Five record breaking fish landed in 2005
MOREHEAD CITY - It's been a year for the record books for anglers in North Carolina, with five record-breaking saltwater fish being brought to the docks.
On July 23, 2005, Derek Williams of Tampa, FL, caught a world record 21-pound, 6 ounce hogfish snapper off of Frying Pan Shoals.
Another world record was broken on April 16, 2004, when Frank Ballas of Indiana, PA hauled in a 4 pound, 5 ounce sand tilefish in the waters off of Oak Island.
Brandon Bailey of Moneta, VA, caught a 185-pound thresher shark on May 14, off of Oregon Inlet
This fall, 16-year-old Jesse Lockowitz of Carteret County broke the tarpon state record, landing a 175-pound fish at the Bogue Inlet pier. David Hiebert's weighed in a 62 pound striped bass at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center weighing station. It was caught om December 30th 2005 in the inlet itself aboard the private boat Triple Crown. The previous Marine striped bass record was 60 pounds and was caught in 1972 at Hatteras Island Surf by Catherine Willis
For more information about state record fish, visit the Division of Marine Fisheries Web site at http://www.ncdmf.net/recreational/record.htm or call Partha Howell at 1-800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021.
MOREHEAD CITY - It's been a year for the record books for anglers in North Carolina, with five record-breaking saltwater fish being brought to the docks.
On July 23, 2005, Derek Williams of Tampa, FL, caught a world record 21-pound, 6 ounce hogfish snapper off of Frying Pan Shoals.
Another world record was broken on April 16, 2004, when Frank Ballas of Indiana, PA hauled in a 4 pound, 5 ounce sand tilefish in the waters off of Oak Island.
Brandon Bailey of Moneta, VA, caught a 185-pound thresher shark on May 14, off of Oregon Inlet
This fall, 16-year-old Jesse Lockowitz of Carteret County broke the tarpon state record, landing a 175-pound fish at the Bogue Inlet pier. David Hiebert's weighed in a 62 pound striped bass at Oregon Inlet Fishing Center weighing station. It was caught om December 30th 2005 in the inlet itself aboard the private boat Triple Crown. The previous Marine striped bass record was 60 pounds and was caught in 1972 at Hatteras Island Surf by Catherine Willis
For more information about state record fish, visit the Division of Marine Fisheries Web site at http://www.ncdmf.net/recreational/record.htm or call Partha Howell at 1-800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021.