What is the world record snook?

Answer 1

The best part of this question, I thought, was the question which lay, unasked, herein. That being, of course: What is a snook? So I looked. And now I know. And what I know is this: To hook a snook does not take much talent. Large or small, one can hook em all. To reel em in's another matter entirely. My previous spouse was a proud member of the Fish Police. Don't ask. He never caught much but he did write more than somewhat silly, less than somewhat heroic poems about the catches of others. A man he could have immortalized among his fishing-immortals would have been the young Eric Weiss of Boca Raton, FLA. Unexpectedly, he may have caught himself not just the elusive snook but one that arrived w/ a world record attached. "It just popped up," said Weiss, about the forty eight inch long, approximate forty four pounder that he relieved of its freedom in the briny depths in 2005. He thereby claims the title. However, and depending on your way of thinking, perhaps unfortunately, this Houdini of the Aqua-Hunt might have been displaced, and by a considerable amount. He can only keep his title because the larger hooked snook was caught not only in 2007 but ".....out of season and WAAAAY over the slot limit." Although not in a particularly lovely state: “She obviously had spawned out recently, because her big old belly was flabby and floppy." Were I to tell you that this big mama snook was sixty four inches long and most likely weighed a bit over fifty pounds, it would be only because I learned of Steve Gastright's out of season, thereby unrecordable record-breaking catch via Capt. Tony on the usaonthefly.com message board. It is a nice long piece, and believable, so I think there you have your record snook. Unofficially. Then again, even before any of this a problem arises. A snook is not a singular thing. Snook, also called Snoek, is a common name for a small, whole mess of species of different fish. Strangely enough, at least according to Wikipedia [and I will presume them here correct], these even cross the barriers of different orders. Eels are sometimes referred to as snook. So are perchlike fish, pikes, and the marvellous mudminnow. So there is some ambiguity about which world record you might want. On the other hand, it seems very probable that the one for which you seek is the one I found. People who fish [and probably those who police them] seem most interested in the snook that lives around Florida. I hate to say it, though, there is at least one in South America that is larger. Consistently, as a species. That's just its normal size. But if I dig into that can o'worms we will be here all night, so I will leave you to do your own research in case I have tossed my bait into the wrong pond and come up empty. But I don't think so.

Answer 2

The highest snooker break record is 155 points, made by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2018.