One_CRD of_PRF them_PNP turned_VVD out_AVP to_TO0 be_VBI the_AT0 state-record_AJ0 bonito_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ I_PNP was_VBD fishing_VVG for_PRP blackfin_NN1 tuna_NN0 in_PRP 1_CRD ,_PUN 200_CRD feet_NN2 of_PRF water_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Davis_NP0 told_VVD the_AT0 Alabama_NP0 Department_NN1 of_PRF Conservation_NN1 and_CJC Natural_AJ0 Resources_NN2 on_PRP Sept._NP0 9._CRD "_PUQ It_PNP was_VBD not_XX0 the_AT0 location_NN1 I_PNP normally_AV0 go_VVB fishing_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP 'm_VBB only_AV0 on_PRP a_AT0 21-foot_AJ0 boat_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP pushed_VVD 74_CRD miles_NN2 out_AVP ._SENT I_PNP go_VVB out_AVP a_AT0 little_AV0 farther_AJC ,_PUN and_CJC we_PNP got_VVD into_PRP a_AT0 good_AJ0 school_NN1 of_PRF bonito_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ We_PNP were_VBD catching_VVG them_PNP in_PRP varying_AJ0 sizes_NN2 ,_PUN some_DT0 like_PRP that_DT0 one_PNI [_PUL that_DT0 turned_VVD out_AVP to_TO0 be_VBI the_AT0 new_AJ0 state-record_NN1 ]_PUR ._SENT We_PNP were_VBD cutting_VVG them_PNP in_PRP half_DT0 to_TO0 freeze_VVI them_PNP for_PRP bait_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP decided_VVD to_TO0 keep_VVI that_DT0 one_PNI to_TO0 turn_VVI in_AVP at_PRP the_AT0 rodeo_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP had_VHD no_AT0 idea_NN1 we_PNP had_VHD a_AT0 state_NN1 record_NN1 on_PRP board_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Davis_NP0 said_VVD his_DPS fishing_NN1 friend_NN1 called_VVD him_PNP and_CJC reported_VVD the_AT0 fish_NN0 was_VBD a_AT0 state-record_AJ0 little_AJ0 tunny_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ I_PNP called_VVD and_CJC asked_VVD the_AT0 rodeo_NN1 about_PRP it_PNP ,_PUN "_PUQ said_VVD Davis_NP0 "_PUQ They_PNP said_VVD not_XX0 to_TO0 do_VDI anything_PNI with_PRP it_PNP ._SENT Luckily_AV0 ,_PUN I_PNP still_AV0 had_VHD it_PNP in_PRP the_AT0 cooler_NN1 ._SENT By_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 they_PNP told_VVD me_PNP they_PNP needed_VVD the_AT0 fish_NN0 ,_PUN I_PNP had_VHD it_PNP cut_VVN in_PRP half_NN1 to_TO0 get_VVI ready_AJ0 to_TO0 freeze_VVI it_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ 
Fortunately_AV0 ,_PUN state_NN1 biologists_NN2 had_VHD plenty_PNI of_PRF evidence_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 catch_NN1 through_PRP the_AT0 rodeo_NN1 and_CJC confirmed_VVD the_AT0 species_NN0 ,_PUN which_DTQ allowed_VVD the_AT0 catch_NN1 to_TO0 be_VBI certified_VVN as_PRP an_AT0 Alabama_NP0 state_NN1 record_NN1 ._SENT At_PRP 22_CRD pounds_NN2 4_CRD ounces_NN2 ,_PUN Davis_NP0 '_POS catch_NN1 breaks_VVZ the_AT0 65-year_AJ0 old_AJ0 Alabama_NP0 state-record_AJ0 bonito_NN1 of_PRF 21_CRD pounds_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ was_VBD set_VVN by_PRP W.A._NP0 March_NP0 Jr._NP0 of_PRF Mobile_NP0 ,_PUN Alabama_NP0 ,_PUN in_PRP 1956._CRD Itwas_NN2 the_AT0 longest-held_AJ0 record_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 state_NN1 saltwater_NN1 record_NN1 book_NN1 ._SENT 
Davis_NP0 and_CJC his_DPS fishing_NN1 buddies_NN2 were_VBD "_PUQ chunking_VVG "_PUQ to_TO0 entice_VVI a_AT0 tuna_NN0 bite_NN1 ._SENT Chunking_NN1 involves_VVZ cutting_VVG dead_AJ0 bait_NN1 into_PRP smaller_AJC pieces_NN2 and_CJC letting_VVG them_PNP drift_VVI down_AVP to_TO0 attract_VVI fish_NN0 ._SENT Davis_NP0 used_VVD a_AT0 butterfly_NN1 jig_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ he_PNP dropped_VVD into_PRP the_AT0 deep_AJ0 and_CJC started_VVD jigging_VVG rapidly_AV0 ._SENT 
"_PUQ I_PNP dropped_VVD it_PNP down_AVP ,_PUN probably_AV0 500_CRD to_PRP 600_CRD feet_NN2 ,_PUN jigging_VVG it_PNP back_AVP up_AVP ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP probably_AV0 got_VVD to_PRP about_AV0 100_CRD feet_NN2 when_CJS I_PNP got_VVD into_PRP the_AT0 bonitos_NN2 ._SENT We_PNP put_VVD three_CRD fish_NN0 the_AT0 same_DT0 size_NN1 as_CJS that_DT0 one_PNI on_PRP the_AT0 boat_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Davis_NP0 tried_VVD to_TO0 get_VVI the_AT0 fish_NN0 back_AVP to_PRP the_AT0 rodeo_NN1 site_NN1 in_PRP time_NN1 to_TO0 weigh_VVI in_PRP ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP could_VM0 n't_XX0 until_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD day_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ I_PNP had_VHD to_TO0 hold_VVI onto_PRP the_AT0 fish_NN0 for_PRP another_DT0 day_NN1 ,_PUN plus_CJC we_PNP went_VVD fishing_NN1 again_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ So_AV0 ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD Sunday_NP0 afternoon_NN1 [_PUL or_CJC 36_CRD hours_NN2 later_AV0 ]_PUR before_CJS we_PNP could_VM0 weigh_VVI the_AT0 fish_NN0 ._SENT I_PNP had_VHD the_AT0 fish_NN0 out_AVP of_PRF the_AT0 water_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 long_AJ0 time_NN1 and_CJC still_AV0 had_VHD the_AT0 record_NN1 fish_NN0 ._SENT It_PNP would_VM0 have_VHI probably_AV0 been_VBN a_AT0 little_AV0 heavier_AJC if_CJS I_PNP could_VM0 have_VHI weighed_VVN it_PNP in_PRP earlier_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
