Approximately 900lbs. Netted off Alskan coast in 1957. Weight estimated by DNR based on size.
halibut halibut
it was 2 feet long
1oo pds
It was commercially caught off the coast of Alaska at a whopping 126 lbs. the largest ever caught sport fishing was 97 lbs also off the coast of Alaska
salmon and halibut are the most abundant fich caught in washington!
the coast of Alaska it's weight was 126lbs
I dont know Ionly caught a 5 pound one but about 624
The Halibut is by far the largest of the flat fish, and can weigh over 700 lbs and be over 9 feet long.
You say Halibut. Halibut is an English word.
* Flounder * Sole * Turbot * Plaice * Halibut
It is around 2,000 pounds. Others have been seen that possibly weight more but it has never been caught. Fish this large have historically, been very hard to verify. One was caught off Tokyo by commercial fishermen that weighed 2,433 lbs.
They are the largest of the known "Flat fish" of the North Atlantic and Northern Pacific Oceans. They are bottom dwellers.