USA: caught a sailfish from the shore in Cape Cod Canal

Angler Justin Sprague made a few casts in the Cape Cod Canal (near the Murderer's Row section) when he and his friends spotted a tailing sailfish while throwing a rubber bait.

Sprague hooked the sailfish in the canal waters and it took him 45 minutes to land it.

Here’s the video to prove it.

VIDEO: yellowfin tuna fishing in "Harlem Shake" version

Angler Rob Wong Yuen was fishing in is kayak off Hawaii coats landed a nice 102 lb yellowfin tuna.  The fun starts after Rob sandwiched the fish between his legs and started paddling.
he mounted the funny video in "Harlem Shake" version

FLORIDA: tarpon "insanity" video

Salty Roots Team video edit of some of the tarpon they have been catching up and down Central Florida throughout the summer.

All tarpon were landed and released in a timely manner.

KENYA: caught a 730 lb black marlin

Yesterday, "Neptune"skippered by Capt. Angus was out on the North Kenya Banks with the Andreas Knausenberger party from Germany.

After a very long day and quite bumpy sea, they landed a massive 330 kg - 730 lb Black Marlin and twelve  well sized Yellowfin Tuna (average size 55 lb 28 kgs) and a Silver Tip shark.

They make every effort to tag and release the big marlin, but regretably after a long fight, the marlin did die.

AZORES ISLANDS: new women blue marlin record caught

In the middle of Atlantic Ocean in Azores Islands off Horta, Capt. Olaf Grimkowski and Marty Bates aboard "Xacara" put female angler Sherrell Carter on the pending IGFA Women’s 16 lbs Blue Marlin World Record.

Team Xacara landed this 240 kg -532 lbs Blue Marlin.

VIDEO: huge king salmons off Milwaukee in Lake Michigan

This August in Great Lakes lots huge King Salmon was caught on light tackle. These past weeks showed some of the largest king salmon of the past 20 years.

This video was filmed by Eric Haataja off Milwaukee in Lake Michigan.

KENYA: yellowfin tuna schoos arrived

Here the last Kingfisher fishing report from Kenya (Africa).

The reports are in and weigh-ins confirmed. The Yellofin tuna have arrived along Kenya coasts. From what our friends at "Sea Adventures" are saying, after a 9 year absence some very large fish indeed are moving into our waters.

We are excited and have wasted no time in getting out there. Our boats have been out to North Kenya Banks and Watamu banks over the past week and have landed some fine speciman's. A total of 36 fish weighing 2400 lb - 1083 kgs caught in 2 days, the biggest one weighing in at 45 kgs and smallest at 21 kgs.

Watch out for our monthly newsletter which will be posted in the next few days. In it we'll talk in more detail about the 'great tuna turn-on' and share some action shots. In the meantime, start preparing the soy, wasabi and sticky rice...the sashimi is on the way

VIDEO: a 350 lb marlin jumps in the boat

Anglers aboard "The Marlin Darlin" got a serious surprisethe past week in the Dominican Republic that could have ended badly.

A blue marlin weighing about 350 lb jumped aboard while the boat's owner, Bobby Jacobsen, shot the video with a mobile phone.

VIDEO: Crankbait Salmon Fishing in Michigan river

A Youtube video about early running king salmon in a Lake Michigan tributary. The chinook salmons have been running on the large side this year, with many being caught over 30 lbs!

NEW ZEALAND: hot action with huge bluefin tunas

Here a recent fishing report from Enchanter Fishing Charters in New Zealand:

"With a keen group of Chinese fishers armed with there own camera man for Chinese TV and heavy stand up gear to do battle with the giant bluefin tuna, the boys got more than what they bargained for with the first fish ripping them off their feet and around the cockpit like rag dolls.

Took the best part of two hours hrs to bring the first one to the boat and when pulled aboard taped out at a massive 630 pound - 285 kg first fish for the season and what a stunner, three hours later the next was hooked and brought to the boat in very short time  of 50 minutes, the fish was released estimated 520 lb -  250 kg.

The boys have to wait 3 more hours before the next one was hooked and played for two and half hour before the tag was placed an fish released at 575 lb - 260 kg , then again first bait was bit only to break off shortly after ,great first night boys were stoked with there first taste of these monsters.

