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Ice fishermen catch record-breaking 244-pound Atlantic halibut after hours-long struggle
After a struggle lasting for more than two hours in the blistering winter cold, a group of ice fishermen in Quebec’s Saguenay Fjord caught a massive 244-pound Atlantic halibut—the largest specimen of ...
Capt. Jim Walsh on his 100-foot charter boat, American Classic, left the Hampton, New Hampshire, marina at 9 p.m. Sunday. By 4 a.m. he and his crew of 30 anglers were 100 miles offshore in the ...
The Largest Halibut Ever Caught Angler Marco Liebenow never expected his fishing trip to turn into a record breaking battle. Angler Marco Liebenow never expected his fishing trip to turn into a ...
Alain Hamel caught the largest Atlantic halibut ever recorded in the Saguenay Fjord on Saturday. Working with the local Fjord Museum, the ice fishing was part of a scientific project aiming to gain ...
"It was very exciting. Everybody was screaming and yelling, it was great," he said about the potential record-setting catch. "He could miss the playoffs for the rest of his career, I wouldn't give a ...
A Quebec angler who braved sub-freezing temperatures recently to participate in a research project ended up reeling a record-size halibut through the ice. The massive halibut, caught Jan. 31 by Alain ...
Kyle Perry of North Pole reeled in a 76-pound halibut aboard the Sentinel last Thursday. Moments later, Thomas Rakowski II of Valdez hooked into a 115.6-pound halibut the minute his bait on his ...
Jackson Denio almost needed a bigger boat when he hauled in a huge 174-pound Atlantic halibut off the New England coast that he hopes will shatter a world record. The 13-year-old Hampton boy’s ...
Greg Derrickson of Crawfordsville, right, and his uncle Don Derrickson of Albany show halibut they caught May 10. Also in their party were Greg’s aunt, Pam Derrickson and friend Mary Olson. ‘We were ...
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