CANADA: ice fishing for monster size lake trout

This video was posted by top fishing guide Eric Haataja while ice fishing in Canada. You can see the catch of a 25 plus lb lake trout.

VIDEO: World's Biggest Tuna Ever Caught!

An interesting image video of the biggest tunas ever caught with rod and line in the world. You can see huge bluefin, yellowfin, bigeye and dogtooth.

FRANCE: huge pike of 35 lb caught on video

French angler Jérome Kaid while spin fishing with soft lure on Lake Serre Ponçon, caught this huge northern pike of 50 inch - 128 cm for a weight of 35 lb - 15,8.

VIDEO: How To Fish Soft Plastic Lures in Deep Water

Fish soft plastic lures in deep water it is an easy method to catch any kind of saltwater predator.

This Youtibe video is presented by angler Phil of Bozos Fishing demonstrates the best technique  for catching fish in deep water on soft plastics lures.

You can see nice 35 lb cobia caught and many other catches.


If you want know more view all of "Phil's Fishing School Videos" at www.bozosfishing.com

ITALY: world record size zander caught

This monster size zander was caught in Italy just few days ago. Angler Dino Ferrari was fishing on River Po when caught this world record size fish. The weight of this fish wasn't reported but for sure up to 22 lb - 10 kg.

MALAYSIA: school of sardine in a crazy beach suicide

This video was filmed from a mobile phone and it is an incredible footage of a school of sardine that swim and jump out of the water in a crazy suicide.

The video was uploaded on Youtube by Hayatdee Idris and was filmed in the East part of Malaysia.

ALASKA: ice fishing for sheefish on frozen sea

This Youtube video was published by Alaska Salmon Slayers and was filmed in Kotzebue Alaska during a ice fishing trip for sheefish or inconnu. Ice fishing wasn't in a lake but on the frozen sea.
The water was about 5-6 feet thick and fishing was on the slow side with multiple fish caught well over 45 inches.

FRANCE: monster size pike of 45.5 pound

An huge northern pike was caught in France. The big fish was caught by angler Fabien Suzan just few days ago; it was 49 inch - 125 cm and for a weight of 45.5 lb  - 20.5 kg-

At the moment not too much infortation where provided, we only know that was fished in the Pyrénées mountain area in the Adour region. The fish was released after the photo.

We hope to give you more infos soon.

http://www.peche-poissons.com

FLORIDA: huge 14 feet shark took over 1000 yds of line

Shark fishing in from Florida jetty is very popular, but hook-up a very large shark isn't so common. In this video you can see how a big hammerhead shark can took nearly 1000 yds of line in less than 5 minutes from a Shimano Tiagra 130 reel.

The estimated size of the shark was around 14 feet. They battled the shark for 2 hours and 30 minutes. See the incredible video.

CALIFORNIA: caught a great white shark from the shore

Angler Jeff Fangman was shore fishing from  Camp Pendleton north of San Diego (California), when hooked a big shark.

He was so lucky to hook  in a great white shark, which he subsequently released because the species is protected.  Tthe shark  measuring about 10 feet.  He was targeting sharks or stingrays, but never expected to set his hook into a juvenile great white shark.

To land the shark he used heavy gear and delivered the bait  offshore with a kayak.

VIDEO: the best tuna feeding frenzy ever seen

In this video you can probably see the best tuna feeding freny ever seen on Youtube; something unbelievable.

It was filmed out the famous Zancudo Lodge where a school of sardines and blue runners  was huddled at the top of the water as tuna crashed threw the bait ball and they had no where to go.

USA: two "King Kong" size brown trouts caught in Milwaukee Harbor

Top fishing guide Eric Haataja filmed the catch of two big size Brown Trout caught in the Milwaukee Harbor, in Lake Michigan.

Both trouts were caught on 1/4 Gamakatsu Darter Head Jigs and 4 inch white gulp minnows.

IGFA: world records applications of December 2013

Here the last world record application that IGFA received in these weeks.

