What Was the Largest Fish Ever Caught? According to IGFA records, the largest fish ever caught was a great white shark that weighed an unbelievable 2,664 pounds (1,208.389 kg.). Caught off the coast of Ceduna, Australia, in 1959, it took angler Alfred Dean just 50 minutes to win the fight against this one-ton shark.
The biggest fish ever caught was a white shark. Although larger female white shark can grow up to 20ft in length and can weigh up to 5,000 pounds, this fish was a great white shark of 2 664 pounds (1 208 kg).
The largest species is the beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Caspian and Black seas, the only extant bony fish to rival the massiveness of the ocean sunfish. The largest specimen considered reliable (based on remains) was caught in the Volga estuary in 1827 and measured 7.3 m (24 ft) and weighed 1,474 kg (3,250 lb).
3,427-Pound Great White Shark, New York, 1986
The biggest fish recorded to be caught on rod and reel is a controversial one. In August 1986, Frank Mundus and Donnie Braddick caught a 3,427-pound great white shark off the coast of Montauk in New York.
Just recently, the largest freshwater fish ever recorded was caught in Cambodia — a giant stingray that weighed 661 lbs., beating the world record Mekong giant catfish caught in Thailand in 2005. It shows that these giants can be found and caught in freshwater bodies.
The Murray Cod is Australia's largest freshwater fish. The biggest recorded was 1.8m long and weighed 113kg!
Josh Jorgensen, the presenter of YouTube's largest saltwater fishing show, hosted three absolutely massive men off the coast of Florida to catch the world's strongest fish, the Goliath Grouper. Goliath Grouper are the largest member of the bass family in the Atlantic Ocean.
There have been some enormous Atlantic bluefin tuna catches in recent history. The largest one currently on record belongs to fisherman Ken Fraser, who caught a bluefin tuna off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada in 1979. That fish weighed in at an astounding 1,496 pounds!
The World Record Salmon: The Biggest Ever Caught!
The world record salmon is a 97 pound Chinook salmon caught in Soldotna, Alaska in 1985. The massive salmon measured more than 58 inches long!
You may have heard of the reality TV show called “Wicked Tuna” that follows a group of tuna fishermen from Massachusetts. There have been at least 10 seasons and during all those years the biggest tuna ever caught by anyone on the show was a 1,250 lbs bluefin off the coast of Cape Cod.
There's a reason goliath groupers are called the garbage disposals of the sea — they eat everything in sight, including sharks apparently.
The largest fish in the world is the whale shark. This species can weigh up to 21.5 tons and grow to be 41.5 feet long.
The biggest fish in the ocean is the Rhincodon typus or whale shark.
Two of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish Have Officially Been Declared Extinct. Both the Yangtze sturgeon and the Chinese paddlefish were declared extinct in 2022.
A Northland angler captured the 'unreal' moment he caught a whale. Video / Steven King ...
Western Australian salmon are relatively long lived, known to grow up to one metre in length and can reach weights in excess of nine kilograms each (though the average fish caught would be five kilograms or less).
The western Australian salmon is the largest species at a maximum 96 cm (38 in) standard length (that is, excluding the caudal fin) and 10.5 kg (23 lb) in weight.
The world record largemouth bass was caught by George Perry in Montgomery Lake in Georgia in 1932. The world record bass was 22 pounds and 4 ounces. That world record has held up for 8 decades!
Bluefin Tuna — Up to $5,000 per Pound
When it comes to the most expensive fish you can eat in 2023, we have an undisputed winner! The bluefin tuna holds the title of being the most costly edible fish on Earth. These fish have large, torpedo-shaped bodies that are almost circular in cross-section.
Sharks, it appears, have a real taste for tuna. Especially when it's already been hooked. Several species of sharks have been taking advantage of magnificent yellowfin tuna action off the coast of North Carolina.
The Chinese news service Xinghua in March put the average price of bluefin tuna in Japan around $10,000 for a single fish. That's a lot, even for a fish that can weight more than 1,000 pounds. But Kimura paid 70 times than that more for his New Year's delicacy: $1,238-per-pound.
Sooty grunter are pound for pound the hardest fighting freshwater fish in the north of Australia - probably all of Australia.
Great White Shark
No list of deadly fish would be complete without the great white shark. Great white sharks are the most notorious sharks and are responsible for the highest number of unprovoked attacks on record.