Type of Fish

Weight of Fish

Fish Caught By

Location 

Date

African Pompano

50lbs 8oz

Tom Sargent

Daytona Beach, FL

April 21, 1990

Albacore

88lbs 2oz

Siegfried Dickemann

Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

November 19, 1977

Almaco (Pacific) Jack

132lbs

Howard H. Hahn

La Paz, Baja Calif., Mexico

July 21, 1964

American Eel

9lbs 4oz

Jeff Pennick

Cape May, NJ

November 9, 1995

Atlantic Bigeye Tuna

392lbs 6oz

Dieter Vogel

Gran Canaria, Puerto Rico

July 25, 1997

Atlantic Blue Marlin

1402lbs 2oz

Paulo R.A. Amorim

Vitoria, Brazil

February 29, 1992

Atlantic Bonito

18lbs 4oz

D. Gama Higgs

Faial Island, Azores

July 8, 1953

Atlantic Cod

98lbs 12oz

Alphonse Bielevich

Isle of Shoals, NH

June 8, 1969

Atlantic Halibut

255lbs 4oz

Sonny Manley

Gloucester, MA

July 28, 1989

Atlantic Sailfish

141lbs 1oz

Alfredo de Sousa Neves

Luanda, Angola

February 19, 1994

Barred Sand Bass

13lbs 3oz

Robert Halal

Huntington Beach, CA

August 29, 1988

Bigeye Thresher Shark

802lbs

Dianne North

Tutukaka, New Zealand

February 8, 1981

Black Drum

113lbs 1oz

Gerald M. Townsend

Lewes, DE

September 15, 1975

Black Marlin

1560lbs

A.C. Glassell Jr.

Cabo Blanco, Peru

August 4, 1953

Black Sea Bass

9lbs 8oz

Joe Mizelle Jr.

Virginia Beach, VA

January 9, 1987

Black Sea Bass

9lbs 8oz

Jack G. Stallings Jr.

Virginia Beach, VA

December 22, 1990

Blackfin Tuna

45lbs 8oz

Sam J. Burnett

Key West, FL

May 4, 1996

Blue Runner

11lbs 2oz

Stacey M. Moiren

Dauphin Island, AL

June 28, 1997

Blue Shark

454lbs

Pete Bergin

Martha's Vineyard, MA

July 19, 1996

Bluefin Tuna

1496lbs

Ken Fraser

Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia

October 26, 1979

Bluefish

31lbs 12oz

James M. Hussey

Hatteras, NC

January 30, 1972

Bonefish

19lbs

Brian W. Batchelor

Zululand, South Africa

May 26, 1962

Cabezon

23lbs

Wesley Hunter

Juan de Fuca Strait, WA

August 4, 1990

California Halibut

53lbs 4oz

Russell J. Harmon

Santa Rosa Island, CA

July 7, 1988

Cero Mackerel

17lbs 2oz

G. Michael Mills

Islamorada, FL

April 5, 1986

Crevalle Jack

57lbs 14oz

Leon D. Richard

Southwest Pass, LA

August 15, 1997

Cobia

135lbs 9oz

Peter W. Goulding

Shark Bay, W. Australia

July 9, 1985

Conger

133lbs 4oz

Vic Evans

South Devon, England

June 5, 1995

Cubera Snapper

121lbs 8oz

Mike Hebert

Cameron, LA

July 5, 1982

Dolphin

87lbs

Manuel Salazar

Papagallo Gulf, Costa Rica

September 25, 1976

European Bass

20lbs 11oz

Jean Baptiste Bayle

Stes Maries de la Mer, France

May 6, 1986

Giant Sea Bass

563lbs 8oz

J.D. McAdam Jr.

