{"id":1027,"date":"2026-06-01T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:36:25","slug":"curious-nc-angler-decides-to-wait-on-cleaning-fish-and-discovers-it-set-a-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"Curious NC angler decides to wait on cleaning fish and discovers it set a record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An angler\u2019s last minute decision not to clean and fillet one of his fish led to a discovery that it set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deq.nc.gov\/about\/divisions\/marine-fisheries\/public-information-and-education\/coastal-fishing-information\/nc-saltwater-fishing-tournament\/north-carolina-state-saltwater-records?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">a state record<\/a> and tied the international record, according to North Carolina Marine Fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1025\">Suspect in killing of Virginia deputy found ringing doorbell at NC home, SBI says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wyatt Rabon of Leland caught the orange spotted grouper on May 16, about 45 miles off Southport, state officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were cleaning fish and Jason Jones, who was fishing with us, said: \u2018I think that is a Graysby grouper.\u2019 I looked it up,\u201d Rabon told The Charlotte Observer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kept picking it up and weighing by hand debating whether to clean it or not. We agreed to weigh it, and thankfully it made the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 17-inch fish weighed in at 3 pounds, 8-ounces, which is about 7 ounces larger than the previous record set in 2022, state officials said in a May 28 news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRabon\u2019s fish also unofficially ties the currently certified International Game Fish Association All Tackle World Record Graysby grouper, caught in 2023 off Georgetown, S.C.,\u201d state officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1023\">One San Francisco seller is betting big on pre-IPO Al stock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rabon and his dad were out fishing with friends when he caught the grouper with a Shimano Trevalla rod and Shimano Torso 30 reel, the state said. He was using live Pinfish for bait.<\/p>\n<p>They weighed it at the Intracoastal Angler in Wilmington, which is about a 130-mile drive southeast from downtown Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>The Graysby grouper is a shallow water species managed by the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraysby, like many grouper species, start life as female, and after their first spawning season, transition to male around 4 years of age or 9-to-10 inches,\u201d N.C. Marine Fisheries officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1021\">Rod Stewart Abruptly Cancels Las Vegas Show on \u2018Doctor\u2019s Advice\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angler\u2019s last minute decision not to clean a fish led to discovery it set state record and tied the international record, North Carolina Marine Fisheries says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Curious NC angler decides to wait on cleaning fish and discovers it set a record - \u0421harlotte Relocation Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/charlotterelocationguide.com\/?p=1027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Curious NC angler decides to wait on cleaning fish and discovers it set a record - 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