A rigorous 40-minute battle was required to defeat a GT of frightening proportions. Manfred Schmidt caught the 156½-pound giant trevally [A] while trolling bait off Watamu, Kenya, this past November. If approved, it will defeat a 124-pound, 12-ounce GT caught off Tanzania in 2011, and become the new 50-pound men’s record.
A 28-pound, 13-ounce tautog [B], if approved, will replace the 25-pounder (Ocean City, New Jersey) that’s been the all-tackle record since 1998. Angler Kenneth Westerfield of College Point, New York, caught the monsta tog this past January off Ocean City, Maryland, fishing a crab.
Samson fish are in the same group of jacks as yellowtails and amberjack, and of course are powerful, stubborn fighters. Surprisingly, angler Nicholas Lorenz of Daglish, Australia, bested a 65-pound, 7-ounce samson fish [C] in…