Anacapa Island, CA

August 20, 1968

Great Barracuda

85lbs

John W. Helfrich

Christmas Is., Rep. of Kiribati

April 11, 1992

Great White Shark

2664lbs

Alfred Dean

Ceduna, S. Australia

April 21, 1959

Greater Amberjack

155lbs 10oz

Joseph Dawson

Challenger Bank, Bermuda

June 24, 1981

Greenland Shark

1708lbs 9oz

Terje Nordtvedt

Trondheimsfjord, Norway

October 18, 1987

Haddock

14lbs 15oz

Heike Neblinger

Saltraumen, Germany

August 15, 1997

Hammerhead Shark

991lbs

Allen Ogle

Sarasota, FL

May 30, 1982

Horse-eye Jack

24lbs 8oz

Tito Schnau

Miami, FL

December 20, 1982

Jewfish

680lbs

Lynn Joyner

Fernandina Beach, FL

May 20, 1961

Kawakawa

29lbs

Ronald Nakamura

Clarion Island, Mexico

December 17, 1986

King Mackerel

90lbs

Norton I. Thomton

Key West, FL

February 16, 1976

Lingcod

69lbs

Murray M. Romer

Langara Is., British Columbia

June 16, 1992

Little Tunny

35lbs 2oz

Jean Yves Chatard

Cape de Garde, Algeria

December 14, 1988

Longtail Tuna

79lbs 2oz

Tim Simpson

Montague Is., NSW, Australia

April 12, 1982

Marbled Eel

36lbs 1oz

Ferdie van Nooten

Durban, South Africa

June 10, 1984

Mexican Barracuda

21lbs

E. Greg Kent

Phantom Island, Costa Rica

March 27, 1987

Mediterranean Spearfish

90lbs 13oz

Joseph Larkin

Madeira Island, Portugal

June 2, 1980

Pacific Amberjack

104lbs

Richard Cresswell

Baja Calif., Mexico

July 4, 1984

Pacific Bigeye Tuna

435lbs

Dr. Russell Lee

Cabo Blanco, Peru

April 17, 1957

Pacific Blue Marlin

1376lbs

Jay W. deBeaubien

Kaaiwi Point, Kona, HI

May 31, 1982

Pacific Bonito

14lbs 12oz

Jerome H. Rilling

San Benitos Is., Baja Calif.

October 12, 1980

Pacific Cod

32lbs

Donald Boston

Unalaska Bay, AK

June 29, 1997

Pacific Halibut

459lbs

Jack Tragis

Dutch Harbor, AK

June 11, 1996

Pacific Sailfish

221lbs

C.W. Stewart

Santa Cruz Is., Ecuador

February 12, 1947

Permit

56lbs 2oz

Thomas Sebestyen

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

June 30, 1997

Pickhandle Barracuda

25lbs 5oz

Demetrios Stamatis

Scottburgh, South Africa

July 3, 1996

Pollack

27lbs 6oz

Robert S. Milkins

Salcombe, Devon, England

January 16, 1986

Pollock

50lbs

Thor-Magnus Ukang

Salstraumen, Norway

November 30, 1996

Porbeagle Shark

507lbs

Christopher Bennet

Pentland Firth, Scotland

March 9, 1993

Rainbow Runner

37lbs 9oz

Tom Pfleger

Clarion Island, Mexico

November 21, 1991

Red Drum

94lbs 2oz

David G. Deuel

Avon, NC

November 7, 1984

Red Snapper

50lbs 4oz

Capt. Doc Kennedy

Gulf of Mexico, LA

June 23, 1996

Roosterfish

114lbs

Abe Sackheim

La Paz, Baja Calif., Mexico

June 1, 1960

Shortfin Mako Shark

1115lbs

Patrick Guillanton

Black River, Mauritius

November 16, 1988

Skipjack Tuna

45lbs 4oz

Brian Evans

Flathead Bank, Mexico

November 16, 1996

Snook

53lbs 10oz

Gilbert Ponzi

Parismina Ranch, Costa Rica

October 18, 1978

Southern Bluefin Tuna

348lbs 5oz

Rex Wood

Whakatane, New Zealand

January 16, 1981

Southern Flounder

20lbs 9oz

Larenza Mungin

Nassau Sound, FL

December 23, 1983

Spanish Mackerel

13lbs

Robert Cranton

Ocracoke Inlet, NC

November 4, 1987

Spotted Seatrout

17lbs 7oz

Craig F. Carson

Ft. Pierce, FL

May 11, 1995

Striped Bass

78lbs 8oz

Albert R. McReynolds

Atlantic City, NJ

September 21, 1982

Striped Marlin

494lbs

Bill Boniface

Tutakaka, New Zealand

January 16, 1986

Summer Flounder

22lbs 7oz

Charles Nappi

Montauk, NY

September 15, 1975

Swordfish

1182lbs

L. Marron

Iquique, Chile

May 7, 1953

Tarpon

283lbs 4oz

Yvon Victor Sebag

Sherbro ls., Sierra Leone

April 16, 1991

Tautog

24lbs

Gregory R. Bell

Wachapreague, VA

August 25, 1987

Tiger Shark

1780lbs

Walter Maxwell

Cherry Grove, SC

June 14, 1964

Wahoo

158lbs 8oz

Keith Winter

Loreto, Baja Calif., Mexico

June 10, 1996

Warsaw Grouper

436lbs 12oz

Steve Haeusler

Gulf of Mexico, Destin, FL

December 22, 1985

Weakfish

19lbs 2oz

Dennis R. Rooney

Jones Beach, Long Island, NY

October 11, 1984

Weakfish

19lbs 2oz

William E. Thomas

Delaware Bay, DE

May 20, 1989

White Marlin

181lbs 14oz

Evandro Luiz Coser

Vitoria, Brazil

December 8, 1979

White Seabass

83lbs 12oz

L.C. Baumgardner

San Felipe, Mexico

March 31, 1953

Yellowfin Tuna

388lbs 12oz

Curt Wiesenhutter

San Benedicto Island, Mexico

April 1, 1977