The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record Red Hind (Epinephelus guttatus).
Harrison Bachmann of Wrightsville Beach caught the 9-pound, 12.1-ounce fish offshore of Wrightsville Beach on June 30.
The previous state record Red Hind weighed 7 pounds, 11.2 ounces, and was caught near Frying Pan Tower in 2022.
Bachmann’s fish measured 25 inches total length (from the tip of the snout to the tip of the compressed tail) and had a 23.25-inch girth.
The fish was landed using a Penn Carnage III rod with a Penn US Senator 113N reel with squid on 50-pound test.
For more information on state record fish, go to the division’s State Saltwater Records webpage or contact the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Tournament staff at saltwater.citations@ncdenr.gov.
Download photos of Bachmann and his fish at https://deq.nc.gov/new-state-record-red-hind.