LaClair said he knew he was on to something big

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Fisherman Todd LaClair described his headline-generating haul as "something that came from Mars" Tuesday after he caught a 350-pound sunfish from his boat in Puget Sound in full view of the Seattle skyline, the Seattle Times reported.

LaClair said he knew he was on to something big when his fishing line became very heavy, very quickly.

"I was fishing at about 100 feet deep, and as I pulled in the net I could feel that it was big," said LaClair, who belongs to the Muckleshoot tribe of Native Americans. "When it first came up, it startled me and looked like something that came from Mars."


The sunfish was so big that LaClair had to enlist the help of men on a larger vessel nearby for help. It took the strength of four men to get the sunfish aboard.

Sunfish, also known as mola mola, are not native to the waters of Puget Sound.


http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022158034_weirdfishxml.html

[kristopher]

1. Awesome

[gopiscrap]

2. wow thats about 25 miles from where I live

I look out my bedroom window and see the waters of the Puget Sound

[Demeter]

3. God that's one ugly fish

Put it back! Put it back!