Four Louisiana men go fishing. Then they each set fishing records after hauling in nearly 300 lbs on 3 catches: ‘The craziest day’

Men fishing near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, turned an ordinary offshore trip into a record-setting morning after landing nearly 300 pounds of trophy fish on three catches. Fishing aboard the Timbuktu, owned by Captain Joey Maciasz, alongside Captain Jason Diver, Captain Noah Callais, and angler Jake Peterson, the anglers reeled in three pending Louisiana state-record fish during the same outing.

Diver shared the results on Instagram after the trip, calling it “What may very well be the craziest day of bottom fishing the world has ever seen on film.” According to Diver and Outdoor Life, the crew caught a 131.2-pound cubera snapper. They also caught a 109.5-pound black grouper and a 30.5-pound dog snapper.

Together, the three giant fish were weighed at an official Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries station. Outdoor Life noted that multiple record fish from a single trip represent an exceptionally rare achievement in offshore fishing.

3 fish, 3 pending state records

The largest fish of the trip drew the most attention. The cubera snapper reeled in by Capt. Joey Maciasz surpassed the current International Game Fish Association (IGFA) All-Tackle Atlantic cubera snapper record of 124 pounds, 12 ounces. However, the rod was placed in a gunwale holder during the fight. Because of that, the catch is ineligible for an IGFA world record.

Despite the technicality, Maciasz’s catch remains on track to be certified as the new Louisiana state record, easily topping the state’s previous 124.5-pound benchmark set in 2007.

Cubera snapper rank among the largest members of the snapper family. Mature fish often live around deep reefs, wrecks, and rocky bottoms in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.

Anglers occasionally catch fish weighing more than 100 pounds. Opportunities, however, remain uncommon because the species spends much of its life near heavy cover where hooked fish can quickly break tackle.

The other two fish added even more history to the trip. The black grouper landed by Jake Peterson is set to establish a new Louisiana state record (surpassing the previous 105-pound mark), while the dog snapper caught by Capt. Jason Diver also set a pending state record.

Landing any one of those fish would make for a memorable day offshore. Catching all three during the same morning turned the outing into a milestone that quickly spread across the fishing community online.

Photos from the trip show the anglers standing behind the enormous fish lined up across the deck, illustrating just how unusual the combined catch was. The cubera snapper alone dwarfed many trophy fish that anglers spend years trying to hook. Record catches still require official verification before organizations finalize them.