VIDEO: hammerhead shark and warsaw grouper fishing

A video from the famous "Florida Sport Fishing TV 2013". The team was off Florida coast in pursuit of one of Florida's fiercest predators, the hammerhead shark.

They also were lucky to encounter an exciting surprise with an unexpected warsaw grouper.

USA: caught in Louisiana a big 115 lb warsaw grouper

While fishing in 300 feet of water, close to an oil rig off Louisiana coasts, angler Kevin Hatcher got slammed by this 115 lb - 52 kg warsaw grouper.

He fought the bi grouper for 30 minutes on a Shimano 50W with 80 lb main line and a 200-lb leader. He was fishing the "Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo" and even though warsaw was not a category, they made a big show at the weigh-in.

See more warsaw grouper images at: http://bigfishesoftheworld.blogspot.com

AUSTRALIA: spin fishing for wahoo in this video

Spin fishing with stickbaits for big whaoo in Australia with Nomad Sportfishing. See the video:

ALASKA: huge 270 pound halibut landed

Guide John Brownlee was fishing out of Sitka, in Alaska and was lucky to boat up not one, but three big halibuts for this month.

He reported "Yesterday, we caught 2 almost identical fish, which weight about 180 lb - 81 kg each. That was great but today, we topped it when we caught this one, which weighted in at 270 lb - 122 kg!

 Halibut fight took about 20 minutes, awesome fight!

All the big halibuts were caught on the Penn Reel spooled with 50-pound Trilene braid, on a  Bluewater Carnage rod.

VIDEO: fly fishing for sharks

Fly fishing for sharks with Capt. Joe Hughes in this video:

VIDEO: world's biggest grouper

An interesting Youtube video of the world's biggest grouper. See here

MEXICO: world record black jack landed

Of Mexico coast, aboard the long-range boat Excel, California angler Robert J. Seidler landed this potential I.G.F.A. (international game Fish Association) All-Tackle record.

Seidler hooked the Black Jack, (Caranx lugubris) while drifting a sardine along the infamous Hurricane Bank off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

After a 30 minute fight, Robert   boated this potential record fish that tipped the scales at 18.8 kg (41 lb 7 oz).

MEXICO: Bisbee East Cape Tournament news

At "Bisbee East Cape" tournament so far the 70 boats in this event have managed to catch 18 medium size blue marlin.

Though all were small and have not qualified and ended up being released along with 93 striped marlin and 18 sailfish.

One more day to go for this event, let's see what happens. This image  shows the 420 lb - 190 kg marlin caught earlier this week.

ARGENTINA: fishing for Patagonia mullet

A couple of videos about fishing for the strange Patagonia mullet:

See more at: http://bigfishesoftheworld.blogspot.com

IGFA: world record highlights July 2013

Here the last IGFA (International Game Fish Association)world record highlights for July:

 

On May 31st, angler Veronica Lane Ostarly caught and released an impressive 107 cm Atlantic snook (Centropomus spp.), while fishing with her boyfriend, a local fishing guide, in the C-24 canal near their home in Stuart, Florida. Ostarly needed only 10 minutes to subdue her potential All-Tackle Length record snook after it hit the bucktail jig she was casting. The current IGFA record is 104 cm.

Angler Daniel R. Kruse caught a 24.49 kg (54 lb) flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) while fishing from the banks of the Kanapolis Reservoir near his hometown of Lyons, Kansas, USA on April 26th. Kruse was casting a red and white grub when the fish hit and it took the experienced angler nearly an hour to land on his light tackle outfit. With the existing record at 20.77 kg (45 lb 12 oz), Kruse’s catch could potentially earn him the men’s 3 kg (6 lb) line class record.

Angler Caleb Newton of Fredericksburg, Virginia pulled in a massive 7.88 kg (17 lb 6 oz) northern snakehead (Channa argus) while fishing the Potomac River on June 1st. Newton was fishing with local guide Phillip Wilcox and needed just over a minute to boat the exotic predator after it hit the Lucky Craft crankbait he was casting on 8 kg (16 lb) line. The current IGFA men’s line class record is 7.85 kg (17 lb 4 oz).

