The largest amberjack was caught but was lost from world record.But the fisherman who caught the amberjack and the supporting people that helped deliver it from the Sea of Cortez to a remote Baja California beach,were not thinking about the records.
As the all tackle world record 156 pound amberjack was caught in japan in 2010 and then the amberjack that was caught last week by Kevin Shiotani was conservatively estimated to weigh at least 135 pounds.
Regardless of a possible record lost, Shiotani’s amberjack is one of the largest ever caught, although it’s likely that larger specimens have been hooked and lost in the rocks.
Kevin bought the fish to boat after 20 minutes of fight with it.He said that because amberjacks are so powerful and always lurk near structure, the larger fish are incredibly difficult to land.
It is the largest they have put on a scale is 110 pounds, and 60- to 70-pounders have taken an hour or two hours to put on the boat that lost a chance of world record.
As the all tackle world record 156 pound amberjack was caught in japan in 2010 and then the amberjack that was caught last week by Kevin Shiotani was conservatively estimated to weigh at least 135 pounds.
Regardless of a possible record lost, Shiotani’s amberjack is one of the largest ever caught, although it’s likely that larger specimens have been hooked and lost in the rocks.
Kevin bought the fish to boat after 20 minutes of fight with it.He said that because amberjacks are so powerful and always lurk near structure, the larger fish are incredibly difficult to land.
It is the largest they have put on a scale is 110 pounds, and 60- to 70-pounders have taken an hour or two hours to put on the boat that lost a chance of world record.