Halibut can win tournaments.
Barn door halibut record.
And a 300 lb.
According to the international game fish assn the all tackle world record is a 459 pound pacific halibut caught by jack tragis off dutch harbor alaska in june 1996.
Stretched alongside them was a halibut 90 inches in length.
Trophy sizes start at 200 lbs.
Every summer and into fall sports fishermen from around the world head to alaska to try and pull in a barn door.
Tragis also holds the.
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Photo by herschel sundow randall charlie at left and sanky ulak of scammon bay pulled up these barndoor sized halibut while deep sea fishing 13 miles from the end of the askinuk mountains.
Their fish were cut and stored away.
Goode joined the barn door club in what is arguably alaska s most fertile trophy halibut grounds the section of the inside passage between elfin cove and gustavus.
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The giant fish measured 76 inches and weighed 235 pounds.
The number they got was off the chart that is stocked in qcl boats so they measured again to double check.
Seven and a half feet.
Pacific halibut is one of the most popular species for fishing in alaska halibut can live up to 55 years and can grow to be quite enormous when we say barn door halibut we mean it.
The igfa world record is 496 lbs and there have been documented catches on commercial boats of 600 lbs.
Randall s fish measured 75 inches and sanky s was 66 inches.