It has gained support in catch-and-release tarpon fisheries and tarpon fishing tournaments, and provides a reliable means to accurately estimate potential tarpon is of (world) record size. The The world record tarpon was caught in 2003 at Rubane, Guinea-Bissau, Africa and weighed in at over 286 pounds and was about 7 feet in length. The South Carolina record for biggest tarpon was set by someone with the initials SB Kiser. I say. About 90-inches-long (7.5 ft.) from the nose to the fork in the tail, and 50-inches in girth, the biggest tarpon ever caught and registered as a world record was caught off the coast of West Africa just offshore in Guinea – Bissau on the Atlantic coast. “Those measurements came out to 250 pounds — pretty close to the actual weight,” DeBlieux said. That fish measured just over 90 inches to the fork. According to this tarpon chart, a 249-pound tarpon measures anywhere from 81 to 90 inches (or about 7 feet in length). His first tarpon bite ever was this massive world-record fish! Download Sports & Outdoors Audiobooks matching keywords Lord of the flies to your device. The fish stands to break the all-tackle length record. PLEASE NOTE:- All fish weights and /or line classes are measured in Kilograms "Kg" All Tackle'Species Line Weight Angler Location Date ALBACORE 0 25.990 Shane Sanders Port Macdonnell SA 25/4/00 AMBERJACK 0 1.700 Wayne Bosworth Cape Cleveland QLD 14/5/05 BARRACUDA GREAT 0 25.100 Stephen Dorries Otter Reef QLD 15/2/03 BARRACUDA PICKHANDLE 0 15.800 Jessica Dowling… Africa has some tarpon as well. On Aug. 5, the Dularge native caught a 166-pound tarpon, and then on Aug. 8, he hauled in one weighing 170 pounds and 9 ounces, allowing him to break the record he just set in the Smallfry World Records category. The chart can be off, plus or minus three percent, but that’s a couple pounds at most. Mr. C. Edwards caught the Georgia record tarpon in 1995 and it was 161 lbs. A Small Florida Town Was Once Host to the World’s Largest Tarpon. Florida currently holds 29 world records for tarpon. The guide was Captain Bob West who also guided two other anglers to Florida records that have since been broken. tarpon in Virginia for the state tarpon record. Tarpon can live for over 50 years. Large scales coat their sides, and they feature a bright, shiny color that makes the fish flash and shine in the sunlight. IGFA. IGFA all tackle world record tarpon at 286lbs 9oz! When a fisherman wants to submit for a world-record consideration, they must fill out the International Game Fish Association’s record form application, which has a blank space for “fighting time”. Atlantic tarpon evolved approximately 18 million years ago and are one of the oldest living fish. 68964), Red Sea and Natal, South Africa (Ref. IGFA Launches Length World Record Category. Fishing World Records. It’s well known for its acrobatics on the end of a line and capable of jumping up to ten feet out of the water while rattling its gills like an angry diamondback snake. Taxidermy mounts can be made with length and girth measurements and a photograph. MASU SALMON WORLD RECORD Yuichi Yamao, of Japan with a 5.05 kg (11 lbs. Masanobu Soto from Japan made his country proud by masturbating for 9 hours and 58 minutes. Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. The all-tackle world record (additionally certified as the 80-pound class record) for a giant tarpon is 286-pounds, 9-ounces caught by Max Domecq in Rubane, Guinea-Bissau, Africa on March 20, 2003. They are so stunning, in fact, that on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo decided to paint a tarpon, and not a whale, about to devour the prophet, Jonah. When he did, about six other anglers helped him net the beast. Using the ALE model, to break or tie that ing between 10 kg to the world record weight of about 150 kg.