419 lb Halibut Caught In Norway - Largest Ever Using A Rod

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A Dane fishing in Norwegian waters landed a 190-kilogram (419 lb) halibut, the largest ever caught using a rod. The fish, which was caught between Vannøya and Fugløya in Troms, took an hour and a half to reel in and three men to get it into the boat, newspaper Nordlys reports.

The previous record for a halibut caught using a rod weighed in at 161.2 kilos and was taken in Rogaland in 1997 according to Chris Appleby from the magazine Villmarksliv, who is a member of the jury that registers the records.

"I thought something was wrong with the scales when it stopped at 190 kilos," said Thomas Buge Nilsen, the Dane that caught the massive fish.

The halibut, which had to be moved by forklift, had impressive vital statistics indeed: 190 kilos, 2.38 meters (7 feet 9 inches) long, 1.26 meters (4 feet 1 inch) wide and 35 centimeters (13.7 inches) thick.

Nilsen used pollack as bait and bottom-fished, at a depth of about 40 meters.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article838754.ece

[pagerbear]

1. That Thomas must have quite some rod!

[GOPisEvil]

2. That's a helluva halibut!

[SaveElmer]

3. That A Rod can do anything

I thought he was just a great baseball player

[supernova]

4. I want a pic!

I want to see the halibut that had to use a forklift! :bounce:

[underpants]

5. You want a pic?

I don't know what it has to do with this story and frankly I find it disturbing but there you go.

[supernova]

6. YellowRubberDuckie is that you?

:loveya:

[Archae]

7. So he caught that big fish...

Just for the halibut? :silly:

[AngryAmish]

9. I'll get you

if it taskes the rest of my days, I'll get you.

[Archae]

11. What was that?

Sorry, didn't catch that, I've been having trouble with my herring.

But if you get too nasty, I'll have to call the cods. :P

[AngryAmish]

12. Puns - the lowest form of humor

There is nowhere you can hide. I'll make you wish you were dead.

[BiggJawn]

8. "lutefisk for EFFREEBOTTY!"

Halibut aren't known for being fighters, are they?

[underpants]

10. This guy COULD have had record (just three weeks ago)

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/071304/sta_halibut.shtml

Lost record: Janusz Kunat of Gustavus lies next to a halibut he caught Sunday near Glacier Bay. Kunat said he is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds, and the fish weighed more than twice what he does.

A halibut that could have weighed 470 pounds didn't escape Sunday from charter boat operator Janusz Kunat, but it won't be going into the record books.

While the fish didn't get away, he said, he believes a world record did. The fish was not weighed before it was cut up and more than one person helped land it.