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Dan O'Neil and his pending world spearfishing record

Freediver Dan O'Neil of East Providence this morning shot a bass weighing 65.1 pounds, a world record pending approval of the international sanctioning organization.

He took a 30-pound bass on his third dive of the morning, and shot the 65-pounder seven drops later. It weighed nearly 5 pounds over the current record, set in 2005.

 

[Striperjim]

Wo - Now thats a beast

Heres the old record.

Pete Papathanasiou's 60.5 pound world record striped bass
October 7, 2005. Very little chance went into this one except for the fact that he was filming that particular dive!
Location: Block Island Sound, Rhode Island

 

[jkfirefighter]

never tried spearfishing before, but i imagine it would be pretty exciting with a 60 lb fish in front of you...