Finnish angler Jasmin Vataja landed an impressive 6.04 kg (13 lb 5 oz) zander (Sander lucioperca) on October 21st while fishing with local guide Kari Hokkanen in Airisto, Finland. Vataja was trolling a Rapala plug when the fish hit, and needed 20 minutes to subdue the potential 8 kg (16 lb) line class record. The current IGFA record is 3.64 kg (8 lb 8 oz).

James Schmid, of Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, caught a potential new All-Tackle Length record Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) on August 15th while fishing the Nanook River in Nunavut, Canada. Schmid was casting a pink bunny fly when he came tight on a beautifully colored 88 cm char that took him close to 10 minutes to land. After some quick photos and measurements were taken, Schmid released the fish alive. The current IGFA record is 86 cm.

While fishing Bluewater Lake, in his home state of New Mexico, USA, angler Thomas W. Murphey caught an 8.33 kg (18 lb 5 oz) tiger muskellunge (Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius) on October 27th, which could potentially earn him the new 4 kg (8 lb) tippet class record. Murphey needed 10 minutes to land the toothy fish after it nailed the clouser fly he was casting from his kayak. Prepared with a sling and certified scale, Murphey was able to release the fish alive after all the proper documentation. The current IGFA record is 5.02 kg (11 lb 1 oz).

On August 30th, Canada’s Ann Marie Lake produced a potential All-Tackle Length record brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) for American angler Michael J. Sadar, who hooked the fish while casting a mouse pattern fly. After a 10 minute fight, Sadar successfully landed, measured and released the beautiful 58 cm brooky, which bests the current record of 55 cm.

Angler Doug Borries of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA, bested an enormous 12.05 kg (26 lb 9 oz) red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) on fly while casting a Puglisi squid pattern on October 13th with Capt. Robert McDaniel. Once hooked up, Borries needed 15 minutes to pull the fish from the northern Gulf of Mexico. If approved, Borries’ fish would easily become the men’s 8 kg (16 lb) tippet class record and the heaviest red snapper caught on fly rod ever submitted to the IGFA. The current IGFA record is 7.43 kg (12 lb 6 oz).

Aussie angler Candace Williams landed the potential new women’s 3 kg (6 lb) line class record golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) while fishing out of Dampier, Australia on September 12th. Williams needed 35 minutes to subdue the 9.22 kg (20 lb 5 oz) brute, after it engulfed a live mullet she was using for bait. The current IGFA record stands at 6.6 kg (14 lb 8 oz).

 

While trolling off the island of Tonga on October 31st, Kiwi angler Guy Jacobsen accomplished the seemingly impossible by catching a 16.33 kg (36 lb 0 oz) wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) on only 1 kg (2 lb) tackle! This potential men’s 1 kg (2 lb) line class record, which exceeds the existing claim by more than 15 kg (30 lb), hit a lipless Halco lure and put up a 14 minute fight before it was subdued. Congratulations to Guy Jacobsen, Capt. John Batterton and the crew of the Hookin’ Bull on a great catch!

www.igfa.org 

US: an other giant world record size muskie caught!

An other huge potential world record musky were recently caught and released in the St. Lawrence River. Just few days ago was angler Michael Forjohn to caught a record size muskie.

But on December 4, angler Mark Carlson of Rockford, Illinois, hooked into a massive 52 inch / 132 cm musky and estimated at 55 lb - 24.95 kg. 

The big fish put up a brutal 15 minute fight after it crushed the Legend Perch lure he was trolling on the St. Lawrence. Carlson, the current I.G.F.A. "All-Tackle Length Record" holder for musky, immediately realized his catch was of record quality and quickly measured, photographed, and released the fish alive. 

The potential record catch was also equipped with a tag before it was released, as Carlson actively participates in a Quebec fisheries study.  

http://www.igfa.org

VIDEO: hard popping fishing for sharks in Australia

Wonderful Youtube video with excellent soundtrack. Angler Jed Dupe and Jack Benson headed for the Vernon Islands in Australia few weeks ago in hope of getting some GT (giant trevally) spin fishing with big surface poppers.

