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7 New Bass Species Just Became Eligible for World Records, Including Florida...
The International Game Fish Association has greatly expanded the species of black bass that qualify for its record books. IGFA now recognizes seven new black bass species for all-tackle world record...
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The Biggest Bass Ever Caught
WHEN A 36-YEAR-OLD Alabama insurance agent named Ray Scott acted on his big idea to elevate a particular fish to superstar status in 1967, he set in motion a fervor that remains today. Bass is the...
View ArticleBlackfin Tuna Caught During Miami Dolphins Tournament Should Break the World...
Most record-class fish are caught without much fanfare, but the pending world-record blackfin tuna caught in Florida on Saturday is an exception. The tuna, which weighed a hair over 50 pounds, was...
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Arkansas Fisherman Catches New State-Record Paddlefish by Accident
The 31,000-acre Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas has been a top bass, crappie, and striper fishing spot for generations. The lake is known for its hot action for heavyweight striped bass, and big...
View ArticleWest Virginia Fishing Buddies Break State Crappie Record Twice in One Morning
On Aug. 8 West Virginia angler Lindell Marker broke the state’s black crappie record while fishing a lake with his friend Dwight Priestley. Marker wouldn’t hold that record for long, though. Because a...
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West Virginia Angler Smashes State Catfish Record Using His Daughter’s Pink...
Tyler Rutherford reeled in a new state-record channel catfish on July 21 while fishing his family’s farm pond in Wayne County, West Virginia, according to a recent announcement from the state’s...
View ArticleTeen’s First Tiger Trout from His Home Lake Is a New Wyoming Record
Thirteen-year-old Jaxon Krall was fishing from the banks of Lake Viva Naughton near his hometown of Kemmerer, Wyoming in late July when he caught a massive, 12.77-pound tiger trout. It was the first...
View ArticleIdaho Angler Lands Record Breaking Tiger Trout
Tiger trout are among the most beautifully marked of all the salmonids, and Austin Christensen recently landed a handsome tiger that has officially broken the Idaho state record. Christensen caught a...
View ArticleFisherman Catches Trophy Smallmouth, Breaks Minnesota Catch-and-Release...
It was the third and final day of their father-son fishing trip when Xavier Bradely-Rael and his father, Larry, met their guide at the ramp on Basswood Lake. The pair had traveled there from Nebraska,...
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Watch: Montana Retiree Catches Pending State-Record Chinook Salmon from His...
Two Montana couples went out for a leisurely day of salmon trolling on Fort Peck Lake on Aug. 9. Fishing aboard James and Nancy Fauth’s 25-year-old pontoon boat, Tony and Emily Simonsen were enjoying...
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‘Bro I’m in Disbelief!’ Watch This Montana 12-Year-Old Catch the State-Record...
Wade Merschat was bank fishing at the Noxon Rapids Reservoir in northwest Montana on June 19 when he hooked into a largescale sucker that he knew instantly was big enough to beat the standing record....
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‘It’s What I Live For.’ Angler Breaks Tennessee Cutthroat Record on a Fishing...
Every year, three long-time fishing buddies meet up in either North Carolina or Tennessee to trout fish. On the afternoon of June 28, the trio launched their 14-foot johnboat with a jet outboard into...
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‘I Wasn’t Going to Kill That Bass.’ Tournament Angler Releases Possible...
Dante Piraino already had a pair of 2-pound smallmouth bass in his boat’s livewell when he hooked a heavy fish in 30 feet of water at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Piraino was competing in a qualifying tournament...
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Minnesota Angler Breaks His Own State Record With 17.5-Inch Crappie
A Minnesota man broke the state’s record for the largest black crappie ever caught and confirmed not once, but twice this spring. Nolan Sprengeler landed a 17.5-inch black crappie in May that was...
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Missouri Bowfisherman Arrows State-Record Grass Carp After Losing It the Day...
The second shot was the charm for Frank Reynolds, a Missouri bowfisherman who arrowed the new state-record grass carp from his own private pond in early August. Reynolds’ record was made official...
