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Mike Trout Reels in Goliath Grouper on Fishing Trip

Posted: January 15, 2013  |  By: Michael Middlehurst-Schawrtz [USA TODAY]

At 21, Mike Trout is already an MVP-caliber baseball player. The Angels center-fielder likely has a future full of batting titles and astronomical contracts.

And he's pretty good at fishing, too.

Trout, his girlfriend and his brother scored big this weekend in Key West, Fla., reeling in a grouper they claim is 500 or 550 pounds, depending on who's describing the massive catch. At first it sounds as though this is the origin of the term "fish story.

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Posted By: Tom On: 1/18/2013

Title: NOTE THAT THE STORY SAYS THE FISH WAS RELEASED

Posted By: PATRICK WALSH On: 1/18/2013

Title: WHY

WHY WOULD ANYONE KILL A FISH OF THAT SIZE ?? A GROUPER OF THAT SIZE IS VERY OLD AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LIVE MUCH LONGER AND SPAWN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF EGGS. WHAT ARE THEY THINKNG. THAT FISH IOS NOT GOOD EATING SO WHY KILL IT