The German tourist Günther Kinnerman, has cought a 223 kg Halibut in Magerøysundet off North Cape, Norway. According to NRK (Google translate link) the fight lasted for two hours and he had it up twice before he managed to secure the fish to the boat on the third attempt. The fish weight in at 223kg (491,6Lb) and was  256cm long. NRK reprots that the old record belonged to a Dane, at 208kg. That halibut was 202 and was caught in Lofoten. But only a couple [...]