It took 135 minutes to haul it in and the four men on the boat were unable to bring it aboard. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. A group of anglers caught a huge halibut off the coast near Bolungarvík (my hometown) yesterday. The current record stands at Liebenow is not the first to catch a huge halibut near Norway. The fisherman who caught it, Günther Hensel from Magdeburg, Germany, said it was the biggest fish he'd ever caught.
Atlantic halibut – Hippoglossus hippoglossus in Latin – is among the largest bony fish in the world.
Add your voice! Phantom, a Palomino/Appaloosa mix, was not injured. The enormous flat fish tipped the scales at a whopping 37 stones – heavier than a wild gorilla. ©2020 Verizon Media. Part of HuffPost News.
An angler has smashed the world record for the biggest halibut fish ever caught on rod and line. One German fisherman may have just reeled in a world record.
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 […]
While fishing off the coast of Norway, German Marco Liebenow caught a world-record 513-pound halibut. The horse, named Phantom, was stuck in the bathtub for about 25 minutes. It's Official! They managed to tie it to the side and bring it to port. All rights reserved. A fisherman has caught the largest Halibut in the history of the world!After taking 90 minutes reeling it towards the surface, the 9ft long fish was too big to haul onboard his small boat in Norway.Marco, who is in his 30s and from Germany, has now submitted a claim to the IGFA and is awaiting confirmation. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapterWe made it easy for you to exercise your right to vote!Part of HuffPost News. It seemed less like “fishing” than “meat hauling”, i.e., you put some bait on a hook, drop the line way down, and when the fish takes it you haul it back up.But maybe I just didn’t know what I was doing. He was fishing in a 19-foot boat with three friends when he hooked something that felt like a submarine.
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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.I’ve caught halibut off the coast of Alaska, and I have to say, while I had a good time I’m not dying to go again. World Record Halibut Potential. 1,037 Halibut stock pictures and images Browse 1,037 halibut stock photos and images available, or search for salmon or cod to find more great stock photos and pictures. Pettersson's 20-pound Line Class Record.
By halibut fishing standards, it was a submarine.
Dutch Harbor – Alaska, The World's Best Halibut Fishing! In March, another German fisherman spent Swedish angler Benny Pettersson barely missed the elusive 40-pound mark with his trophy, but the 39-pound, 14-ounce northern pike he pulled from Osthammer, Sweden on November 20, 1993 was plenty big enough to earn him a world record. Set me straight in the comments if there is.
According to fishing tour company Angelreisen Hamburg, Marco Liebenow was fishing off the coast of Norway when he managed to catch a Speaking on behalf of Liebenow, Angelreisen Hamburg's David Bottcher said that The 515-pound halibut may be the largest caught yet. The fisherman who caught it, Günther Hensel from … 515-Pound Halibut Caught By Marco Leibenow Near Norway May Be World Record (PHOTO). It was caught by Marco Liebenow who jokingly thought he had hooked into a submarine when the monster halibut took his bait.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. Connecting people through photography. The halibut measured 248cm long and weighed 219kg making it the heaviest caught by an angler in the world.
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September 2011, a gigantic halibut was caught on a fishing rod near the island of Senja. The current record stands at 459 pounds for Pacific halibut (Alaska, 1996) and 418 pounds for Atlantic halibut (Norway, 2004), according to the International Game Fishing Association.
A group of anglers caught a huge halibut off the coast near Bolungarvík (my hometown) yesterday.
While fishing off the coast of Norway, German Marco Liebenow caught a world-record 513-pound halibut. I went down to take some shots for the local papers.
The Atlantic halibut weighed 515 pounds, smashing the existing IGFA world record of 419 pounds caught in Norwegian waters in July 2004.
Something a little different from my usual bird photos.A group of anglers caught a huge halibut off the coast near Bolungarvík (my hometown) yesterday.