USA: West Virginia state record musky released

This huge musky of  53" should be the new potential West Virginia state record: this great catch was made in  mid April released by Luke King! Fantastic big one.

FLORIDA: 100 lb goliath grouper from a kayak

A recent video filmed in South West Florida; angler and kayaker Jim Van Pelt lands a an over 100 pound - 45 kg Goliath Grouper by hand line. See the video here: 

IGFA: hot catches May world record news

Here the last IGFA (International Game Fish Association) news; check out these hot new potential world records in the May Hot Catches report.

Joung angler Hayley Henry was fishing off her hometown of Homestead, Florida, USA when she boated a huge permit (Trachinotus falcatus) after it ate the live crab she cast to it.
Nearly an hour later, the exhausted young angler subdued the fish under the direction of her guide and father, Anton Henry. Weighing in at an impressive 18,50 kilo (40 lbs 13 oz.), Hayley qualifies for the potential new IGFA "Female Junior record". The current record stands at 14.51 kg (32 lb).

Many trout anglers never see a fish over 20 lb. Catching a fish weighing over 22 kg (45 lbs) is only a dream. But for angler  Kandoff Otwin, that dream came true on past March  when he hooked an enormous brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) with a silver spoon in the Ohau Canal, New Zealand. Using only 4 kilo (8 lbs) line, Kandoff needed 20 minutes to land this potential new All-Tackle record brown that tipped the scales at a whopping 19,10 kg (42 lb 1 oz.) – beating the existing record by more than 1/2 a pound.

Fly fishing maestro Tom Evans Jr. of Grafton, Vermont, USA recently returned from New Zealand with another amazing potential record catch to his name. While fishing with Capt. Darren Hayden out of Whangaroa on March 19th, Evans hooked up to a 240 lb 15 oz striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) on fly rod! After the teased up fish inhaled Evans’ well-presented custom fly, the experienced angler needed 45 minutes to subdue his pending men’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class record. The existing record stands at 96 kg (211 lb 10 oz).

Californian angler Bob Gaines was fishing the famed Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA on April 2^nd when he landed a beautiful cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) on fly rod. A well placed cast with a red glitter midge fly enticed the strike, and Gaines needed 25 minutes to land the 73 cm cutthroat. Once subdued, the fish was quickly measured and photographed before being released alive to qualify Gaines for the potential new All-Tackle Length record. The current IGFA record stands at 63 cm.

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FRANCE: the biggest pike of the Moselle river

 

This big 51.5 inch - 130 centimetre northern pike was surely one of the biggest ever caught on the Moselle at  Moselle à Fontenoy-sur-Moselle. The big fish was landed by angler  Olivier Schlichting.
For more big pikes images give a look at: Big Fish of the World

USA: giant goliath grouper attacks a barracuda

A giant goliath grouper attacks and eat a big barracuda very close to the boat in this Youtube video:

GERMANY: northern pike of 36 pound

Angler Michael Heupel caught this wonderful northern pike of 36 lb - 16.5 kg and with a length of  132 cm using a Kopyto Gummifisch lure

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USA: rare big opah caught off Newport Beach

This week, a rare catch of an opah of around 120 lb  -55 kg was made aboard the vassel "Western Pride" (www.daveyslocker.com) in Newport Beach in  Southern California .

Capt. Jeff Patrick caught this strange and mysterious fish from a depth of about 150 feet during a day rockfishing trip.

The opah was caught during the night when took a sardine and was initially thought to be a thresher shark.

Opah catches are extremely unusual. They're caught incidentally by longliners in tropical and temperate seas around the world.

You can see more images and information about opah at Big Fishes of the Wolrd

SWEDEN: hot big pikes action

Hot big pikes action at the end of April in Sweden. Many big pikes well over 30 lb were caught; here below three big ones:

Weight 15.18 kg - 32 lb
Lenght: 120 cm
Bait: Westins Jätte Shallow Runner 17 cm
Lake: Värmland

Weight: aprox 16kg - 34 lb
Lenght: 130 cm
Bait : Zalt lure
Lake: Vättern

Weight: 14 kg - 30 lb
Lenght: 120
Bait : dead bait
Lake: Å

IRELAND: two big common skates boated

Fishing is hot in Irish waters; here the report from Capt. Hamish Currie  on board  Predator II from Red Bay in the County of Antrim.

"Angler Paul Strange had more that a bit of skill and a fair helping of luck when he caught a magnificent 90 kilo - 209 lb  skate only two hours after landing a smaller one of 61 kilo -  135 lb

A total of three skates were caught that day along with quite a few congers  on a very deep drop off 20 km north of Red Bay.

As bait was used a whole dogfish lowered into about 480 feet of water and using  50 lb stand up gear; the big skate fight lasted around one hour and ten  minutes.

Hamish Currie - Predator II
www.predatorireland.com 

THAILAND: world record great snakehad landed

Angler John Ang Woon Heng was fishing in  Nakohon Ratchasima, Thailand on April 19th when he hooked and caught an huge great snakehead  (Channa micropeltes) . He was fishing with an  Evergreen crank bait  when he had a powerful bite.

