That was a full 10 inches longer than the current lodge record fish landed just a month earlier.
Barn door halibut record.
Stretched alongside them was a halibut 90 inches in length.
The igfa world record is 496 lbs and there have been documented catches on commercial boats of 600 lbs.
Seven and a half feet.
Goode joined the barn door club in what is arguably alaska s most fertile trophy halibut grounds the section of the inside passage between elfin cove and gustavus.
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The number they got was off the chart that is stocked in qcl boats so they measured again to double check.
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.
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.
And a 300 lb.
The giant fish measured 76 inches and weighed 235 pounds.
Trophy sizes start at 200 lbs.
Every summer and into fall sports fishermen from around the world head to alaska to try and pull in a barn door.
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.
Halibut can win tournaments.
Their fish were cut and stored away.
Randall s fish measured 75 inches and sanky s was 66 inches.
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