Japanese angler Toshiki Matsuura was fishing with corn in Japan’s Yodo River on April 20th when he hooked something big. After a tough 20 minute fight, Matsuura finally landed an 18.8 kg (41 lb 7 oz) common carp (Cyprinus carpio) that could earn him the new male Junior record, which currently stands at 17.85 kg (39 lb 5 oz). After the fish was weighed and properly documented, it was released alive to grow even bigger.

South Florida angler Jimmy Wickett took advantage of the calm summer weather and took his boat over to the Bahamas for a few days of fishing. While he was snapper fishing off Bimini on June 8th, he attracted the attention of a 8.16 kg (18 lb 0 oz) cero mackerel (Scomberomorus regalis) that could potentially earn him the new All-Tackle record as well as the men’s 6 kg (12 lb) line class record. Wickett needed 15 minutes to land the toothy fish after it ate the ballyhoo chunk he was drifting. Both the current All-Tackle record and men’s 6 kg (12 lb) line class record are 7.71 kg (17 lb).

www.igfa.org

FLORIDA: big tiger shark fishing in this video

Big tiger shark fishing just offIslamorada in the Florida Keys.

Aboard the "BNM" out of Bud N Mary's Marina the fishing action for big ones was hot. See the video:

ECUADOR: giant 1074 pound black marlin caught

US angler Dennis Chalas went out fishing on “Saruka” in Salinas, Ecuador, for some whaoo and marlin action.

Capt. Fouad Sultan and his crew were pulling a spread of ballyhoo with islanders for wahoo. At the beginning of the morning they had 4 wahoo from 350 to 50 pounds in the boat.

Then from out of the deep blue, one of the baits was engulfed by a giant black marlin. They hooked up and  Dennis battled for around 90 minutes. At this point the huge marlin went belly up and  Capt. Fouad  called for back up from some other boats that helped them pull the fish into the boat

When the boat was back in Salinas, they were greeted by 350 spectators who rolled up their sleeves and helped pull the marlin to the beach weigh station.

The big black was 1074 lb - 486 kg.

www.bluemarlinmanta.com

NEWS: Marlin World Cup Championship winner

Top angler Kevin Gaylord off Bermuda waters caught the winning 668 lb - 302 kg Atlantioc blue marlin aboard the 77 foot "Blank Check" with Captain Hearn Danny at the controls.

Prize money totaled over $ 300,000 for the single heaviest marlin in the one day world event. In this Championship Cup there is no second place.

After "Blank Check" ended fishing  in their time zone, they had to sweat out the fishing action in later time zones to see if their catch would hold up to win.

In the final western most time zone, a fleet of 42 fishing boats left Kona, Hawaii (US) determined to top  Kevin 'sblue marlin. The team aboard "Medusa" came close when they weighed in a 660 lb  blue marlin.

ALASKA: salmon shark attacks an halibut

A salmon shark attacks an halibut off Alaska coasts: See the Youtube video:

SWEDEN: big northern pike of 37 pound

Great northern pike catch for angler Christer Proud. This big predator fish was caught in  Välkonditionerad, Sweden and was 125 cm long for a weight of 37 lb - 16.52  kilos!

Congratulations Christer!

USA: possible 72 lb world record muskie released

John Grover, an angler from Green Bay, Wisconsin, caught a monster size muskie.

He was fishing walleyes  when he hooked something notably larger. He fought the 64 inch fish for almost an hour on a 17 pound test line.

After landing it, he landed the fish, measured it, took a few photos, and released it back into the bay.

This fish was 64 inch long with at least a 30-inch girth. The current world IGFA (www.igfa.org) all tackle muskie world record is 67.5 pounds set by another Wisconsin angler back in 1949.

While the reported dimensions would put Grover's fish at an estimated at least 72 pound - 32.6 kilo, he cannot submit the catch for consideration because it was never weighed on a certified scale.

“I didn’t really think anything of it when I caught it. I just knew it was big,” Grover told  “To be honest, I don’t fish for muskies, so I just imagined the record fish to be like 70 or 71 inches until I came in to "Smokey" bait shop and talked to him.”

