That ain't no guppy....
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That ain't no guppy....
World record halibut - 485 lbs.
I've tangled with some 100+ lbs "barn doors" off Homer, Alaska, but this....yowzah....
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newsho ... rd-halibut
I've tangled with some 100+ lbs "barn doors" off Homer, Alaska, but this....yowzah....
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/newsho ... rd-halibut
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Re: That ain't no guppy....
The Alaska state record of 459 lbs is not far off that mark.
I saw a photo of it hanging over the bed of a pickup truck (3 sides), and it was an impressive sight.
I saw a photo of it hanging over the bed of a pickup truck (3 sides), and it was an impressive sight.
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Re: That ain't no guppy....
Wow! That's a pretty good sized fishy.
I pretty much think I'd rather eat my catch rather than sell it. That is unless I hadn't paid for the fishing trip yet.
Joe
I pretty much think I'd rather eat my catch rather than sell it. That is unless I hadn't paid for the fishing trip yet.
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Re: That ain't no guppy....
That is one big, ugly fish.
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Re: That ain't no guppy....
A new world record Atlantic Halibut of 540 pounds was also recently caught off northern Norway.
They can reach up to 15ft in length, weigh up to 700lbs and can live for 50 years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... orway.html
They can reach up to 15ft in length, weigh up to 700lbs and can live for 50 years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... orway.html
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Re: That ain't no guppy....
Is that reel, or is somebody line? Somethin' smells fishy here. (sorry, posted that just for the halibut...c'mon Blaine, get on net!)
Re: That ain't no guppy....
what a whopper--as stated before that is one butt ugly fish---yikes... :0
Re: That ain't no guppy....
now I'm hungry for fish-n-chips at Humpy's with an Arctic Rhino coffee porter.
Re: That ain't no guppy....
There are a lot of world records. First there are two species of large halibut, second there are a lot of organizations keeping 'their' version of the records. Most modern 'records' are of sport caught fish and they are considerably shy of maximum potential weight. For example Alaskan wildlife officials report a 1957 commercially netter fish with a calculated weight of 900 +/- pounds. Many older records from a century ago report maximum weights in the 900-1,000 pound category.
I love halibut. I wonder, if I started at the tail, how far I could eat before I ran out of time.
I love halibut. I wonder, if I started at the tail, how far I could eat before I ran out of time.
Re: That ain't no guppy....
The Mrs and I fished for 2 days for Alaskan halibut out of Homer a few years ago. We sent back 200lbs of vacuum-packed fresh halibut. After about 120lbs or so, we were giving it away to family and friends. We were so sick of it, I couldn't eat fish for months.
Then came caribou season...
Then came caribou season...
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