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title: "World Record Fish"
description: "Check out some of the wildest, weirdest and wackiest world records you've ever set eyes upon."
date: "2010-04-20"
modified: "2010-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "Outdoor Life Staff"
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url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2010/04/world-record-fish/"
categories:
  - "Fishing"
  - "Record Fish"
---

# World Record Fish

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6common_bream_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/UVYVVW7BDYTFVRMRAYTCRZHWPI.jpg>)
*\<strong\>Common Bream\</strong\> This world record bream was caught in 2009 in the United Kingdom's Ferry Lagoon gravel pit by Mark McKenna. It weighed 22 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 34 inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6adriatic_sturgeon_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/GHAIUF4HQB6EEDIRUQRYHGX2XY.jpg>)
*Most anglers are familiar with world record catches of popular species such as bass and walleyes, but our good friend Heinz Machacek at [www.fishing-worldrecords.com](<https://www.fishing-worldrecords.com>) keeps track of stuff like lenoks and snakeheads. Here's a look at just a few of the wildest fish that swim. **Adriatic Sturgeon** Franz Gruber and Martin Wintermeier landed this 88-pound, 64-inch adriatic sturgeon in 2005 on Italy's Po River.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6altai_osman_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DD35TP7RI5DG6D2CXEQKU4TQWI.jpg>)
***Altai Osman** This world record altai osman was caught in 2009 by Yuri Diachenko on Lake Khoton, Mongolia. It came in at 12 pounds, 13 ounces and 31 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6arawana_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/XKXDLWLHIAFKWYMK4LJPRKEWSI.jpg>)
***Arawana** This world record arawana was caught in 2008 in Brazil's Rio Camaiu by Johnny Hoffmann. It weighed 25 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 47 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6aspius_vorax_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/GNWRV3ZRVVSMORCDZZNWMNSIIA.jpg>)
***Aspius Vorax** This world record was caught on-duty. Kim Gage landed it on the Tigris River in Iraq in 2010. This aspius vorax weighed 7 pounds and measured 26 inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6barbel_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/3MACLVVZPVOPEKR7CDLMWS43YM.jpg>)
***Barbel** This fish tied a two-year-old barbel world record in 2008. Chris Mack caught it in the U.K's River Wensum. It came in at 21 pounds, 2 ounces and 39 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6barramundi_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/6UFASDCKQOHI2GIDAVD5RVRAIM.jpg>)
***Barramundi** Dave Powell hooked this record barramundi in Australia's Tinaroo Reservoir in 1999. It weighed 83 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 49 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6bighead_carp_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/OUEJNZVGXHHSJBIS45XFAXDBLQ.jpg>)
***Bighead Carp** On Hungary's Poganyi Reservoir in 2001 Pal Varhelyi landed this world record bighead, clocking 152 pounds, 5 ounces and more than 61 inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6bigmouth_buffalo_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/YYQE6HMKRCGLZWPCCLQU4UTLCE.jpg>)
***Bigmouth Buffalo** This 73-pound, 1-ounce, 38-inch world record buff was caught in 2004 by Dave Tilton on Wisconsin's Lake Koshkonong.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6black_bream_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/UHNHSCQCJ34JSE5B7TEG2HJ6QY.jpg>)
***Black Bream** The Tinaroo Reservoir in Australia produces world records, including this 13-pound, 10-ounce, 21-inch black bream caught in 1997 by Brian Seawright.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6blackstriped_peacock_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/4PV3N7GPKYILYC5OF6ZGTGOL5A.jpg>)
***Blackstriped Peacock** This world record blackstriped peacock was caught on the Rio Emoni in Venezuela in 2007 by Scott Swanson. It came in at 8 pounds, 8 ounces and 22 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6brahmaputra_labeo_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/EZEMNVR5JKPFYUNZF3XG26NOZY.jpg>)
***Brahmaputra Labeo** In 2001 this brahmaputra labeo was caught on the Srinakarin Reservoir in Thailand. It came in at 11 pounds, 28 inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6burbot_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/Q57YAG5ZK5FH2AIE2HVFVRWQHM.jpg>)
***Burbot** A second world record fish for Sean Konrad, this burbot weighed 25 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 41 inches. It was caught on Saskatchewan's Diefenbaker Reservoir in 2010.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6butterfly_peacock_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/FQ76ZR34O6FFNNV5D4JG4HO3II.jpg>)
***Butterfly Peacock** George Wiltse Walters landed this world record butterfly peacock in 2010 on the Rio Urubaxi in Brazil. It weighed in at 16 pounds, 2 ounces and 28 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6clarence_river_cod_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/QXSPKJEFIJBQEQNFF7AEIRPIW4.jpg>)
***Clarence River Cod** This 22-pound, 31-inch big boy was landed by David Taylor on the Richmond River in Australia in 2003.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6ferox_trout_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/WX4E6IDEVLTS5CB6NZHIRTHNM4.jpg>)
***Ferox Trout** In 2002 Brian Rutland landed this world record ferox trout that measure 39 inches, 31 pounds, 12 ounces.