North Carolina Saltwater Fishing


Updated May 14, 2007
Fish	Weight	Location Caught	Year	Angler
Albacore (False)	26 lb.. 8 oz.	Off Wrighstville Beach	1991	Lyman Kinlaw, Jr.
Albacore (True)	62 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2001	Brien L. Hamer
Amberjack	125 lb. 0 oz	Off Cape Lookout	1973	Paul Bailey, Jr.
Barracuda	67 lb. 7 oz	Cape Lookout	1985	Buddy D. Garten
Bass, Black Sea	8 lb. 12 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1979	Joe Mizelle
Bass, Striped	62 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2005	David N. Hiebert
Bluefish*	31 lb. 12 oz	Cape Hatteras	1972	James Hussey
Cobia	116 lb. 8 oz	Oregon Inlet	2006	Billy R. Lucas, Jr.
Croaker	5 lb. 0 oz	Oregon Inlet	1981	Daniel Graber
Dolphin	79 lb. 0 oz	Cape Hatteras	1993	Sean J. Yurkanin
Drum, Black	100 lb. 1 oz	Cape Fear River	1998	Charles R. Dycus
Drum, Red*	94 lb. 2 oz	Hatteras Island	1984	David G. Deuel
Flounder	20 lb. 8 oz	Carolina Beach	1980	Harold Auten
Grouper, Strawberry	28 lb. 8 oz.	Off Topsail Beach	1972	Jackie Blanchard
Grouper, Warsaw	245 lb. 0 oz	Wrightsville Beach	1967	Cora Keen
Grunt, White	4 lb. 8 oz.	Off Cape Lookout	1969	Vernon Councilman
Hog Snapper*	21 lb. 6 oz.	Fry Pan Shoals	2005	Derek Williams
Hogfish/Pigfish	2 lb. 4 oz.	Atlantic Ocean	1991	Walter M. Campbell
Jack, Crevalle	47 lb. 0 oz	Off Cape Hatteras	1989	Kenneth O. McArthur
Mackerel, King	82 lb. 4 oz	Off Ocracoke	1999	James Winch
Mackerel, Spanish*	13 lb. 0 oz	Ocracoke Inlet	1987	Robert Cranton
Marlin, Blue	1,142 lb. 0 oz	Oregon Inlet	1974	Jack Herrington
Marlin, White	118 lb. 0 oz	Oregon Inlet	1976	Ethel B. Cootes
Mullet, Sea (Kingfish)	3 lb. 8 oz	Bogue Banks Pier	1971	Ted Drinnon
Perch, White	1 lb. 13 oz.	Pembroke Creek	1986	John David Stallings
Pinfish	2 lb. 14 oz.	Off Beaufort Inlet	2006	Hope l. Sanderson
Pompano, African	40 lb. 10 oz.	Southport	2003	Brandon D. Matthews
Pompano, Florida	8 lb. 0 oz	Carolina Beach	2001	John F. Vickers
Porgy, Jolthead	11 lb. 8 oz.	South Hatteras Inlet	1978	Norman C. Morse
Porgy, Saucereye	13 lb. 2 oz	Off cape Lookout	1987	Glenn D. Greer
Sailfish	100 lb. 0 oz	Off Ocean Isle	1987	John P. Grooms, Jr.
Shark, Blue	478 lb. 0 oz.	Crystal Fishing Pier	1961	Bobby Kentrolis
Shark, Dusky	610 lb. 0 oz.	Nags Head Pier	1963	Robert T. Keller
Shark, Hammerhead	710 lb. 0 oz.	Nags Head Pier	1960	Robert T. Keller
Shark, Lemon	421 lb. 8 oz.	Kure Beach Pier	1978	Stanley Seawell
Shark, Mako	768 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	1983	Russell J. Langford
Shark, Scalloped Hammerhead	234 lb. 0 oz.	South of Cape Point	1990	Timothy P. Harlow
Shark, Thresher	185 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2005	Brandon Bailey
Shark, Tiger	1,150 lb. 0 oz	Yaupon Beach Pier	1966	Walter Maxwell
Sheepshead	19 lb. 4 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1999	Chris Robbins
Snapper, Cubera	46 lb. 8 oz	Atlantic Ocean	1993	Edward W. Ruskowsky
Snapper, Red	40 lb. 0 oz	Cape Lookout	1970	Ben Grant
Spadefish, Atlantic	9 lb. 1 oz.	Off Oak Island	2001	Spencer Smith
Spearfish, Longbill	98 lb. 0 oz.	Off Cape Hatteras	1978	John R. Windsor
Spot	1 lb 13 oz	Manns Harbor	1979	Hubert Basnight
Swordfish	441 lb. 0 oz.	Off Wrightsville Beach	1979	J. Horace Murray, Jr.
Tarpon	175 lb. 0 oz	Bogue Inlet Pier	2005	Jesse J. Lockowitz
Tautog	19 lb. 0 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1992	Louis M. Knoerzer
Tilefish, Blueline	16 lb. 8 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2006	Terry M. Shepherd
Tilefish, Sand *	4 lb. 5 oz	Off Oak Island	2004	Frank L. Ballas
Triggerfish, Gray	11 lb. 6 oz	Morehead City	1992	Annette F. Carrico
Trout, Gray	14 lb. 14 oz	Nags Head Surf	1980	Sterling L. Ammons
Trout, Speckled	12 lb. 4 oz	Wrightsville Beach	1961	John R. Kenyon
Tuna, Bigeye	311 lb. 8 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1992	Clarence N. Cook
Tuna, Blackfin	40 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2007	Steven B. Lockwood
Tuna, Bluefin	744 lb. 0 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1995	Thomas Bailey
Tuna, Skipjack	22 lb. 3 oz.	Off Wrightsville Beach	1968	J.W. Johnson, Jr.
Tuna, Yellowfin	237 lb. 0 oz	Atlantic Ocean	1979	James Mixon, Jr.
Wahoo	150 lb. 0 oz	Ocracoke	1994	Kevin M. Elwell