 The Thai angler needed only 3 minutes to subdue this 11.79 kilo - 26 lb potential IGFA All-Tackle record, which would beat the existing record by 4 pounds.

 The snakehead fish was released alive after an accurate weight was recorded.


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CAPE VERDE: 51 blue marlin bites over 5 fishing days

In Cape Verde Islands, in the middle of Atlantic Ocean  aboard "Big Oh" a 63-foot Ricky Scarborough with Capt. Ronnie Fields and mates Ben Horning and Thomas Garmany -- released 51 of 65 blue marlin bites over only 5 fishing days the last week of April

The boat actually raised more that 88 blues during that five days  and  Ingram “reeled in 41 of the 51 fish.”

"Big Oh" best day saw the crew go 14 for 16 on blue marlin – and they released a white marlin and spearfish to make a great for a grand slam.

Here the five days report:

- Day one: 10  Marlin , raising 13

- Day two:   7 / 11  Marlin, raising 14

- Day three:  3 – 10 Marlin, raising 20

- Day four: 12-16   Marlin, raising 19

- Day five: 14-16 Marlin, raising 22 plus a White Marlin and a Spearfish for a Grand Slam

NORWAY: biggest Atlantic cod ever caught in the world

According with Mads Gerhardsen that works on the 120 feet "MS Kildina", a longline fishing vessel, that operates out Båtsfjord in north Norway, this big Atlantic cod could be with any doubt the biggest ever landed il all world.

The cod was estimated around 180 lb - 80 kilo!!!!

it was the largest we've ever seen, everybody says Gerhardsen. Seems that  the unofficial world record of cod caught was 200 lb - 90 kilo , caught the ship in the late 1800s but nothing was confirmed.

http://fiskeribladetfiskaren.no

ECUADOR: marlin report from Galapagos Islands

Here below the last Ecuagringo fishing report from Galapagos Islands.

The weather has literary begun to change from one week to another. The Humboldt current making its presence felt as water has dropped from an average 76 to 78 all the way down to 71 to 74 F in most areas around San Cristobal. The blue and black marlin will slow down as a result of the colder water. However the striped marlin fishing many times picks up. Here is a report of the action from the last week.

April 22, 2013 fishing the North East drop with Robert Dow's group onboard the Big Fish water had cooled to 74 F from 76 F the previous day. One tailing stripey was seen and a blue marlin about 400# that charged the boat several times after being hooked finally got the best of us a she cut the line in the props.

April 23, 2013 searching for warmer water Robert Dow and the crew of the Big Fish headed for Floreana Island where water was found to average 75 F on this day. A bite from a blue that peeled almost 300 yards of line before she spat the hook was the highlight of the day along with a large stripey that was tailing down-sea The striped marlin came into the spread to look but did not show any interest and moved on.

April 25, 2013 the winds calmed down a bit and the Big Fish headed to 88 Bank with long time angler and Ecuagringo friend Gerardo Guerra. The stripey bite was petty decent as they managed to raise 15 stripeys with teasers and get 10 bites and 6 releases on the circle hook pitch baits.

April 26, 2013 Gerardo was pretty soar the day before and decided he wanted a last try at some marlin action. 88 Bank was loaded with bait and the Big Fish raised 11 striped marlin and a blue around 300#. They got 7 bites from the stripeys with 3 releases on circle hooks and 1 blue released.

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USA: 400 plus pound hammerhead in this video

A  YouTube about the catch of a big 400 plus pound hammerhead shark. The fish was released after the fight. It was landed with an 80 lb tackle with a bonito tuna as bait.

According with the a fishermen group, they were approaching a school of permit, while this big hammerhead shark arrived just under the boat.

USA: 9 foot sand tiger shark video

A big 9 feet sand tiger shark caught and released from a very small boat. See all the fighting in this great video:

NORWAY: giant 100 plus lb Atlantic Cod landed!

Probably the biggest Atlantic cod of the last 20 yeas was landed in north Norway. Last week German angler Michael Eisele hooked the monster cod off  Breivik Fjord in the island of Soroya. This world record size fish was 103 pound - 47 kilo and 160 cm of length.

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CAPE VERDE: hot Arpil marlin action

Hot blue marlin action in Cape Verde Islands. Here the last fishing reports from top captain   Zak Conde on Amelia and  Olaf Grimkowski on Andromeda

Zak Conde:We fished off San Nicolau island, Santo Antao Island and the North West Bank and caught nine  Blue Marlin in the last eight days well up to 500 lbs

Olaf Grimkowski: yesterday we went to the North West Bank again and on the way there we caught a 175 pound Bigeye tuna.
Fishing on the bank we only raised 1 fish that didn’t switch and had a bite on the way home. Instead two days ago we caught 2 from 2 on pitch-baits and raised 4 more blue marlin that didn’t switch.
At the beginning of the week  we went to the North West Bank today and caught four blue marlin around 300 - 400 pounds on pitch-baits and  we had one bite of a 550 pound marlin and raised two more which one was a monster in the grander class but it didn’t bite the bait.

http://www.marlincapeverde.com
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