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- Courtesy IGFA / igfa.org. The biggest fish ever caught and approved as an IGFA world record was a white shark. The giant fish weighed 2,664 pounds! Alfred Dean caught the beastly shark off Ceduna, Australia, on April 21,1959 using a porpoise as bait.
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Grizzly Bear-Size Catfish Caught in Thailand June 29, 2005. View a gallery of exclusive pictures of the giant catfish. Nearly nine feet long (2.7 meters) and as big as a grizzly bear, a huge catfish caught in northern Thailand may be the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. Printer Friendly.
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9 Largest Fish Ever Caught But there are people who have lived the dream—people who have landed monster fish certified by the International Game Fish Association as world records. So, to inspire anglers everywhere and keep dreams alive, here are 9 of the largest fish ever caught (by species).
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10 Biggest Largemouth Bass World Records Ever While a largemouth of this size is certainly noteworthy, the impressive fact about Kurosaki’s record is that it was caught on fly tackle. In fact, Kurosaki’s 16-pound, 12-ounce fish is the largest fly caught largemouth ever recorded by the IGFA.
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List of largest fish The largest species is the beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Caspian and Black seas, the only extant bony fish to rival the massiveness of the ocean sunfish. The largest specimen considered reliable (based on remains) was caught in Volga estuary in 1827 and measured 7.3 m (24 ft) and weighed 1,474 kg (3,250 lb).
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Halibut Halibut tend to be a mottled dark brown on their upward-facing side and white on their downside. The Pacific halibut is the world's largest flatfish. The IGFA record was apparently broken off the waters of Norway in July 2013 by a 515-pound 8.6 foot fish. This is awaiting certification as of 2013. In July 2014, 76-year-old Jack McGuire caught a 482-pound Pacific halibut in Glacier Bay, Alaska (this is, however, discounted from records because it was shot to prevent injury to those on the boat).
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9 Largest Fish Ever Caught So, to inspire anglers everywhere and keep dreams alive, here are 9 of the largest fish ever caught (by species). The Fraser River is famous for being home to a lot of bigger-than-average white sturgeon, but that didn’t stop this 1,100 pounder from shocking the people who caught it in 2012.
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Let Her Go Let Her Go was released in July 2012 as the second single from Passenger's third album All the Little Lights. The song became a hit first in the Netherlands after Dave, a Dutch fan, e-mailed Passenger expressing his wish to introduce the song to some Dutch radio stations, claiming it could be a hit there.
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403 Forbidden The fish is 45.5 inches long and has a 37.75 inch girth. It tops the previous state record by 15 pounds that has stood since 1959. That fish was caught on the Tallapoosa River. The catch may become the new IGFA world record for a landlocked stripe bass.
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Giant 14ft, 800lb stingray becomes the biggest freshwater fish ever caught with a line and rod after TV star reels it in Giant 14ft, 800lb stingray becomes the biggest freshwater fish ever caught with a line and rod after TV star reels it in. 1  Caught by American Jeff Corwin on the Mae Klong river earlier this week. 2  Several fishermen spent nearly two hours reeling in the massive ray.
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The Biggest Fish Ever Caught No. 3: 1,708-Pound Greenland Shark. On October 18, 1987, Terje Nordvedt caught the largest Greenland shark ever off Trondheimsfjord, Norway. The shark weighed 1,708 pounds, 9 ounces, taken while using a herring as bait.
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- Feb 26, 2015. Fisherman Dino Ferrari caught and released a Wels Catfish weighing 280-pounds (127 kg) and measuring 8 ft 9 in. (2.67 m) in length. The 280-pound behemoth is believed to be the largest catfish ever caught with a rod and reel. Ferrari caught the fish on 19 February 2015 in the Po Delta, an area of the Po River which is the longest river in Italy.
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From the Archives: Les Anderson's World Record King Salmon The largest fish I caught was 63 pounds. My wife caught one 85-pounder and I could never beat her.. Anderson's catch is more than four pounds heavier than the current world record for king salmon caught by hook and line.A 93-pound king was caught in June 1977 in southeast Alaska by Howard Rider of Juneau, fish and game officials said.he largest fish I caught was 63 pounds. My wife caught one 85-pounder and I could never beat her.. Anderson's catch is more than four pounds heavier than the current world record for king salmon caught by hook and line.
