North Carolina Saltwater Records
Compiled by the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources

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Fish	Weight	Location Caught	Year	Angler
Albacore (False)	26 lbs. 8 oz.	Off Wrighstville Beach	1991	Lyman Kinlaw, Jr.
Albacore (True)	61 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2002	Timothy P. Burns
Amberjack	125 lbs 0 oz	Off Cape Lookout	1973	Paul Bailey, Jr.
Barracuda	67 lbs 7 oz	Cape Lookout	1985	Buddy D. Garten
Bass, Black Sea	8 lbs 12 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1979	Joe Mizelle
Bass, Striped	60 lb. 0 oz.	Hatteras Island Surf	1972	Catherine Willis
Bluefish*	31 lbs 12 oz	Cape Hatteras	1972	James Hussey
Cobia	113 lbs 6 oz	Cape Hatteras	2003	Lewis A. Boyd
Croaker	5 lbs 0 oz	Oregon Inlet	1981	Daniel Graber
Dolphin	79 lbs 0 oz	Cape Hatteras	1993	Sean J. Yurkanin
Drum, Black	100 lbs 1 oz	Cape Fear River	1998	Charles R. Dycus
Drum, Red*	94 lbs 2 oz	Hatteras Island	1984	David G. Deuel
Flounder	20 lbs 8 oz	Carolina Beach	1980	Harold Auten
Grouper, Strawberry	28 lb. 8 oz.	Off Topsail Beach	1972	Jackie Blanchard
Grouper, Warsaw	245 lbs 0 oz	Wrightsville Beach	1967	Cora Keen
Grunt, White	4 lb. 8 oz.	Off Cape Lookout	1969	Vernon Councilman
Hog Snapper*	19 lb. 12 oz.	Carolina Beach	2003	Trevor L. Capps
Hogfish/Pigfish	2 lb. 4 oz.	Atlantic Ocean	1991	Walter M. Campbell
Jack, Crevalle	47 lbs 0 oz	Off Cape Hatteras	1989	Kenneth O. McArthur
Mackerel, King	82 lbs 4 oz	Off Ocracoke	1999	James Winch
Mackerel, Spanish*	13 lbs 0 oz	Ocracoke Inlet	1987	Robert Cranton
Marlin, Blue	1,142 lbs 0 oz	Oregon Inlet	1974	Jack Herrington
Marlin, White	118 lbs 0 oz	Oregon Inlet	1976	Ethel B. Cootes
Mullet, Sea (Kingfish)	3 lbs 8 oz	Bogue Banks Pier	1971	Ted Drinnon
Perch, White	1 lb. 13 oz.	Pembroke Creek	1986	John David Stallings
Pinfish	2 lb. 11 oz.	Off Beaufort Inlet	2002	Kevin R. Valla
Pompano, African	40 lb. 10 oz.	Southport	2003	Brandon D. Matthews
Pompano, Florida	8 lbs 0 oz	Carolina Beach	2001	John F. Vickers
Porgy, Jolthead	11 lb. 8 oz.	South Hatteras Inlet	1978	Norman C. Morse
Porgy, Saucereye	13 lbs 2 oz	Off cape Lookout	1987	Glenn D. Greer
Sailfish	100 lbs 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	145 lb. 0 oz.	Off Cape Lookout	1980	Jack Cagle
Shark, Tiger	1,150 lbs 0 oz	Yaupon Beach Pier	1966	Walter Maxwell
Sheepshead	19 lbs 4 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1999	Chris Robbins
Snapper, Red	40 lbs 0 oz	Cape Lookout	1970	Ben Grant
Spadefish, Atlantic	8 lb. 2 oz.	Pamlico Sound	1978	Eugene B. West
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	164 lbs 0 oz	Indian Beach Pier	1978	John W. Freeman
Tautog	19 lbs 0 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1992	Louis M. Knoerzer
Triggerfish, Gray	11 lbs 4 oz	Off Wrightsville Beach	1990	Billy R. Ayers
Trout, Gray	14 lbs 14 oz	Nags Head Surf	1980	Sterling L. Ammons
Trout, Speckled	12 lbs 4 oz	Wrightsville Beach	1961	John R. Kenyon
Tuna, Bigeye	300 lbs 0 oz	Off Oregon Inlet	1989	Dennis S. Swartz
Tuna, Blackfin	39 lb. 0 oz.	Off Oregon Inlet	2002	Robert W. Spencer
Tuna, Bluefin	744 lbs 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 lbs 0 oz	Atlantic Ocean	1979	James Mixon, Jr.
Wahoo	150 lbs 0 oz	Ocracoke	1994	Kevin M. Elwell

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