A routine night aboard the 40-foot Prime Time quickly turned into an epic fishing saga during the Mobile Big Game Fishing Club’s annual Billfish Limited tournament in early August. What started as a sleep-ready drift in the early morning hours suddenly became a full-on showdown, with a rare deep-water fish setting the stage for a potential state record.

At around 4 a.m. on August 1, 27-year-old Taylor Guidry noticed something was amiss. Fishing line was mysteriously slipping off the rod, but there was no clicker noise to alert the crew. It wasn’t until he investigated that the action began. Soon, his dad Chad, cousin Justin, and the boat’s captain, Steve Pixley, were on deck trying to reel in what turned out to be a surprise heavyweight.

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