Ya, from the pictures it doesn't look like 84lbs to me either...but it is huge...i'd say 73 anyway...wow, what a hog, now i can catch it hahaha where do you think this fish was going?
You are doing your math wrong. it's length x girth x girth divided by 750 not divided by 800. Try it again. I checked it against an offical chart and the chart doesn't go past 51 inches in lenth. On the chart, 51 x 35 is 83.3. That fish was 51.5 x 35 that makes it 84.12 lbs. You peregrin boys will just have to deal.
Really? you think that's only 73. Have you ever touches a fish over 75? I have. Infact I'm in the picture. That fish was taped out perfectly by the QCL fish master who knows what he's doing and that math works. Why do you guys have to try and cut down a major achievement. Biggest fish in QCL history. Biggest sport caught fish in Haida Qwaii history. Be happy for a fellow guide. Calling that fish a 73 and saying that it's not as big as it really is insulting and sour grapes. Sad really.
Be happy that there are still these sort of fish even in our ocean still.....