View ArticleAlligator Gar Released in Texas Could Be the Biggest Ever Caught by a Woman
It was just after dark on Aug. 31 when Paul Myers, a well-known fishing guide on the Texas coast, settled into a spot on a privately owned shoreline with his client Emilie Song. He rigged three...
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Angler Breaks West Virginia’s Blue Catfish Record by a Whisker
Kimberly Feltner and her husband, Shawn, braved the wind and rain on Sept. 28 to fish the Ohio River with their friend and local guide, Chris Souders. It was the day after Hurricane Helene struck the...
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Watch: Indiana Kayak Fisherman Shatters Another State Gar Record on His Quest...
Kyle Hammond of Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been seriously chasing big gar records in his home state for three years now. He broke the Indiana shortnose gar record (which he still holds) in 2021. And on...
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‘It Was the Craziest Fish of My Life,’ Says 12-Year-Old Who Caught a Pending...
Twelve-year-old Stone Fornes and his fishing mentor Elliot Sudal left Nantucket Harbor on Aug. 16 expecting a low-pressure, easy-going day of fishing. Instead, the rising seventh grader got the thrill...
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Polish Fisherman Catches ‘Unimaginable’ World-Record Sized Carp
Polish angler Kacper Stępień could be a new world-record-holder for common carp after landing a massive fish from Euro Aqua, a private lake in Hungary and a renowned carp fishery. Stępień was fishing...
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‘Godzilla’ Snapping Turtle Is So Huge Virginia Officials Established a New...
Chris Moore and Austin Rush were working at Green Top Sporting Goods in Ashland, Virginia on Aug. 17 when a man walked into the store and said he had a large snapping turtle he’d like to have weighed....
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Fly Fisherman Lands Pending World-Record Marlin After 3-Hour Battle
Kona, Hawaii is one of the best places in the Pacific to target big blue marlin, so it was a logical destination for Ian Keinath. The 37-year-old fly fisherman from Montana has been chasing marlin for...
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Iowa’s Black Crappie Record in Limbo as Officials Try to Verify the Species
The jury is still out on whether John Foster’s 4-plus-pound crappie will remain an Iowa record. Foster caught the fish on Sept. 23, and officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources...
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Huge Pike Caught in Boundary Waters Would Have Broken Minnesota’s State...
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness spanning northeast Minnesota and southern Ontario has been a haven for generations of outdoorsmen. This includes Jacob Skorloken, who caught one of the...
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Huge Amberjack That Ate Snapper Off Angler’s Line Breaks South Carolina Record
Fishing buddies Jim Carroll and Gordon Jobe left South Carolina’s Murrells Inlet around dawn on May 23 to chase dolphin and wahoo offshore. They were aboard Jobe’s 32-foot Edgewater boat, Liberty...
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California’s New State-Record Swordfish Was So Huge It Wouldn’t Fit in the Boat
San Diego anglers Luc Ofield and Dave White have been close fishing pals for nearly three decades. They’ve learned to rely on each other when chasing even the biggest and meanest saltwater fish. On...
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The Biggest Fish Ever Caught
We may never really know precisely what the biggest fish ever caught was — or who caught it, or where. The world’s waters are deep and mysterious places, and the best fishermen are good at keeping...
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South Dakota Diver Spears a State-Record Bluegill
Two South Dakota scuba divers and their wives headed out on July 6 for a day of diving and boating on Pickerel Lake. The 1,000-acre lake located near Webster, South Dakota, is spring fed and a popular...
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‘I Was in Disbelief.’ Fishing Guide Releases Montana’s Pending-Record...
Fort Peck Lake in northeast Montana is a sprawling reservoir that holds plenty of walleyes and smallmouth bass. And it’s where part-time fishing guide Josh Johnson caught the bronzeback of his dreams...
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Record Chaser Teams Up with Local Fishing Legend to Catch Pending...
Traveling angler and world-record chaser Art Weston is back at it in Minnesota, where he’s been after the fish of 10,000 casts alongside local muskie legend Nolan Sprengeler. On Tuesday, just before...
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