Once the anglers from California, Colorado and Texas contact officials to begin the process of confirming a potential -- having hauled in a mako shark reported to weigh more than 1,300 pounds Monday -- it would take another 60 days to verify the catch. "We're still waiting to hear from them. They are probably getting all their ducks in a row to prepare for the paperwork," said Jack Vitek, world records coordinator for the International Game Fish Assn. based in Florida. The two-page application asks for details: how they caught the fish, where they caught the fish, the kind of tackles used. Once the submission arrives, "we list it as a pending world record," Vitek noted. The two-month waiting...
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