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What is the biggest bass caught in IL? Answers.com® is making the world better one answer at a time. The biggest bass ever to be caught in Illinois was the Grand Missouri River Bass. It was caught by William H. Cremontey in 1983. At the time, it was the largest fish to ever be caught in Illinois, and the largest of its kind to be caught in the Midwest.
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Giant 8ft 9in catfish weighing 19 stone caught in Italy is thought to be the biggest ever reeled in with a rod and line View. comments. A fisherman has caught a giant 8ft 9in long catfish weighing 19 stone-and it could be the biggest ever caught with the humble rod and line. Dino Ferrari hooked the huge wels catfish, which was 2.67m in length, last week in the Po Delta in Italy.
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Fish whopper: 646 pounds a freshwater record © 2013 msnbc.com Reprints. Thai fishermen netted a catfish as big as a grizzly bear, setting a world record for the largest freshwater fish ever found, according to researchers who studied the 646-pound Mekong giant catfish as part of a project to protect large freshwater fish.
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Striped bass The largest striped bass ever taken by angling was an 81.88-lb (37.14-kg) specimen taken from a boat in Long Island Sound, near the Outer Southwest Reef, off the coast of Westbrook, Connecticut. The all-tackle world record fish was taken by Gregory Myerson on the night of August 4, 2011.
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10 Biggest Fish Caught in Michigan [PICS] Sometimes, size does matter, especially when it comes to fishing. The waters in Michigan have produced some monster fish, as the 10 biggest fish on record show. 1. 193-pound Lake Sturgeon. Caught in 1974 on Mullett Lake in Cheboygan County.
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Giant 8ft 9in catfish weighing 19 stone caught in Italy is thought to be the biggest ever reeled in with a rod and line A fisherman has caught a giant 8ft 9in long catfish weighing 19 stone - and it could be the biggest ever caught with the humble rod and line. Dino Ferrari hooked the huge wels catfish, which was 2.67m in length, last week in the Po Delta in Italy.
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9 of the Worldâs Biggest Animals At 646LB this Mekong Giant Catfish is the largest freshwater fish in the world. With nearly nine feet long (2.7 meters) and as big as a grizzly bear, this huge catfish caught in northern Thailand may be the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. Although there are many claims and rumours about the world’s largest freshwater specimens, especially from misguided anglers.
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World's largest freshwater fish caught? World's largest freshwater fish caught? Scientists working with Jeff Corwin for ABC's show Ocean Mysteries say they caught a 600-800 pound giant stingray in Thailand which may be the world's largest freshwater fish ever caught. U.S. Edition.
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Outdoors; Huge Salmon Is Allowed to Get Away In the record books of the International Game Fish Association, the largest Atlantic salmon taken on a fly rod (16-pound test tippet) is the 47-pounder caught by Donal C. O' Brien, Jr. on the Grand Cascapedia in Quebec in 1982. The 75-pounder from the Aaroy River is not listed.
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Blue Marlin: Hawaii Home To Giant Blue Marlin Caught In Waters Near Kona The big fish is only eight pounds short of a record set in 1982, Bleacher reports, citing the International Game Fish Association (h/t PeteThomasOutdoors.com). As seen in the photo above, the huge Blue Marlin caught in Hawaii was placed onto the back of a truck — giving its size some perspective. Guy Kitaoka is the angler who reeled in the large marlin after an hour-long battle on a 21-foot skiff, according to the report. The sea creature is 12.5-feet-long.
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Top 6 largest fish species The largest generally accepted record is of a female taken in 1827 in the Volga estuary at 1,571 kg (3,463 lb) and 7.2 m (24 ft). Several other records of aged sturgeon exceed 5 m (16 ft). These great sizes mark the beluga as the largest freshwater fish in the world.
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Giant 14ft, 800lb stingray becomes the biggest freshwater fish ever caught with a line and rod after TV star reels it in Giant 14ft, 800lb stingray becomes the biggest freshwater fish ever caught with a line and rod after TV star reels it in. 1  Caught by American Jeff Corwin on the Mae Klong river earlier this week.  Several fishermen spent nearly two hours reeling in the massive ray.
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What is the biggest saltwater fish you have ever caught? , Former commercial fisherman and fishing tackle retailer. Largest I have caught on a rod and reel was a 9 foot Blue Shark with Capt Mike Neto on 50 pound monofilament line. Largest Tautog I have caught was 9.6 pounds. I fish light tackle and use lures so I am not really about size and weight. My passion is Bonito.