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Fred Hall Show at Long Beach To Feature World Record Fish, Lots More - FishNews - 02-14-2013
The popular annual event will feature a 427-pound, world class, world record yellow fin tuna, caught off the coast of Mexico in December 2012. The tuna, which was caught on 130-pound fishing line, is also an all-tackle record. Mustad Hook Co. will present the winning fisherman, Guy Yocom, with a $1 million check during the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach. A 445-pound yellow fin tuna, which is the largest fish ever caught (strict industry regulations disqualified that catch) will also be mounted and on display. If that isn't fishy enough, show attendees will also get an up-close look at the 1,000-pound blue fin tuna caught off the coast of Nova Scotia in November 2012. Photo opportunities with all three catches will be available.
Dave Marciano, captain of the boat Hard Merchandise, in National Geographic's popular fishing reality series Wicked Tuna, will also be on hand at the show to sign autographs at the Accurate Fishing booth on Friday and Saturday of the Long Beach show.
The week-long event, scheduled March 6-10, 2013 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif., will feature nearly 600 exhibitors (almost 10,000 products), over 400 seminars, and some of the most highly engaging, unique and interactive family-fun entertainment and activities found anywhere in the world.
The Fred Hall Show - The Ultimate Outdoor Experience - is the world's largest consumer fishing show, the largest boat show in the Western United States, and California's largest travel show. The show's attendees will enjoy the Kid's Fish Free Trout Pond, the popular Dock Dogs and Great American Duck Races, air gun and archery ranges, laser shot games, saltwater and freshwater mobile aquariums, three large touch tanks, a dry suit dive tank, and free fly fishing and casting lessons (including adult casting range and contest).
Also returning this year is precision knife thrower, Jack Dagger - The King of Fling - and The Sporting Chef, Scott Leysath, the world's leading expert in cooking fish and game. Hundreds of seminars, panel discussions and demonstrations will also take the stage during the event, including the Ultimate Eastern Sierra Experience, The Ultimate Salt Water Experience and the Ultimate Bass Fishing Experience.
The Fred Hall Show will be held March 6-10, 2013 at the Long Beach Convention Center located at 300 East Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802. Admission to this year's show is:
Adults: $15; Seniors: (62 and over) $14; Children 15 and under: Free with a paid adult;
Active Military with ID: Free.