Massive Grouper Smashes the State Record and Might Have Topped the World Record If Not for One Delay

Massive Grouper Smashes the State Record and Might Have Topped the World Record If Not for One Delay

Steven Vicknair had to work late as a lower Mississippi River tugboat captain on July 9, so he couldn’t get offshore to compete in the 2026 Blue Boot Rodeo with his fishing crew family until the next day. But when he finally did get out on the water, he had a record-breaking day.   “We headed offshore on my father-in-law’s 36-foot Cape Horn boat he calls ‘Butcher’ because he owns a butcher shop,” Vicknair tells Outdoor Life. “My 12-year-old daug…