VIDEO: all the biggest freshwater fishes of the world

In this video you can see all the world's biggest freshwater fishes that live in rivers and lakes.

USA: mako shark attacks a swordfish in this video

Off Texas coasts Capt. Jeffrey Wilson on board "Boobytrap"  fished two days to go 21 from 23 on swordfish. The filmed all in this video including a medium size mako shark that attack a small swordfish very close to the boat.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: huge 14 foot tiger shark

On the South part of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and huge tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)  was landed from the shore. Seems that this monster shark was estimated in 14 feet in length and around 1.500 lbs - 680 kilo in weight. For sure a record fish for the Caribbean Sea.

The catch of this huge  tiger shark, a male, occurred in the waters near kilometer 13 of the coastal Las Americas Highway, located in the south of the island of Dominican Republic.
Seems that a group of five fishermen fought the shark for over eight hours. They used chicken as bait, which the predator took in the early morning hours. Here below a video:

KENYA: hot action off Malindi

Here the last report from Kingfisher in Kenya: " Another busy week has gone by and it will definitely be remembered for the vast amounts of sailfish off Malindi. There were quite a few days when boats were coming back with both out riggers full of red flags. The amount of fish being seen is synonymous with November\December fishing and after a relatively slow November\December this year one wonders if the season is running later than normal! We have all felt that the last three or four years have been late with good marlin fishing running into April and the strong wind and rain that we normally get in May not starting until mid June. Although there are still marlin out on the “rips” there were not so many seen as the week before. Having said that, more boats were fishing off Malindi for sailfish rather than heading out for marlin. The weather is getting hotter and stickier by the day and I think that goes for the whole country not just the coast. The rain has well and truly disappeared and we won’t expect any until late April.

On the 15th Neptune was out with Roger, Dicky, Colin and John from the UK. Apart from John they have been coming to Malindi and fishing with us for many years now but this was the first time they fished with Angus. They added to their six sailfish of the day before with another seven as well as a wahoo, kingfish, dorado and bait fish. Eclare went out to the “rips” with Lindsay Casserley but they didn’t have any luck on the marlin side and ended up with two sailfish. Snark, fishing with Werner Wirtz , had a very slow day and by three o clock they only had a few bait fish. However, as we all know the beauty of fishing is that it is not all over until the fat lady sings and as long as you have a hook in the water there is always that chance! For Werner this came in the form of a lovely black marlin in the 90kg to 100kg range. It took a bait on 30 lb line as they were heading in to Watamu and after a good fight they managed to tag and release it. A very nice fish on 30 lb line so well done Werner!

On the 16th Neptune was out with Alfons and Rudy from Belgium. Every two years the Belgium Big Game Fishing Club holds a tournament in Malindi and Alfons and Rudy are part of that group and they were getting in a practice day before the tournament. It was a perfect day for practice as they didn’t stop the whole day! The sailfish were relentless and at the end of the day they had thirteen as well as five wahoo! Tina continued her amazing marlin run with a very nice striped marlin and two sailfish.

On the 17th only Neptune was out and Roger, Dicky ,Colin and John opted to try for marlin all day out in the deep. Sadly they didn’t have any luck with the marlin and a sailfish, a wahoo and five dorado was their tally at the end of the day.

The 18th was Roger and co’s last day out and they ended on a bang with twelve sailfish a wahoo and a good barracuda of 13 kgs. Snowgoose had fourteen sailfish with part of the Werner Gruber group and Tina fishing with the other half had seven.

On the 19th Neptune had a manic sailfish day again with eleven while Eclare and Snowgoose both had successful days out on the “rips” tagging a striped marlin and a sailfish each. Tina opted for the Malindi sailfish option as well and they had five sailfish and three wahoo with Jonas Otto, Karl Jendrusch and Albrecht Schoppmeier on board.

The 20th was the first day of the Belgian Big Game Fishing Championship. There are five teams taking part and each team is made up off two anglers. The teams rotate boats so each day they fish on a different boat. The team on Snark started very well with eleven sailfish! Neptune had seven while Snowgoose, Eclare and Tina opted to go out and look for marlin and unfortunately the gamble did not pay off and they all blanked. That’s the way it goes with marlin fishing I suppose and one must be prepared to take that risk.

We are entering tournament time now, and this weekend it’s the Delamare which is held out of Kilifi. The Malindi Billfish International will be held over the 15th to 17th and although we don’t have any major sponsors it threatens to be another successful event.

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GUATEMALA 91 sailfish in on day!

Guatemala is known for its unreal numbers of sailfish and as December rolled around, the fleet was in full swing, posting up double-digit days. After a very short Christmas break the bite really turned on and Capt. Brad Philipps and his crew on the Decisive got into on some non-stop action.

