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877 pounds! Retired general catches record bluefin tuna off NC coast

(Source: NC Division of Marine Fisheries) (Source: NC Division of Marine Fisheries)
OREGON INLET, NC (WECT) -

The state of North Carolina has a new record for bluefin tuna.

Retired Army General Scott Chambers of Towsend, Dela, caught the massive 877-pound fish off Oregon Inlet on March 17. Chambers told state officials that he fought for two and a half hours to reel in the record-breaking tuna.

It measured 113 inches curved fork length (tracing the contour of the body from the tip of the nose to the fork in the tail) and had a girth of 79 inches.

Chambers' catch broke the previous state record by 72 pounds. That fish was also caught in Oregon Inlet back in 2011.

The world all-tackle record bluefin tuna was 1,496 pounds and was caught off Nova Scotia in 1979.

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