TURBOT (Scophthalmus maximus)



Angler Eddy Barham with an huge turbot caught from the shore. 
Angler Robert McMillan with the Scotland state record turbot a spectacular 29.76 pound turbot.

A big turbot caught off Isle of Alderney (UK) (www.outrage-charters.co.uk)


A big size turbot of 20 lb - 9,2 kg caught by Simon Blåhaga while fly fishing from the shore. 


Huge turbot by Jörgen Larsson (Sweden)


The turbot fish (Scophthalmus maximus) is a member of the  flatfish in the family Scophthalmidae. Turbot is a demersal fish native to marine or brackish waters of the Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic and all Baltic Sea.


DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic Ocean
MAX SIZE: 35 lb / 15 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 43 inch / 110 cm
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

STINGRAY BLACK (Dasyatis thetidis)



All these monster black stingrays were caught in South Africa (http://www.southafricasharkfishing.com)

The black stingray or longtail stingray (Dasyatis thetidis) is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. this fish is is found off southern Africa,  New Zealand, Australia, from tshallow water to a depth of 450 metre (1,450 feet). This bottom dweller inhabits soft sandy bottomed habitats such as reefs, lagoons, estuaries. Growing to 2 metres (6 feet) across and over 220 kilos (450 pound) in weight, the thorntail stingray is one of the largest stingrays in the world. 



DISTRIBUTION: South Pacific Ocean
MAX SIZE: 450 lb / 220 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 6 feet /2 metre
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

SHARK GREENLAND (Somniosus microcephalus)



A monster greenland shark caught accidentally with a bottom net

This greenland shark was caught during a study by the Canadian Shark Research Lab.
An huge Greenland shark caught with nets. A fish o over 1500 pound.



The Greenland shark,  is a large shark native to the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean around Greenland and Iceland. Also called the "sleeper shark," this species is often inactive and indeed appears to be sleeping. The Greenland shark  is one of the largest species of shark, of dimensions comparable to those of the great white shark. Large Greenland sharks grow to 6,5 metres (22 feett) and 1,000 kilograms (2,250 lb), and probably up to 7 metres (21 feet) and more than 1,350 kilograms (3,000 lb). This shark prefers cold water temperatures and will usually only ascend from the depths if the surface drops to around 4 degrees Celsius. Greenland shark is a  deep water sharks, living at depths of 1800 meters (6000 feet), but the information shows that sometimes they live in shallow waters.

DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic Ocean
MAX SIZE: 3000 lb / 1350 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 21 feet /7 metre
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

SHARK LEOPARD (Triakis semifasciata)


 A new International Game Fish Association (www.igfa.org) world record leopard shark was landed by angler Maria de la Luz Johnson while fishing in San Diego Bay, California. She was shark fishing not too far from the shore andused a dead surfperch fish as bait. The record leopard shark  weighed in at 44 lbs 7 oz and  measured 162.56 cm (63 inch) in length. 

Angler Barrett Howarth with a nice Leopard Shark taken while drift fishing on his skiff El Patroncito at Catalina Island, California.



A world record size Leopard shark off San Diego, California, by Chuck Burguin: 51 pounds 3 ounces - 23.22 kilo 

Leopard Sharks videos:




The leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) is member of the family Triakidae; this small shark is found along the Pacific coast of North America from the USA state of Oregon to Mazatlán in South Mexico. These sharks are most common near the coast, in water less than 4 m (13 ft). Large schools of leopard sharks are a very common sight in estuaries and bays , swimming over sandy or muddy f areas near kelp beds and reefs. 

DISTRIBUTION: Pacific Ocean
MAX SIZE: 400 lb / 18 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 63 inch /160 cm
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

SHARK NURSE (Ginglymostoma cirratum)


A nurse shark caught in Florida on board Lady Pamela2  www.ladypamela2.com

Jeff's first 7ft Nurse Shark caught in Florida

The nurse shark, is the only member of  family Ginglymostoma. This sand shark  can reach a length of 4,3 metres (13,9 feet) and a weight of around 335 kilos (735 lb). The nurse shark is a common inshore shark, found in tropical and subtropical waters on the continental and insular shelves. Nurse shark is frequently found at depths of 1  meter (3 feet)  or less but may occur down to 75 m (246 feet). This shark lives in the  in the Eastern Atlantic from Cameroon to Ivory Coast; instead in  Western Atlantic from Rhode Island down to southern Brazil; in the Eastern Pacific is found from the southern Baja California to all Peru.



DISTRIBUTION: All Oceans
MAX SIZE: 735 lb / 335 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 12,9 feet / 4,3 metre
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

TROUT TIGER (Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis)



A wonderful tiger trout caught in Utah by a member of  www.utahflyfishingclub.com 



Utah Division of Wildlife Resources volunteer services coordinator with a super tiger trout.

The trout tiger rarely exist in nature; infact  It is primarily an artificial cross; This is a cross between a female brown trout (Salmo trutta) and a male brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). 