Philipps, who operates Guatemalan Billfishing Adventures  released 40 sailfish from 49 bites on December 27th, finding a massive body of fish just 7 to 14 miles offshore.
On the following day Philipps became witness to one of those unbelievable bites that most fishermen can only dream about  "Decisive" released 91 sailfish from 114 bites.

Dave Workman of Jacksonville, Florida, released 73 of those sailfish himself, all under IGFA angling rules. This could very well be a new world record number of releases for a single angler in a single day. Workman had chartered the boat and was fishing with his wife Angela.

Angela released an additional 10 sailfish and Darren Philipps (the captain's 4-year-old son) helped out with the triple-headers, reeling in another eight sailfish.

Over the Workman's three-day trip they caught and released 182 sailfish and a 450-pound blue marlin.

The Decisive released more than 400 sailfish in a 10-day period, with other days topping 50 and 60 releases. It has been an exceptional start to the year and what many are saying may prove to be one of Guatemala's best seasons ever.

www.guatbilladv.com

AUSTRALIA: giant flathead landed and released

According with Facebook page Catch and Release angler James Gill landed and released a big flathead fish. this catch was the  possible Australian 4 pound line class record ! The big flathead was  110 cm and 21 pound - 10.5 kgs and heavily pregnant. Being released he can not claim the national record but felt just as good if not better watching her swim away

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UK: northern pike of 26 lb

 

According with  LYNX  Facebook page, this massive 26 lb - 12.5 kilo pike was caught on the River Soar in UK b angler y Steve Collett with a LYNX Twin Treble Trace.

GABON: fishing in this unknown African country

Gabon ?? What about fishing in this unknown African country. See it in this short but very good video filmed in Sette Cama lagoon by Tourette Fishing.

IRELAND: first big pikes of the year

According with top Ireland fishing guide Michael Flanagan the past  weekend anglers Robert and Philip Smith produced some beautiful pike from Lough Ree. They boated four great pike including a 15 pound fish, two 18 pound fish, and Robert topped the day by rattling the scales with a New Year cracker of 25 pound. Fortunately all pikes went back healthy and in perfect condition, after a quick photograph.

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SWEDEN: huge 51 inch pike from the ice

This huge pike was caught in Sweden (Northern Europe). Angler  Emil Lindgren caught it in a very cod day. This giant northern pike was 42 pound - 19 kilo with a length of 51.9 inch - 132 centimetres.

THAILAND: new Eye-Spot Barb IGFA record

Here the last report from fishing guide Jean Francois Helias:"The pending 0.54 kg IGFA All Tackle world record for the Eye-spot Barb (Hampala dispar) was broken not once but twice twice two days ago during a 2 days expedition in the north east of the country. 

 

First by yours truly; then by Malaysian angler Datuk Abdul Kadir whom I was guiding. 

 

I retired that 0.54 kg record first by catching a 0.58 kg fish on a local spinner. My new pending record did not last long...

 

A few hours later, in the afternoon, Ali caught a dream hampala dispar weighing a whooping 0.69 kg on my digital scales. That is a mega Hampala dispar record catch at that weight!  

 

www.anglingthailand.com

USA: brown trout fishing in Milwaukee harbor

Big  brown trout fishing January 2013 video filmed  in Milwaukee harbor.

VIDEO: fly fishing at huco huco salmon

A good fly fishing video filmed on Sava Bohinjka showing the catch of an 85 cm huco huco salmon. The Hucho was caught while fly fishing for trouts and grayling

UK: giant 4 lb 10 oz. perch from Essex

U.K. angler Gareth Evans had great catch during his last week end fishing after banking a massive 4 pound 10 oz (2.09 kilo) perch from a Sussex lake.

He explained: “ This capture marks the end of a twelve month campaign for me, with all the pieces of the jigsaw finally coming together! They say that good things come in twos, and a couple of days before the catch, I received an email from the BRFC to inform me that the silver bream record from May has been officially ratified. What a week!

I'd previously been approaching the water with a very softly softly approach trying to avoid the stacks of small carp that it contains. The last few trips have seen me fishing it differently, feeding heavily and wading through the carp to get to the very low stock of perch. Why did I not think of that 14 months ago?

I caught the monster on a hair rigged prawn fished over loosefed prawn – I also sprayed red maggots in order to keep some bait falling through the water.

GUATEMALA: hot action at Pacific Fins

Here the last report from Pacific Fins in Guatemala "The fishing has been Red Hot of late. With 22 anglers arriving over the next few days here are a few quick highlights.

John Temple and his 12-year old son John Henry returned for their second trip in 6 mos. In 3 days fishing on Gypsy (Dec 28 - 31) they raised 136 sailfish, had 118 bites and released 94 conventional! John Henry is proving to be an exceptional angler by our standards!

Greg Frimmel experienced Pacific Fins for the first time (Dec 27 - 29) and raised 111 sailfish, had 104 bites and released 70 on light tackle."

www.pacificfins.com.gt