Biggest scaled fish ever caught

[laredo]

what was it and how much did it weigh ?
caught by line or otherwise

[scuttlebutt]

50lb spanish mackerel on 20lb line out of a 10 foot tinny at Hervey Bay. :)

[laredo]

good effort but,

i meant the world record

[Rainbowrunner]

didnt think spaniards have scales or am I reading this wrong?

[NeMo84]

i dunno but the cattie they caught in the mekong river in thailand was 300kg, biggest freshwater fish ever caught, but then again catties dont have scales...

[laredo]

ok ill rephrase.

what is the biggest fish that isnt a shark or whale shark ever caught? and its weight?

[mattooty]

I think the record still stands as Alf Dean's white pointer shark that was caught in streaky bay is the largest fish caught on rod and reel. I think it went 3 tonne( ???)

[Derek Bullock]

I guess scales is the key word here. Do sharks and marlin have scales? ? ? ?

If not it's got to be a bluefin tuna. Current world record stands at 1496 pounds.


Derek

[Derek Bullock]

Alf Deans white pointer that still holds the record was 2664 pounds and was caught in 1959.


Derek

[NeilD]

Some of the Sturgeon caught in Russia are huge.

[boomer]

how about a whale shark i caught on fly
using live plankton for bait ;D

[HOOKLINEnSINKER]

oh i remember that boomer ...it was on a 5 weight rod :o

[basserman]

well sharks do have scales (small teeth like scales)
biggest fish would have to be a big marlin but for on that has scales well that would have to be something like a sunfish or hallbut
why not search the internet for fishing records???

[Derek Bullock]

World record for a Sturgeon is 468 pounds.


Derek

[Derek Bullock]

Oh, I'm quoting the International Game Fish Association Records. ;D ;D ;D ;D


Derek

[Fishinmishin]

My wife's monster. After 50 minutes on 80lb standup gear, it was landed :o :o . It fell to a trolled 8kg grey mackeral :o ;D ::).

[ssbayguide]

I think the record (Australian, anyway) was actually set in WA. If memory serves me corrrectly, a guy on the shore landed a 234lb estuary/gold spot cod some years back.

Now these fish definitely have scales


Peter R

[caloundra]

WOW :o
Ken Fraser and the all-tackle world record bluefin tuna. It weighed 1,496 lbs. and was caught off
Nova Scotia in 1979.

[hundgie]

Its got to be the bluefin tuna.Awsome

[philip_thomson]

mmmm lots of tuna steaks on that tuna there ;D yummy yummy yum

[Fishinmishin]

That's scary considering yellowfin can grow bigger then bluefin :o :o.

[Bad_Bubby]

Jay, that's an atlantic bluefin, they are a much larger species than yellowfin. I believe theres 3 different species of bluefin tunas altogether.