Grover asked Jeff Tilkins, owner of Smokey’s on the Bay Bait Shop, about the size of the muskie mounted on the wall of the bait shop. After finding out that it was a 52-inch fish, Grover casually mentioned that he just caught one larger.

AUSTRALIA: Samsonfish popping in this video

Anglers  Brad Tresham and Damian Bowman  take off to a secret spot in Albany Western Australia to take on 30- 45 lb / 15 20kg samsonfish (Australian amberjack) on popping gear.

VIDEO: incredible commercial fishing for mackerel

An incredible video on commercial fishing boat for mackerel. See it:

ALASKA: giant 40 lb shortraker rockfish

Angler Eric Christopher Otte, was fishing in Alaska waters when landed this enormous 40 lb 11 oz 18,50 kilo shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis).

He was deep jigging the waters of Cross Sound, with Capt. Joe Calanara.

This potential IGFA (International Game Fish Association) All-Tackle record beats the existing record by almost 5 lb.

PHILIPPINES: mysterious albino tuna caught

A mysterious capture of a golden bigeye tuna off the Philippines water was so rare that the seafood distributor who received the catch referred to it as a “1-in-a-million catch.”

The 62 kg - 138 lb tuna, which boasts beautiful coloration and peculiar whitish eyes, was caught by a local long-line fishermen.

The last time a fish like this was caught was 5 years ago; to see a mature individual with such primitive color variation is highly unusual.”

This rare tunas was shipped to US and sold to Sushi Taro, ranked by Forbes as one of the 100 best restaurants in the country.

www.grindtv.com

USA: incredible mako shark underwater video

 

An incredible underwater video of a mako shark that attack a a PelagicView dredge.

This happened out of Ocean City, MD on the "Pumpin Hard". The boat was trolling between 6 and 7 knots. See this spectacular video:

IGFA: hot world record catches of July

Angler Mark Milkovich, a native of Ketchum, Idaho, USA, recently caught and released a 92.93 kg (204 lb 14 oz) tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) while vacationing in Freeport, Bahamas. Milkovich was fishing with local guide Colin Rose on June 22nd and after many failed attempts, he finally had a successful hook-up on a large female shark on his 1 kg (2 lb) line. After a tense 30 minutes of chasing the fish, Rose was able to leader the shark and eventually subdue it so it could be weighed, measured, tagged and released. If approved, Milkovich’s catch would crush the existing record of 27.4 kg (60 lb 6 oz).

Australian native and 2012 Top Female Freshwater Angler Benchawan Thiansungoen landed a potential All-Tackle record chao phraya catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei) on May 18th while fishing Palm Tree Lagoon, Thailand. Benchawan’s fish ate a piece of chicken she was soaking, and it took the experienced angler 30 minutest to subdue the 55.25 kg (121 lb 12 oz) fish. Once the fish was landed, it was quickly weighed and documented before being released alive.

Miami native Dennis Triana landed a huge 89 cm Pacific sierra mackerel (Scomberomorus sierra) during a recent fishing trip to Los Sueños, Costa Rica. Fishing with Capt. Michael Alligood on June 8th, Triana hooked up while casting a diving Bomber plug and needed about five minutes to land the fish. Once aboard, the fish was quickly measured, photographed and released – qualifying Triana for the potential new All-Tackle Length record. The current IGFA record is 83 cm.

http://www.ogfa.org

HONG KONG: Anglers reel a 500 lb Pacific Blue Marlin

A great news for Honk Kong fishing anglers, a 498 pound - 226 kilos Pacific blue marlin was caught by 6  deep sea anglers on board "Warbird", 65 nautical miles due south of Aberdeen.

The fish took 3 and half hours to reel in aboard.

Angler Stuart  Kim of the "Mandarin Sports Fishing Club" said there had been no reports of a blue marlin catch in local waters for at least 15-20 years.

The team of fishermen, skippered by David Tuthill, 31, caught it last Sunday in perfect weather conditions near the Dongsha Islands.

Stuart, a 25 year veteran of the Hong Kong fishing community, said aslo: "It's extremely rare. They generally prowl 48 degrees north (of Hong Kong coasts) and 48 degrees south, so to be this far north is quite a way out of its normal range," he said.