A very hot action with medium size sharks . According with infos on their Youtube page video they ended up with around 12-15 Sharks around the boat and one of them would slap a lure on the water to keep them there while the other cast their popper.

They ended up landing three and only lost one.

Most fishermen wouldn't even be paid to catch a shark but Jack and Jed weren't going home without some sort of a thrill.

US: a new world record muskie caught!!

Fishing with  Capt. Bob Walters angler Matt Forjohn of Ambler, Pennsylvania caught  a probable new world record size muskie; this great catch will to put him in the I.G.F.A's  (International Game Fish Association) record book as the holder of the "All-Tackle Length world record".

The big muskie, caught Monday, December 2 on the St.Lawrence River out of Clayton, New York; it was 51,18 inches (130 centimeters) long from its lip to the "V" of its tail on an official I.G.F.A measuring device.

So this fish is more than two centimeters longer than the current world record muskie, which Mark Edwin Carlson of Illinois caught on  June of 2011 while fishing the Ottawa River in Ontario.

Forjohn's muskie was released after the photo.

The fish hit a trolled twelve inch prototype "Swim Whizz" lure behind Walter's 31-foot Cherokee boat. As tackle were used a Shimano reel spooled with 80 pound braided TUF Line; the leader was 100 pound test Seaguar Fluorocarbon.

It was caught just near a shoal at Carleton Island, near where the St. Lawrence begins on Lake Ontario.

They submitted all the paperwork for World  Length record to the I.G.F.A. an so now they just have to wait and see if it's accepted.

UK: strange glowing alien-like sea creature spotted in Bristol harbor

A strange and bizarre, alien fish or sea creature that glowed in a variety of colors showed up last week during the night on the surface of Bristol harbor in the U.K. (Europe)


Lot of people where there and pulled out mobile phones and videocamera and began taking photos and video as they speculated on the mysterious sighting that looked like some sort of jellyfish or giant squid. Seems so strange that was so glowing.

A suggestion could be a bioluminescent crystal jelly. They are known to produce flashes of blue light but aren’t often seen in these waters.

AUSTRALIA: caught and released an 880 lb tiger shark

Here you cans see a YouTube video of a large tiger shark that was caught and then released by an angler fishing off the coast of Western Australia. The fish was estimated to be 880 lb - 400 kg and 13.3 feet - 4 mt long.

Seems that the big shark was caught accidentally. Some local fishermen came together ensuring the safe and humane release of this beautiful fish. The fishermen have an extended struggle in trying to remove the hook but they appear successful.

ALASKA: a tenacious and hungry lincod in this video

This video was filmed in Alsaka while bottom fishing for rockfish and cod; while reeling a small cod a nice size lingcod attacks and eats it. this predator fish is tenaciously clamped onto the cod that is being brought up by fishermen is so cool.

The lingcod not only holds on, but continues to come back for more until the author of the video are able to reach out and grab it with an hand for a quick picture and release.

AUSTRALIA: fly fishing at Claremont Isles in this high quality video

This great filming was done by famous fishing charter Nomad Sportfishing while fly fishing in shallow water at wild Claremont Isles.

The Claremont Isles is a special place for Fly Anglers. They is simply no other place in the all world world where you could  catch a  permit, a queenfish, a barramundi and a big dogtooth tuna on fly in one day.

The point is that the variety of predator fish species and fishing styles is endless.

http://nomadsportfishing.com.au

VIDEO: the elusive and mysterious Greenland Shark

The elusive and mysterious Greenland Shark is one of the less known shark of the oceans.

This big shark , is a large shark native to the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean around Norway, Greenland and Iceland.

Large Greenland sharks grow to 22 feet - 6,5 meters and  2,250 lb - 1,000 kilograms.

JAPAN: the mystery of the underwater crop circles

They have been called the Japan crop circles of the sea floor; they are of 7 feet diameter patterned circles that were first spotted in 1996 off the coast of southern Japan.

But the origin of these strange and particular underwater crop circles was an enigma for many yeas.

The mystery persisted until  when the "culprit fish", a male puffer-fish just 5 inch long, was finally caught in the act.

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