Lack of $5 license costs over $900,000

[gillettehunter]

Fisherman Loses $900,000 Record Marlin Due To $5 Fishing License
I'd hate to of been the idiot that didn't have the license....

 

[Rob404]

I wonder if the mate can swim with a couple hundred pounds of rocks tied around his feet

 

[BRICKBURN]

Ouch.

 

[Bobpuckett]

Wow! if I buy the $5 license you think they'll give me the 900,000 there are all these critters in Africa I want to chase. LOL Most Times it just pays to do the right thing.

 

[Stocky]

Moral of the story - double check the paperwork at sea and throw the guy without a license off the boat when nobody's looking.

 

[AkMike]

The title of that article is BS!

The angler didn't loose anything. He may not have won it but since it wasn't his in the first place he couldn't loose what he never had before. Make sense?
Businesses report lost revenue all the time BUT It money that they "thought" hat they should have made not real money thus no real losses.
In my small business I made $xxx this year.(and am happy with that) BUT if I report that I lost $xxxxx
it simply is money that I suspect that I should have made. Thus not a loss.

This fisherman got a wonderful fish that is his gain.

 

[KWALATA SAFARIS]

I see the principal lesson though, better to do things according to the book, than to cut corners, and end up damaging your reputation and costing your client a truck load of loot!!!!

Africa is full of such stories as well.

My best always.

 

[richteb]

Good to see catch and release practices....

 

[bluey]

Good to see catch and release practices....

looks more like fillet and release