Ancient Coelacanth Caught in Indonesia

An Indonesian fisherman hooked a rare coelacanth, a species once thought as extinct as dinosaurs, and briefly kept the "living fossil" alive in a quarantined pool.

Justinus Lahama caught the four-foot, 110-pound fish early Saturday off Sulawesi island near Bunaken National Marine Park, which has some of the highest marine biodiversity in the world.

Yeah? WHOOP-DEE-DOO!

So he caught another fish many thought extinct for 65 million years! So what!

If you really want to see something special that was pulled from the sea, you should meet my friend Jacob Brawnley. Jacob and I were fishing the mouth of the Shark River off of the coast of New Jersey in 1998 when he caught was was then - and still is - the world's record loaf of Saltwater French Bread!

It was big, mean and didn't want to get in the boat at all! After three hours of fighting this beast, it still wouldn't quit. Jacob got it up near the boat and the mate and I took turns clubbing the crusty bastard on the head, trying to stun it (the bread, not Jacob). It didn't submit until the skipper ran over and pumped two slugs from the boat's .22 into the bitch.

I'll never forget that.

So, yeah. Prehistoric fish are nice but until you hook into a Saltwater Loaf, you ain't fished.