Mirko Dhem (Germany) caught with one hand a total of 38 salmons weighing more than1.81 kg (4 lb), which had been thrown by Nils Graulich (Germany) from a distance of 5.48 m (18 ft) on 24 September 2005 on the set of Guinness World Records: Die größten Weltrekorde, Cologne, Germany, on 24 September 2005.

To comply with local transport regulation, the fish was gutted.