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FISH | WEIGHT | LOCATION CAUGHT | YEAR | ANGLER | Albacore (false) | 32 lbs 0 oz. | Off Morehead City | 2015 | Michael Voytkowski | Albacore | 62 lb. 0 oz. | Off Oregon Inlet | 2001 | Brien L. Hamer | Amberjack | 126 lb. 7 oz. | Off Swansboro | 2008 | Michael Krantz | 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 | 64 lb. 0 oz. | Off Oregon Inlet | 2011 | Keith Angel | Bluefish* | 31 lb. 12 oz. | Cape Hatteras | 1972 | James Hussey | Cobia | 116 lb. 8 oz. | Oregon Inlet | 2006 | Billy R. Lucas, Jr. | | Creolefish* | 2 lb. 1 oz | Off Ocean Isle Beach | 2020 | Craig Thompson
| 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, Gag | 48 lb. | Off Morehead City | 2018 | Louis Guzman | Grouper, Red | 35 lb. 11 oz. | Off Carolina Beach | 2017 | Robert L. Dean | Grouper, Strawberry | 28 lb. 8 oz. | Off Topsail Beach | 1972 | Jackie Blanchard | Grouper, Warsaw | 245 lb. 0 oz. | Wrightsville Beach | 1967 | Cora Keen | Grouper, Yellowfin | 42 lb. 10 oz. | Off Carolina Beach | 2009 | Michael Hall | Grunt, White | 4 lb. 8 oz. | Off Cape Lookout | 1969 | Vernon Councilman | Hogfish* | 21 lb. 6 oz. | Frying Pan Shoals | 2005 | Derek Williams | Jack, Crevalle | 49 lb. 1 oz. | Off Wrightsville Beach | 2014 | Frank Dalli | Kingfish, Gulf*
| 3 lb. 13 oz | Kure Beach | 2020 | Vickie Hammonds
| Kingfish, Northern | 3 lb. 8 oz. | Bogue Banks Pier | 1971 | Ted Drinnon | King Mackerel | 82 lb. 4 oz. | Off Ocracoke | 1999 | James Winch | Spanish Mackerel* | 13 lb. 0 oz. | Ocracoke Inlet | 1987 | Robert Cranton | Marlin, Blue | 1,228 lb. 8 oz. | Off Oregon Inlet | 2008 | Trey Irvine | Marlin, White | 138 lb. 0 oz. | Off Cape Hatteras | 2015 | Neil Manning | Mullet, Sea | 3 lb. 8 oz. | Bogue Banks Pier | 1971 | Ted Drinnon | Perch, White | 1 lb. 13 oz. | Pembroke Creek | 1986 | John David Stallings | Pigfish/Hogfish* | 2 lb. 12 oz. | Atlantic Ocean,
SE of Cape Lookout | 2016 | Jason Edwards | Pinfish | 2 lb. 14 oz. | Off Beaufort Inlet | 2006 | Hope L. Sanderson | Pompano, African | 46 lbs. 0 oz. | Off Atlantic Beach | 2014 | Toby Grantham | Pompano, Florida | 8 lb. 0 oz. | Carolina Beach | 2001 | John F. Vickers | Porgy, Jolthead | 14 lbs. 14 oz. | Off Southport | 2015 | Randy Brock | Porgy, Saucereye | 13 lb. 2 oz. | Off Cape Lookout | 1987 | Glenn D. Greer | Runner, Rainbow | 23 lb. 12 oz. | Off Ocracoke | 2016 | Bruce Vosburgh | Sailfish | 100 lb. 0 oz. | Off Ocean Isle | 1987 | John P. Grooms, Jr. | Scamp | 32 lb., 0 oz. | Off Atlantic Beach | 2016 | Teddy Wingfield | Shark, Blue | 478 lb. 0 oz. | Crystal Fishing Pier | 1961 | Bobby Kentrolis | Shark, Dusky | 610 lb. 0 oz. | Jennette's Ocean Pier | 1962 | Robert T. Keller | Shark, Hammerhead | 710 lb. 0 oz. | Jennette's Ocean Pier | 1961 | 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 | 58 lb. 0 oz. | Off Beaufort Inlet | 2017 | Randy Harmon | Snapper, Gray (Mangrove) | 12 lb. 5 oz. | Off Ocean Isle Beach | 2018 | Mark Davis | Snapper, Red | 40 lb. 0 oz. | Off Cape Lookout | 1970 | Ben Grant | Snapper, Vermillion | 6 lb. 9 oz. | Off Ocean Isle | 2009 | Todd Helf | Spadefish, Atlantic | 11lb.3oz. | Off Hatteras Village | 2009 | Steven C. Chadwick | 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 | 193 lb. 5 oz. | Sea View Pier | 2008 | Malcolm Condie | 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, Golden | 46 lb. 0 oz. | Off Cape Hatteras | 2013 | Rex Bunting | 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 | Triggerfish, Queen | 10 lbs 11 oz. | Off Jacksonville | 2012 | Benjamin Peterson | Trippletail | 27 lb. 7 oz. | Ocean Crest Pier | 2009 | Thomas M. Cutler | 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, Jr. | Tuna, Bigeye | 311 lb. 8 oz. | Off Oregon Inlet | 1992 | Clarence N. Cook | Tuna, Blackfin | 40 lb. 11 oz. | Off Wrightsville Beach | 2011 | Michael Accattato | Tuna, Bluefin | 877 lb. 0 oz. | Off Oregon Inlet | 2017 | Scott Chambers | Tuna, Yellowfin | 237 lb. 0 oz. | Off Cape Lookout | 1979 | James Mixon, Jr. | Tuna, Skipjack | 32 lb. 5 oz. | Gulf Stream off
of Hatteras | 2016 | Timothy Ray Street | Wahoo | 150 lb. 0 oz. | Ocracoke | 1994 | Kevin M. Elwell | *World All Tackle Record
Questions concerning these records? Email Carole Willis or call 800-682-2632
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