Stuart believes the catch could help boost interest in fishing in Hong Kong.

http://www.scmp.com

ALASKA: hot summer fishing action out of the coasts

Here the last fishing report from Tim Berg in Alaska:

"To say the fishing was good on Opening Day (July 1st) of Ling cod season would be an understatement.

Our boats in both Seward & Homer caught "Combo Limits" of Gigantic Lingcod (14 Big Lings over 60 Pounds) plus limits of big bright Coho ( Silver Salmon) and in addition Limits of Halibut, Black Rockfish, Yellow - Eye Snapper and Pacific Cod.

Seas were calm and the skies were wet, but this didn't dampen the smoking hot fishing action had by all aboard. Angler Terry Gonsalves hoists a 68 lb.

Ling Cod up for a quick pictured. Fishing was just incredible for every angler as the action was non-stop and produced limits of Ling Cod as well as many other species.
Capt. Chris Boyd is all smiles as he holds up a #26.6 Lb. Yellow Eye Rockfish taken by angler Fred Houtman of Boise, Idaho.

Fred was fishing onboard the vessel Tia' Rose, part of Tim Berg's Alaskan Fishing Adventures fleet when he hooked this record book fish. The Trophy Fish was hooked using a Yellow and Orange 16 ounce Bomber Jig. "I was not sure what I hooked as everyone on the boat was hooked up to Lings, rockfish and halibut. When I first saw this monster I knew it would qualify as a State Trophy.

This is a fish of a lifetime - could not have done it without Capt. Chris and his great hardworking crew!!

http://www.alaskanfishing.com

TAIWAN: grouper fishing in a artificial fishing pond

In this Youtube video you can see a fishing pond (artificial lake) in China stocked with groupers and Chinese fisherman that target them on light tackle.

USA: caught off Texas coast hige 103 lb wahoo

Off  Sabine Pass off Texas coast angler Anthony Carlos caught an huge  103 pound - 46 kg wahoo.

See more big world record size wahoo at: http://bigfishesoftheworld.blogspot.com

LESOTHO: flyfishing for yellowfish in this video

A great fly fishing video for yellowfish filmed in the small African country of Lesotho.

Tourette Fishing guides explore the high mountain streams of Lesotho experiencing superb dry fly sight fishing for yellowfish and occasional trouts. See the video:

ALASKA: fisherman caugh a 200 year old fish

In Alaska, the magazine "Daily Sitka Sentinel" reported that passionate angler Henry Liebman reeled in a 40 lb - 18 kg red shortraker rockfish that experts believe is at least 200 years old.

He caught the fish from a depth of about 900 feet.

Shortraker  rockfishes, are one of the most commonly sought fish in Alaska and can live at depths of more than 2,000 feet.

 This fish that would beat the current record of 175 years. The Department of Fish and Game, said the fish is still being analyzed but he believes it is at least 200 years old.

Some years ago, a commercial fisherman boat caught a similarly sized rockfish that turned out to be 115 years old.

Tidingco noted that if the fish is actually as old as believed, it would easily predate the Alaska Purchase in 1867.

The clam is oldest known animal on record book because it believed to have been 400 years old.

http://news.yahoo.com

VIDEO: underwater hand fishing for flathead catfish

On Wolf River, US, some biologists and researchers plunging into the frigid waters of the to capture flathead catfish by hand for research.

The fishing technique is very easy efficient; see this interesting Youtube video:

USA: giant 58 pound world record balack buffalo

Angler Steve Coursey was out for an afternoon of bass fishing with his  friend on  the Tennessee River about halfway between the Chickamauga Dam and downtown.

After few minutes of fishing Coursey caught a 58 pound - 25.5 kg black buffalo carp. He boated it and showed it at the "Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency" that signed off on it as both the state and world record.

Angler Edward McLain had held those records since 1984, for a 55 lb 8 oz. - 24.9 kg black buffalo caught in Cherokee Lake.

Coursey decided to ride out the big buffalo's fight on the Salmo lure. He really didn't have the rod or line he would've chosen for such an undertaking, but his 6.6 foot St. Croix rod and Penn reel with 8 lb (4 kg) test line held up through a 40 minute fight.

http://www.timesfreepress.com