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The Great Manta weighed over 5,000 pounds and was caught in Brielle, NJ, 1933. ![[Linked Image]](http://i63.tinypic.com/291p9x2.jpg)
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202 and a crawler. 
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Wonder if he decoyed em with that little one he has stuck on his hand?
Trump HAD the World, ", Trump saw our children, "
Trump saw a way to make a brighter day so he started giving
There was a choice he was making, he was saving our own lives
Its true he made a brighter day for you and me. --Trump WINS 2016
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doubt that lol . i snagged one off the end of bobhall pier that was at least 14ft acroos it proceeded to strip about 200 bucks of line of my reel before i could even think about breaking it off.
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Its not how you pick the booger..
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That would have made Steve Irwin have 2d thoughts.
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That would have made Steve Irwin have 2d thoughts. Not that a 5000 pound wild animal is not dangerous, but Manta Rays have no barb.
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What does a 5000 lb Manta Ray eat?
Anything it wants to.
Me solum relinquatis
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What does a 5000 lb Manta Ray eat?
Anything it wants to. And it wants plankton. They're filter feeders.
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202 and a crawler. and, on 6# test line!!
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Saw one about that size while fishing off a bridge in Miami back in the '60s. Looked like a big black tarp swimming through the water.
Had one about 6 feet across swim by my Dad's Bertram 31 off Pensacola. Threw a lure at it hoping there was a cobia underneath, but no cigar.
Amazing what you can see out there.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Them things edible? If so I bet they were sick of eating it by the time they ran out.
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I love humans.
It's big! It is incredible! Let's kill it and take a photo!"
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Link says it was entangled in the fishing boat's anchor and anchor line, almost capsizing the boat and Coast Guard shot it multiple times.
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One can only hope they had a refrigerator handy.
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well maybe the photo is a hoax but manta rays have been documented with a wing span of 21 ft.
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Link that I posted stated that the photo was of a "mount" of the ray and there is a photo of the actual ray hanging from a boat lift, size looks about the same. Not a hoax but there was a full size mount created for display. Thought it was an interesting explanation of how the ray in original photo looked so pristine.
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Wonder if he decoyed em with that little one he has stuck on his hand?
Nope. Story says that is a baby born after the ray was brought ashore.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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