DISTRIBUTION: North America Europe
MAX SIZE: 20 lb / 9 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 47 inch / 120 cm
MAX AGE: Aprox 8 years
ENVIRONMENT: Freshwater

TRIPLETAIL (Lobotes surinamensis)


An huge tripletail caught with Capt. Scott Lum with Outcast www.centralfloridacharters.com



Angler Stan Nabozny caught  an enormous tripletail while fishing with Capt. Dwayne Newbern (www.matagordabay.com/guides/localguides.htm)


Tripletail live in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide; their range is widespread through the Indian, Atlanticand Pacific oceans.
While live shrimp or live small fish seem to be the preferred bait of many anglers, tripletails will attack dead baits, jigs, plugs or shrimp pattern flies and sometimes popping bugs.

DISTRIBUTION: All Oceans
MAX SIZE: 55 lb / 25 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 55 inch / 140 cm
MAX AGE: Aprox 10 years
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

CABEZON (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)


Cabezon caught on board  Trade Winds Charters www.tradewindscharters.com



The Cabezon fish (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus), is a sculpin (Scorpaeniformes family) native to the Pacific coast of North America. Cabezon are found from northern British Columbia to southern California. They loves frequent kelp beds from shallow to moderate depths.


DISTRIBUTION: North East Pacific
MAX SIZE: 26 lb / 12 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 40 inch / 100 cm
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

ANGLER FISH MONKFISH (Lophius piscatorius)




Globtrotter angler Steve Wozniack with a nice monkfish. 


Johan Mikkelsen with a nice monkfish caught with a Savagear lure (www.savage-gear.com)


Audun F. Skjølberg while fishing off NSA’s Seafishing Camp on Sørøya, in northern part of Norway caught a monster size monkfish; 59 pound - 27 kilo 


Monkfish Video:




The angler fish or monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) is  also  called fishing-frog, frog-fish or sea-devil, is a member of the family Lophiidae. The monkfish is found in coastal waters of the northeast Atlantic, from the Barents Sea,  Black Sea,   the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean.


DISTRIBUTION: East Atlantic Mediterranean
MAX SIZE: 130 lb / 60 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 60 inch / 150 cm
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

TRIGGERFISH

A super size triggerfish caught off Ireland coasts by anglerGordon Thornes.

Triggerfishes are about 45 species of often brightly colored fishes of the family Balistidae.

BUFFALO BLACK (Ictiobus niger)


Brent McGlone, a passionate bowfisherman caught a new Ohio record fish by landing a black buffalo that weighed 40,8 lbs - 18.48 kg.

Buffalo Video: 



The black buffalo (Ictiobus niger) is a member of the Catostomidae or "sucker" family. The black buffalo is found in: the Mississippi Basin and southern Great Lakes, very rarely in Rio Grande and in Canada Lake Erie. The Tennessee distribution of this fish ranges from rivers and streams in the Cumberland Mountains.


DISTRIBUTION: North America
MAX SIZE: 55 lb / 25 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 47 inch / 120 cm
MAX AGE: Aprox 30 years
ENVIRONMENT: Freshwater

_______ BIG FISHES VIDEOS ______

Monster Italian pikes

Huge Freswater fishes of the World

500 lb Goliath Grouper

200+ pound Gar Alligator

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480 pound arapaima

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Giant Muskie

_______ BIG SHARKS VIDEOS ______

Great White Shark

Greenland shark

Mako shark jumps

1,000 Hammerhead shark

A big shark from the shore in Florida

1000 lb shark from Kona, Hawaii

Mako shark

SHARK LEMON (Negaprion brevirostris)

The catch-and-release of a 385 lb lemon on fly by angler Mratin Arostegui. this is the heaviest fish ever caught on fly tackle on 16 lb line.

The shark lemon is a memener of the family Carcharhinidae, can grow up to 10 feet (3 metres) long.The  shark is known as the "lemon"  because light interacting at certain depths, with the local seawater, can give this shark a tanned and yellow pitted appearance, much like the surface of a lemon fruit.


DISTRIBUTION: Atlantic Ocean
MAX SIZE: 445 lb / 200 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 10,5 feet / 13,5 mt
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

STURGEON KALUGA (Huso dauricus)


This 1360 pound - 616 kilo kaluga sturgeon was caught in China.


Kaluga Stugeon Video:


The video of the 1360-Pound Sturgeon Kaluga caught in China

The Kaluga sturgeon  (Huso dauricus) is a giant predatory sturgeon found in the Amur River and other few rivers in China. The Kaluga are claimed to be the largest freshwater fish in the all world, with a maximum size of at least 1000 kilos (2.205 pound) and 5,6 metres (18.6 feet). The Kaluga is one of the biggest of the sturgeon familyand surely one of the biggest fish in the world.


DISTRIBUTION: China, Russia
MAX SIZE: 2205 lb / 1000 kg  
MAX LENGTH: 18,6 inch / 15,6 mt
MAX AGE: More than 70 years
ENVIRONMENT: Freshwater

BERING WOLFFISH (Anarhichas orientalis)



A bering wolffish caught in Japan.


A monster size 6 feet Bering Wolffish caught off the island of Hokkaido, Japan



An other Bering Wolffish by Kozuka Takuya

The Bering Wolffish as a limited distribution mainly in the  North Pacific:  Bering Sea,  Canada,  Hokkaido, Japan and Sea of Okhotsk.

DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific
MAX SIZE: 33 lb / 15 kg  ?
MAX LENGTH: 47 inch / 120 cm
MAX AGE: Unknown
ENVIRONMENT: Saltwater

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