The Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo is the oldest fishing tournament in the United States, it's a shame they are still primarily a kill tournament when it comes to their namesake tarpon. To their credit they did add a catch and release category this year, unfortunately this fish did not land in the release category. There were zero entries in the tarpon tag and release category so this fish would have taken the top prize.
LINK (via: The Daily Comet)