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6giant_siamese_carp_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/V26A7HO4JJMGQVPRW4M4IFAYYI.jpg>)
***Giant Siamese Carp** This world record siamese carp weighed more than 265 pounds and measured 59 inches long. It was caught on Bung Sam Lan Lake in Thailand in 2007 by Kik Panphrapat.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6golden_redhorse_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/V23K6DSJAN3FZIZW45MFZFBCE4.jpg>)
***Golden Redhorse** Andy Tulgetske caught this world record golden redhorse in 2001 on the Muskegon River. It weighed 9 pounds and measured 28 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6grass_carp_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/ZJ7JM43J2QCJMWVVWOCLGEHYEU.jpg>)
***Grass Carp** Dinner time: Sandor Szeles caught this 89 pound, 5 ounce grass carp, measuring 57 inches long, on Hungary's Danube in 1993.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6inconnu_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/QKHMQ5NTTXC6E7K45XI7WDUJRM.jpg>)
***Inconnu** Lawrence E. Hudnall landed this monster inconnu on the Pah River in Alaska. It set the world record at 53 pounds, 51 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6japanese_huchen_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/5TO4LBYPYYER3FJRQKO73O2DSQ.jpg>)
***Japanese Huchen***
 *In 1986 Yamashita Shigeo caught this world record huchen in Hokkaido, Japan. It weighed 66-ppunds, 2-ounces and measured 51 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6japanese_lates_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/NL2YGMFWSXZAKAFSP5I72PHL5I.jpg>)
***Japanese Lates** Yoshio Murasaki caught this 72-pound, 12-ounc, 51-inch fish in Japan's Shimanto River in 1996.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6jungle_labeo_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/DIPK474RB6WQNDDXJDS3ANQUCE.jpg>)
***Jungle Labeo** This world record labeo was caught in 2000 on the Srinakarin Reservoir in Thailand and measured 31 inches, 22 pounds, 1 ounce.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6lemon_barb_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/SWWZVX6SRTI2OHSQT3QKFSY2BE.jpg>)
***Lemon Barb** This world record lemon barb was caught in 2005 on Kaempeng Sen Lake in Thailand. It came it at 3 pounds, 12 ounces and 16 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6lenok_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/2YED6WN2XRBOOFNG2TI2TFTWBU.jpg>)
***Lenok** On Russia's Anyui River in 2000, Thomas Cappiello caught this world record Lenok, clocking-in at 9 pounds and over 28 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6pacu_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/F54JBJLVZ4DBRLIRSP7CQNNFV4.jpg>)
***Pacu** Alejandro Linares landed this pacu record fish in 2008 on Brazil's Rio Tarija. It weighed 22 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 28 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6papuan_black_snapper_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/SRCSDVQPQ7RH5Y4VFINJOPKMTM.jpg>)
***Papuan Black Snapper** On the Fly River in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, Glyn Short in 2003 landed this world record black snapper, coming-in at 48 pounds, 8 ounces, measuring 39 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6snakehead_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/LUNKFXLTBFFHHIWHTRP2UUUCQE.jpg>)
***Snakehead** This 19-pound, 15-ounce, 39-inch snakehead was caught in 2005 in South Korea's Yongpung Lake by Kim Jong-eun.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6soldier_river_barb_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/EWUJJ2ANC3PXIUNQQV4WPWUOZQ.jpg>)
***Soldier River Barb** J. F. Helias landed this world record solider river bard in 2008 near Chiang Mai, Thailand. It weighed in at 4 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 20 inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6trout_cod_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/HR7WV5FPSHBH3G4TP6BSK2SFNM.jpg>)
*Trout Cod This world record trout cod was taken in 2002 by Ryan Payne on the Talbingo Reservoir, Australia. The fish wieghed 17 pounds and measured 26-inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6white_sturgeon_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/UOURCCGKZBDZDGEK6V3EI5KJ7E.jpg>)
***White Sturgeon** This world record white sturgeon was caught on the Fraser River in Canada in 2002 by Len's Sport Fishing Adventures. It weighted approximately 1,500 pounds and runs 179 inches long.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6zingel_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/SX6OUD63KIOXSFS6S6ZIUPRN3Y.jpg>)
***Zingel** Small, but a world record nonetheless, this zingle was caught in 2007 by Astrid Grassl in Austria's Danube River. It measured 16 inches and weighed 1 pound, 13 ounces.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6northern_pikeminnow_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/BCJC2FQY7DOV2D2EDSEAOB2G4A.jpg>)
***Northern Pikeminnow** From the Snake River comes this northern pikeminnow world record, caught in 2008 by Pamela Ramsden. It weighed in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 26 inches.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6orinoco_peacock_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/NZ6QGRQC6UVQLKE2LKHLRAHTHU.jpg>)
***Orinoco Peacock** Carlos Hermida Valbuena caught this world record orinoco peacock in 2002 on Tiznados Lake, Venezuela. It measured 28 inches, 13 pounds, 11 ounces.*

![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2010photo6jau_record.jpg](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/23/P7J2S5FAMWMB7FOKGREZG26EQU.jpg>)
***Jau** This world record jau was taken in 2004 on Brazil's Rio Urariquera by Russell Jensen. It measured 65 inches and weighed 109 pounds.*

By now, everyone has seen photographs of the world record largemouth bass caught in Japan last year. But have you even heard of a Lenok? Check out some of the wildest world records you've ever set eyes upon.