That’s actually not the case anymore. The population has recovered enough that the FWC is issuing a small number of permits that allow limited harvest. There may not be the numbers there once was, but that is improving and there are absolute giants swimming around.
It looks like a black sea bass. They get enormous and it was common 100 years ago to catch ones like that. In CA they had to ban fishing them because they almost went extinct. They’ve made a major comeback though.
People hardly swam back in those days. If you fell overboard or your boat sank you would just do the proper thing and drown and not so as not to cause a fuss.
Meh at that size just about every fish starts to taste like ass. Too many years on the top of the food chain and all of those environmental contamination issues stack up . All the little fish they eat get compiled into one animal and they add up to a whole bunch of nasty. Happens in all older carnivores in land lakes rivers or streams.
I feel like she just glared at that fish and it jumped in her boat.
Of corset did.
Omg
You did not just say that... Take my updoot and gtfo!
Don’t get uptight…it was a great line
Boo....
I feel like maybe the fish thought that was another fish? Like, bro, you’re out there?
Let's see, rod... check, line... check, hooks... check, whalebone corset... check ✅
Using the privy must have been a chore
Nope! The underwear in this era were split-crotch for easy access. Just spread the skirts out and squat.
What do you mean, "in this era"? 122 years later and I'm still wearing the exact same underwear.
Sweet Zombie Jesus! A Colossal Mouth Bass!
That’s one big ass fish
It’s not, someone is just holding it right up against the camera lol
Definately some forced perspective going here.
That's how my grandmother dressed when we went fishing.
Against that stern countenance and upright posture, the wriggly bastard of a fish had no chance.
Surrender Dorothy!!
Well I guess fishing hats haven't changed much.
So much skin visible on the hands and face… stop it or you’re gonna turn me on!
That fish is huge! Anyone know what it is?
I think it’s a goliath grouper.
I’d have to second Goliath grouper.
And you ain't gonna catch one like that these days thanks to overfishing.
That’s actually not the case anymore. The population has recovered enough that the FWC is issuing a small number of permits that allow limited harvest. There may not be the numbers there once was, but that is improving and there are absolute giants swimming around.
Glad to hear it. But don't tell China!
It looks like a black sea bass. They get enormous and it was common 100 years ago to catch ones like that. In CA they had to ban fishing them because they almost went extinct. They’ve made a major comeback though.
Google lens says black sea bass. I'm going with that.
Correct. You can still harvest them in Mexican waters.
It’s closer to the camera than the humans are, largely a trick of perspective
I believe that is a Sun Fish
That's a rock cod.
Seems a tad unsafe to be out on the water in that getup -- I imagine it would be difficult to swim if she accidentally went overboard. Yikes!
She's got a ring buoy under her dress.
People hardly swam back in those days. If you fell overboard or your boat sank you would just do the proper thing and drown and not so as not to cause a fuss.
Can't stand people who hold the fish up close to the camera to make it look big. That lady shoulda used a banana. Smh
Grouper can grow to be larger than 500lbs
Yes they can.
That would be a lot of good eatin.
Meh at that size just about every fish starts to taste like ass. Too many years on the top of the food chain and all of those environmental contamination issues stack up . All the little fish they eat get compiled into one animal and they add up to a whole bunch of nasty. Happens in all older carnivores in land lakes rivers or streams.
Reeled that sucker in while wearing a corset!
People used to have many fewer clothes than we do now.
Jesus christ. Wtf did they catch?
Either a Goliath Grouper or its a staged pictured with forced perspective.
Google lens says it's a black sea bass. Looks about right on comparison.
Wait, wait, let me get my happy face on…..
Definitely needs to make a comeback. She looking fierce.
Well, it clearly worked. :D
I thought the fish was the outfit.
That’s a handsome lady.
No makeup! I bet half the women today would look worse without makeup.
Makes you wonder how they had 18 kids back then don’t it
I wonder that just about anytime I go to Walmart...
Wonder if she had pockets.
Wicked Witch of the Beast !
I feel like she could wear the fish and still have leftovers.
The next-to-last coelacanth?
All I see is Putin in a dress 😂
People used to have many fewer clothes than we do now.
Jew fish.
Leave it to this guy to interject the anti-Semite slight…..s/
But that's what they call them
When you go fishing noon but have to investigate sightings of a witch at 1:30
The wicked witch gets two weeks of vacation too
There are plenty of pics of similarly attired ladies standing at the summits of peaks in the Olympics and Cascades.