| Date/Photo | Reference | Sex | TL (m) | W (kg) | FL (m) | Comments |
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 14 Feb 2017 |
Grind TV 16 Feb 2017 | F | 3.96 | Another new record shark for us! Yesterday we caught this enormous 3.96m female #tiger #shark on our longline survey #science #marinebiology. Smukall appears in the tweeted photo, measuring the shark’s girth at 173 centimeters, or just over 68 inches. Matthew Smukall, a PhD student at the Bimini Sharklab, told GrindTV that the female shark, caught via longline gear at South Bimini, was “the largest the Sharklab has caught in nearly 40 years of longline surveys in Bimini.” |
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Feb or Mar 2004 |
Victor Lin p.c. | ~4 | 368 | with that from a 368kg tiger shark (the length wasn`t taken but V.L.
estimated it was around 13', 397cm). Was landed at Southern Bay dock,
Taiwan. Another photo compares the size of the jaws of this shark with those of the 5.24 m tiger shark below. |
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| AP/Mr. H. | ~500 | July 16/17 2005. 1100 lbs tiger shark was caught during monster shark derby on Martha's Vineyard, MA. No price as the boat was six minutes too late in returning to Oak Bluffs harbor with its catch. | ||||
| IGFA 2001 World Record Game Fishe | 532 | Caught by June Irene Turnbull off Cronulla N.S.W. Australia
on 24 Mar 1963 for W-37 kg IGFA record |
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| IGFA 2001 World Record Game Fishes | 548.0 | Caught by Leanne Grieves off Lake Macquiarie N.S.W. Australia
on 16 Apr 1989 for W-15 IGFA record |
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| IGFA 2001 World Record Game Fishes | 591.9 | Caught by Samuel Jamieson off Sydney N.S.W. Australia on
17 May 1959 for M-37 kg IGFA record |
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| IGFA 2001 World Record Game Fishes | 596.0 | Caught by Mrs. Robert Dyer off Cape MOreton, Queensland
Australia on 27 Jul 1953 for W-60 IGFA record |
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 26 July 2012 |
Victor Lin, p.c. | F | ~4 | 600 | Was caught by fishermen on July 26th, 2012 off Isigaci Island, Japan, as part of the island's "Shark Expelling Project". The shark was reported to be 4 meter long and weighed 600kg. | |
| IGFA 2001 World Record Game Fishes | 619.0 | Caught by Glen Kirkwood off Swansea N.S.W Australia on 29
Sep 1990 for M-15 kg IGFA record |
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13 Feb 2006 |
Peter Fox, pers. comm. | F | 740 | Caught in Indian ocean at Watamu. Weight recorded 740Kg, but this was
after many hours of bleeding and the stomach on the ground. Fish had strangled
itself on leader so was retrieved. Fish was female, gear was 130lb tackle,
a first run that stripped all but a few turns of line on the reel, retrieved
the line then did it again! Total fight time 1 3/4 hours, bait was whole
12 kg yellowfin on 25-0 hook. Looked like a submarine coming to the surface!
Was told that it was a possible African rod/line record, but do not think
records are kept for continent. Regards, Peter Fox UK |
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1922 |
Victor Lin p.c. | 6.3 | 798 | Found by Victor Lin on Web. Claimed to have been caught in 1922, to be 6.3 m TL and weigh 798 kg. | ||
June 1964 |
IGFA 2001 World Record Game Fishes. Photo from Victor Lin. | 807.4 | Caught by Walter Maxwell off Cherry Grove South Carolina USA on 14 June 1964 for M-60 kg and all tackle IGFA record. | |||
| 28 March 2004 | Evan Hodder pers. comm. | 810 | Apparently it is a new IGFA record according to Evan Hodder. The 810 kg (1,785 lb 11 oz) tiger shark was reportedly caught on March 28, 2004 by Kevin Clapson off Ulladulla, Australia. | |||
| ~June 2004 | ca 5 | Victor Lin p.c. |
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| <1948 | Evan Hodder pers. comm. | 4.5-5.5? | A tiger shark from Cuba allegedly measuring 18ft was mentioned by Bigelow and Schroeder (1948) but the length seems questionable. Tortones (1950) reported around 14 ft 7in. According to Even Hoodder both accounts said the tiger shark being discussed was a pregnant female with 82 young. Tortonese, E. (1950) Studi sui Plagiostomi, 3. La viviparita un fondamentale |
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June 2004 |
Victor Lin p.c. | 5.24 | 1176 | Victor Lin measured this tiger shark at 524 cm. |
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| 1954 | Evan Hodder pers. comm. | 5.5 | This 18ft specimen caught in 1954 was reported by E. M. Grant in the book "Guide to Fishes" (1972). | |||
| < May 1980 | Evan Hodder pers. comm. | ~5.5 | This 18ft individual taken in 1980 was apparently first reported on
May 16, 1980 and was claimed to measure 21ft but subsequent inquiry revealed the shark actually measured 18ft. |
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| ? | Evan Hodder pers. comm. | ~5.5 | Compagno (1988) described two tiger sharks whose jaw measurements indicated a length of around 18ft. One of these sharks was reportedly caught in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. Both jaws are at the California Academy of Sciences. | |||
| Andrew Sprott (Scotland) pers. comm. | ~5.9-6.1 via calc PCL | 5.08 (16' 8") |
> Henry, I have a large Tiger shark jaw which is almost 30"
across by 24" high > (not stretched).The collecting data on this shark gave it's fork length as 16' > 8".What would it's total length have been ? TL was calculatd via PCL (4.7 m) using formulas given in Wintner and Dudley (2000) |
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| 1957 | Compagno 1984 | 7.4 | 3110 | One gigantic adult femalle caught off Indo-China in 1957 was reported as being 7.4 m and weighing 3110 kg (Fournier, 1961). |
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