North Carolina State Saltwater Records

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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
2009
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
62 lb. 0 oz.
Off Oregon Inlet
2005
David N. Hiebert

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, 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

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.
Nags Head Pier
1963
Robert T. Keller

Shark, Hammerhead
710 lb. 0 oz.
Nags Head Pier
1960
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

Spadefish, Atlantic
9 lb. 1 oz.
Off Oak Island 2001
Spencer Smith

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 Peir
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, Sand* 4 lb. 5 oz.
Off Oak Island
2004
Frank L. Ballas

Triggerfish, Gray
11 lb. 6 oz.
Morehead City
1992
Annette F. Carrico

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. 0 oz.
Off Oregon Inlet
2007
Steven B. Lockwood

Tuna, Bluefin
744 lb. 0 oz.
Off Oregon Inlet
1995
Thomas Baily

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