North Carolina State Saltwater Records
updated 10-1-12
FISH |
WEIGHT |
LOCATION CAUGHT |
YEAR |
ANGLER |
Albacore (false) |
26 lb. 8 oz. |
Off Wrightsville Beach |
1991 |
Lyman Kinlaw, Jr. |
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. |
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 |
43 lbs 8 oz. |
Off Morehead City |
2012 |
David A. Abernethy |
Grouper, Red |
33 lb. 8 oz. |
Off Atlantic Beach |
2007 |
Chuck Deeter |
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 |
47 lb. 0 oz. |
Off Cape Hatteras |
1989 |
Kenneth O. McArthur |
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 |
118 lb. 8 oz. |
Off Oregon Inlet |
1976 |
Ethel B. Cootes |
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. 4 oz. |
Atlantic Ocean |
1991 |
Walter M. Campbell |
Pinfish |
2 lb. 14 oz. |
Off Beaufort Inlet |
2006 |
Hope L. Sanderson |
Pompano, African |
40 lb. 10 oz. |
Southport |
2003 |
Brandon D. Matthews |
Pompano, Florida |
8 lb. 0 oz. |
Carolina Beach |
2001 |
John F. Vickers |
Porgy, Jolthead |
11 lb. 8 oz. |
South Hatteras Inlet |
1978 |
Norman C. Morse |
Porgy, Saucereye |
13 lb. 2 oz. |
Off Cape Lookout |
1987 |
Glenn D. Greer |
Sailfish |
100 lb. 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. |
Jennette's Oean Pier |
1962 |
Robert T. Keller |
Shark, Hammerhead |
710 lb. 0 oz. |
Jennette's Oean 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 |
46 lb. 8 oz. |
Atlantic Ocean |
1993 |
Edward W. Ruskowsky |
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. |
OffHatteras 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 ViewPier |
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 |
45 lb. 0 oz. |
Off Cape Hatteras |
2010 |
Guy R. Jones |
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 |
805 lb. 0 oz. |
Off Oregon Inlet |
2011 |
Corey Schultz |
Tuna, Yellowfin |
237 lb. 0 oz. |
Off Cape Lookout |
1979 |
James Mixon, Jr. |
Tuna, Skipjack |
22 lb. 3 oz. |
Off Wrightsville Beach |
1968 |
J.W. Johnson, Jr. |
Wahoo |
150 lb. 0 oz. |
Ocracoke |
1994 |
Kevin M. Elwell |