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stew71 · Post by **stew71** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:52 pm

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

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:42 pm

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.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:15 pm

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

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:20 pm

That is one big, ugly fish.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:22 pm

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:45 pm

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

slimster · Post by **slimster** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:59 pm

Is that reel, or is somebody line? Somethin' smells fishy here. (sorry, posted that just for the halibut...c'mon Blaine, get on net!)

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:04 am

what a whopper--as stated before that is one butt ugly fish---yikes... :0

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:23 am

thats one heck of a fish fry!

bdhold · Post by **bdhold** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:21 am

now I'm hungry for fish-n-chips at Humpy's with an Arctic Rhino coffee porter.

BAGTIC · Post by **BAGTIC** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:16 pm

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.

stew71 · Post by **stew71** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:19 am

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...

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