Fisherman catches a 513 pound Halibut smashing the world record

[pwaldo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...E-halibut.html

An angler has smashed the world record for the biggest halibut fish ever caught on rod and line.

The enormous flat fish tipped the scales at a whopping 37 stones - heavier than a wild gorilla.

It was caught by Marco Liebenow who jokingly thought he had hooked into a submarine when the monster halibut took his bait.

After taking 90 minutes reeling it towards the surface, the 9ft long fish was too big to haul onboard his small boat in Norway.

So he and three friends tied a rope around its tail and towed it back to shore where it had to be hoisted on to the quayside by a crane.

It weighed in at 513lbs, easily beating the existing record of 419lbs for an Atlantic halibut as recognised by the International Game Fishing Association.

Marco, who is in his 30s and from Germany, has now submitted a claim to the IGFA and is awaiting confirmation.

[stlcardinalsfan]

well.....we know whats for diner.... for months lmao

[shrewsbury]

fried halibut, steamed halibut, deep fried halibut, baked halibut, broiled halibut, halibut stew, halibut tacos. halibut pizza

[Star_Cards]

nice fish. The biggest halibut I've caught was around 85 pounds. My brother caught one that was 198 lbs and it was a monster. I think it took him about 20 minutes to reel in and the captain of the boat shot it as he got it to the top of the water. they are very fun to catch but a lot of reeling since they are bottom feeders and you're usually fishing in 200 ft of water.

[madduxfan31]

Wow thats a whopper! Fresh halibut is so good. Have been buying flagstad frozen breaded 10 lbs boxes at $75 for several years but there must be some kind of halibut shortage as the price is around $130-$150 for the same box.

[centrehice]

That 513 pounder is beyond a whopper.


An 85 lb. Halibut is quite some fish as well. That would have frightened me. My biggest Halibut was about 12 lbs.

I did catch and release a 200 lb. Reef Shark in the Caribbean, like reeling in a Douglas Fir, and my biggest game fish was a 63lb. Yellowfin Tuna caught in the Cook Islands, oddly enough, I got it into the boat without an Oceanic Shark or a Tiger Shark ripping it to shreds en route which happens about 40% of the time.

[Star_Cards]

Halibut is pretty expensive. I think it's around $20 per pound, retail. That's the price we used last year to calculate how much fish we had after our halibut trip.