This photo gallery is all about big fish — some of the biggest fish in the world. Many of these fish are sharks and billfish, such as marlin, species that are commonly released and might now be protected. But remember that a lot of these world records are decades old, achieved during a time when there was less concern about releasing giant fish. Luckily today we prefer to photograph such fish at the boat and carefully let them go.
However we feel this collection of the biggest fish ever caught represents a valid — and amazing — part of sport fishing history. You’ll come across popular saltwater game fish and perhaps the biggest hammerhead shark, swordfish and bluefin tuna ever caught.
No. 30: 405-POUND LEMON SHARK
No. 29: 410-POUND SILVERTIP SHARK
No. 28: 418-POUND ATLANTIC HALIBUT
No. 27: 427-POUND YELLOWFIN TUNA
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No. 26: 436-POUND WARSAW GROUPER
No. 25: 444-POUND COMMON STINGRAY
No. 24: 459-POUND PACIFIC HALIBUT
No. 23: 461-POUND SALMON SHARK
No. 22: 494-POUND STRIPED MARLIN
No. 21: 528-POUND PORBEAGLE SHARK
No. 20: 528-POUND BLUE SHARK
No. 19: 529-POUND SANDBAR SHARK
No. 18: 533-POUND NARROWTOOTH SHARK
No. 17: 680-Pound Goliath Grouper
No. 16: 697-Pound Bull Shark
No. 15: 764-Pound Dusky Shark
No. 14: 767-Pound Thresher Shark
No. 13: 802-Pound Bigeye Thresher Shark
No. 12: 907-Pound Pacific Bluefin Tuna
No. 11: 1,182-Pound Swordfish
No. 10: 1,221-Pound Mako Shark
No. 9: 1,280-Pound Great Hammerhead Shark
No. 8: 1,298-Pound Sixgill Shark
No. 7: 1,376-Pound Pacific Blue Marlin
No. 6: 1,402-Pound Atlantic Blue Marlin
No. 5: 1,496-Pound Bluefin Tuna
No. 4: 1,560-Pound Black Marlin
No. 3: 1,708-Pound Greenland Shark
No. 2: 1,785-Pound Tiger Shark
No. 1: 2,664-Pound White Shark
