State Record Fish Archives - Page 4 of 6

Danny Aderhold (left) and Dean Brown (right) struggle to hold the flathead catfish that Aderhold caught from the Cooper River last Wednesday.

Cooper River flathead will share state catfish record

A fisherman from Anderson landed a 79-pound, 9.6-ounce flathead catfish last Wednesday in the Cooper River that has earned a share of the state record. […]

Eric Fincher’s 89-pound blue catfish, caught Nov. 25, 2006 from Badin Lake, is the reigning state record for the species.

Badin produced state-record blue catfish

Jerry Dilsaver

North Carolina’s state-record blue catfish weighed 89 pounds and was caught in Badin Lake on Nov. 25, 2006, by Eric Fincher. It replaced an 85-pound fish that had been caught in Lake Norman in 2004. […]

Rex Bunting Jr. of Frisco owns the N.C. record for this 46-pound golden tilefish, caught April 7 off Hatteras.

State certifies new record golden tilefish

North Carolina Sportsman

A Frisco man has become the latest angler to catch a state-record fish with the announcement that the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new state-record golden tilefish. […]

Joey Boretti of Holly Springs caught this state-record white crappie from a private lake in Wake County on April 1.

Commission certifies two new freshwater state-record fish

NCWRC Release

After more than a year without a new state-record freshwater fish, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently certified two new record breakers — a freshwater drum from Kerr Reservoir and a white crappie from a private lake in Wake County. […]

Tim Gallimore caught this 46-pound gag grouper on May 1,
2011, but didn’t know he could submit it for a state record until six months
ago. His record catch was certified on Jan. 12.

Ocean Isle man caught 46-pound fish on May 1, 2011 – didn’t know it was state record

Jerry Dilsaver

More than 18 months after he caught it, Tim Gallimore’s 46-pound gag grouper has been recognized as a North Carolina state record. […]

Toby Grantham’s 27.6-pound scamp grouper was certified as North Carolina’s first state record for that species.

Knightdale man’s catch certified as North Carolina’s first state-record scamp grouper.

Brian Cope

When Toby Grantham of Knightdale held up a scamp grouper he’d just caught last Sept. 25, Dave Tilley, the captain of the Continental Shelf, exclaimed, “That’s a potential state record!” […]

Ben Peterson with his 10-pound, 11-ounce queen triggerfish that was just approved as the new state record. The fish was weighed at East Coast Sports in Surf City.

State record queen triggerfish approved by NCDMF

Jerry Dilsaver

When he headed out New River Inlet before daylight on July 3, Ben Peterson was just looking forward to a good day of fishing. A state-record fish wasn’t on his mind. […]

The 6.95-pound Lake Norman bass that angler Terry Trivette caught on Feb. 11 wound up being a hybrid between a largemouth and spot, so it was not certified as the state-record spotted bass.

Lake Norman fish won’t be state-record spotted bass

NCWRC Release

It was a big fish and a nice catch for Surry County angler Terry Trivette. It was not, however, the new spotted bass state record. […]

Wes Covington caught a hogfish Sept. 11 that could become set the state and world records.

Summerville angler catches pending state-, world-record hogfish

Brian Cope

Hogfish are generally regarded as one of the more difficult species of bottomfish to catch on rod and reel, so when Summerville attorney Wes Covington thought he was in a fight with a big grouper, he was surprised to hear his friends shout “It’s a hogfish!” […]

Angler Tim Cox set the North Carolina state record for queen triggerfish when he landed this 10.34-pound brute May 22.

Huge queen triggerfish sets state record

Mike Marsh

Micah Cox is no stranger to saltwater fishing or to catching big fish. He has a stated goal of catching a citation-sized fish of every marine species on the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries’ list. […]