Four Record-breaking Fish Landed In 2005

[NCangler]

MOREHEAD CITY - It's been a year for the record books for anglers in North Carolina, with four record-breaking saltwater fish being brought to the docks.
On July 23, 2005, Derek Williams of Tampa, FL, caught a world record 21-pound, 6 ounce hogfish snapper off of Frying Pan Shoals.

Another world record was broken on April 16, 2004, when Frank Ballas of Indiana, PA hauled in a 4 pound, 5 ounce sand tilefish in the waters off of Oak Island.
Brandon Bailey of Moneta, VA, caught a 185-pound thresher shark on May 14, off of Oregon Inlet.

This fall, 16-year-old Jesse Lockowitz of Carteret County broke the tarpon state record, landing a 175-pound fish at the Bogue Inlet pier.

For more information about state record fish, visit the Division of Marine Fisheries Web site at http://www.ncdmf.net/recreational/record.htm or call Partha Howell at 1-800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021.