Barn Door Halibut Record

Trophy sizes start at 200 lbs.

Barn door halibut record.

And a 300 lb. Their fish were cut and stored away. Find us on the docks at 1300 4th ave seward ak 99664. 35555 kenai spur hwy 196 soldotna ak 99669.

That was a full 10 inches longer than the current lodge record fish landed just a month earlier. To put it in perspective the record for the alaska king salmon is 126 pounds and a halibut chicken is nearly that and still growing. Photo by herschel sundow randall charlie at left and sanky ulak of scammon bay pulled up these barndoor sized halibut while deep sea fishing 13 miles from the end of the askinuk mountains. Seven and a half feet.

Every summer and into fall sports fishermen from around the world head to alaska to try and pull in a barn door. According to the international game fish assn the all tackle world record is a 459 pound pacific halibut caught by jack tragis off dutch harbor alaska in june 1996. In most alaskan ports a 200 pluspound halibut would draw quite a crowd as it is hoisted onto the scale back at the docks. The giant fish measured 76 inches and weighed 235 pounds.

Halibut can win tournaments. Randall s fish measured 75 inches and sanky s was 66 inches. The igfa world record is 496 lbs and there have been documented catches on commercial boats of 600 lbs. Pacific halibut is one of the most popular species for fishing in alaska halibut can live up to 55 years and can grow to be quite enormous when we say barn door halibut we mean it.

Stretched alongside them was a halibut 90 inches in length.