That catfish was caught at Virginia’s Kerr Lake in 2011.īlue catfish are native to the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio River basin systems, and have been introduced elsewhere the U.S. RELATED: Catch of giant muskie breaks 25-year-old recordĬronley described the catch as “truly a fish of a lifetime.”įor the sake of comparison, the all-tackle world record for blue catfish stands at 143 pounds. caught by the team of Freddie Parker and Brad Smith in 1997,” the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks boasted Monday on Facebook. Cape Hatteras: 1972: James Hussey: Cobia: 116 lb. That fish weighed in at an astounding 1,496 pounds To this day, no fisherman has ever come close to matching this world record bluefin tuna catch. Species labeled with denotes a World All Tackle Record FISH WEIGHT LOCATION CAUGHT YEAR ANGLER Albacore (false) 32 lb. The largest one currently on record belongs to fisherman Ken Fraser, who caught a bluefin tuna off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada in 1979. The weakfish was 37 inches long and had a girth of 23 inches. State Record Requirements Application for a State Record Fish Skip to main content Menu. caught by Dakota Hinson in 2009, and is larger than the trophy record blue catfish of 101 lbs. Om at at 2:30 AM, David Alu of Jackson NJ, caught a 19 pound 12 ounce weakfish while surf fishing for striped bass on the shores of Raritan Bay. Many of the most significant sea fish records are over 1,000 pounds (1/2 of a ton,) but Alfred. What separates this enormous achievement from other world records is about 900 pounds of fish. The record was set in 1959 by Alfred Dean off the coast of Ceduna, Australia. “The fish shattered the previous rod-and-reel record of 95 lbs. The Biggest Saltwater Fish Ever Caught was a 2,664 pound Great White Shark. The fish, caught on 30-pound monofilament line, weighed 131 pounds and replaces a 95-pound blue catfish as the state record. “We could hardly get him in the boat,” Cronley told the Mississippi Clarion Ledger. A Mississippi angler has shattered the state record for blue catfish after a 40-minute fight with what he described as “a fish of a lifetime.”Įugene Cronley, of Brandon, hooked the massive catfish while using skipjack herring as bait on April 7 near Natchez on the Mississippi River.