers - for anglers.
Every piece starts with you.

Designed by the best in the industry, their gear is built for anglers who demand more on and off the water.

They hear your feedback, they see what you’re asking for, and that input shapes every product they create.

Now it’s your turn: What’s one thing you’d love to see from Huk next? Let us know in the comments👇

#icast #hukgear #huk #saltwaterexperience #tomrowlandpodcast

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KEY WEST, Fla. — The newly formed Saltwater Fishing Alliance (SFA) announced Tuesday that it has filed a sweeping lawsuit against multiple bass fishing lure manufacturers, alleging years of “reckless misinformation” by producing soft plastic baits that closely resemble sea urchins despite being marketed for freshwater bass.

According to the filing, the organization claims countless anglers have been led to believe largemouth bass naturally feed on sea urchins, a species that has yet to establish a meaningful population in any freshwater lake.
“We’ve remained silent for too long,” said SFA spokesman Capt. Wade Holloway.

“Every year another company releases a new creature bait covered in spikes, tentacles, and appendages that look exactly like something you’d step on while snorkeling in the Keys. Then they expect the public to believe a bass from Lake Guntersville eats them every day.”

The Alliance is demanding manufacturers either redesign the baits to resemble actual freshwater forage or include a disclaimer reading: “Warning: Bass have never encountered a sea urchin.”

Industry insiders estimate nearly 40 percent of modern creature baits bear little resemblance to any living freshwater organism, while another 30 percent appear to have been designed after someone accidentally dropped a gummy worm into a tackle mold.

Several lure companies defended their products, arguing that bass have demonstrated a willingness to eat “anything that remotely looks alive, dead, falling, swimming, or simply expensive.”

Professional anglers appeared unfazed by the lawsuit.

“If the fish are biting purple sea urchins tomorrow,” one tournament competitor said while ordering six more packs online, “then I’ve always known bass eat sea urchins.”

At press time, bait companies had reportedly begun developing an even more realistic “Ultra HD Pacific Reef Edition” creature bait, available in eight exclusive sea urchin color patterns.

*The Fishing Drag is the original click bait 🐟🗞️ We are satire, just like most of your fishing stories!

#fish #fishing #thefishingdrag #coike #bassfishing

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Jeremy Wade is the GOAT. Period. That is all! 🫡🎣🐐

Not satire, just facts 🎯

#fish #fishing #jeremywade #goat #thefishingdrag

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Hobby Job Szn | It’s almost that time
#floridakeys #hobbyjob #lobster #MM90

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LAKE ROMANO, OK — Two anglers have been disqualified from an Oklahoma bass tournament and banned for life after officials discovered they had been stuffing soggy pizza crust into the mouths of their fish — a scheme investigators are calling “the dumbest thing we’ve ever seen to win a $50 gift card to Walmart. They spent twice that on the pizza.”

Randy “Deep Dish” Hazlett and Cody Pruett allegedly reasoned that if they were going to cheat, they would at least do it responsibly. Rather than the metal weights and fish fillets that sank the infamous walleye cheaters a few years back, the pair opted for biodegradable ballast: wads of leftover pizza crust. They figured the crust would vaguely resemble a mouthful of wild shiners, add two to three pounds per fish, and — being food — never actually hurt the bass, which they assumed would simply pass it naturally in time.

The plan collapsed at the scale. Their five-bass limit crossed 40 pounds, an eye-popping number for fish that averaged just 20 inches. Several competitors, eyeing the odd shape of the bellies and the suspiciously robust weight, asked for a closer inspection — and the moment the fish were handled, the smell was overwhelming. “You do not get garlic off a largemouth,” said Bill the weighmaster, who leaned in and immediately regretted it. “Not naturally.”

A closer look turned up crust crammed down every throat, as Bill yelled, “We’ve got crust in fish!” Confronted, Hazlett offered what may be the most honest confession in tournament history. “It turns out we ordered too many pizzas and stuffed too many in their largemouths,” he said. “We panicked. There was a lot of crust.”

The disqualification surprised few in the local scene, where the duo were known less for their fishing than for their appetites. “Those two ate and drank so much they barely ever made it to the Wednesday Whack ‘Em Weigh-In,” said one competitor. “Honestly, them showing up with fish at all was the real upset.”

Officials confirmed the bass were unharmed, de-crusted, and released.

The Fishing Drag is the original click bait 🐟🗞️ We are satire, just like most of your fishing stories! 😂

#fish #fishing #thefishingdrag #pizza #news

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Well done Mark …. his 3rd fish by 8:30 am . It’s going to be a great day here at www.exoticfishingthailand.com

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MCDAWG, TX — A 12-year-old boy is being hailed as a local legend after pulling a 14-pound largemouth bass out of a storm sewer using a hot dog and his uncle’s Zebco 33.
Brad “Glizzy” Dragger is one of several self-proclaimed “sewer specialists” who spend their summers hopping culverts and storm drains across South Texas in search of monster bass.

On the afternoon in question, he was fishing with his 8-year-old brother while their parents were at work, lowering a bare hot dog into the murk on the theory that fish, like everyone else, enjoy a hot dog.

Minutes later the Zebco was bent double. The hooting and hollering that followed drew a crowd to the corner, where passersby gathered to watch a child do battle with something enormous and unseen.

Among them was Buzz, a retired professional redfish angler who happened to be driving past with his boat in tow. Buzz pulled over, ran a garden hose into his livewell, and — once the fish was landed — insisted it be preserved.

“I’ve fished sixty years and I’ve never seen a bass like that come out of anywhere, let alone a sewer,” he said. “That is a once-in-a-lifetime slaunch.”

Buzz drove the fish straight to state biologists, who confirmed the weight and entered it into the Texas Share-A-Slaunch program. For his catch, Brad received a $100 gift card to Joe’s BassShack, and the bass will now live out its days in a large breeding aquarium — a substantial upgrade, officials noted, over the sewer.

His parents rushed home from their shifts at Buc-ee’s, arriving shortly after finishing what they described as “a couple of delicious Buc-ee’s sammiches and some nuggets.” They could not have been prouder. “We always knew he had it in him,” his mother said. “He’s been fishing that sewer since he could walk.”

The catch shatters Brad’s previous sewer PB — a four-pound bluegill, caught on a hot dog bun. Brad immediately re-rigged another hot dog, looked back toward the storm drain, and simply said, “There might be a bigger one.”

*The Fishing Drag is the original clickbait 🐟🗞️ We are satire, just like most of your fishing stories! ✅

#fish #fishing #thefishingdrag #bass #bassfishing

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IYKYK! 👀🎣😂

#meme #fishing #fish #funny #meme

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The naughty finger.… We’ve all experienced this haven’t we lads? 😭😂
Well played @donutdaddy__ 🙌

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#fishing #meme #funny #humor #fyp

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😂😂 But, HOW?!?! It’s funny because it’s true!

#fishing #fish #fishing #lure #thefishingdrag

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For real though … how’s the fishing?!?! 👽😂🎣

#thefishingdrag #fish #fishing #alien #meme

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