Now this is a big skate!

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Dusty2
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Now this is a big skate!

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A fisherman from the U.K. landed what is being hailed as the biggest fish ever caught from British shores, an estimated 208-pound common skate, which looks similar to a stingray.
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If I saw that on a dive I think I would poop in my drysuit.
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I saw a huge one in Neah Bay years ago!
T'was a cool sight!
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