The fisherman told a team member he’d accidentally caught a giant freshwater stingray “much bigger” than any he had previously seen. Until last week, that is, when the USAID-supported research team that Hogan leads in Cambodia, Wonders of the Mekong, got a call from Moul Thun. While encountering numerous giants-like the air-breathing arapaima in the Amazon, and the pigeon-eating wels catfish in Europe-he could not find any scientifically documented catches of a freshwater fish larger than the one that had sparked his search. Not only were fishermen prone to telling tall tales, but he also faced logistical challenges, a lack of scientific information on freshwater fish, and evidence that was impossible to verify, including old drawings and photographs.
But the answer to his question proved more elusive than Hogan had expected. Intent on finding out, Hogan began scouring watersheds around the world, often as the host of National Geographic television’s Monster Fish show. But then he started to wonder: Were there even larger river giants elsewhere? Hogan, who had spent years in Southeast Asia studying the Mekong giant catfish, as the species is known, concluded it was the largest-that is, the heaviest-ever caught in the area. Hogan’s quest for big fish, dubbed the Megafishes Project and supported by National Geographic Society, began in 2005 when fishermen in northern Thailand pulled a 646-pound catfish out of the Mekong River. – If you think your angler friends would like this infographic, please Tag them or Share it with them.Please be respectful of copyright. ( You can read about it here) Ward Michaels and his world record 59lb Snook! Some monster fish on there no doubt! World Record SnookĮarlier I mentioned I would tell you the American record for the Snook…Īccording to, the largest American Snook on record is 44lbs, 11oz out of Florida!Ĭertainly a beast, but nothing compared to the World Record All Tackle Atlantic Snook at 53lbs, 10oz in Costa Rica (by Gilbert Ponzi in 1978 – see the details here at the Snook Foundation).Īnd just a “baby” compared to the latest World Record All Tackle Pacific Snook weighing in at 59lbs 8oz that was also caught in Costa Rica by Ward Michaels. What did you think about this “Biggest Fish In America Infographic”? Scroll down to the very bottom to find out. Do you know what the biggest documented Snook caught in America is? The fish I really wanted to see that didn’t make the list was the Snook.
The date that the biggest fish was caught.The city and state that the record occurred in America.They also reveal the following for each game fish: Well, this amazing infographic of the biggest fish caught on record (here in the USA) was put together by our friends over at Cabelas, and it shows the record catches of many of our country’s most popular game fish.
Image Source: Instagram/ericlion_19 – Note: Eric Lion’s beast of a snook was not an America record, but certainly is worthy of making the cover!ĭid you know that the biggest Bass landed in America was over 22 pounds!Īnd can you imagine landing a 94 pound Redfish! Here is Shawn Warren with a Monster Redfish that shockingly is NOT the American record.
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