A 68-pound snowy grouper caught by Norfolk's Jere Humphries has been certified as the International Game Fish Association all-tackle world record.The huge bottom dweller was caught in August from deep waters near the Norfolk Canyon. Humphries was fishing on the Bone Daddy with Capt. Jimmy Collier.
"This definitely is my most memorable fish," said Humphries, a 51-year-old dental laboratory technician. Humphries said the grouper fight took about 30 minutes.
"When that fish hit, I could not move it," he said. "Finally, a couple of cranks got him off the bottom and the fight was on.
"It was one intense pull and fight, and I was totally exhausted when I got it in the boat. "
Humphries' fish eclipsed the previous world record of 66 pounds, caught in December 2007 by Hampton's Chris Boyce.
