thanks guys - Dick, it took me a long time remove the hook so I was rushing to get her back in the water, so all I got was the length - it was over 50" because the tape on my deck is 48" and it was a couple inches past - it might have been even a little longer than 50" - in hind sight I wish I grabbed the boga and weighed it, but I was working on the hook for over a minute and I definitely wanted to make sure it lived - next weekend in The Shell Tournament, that fish is going right into the coffin
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