WORLD RECORD HALIBUT! It Is But It Isn't

Back in the day while field-testing our original prototype Kodiak Custom Bottom Fish Jig, Tony "Famous" Davis hooked into a record class halibut that weighed 420 lbs. and exceeded the current I.G.F.A. world record at the time! But wait, there’s more!
Upon violating several I.G.F.A. rules while struggling to bring this barn door halibut to shore, our two-man team blew any chance of securing a spot for Kodiak Custom and our bottom fish jigs in the record books!
To top that off, we captured all of the action on film and this epic battle (World Record Halibut, It Is but It Isn’t) can be viewed right here on our channel! Watch to the end for a full report on the I.G.F.A. rules that we broke.
This video is a low resolution original cut. We will re-digitize our footage and make a high resolution modernized version soon.
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[@righteousriverfishinginoregon7]

What a funny, crazy, but entertaining video!

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

Thanks! Yeah this was quite an ordeal. Sorry about the low resolution footage. I plan on re-digitizing the original footage and making a new high res version of this at some point.

[@righteousriverfishinginoregon7]

@@kodiakcustomfishingtackle no need to be sorry. It was one of the most amusing and impressive fishing videos I've ever seen. Fish on!

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

When I caught this halibut I was testing out a proto-type Kodiak Custom Fishing Tackle Bottom Fish Jig that was still in the research and development faze. Needless to say, the jig turned out to be a winner. You can find them on the Kodiak Custom web site.

[@misthalinpkers]

i dont want tickets to the flab show....

[@greghertzberg5914]

Kodiak jigs tock!!

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

Thank you!👊

[@Ruger500NitroExpress]

Actually the record was caught in Dutch Harbor in 1996 and weighed 459 pounds.

[@lotrocreepside]

because that thing if you're going to keep it can hurt someone very badly halibut are pretty much ALL muscle

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

Haha thanks Kyle! Yeah that was quite an ordeal. At least we got it all on camera. Fish out buddy!

[@wyttale]

I would think the rule that was broke was he handed off the rod to someone else?

[@TravisW14k]

what rules did he break?

[@chevy358ci]

You want the blood to be pumped out before death, if you dont, you will destroy the meat with a fishy taste. This is one of the many reasons to make sure they are dead! obviously you have never caught a barn door. great job! nice fish!

[@cupdentor]

Tony this is Quentin mulberry I know your not 190lbs

[@datfoolchuy]

WHAT DID YOU USE FOR BAIT...

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

Ha ha Quentin! You got me but...I was a 190 pounder in my prime. That should count for something ha!

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

@mackrawDTP 40 lb. crappy by Da Yoopers. Seemed to fit the story well.

[@matthewbennett8430]

I like this video it’s what memories are made of

[@jenniferlomison7344]

fishing

[@paulbrown1585]

A Texas flounder....

[@kodiakcustomfishingtackle]

It got lost in Alaska!😆

[@dogpointak]

Those large halibut are the breeding females.

[@AtlasVanderbelt]

you hooked fought and landed it from your boat, that is rediculouse that they would not accept it as a record.

[@miamiwax5504]

He was assisted. U can see he handed the rod off.

[@TheMattc999]

It's still a bigger fish....record is about size of the fish I dont care if it took 17 people to bring it in, a bigger fish is a bigger fish.

[@TravisW14k]

@TravisW14k oh, nvm :)

[@EnGulPenn]

sick

[@Lnguyen19]

thought the world record halibut was 375

[@GloriousPPT]

Nope. It’s 420 now

[@romeo4life96]

did that guy look fat to u to......?

[@AmazingZombieWeapons]

WHY DID YOU SHOOT IT! but cool lures

[@adamrussell6155]

Really?! Wow, you've never been around a big fish....

[@50buttfish]

Had that same questions asked on a charter; so we tossed a few big ones on deck and let them dance, until someone said "OWWW", then we explained broken ankles and legs.

[@TH3SUP3RR3DN3CK]

You shoot the fish becuz if u dont when u pull them in the boat they r gunna raise hell

[@jenniferlomison7344]

go

[@TheRealDooch]

@urwack123 a toddler