Night 2:  we had 35 knots reluctantly we had to turn away and back home.

Night 3: we had the weather broken and us back on the fish, took half the night to get a bite only to break it off dam, one hour later we got hooked up again and sadly the fish died in the fight and came to the boat with no life so pulled aboard an taped out at 600 lb - 272 kg."

TEXAS: a 7 foot gar alligator video

A 7 foot alligator gar caught with Gar Fishing Addiction in the  Trinity River, Texas.
See the video:

VIDEO: Bluefin tuna fishing off Long Island, New York

Bluefin tuna fishing off Long Island, New York in this videos.

VIDEO: Shark and redifish surf-fishing in this "how to do" video

Shark and redifish surf-fishing in this "how to do" video filmed in Louisiana.

CANADA: a 50 inch muski hooked boatside in this video

A video filmed last week on Lake of the Woods in Canada. A 50 inch muski hooked boatside.

VIRGINA: huge 109 lb blue catfish

The "State Record Fish Committee of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries" has now certified a new state record blue catfish that is only the second confirmed freshwater fish over 100 lb - 45 kg ever caught.

The huge blue catfish, weighed in at exactly 109 lbs - 49 kg  and measured 53' in length with a girth of 41'.

 The big blue catfihs was hooked and caught by Tony Milam in Buggs Island Lake near the confluence of the Dan and Roanoke rivers.

He caught his fish using cut shad for bait on surprisingly light 30 lb test line. It took him only 10 minutes to bring the fish to the boat.

FLORIDA: big hammerdead fishing in this video

Here a great fishing video filmed in Florida. The boat were approaching a school of permit, this huge hammerhead shark swam under.

They quickly grabbed an 80w and baited it with a butterflied bonito. We watched the hammerhead shark circle the bait a few times before he grabbed it.

The shark dragged the boat over a 1 before they landed him! The hammerhead measured 11'7" and was estimated over 450 lb. The hammerhead shark was then released.

GUYANA: huge arapaima found in this South American country

British angler Steve Townson achieved his dream of catching a giant wild arapaima fish in Guyana, South America.

The wild arapaima is the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world. Steve’s massive catch weighed an estimated 250 lbs was taken from the Essequibo River using a 2 lb whole piranha as bait. After posing for photos, Steven released the fish to fight another day.

"The Arapaima is one of the world's biggest and mightiest freshwater fish and to catch them in the wild is a rare privilege," says Steve. "They are protected and cannot be removed by law for the table, but our partners in Guyana are working on strictly catch and release with the local Amerindian tribes”.

The adrenalin-seeking angler assured animal lovers that the fish was never removed from the water during the catch. Since the behemoths are actually quite fragile, the angler handled the arapaima with care and released it after gaining back its strength.

Surprisingly, Steve’s arapaima was not the biggest on record; a 339-lb fish has been caught recently by another angler who holds the current world record.

Steve runs the well-known fishing outfitter company Amazon-Angler.com and its sister company Africa-Angler.com. Anyone wishing to join Steve on trips inexciting destinations, please email him at steve@amazon-angler.com for more information.

COSTA RICA: incredible marlin action off Los Suenos

Last week off Costa Rica coast incredible Blue Marlin bite; Capt. Tucker Colquhoun on "G-Rod" released the incredible number of 34 Blue Marlin in only 2 days of fishing, with the best day an incredible 23 fishes!!

On the first day, they started off going 11 of20 on Blue Marlin. The sencon day, proved to be one of the best we have heard to be here in Costa Rica; infact they raise 44 Blue Marlin, releasing 23.

Angler Lawrence Aliseo accounted for 16 of those 23; a great unforgettable day!

VIDEO: remove the hook before you turn that trophy loose....

A very funny video, a fisherman teaches us all that it might be best to unhook the fish before you release it.

NORWAY: caught an huge 513 lb Atlantic halibut

German angler Marco Liebenow was fishing in Norways sea when he landed an huge halibut; this big fish has smashed the world record for the biggest halibut fish ever caught on rod and line.

So he and 3 friends tied a rope around its tail and towed it back to shore where it had to be hoisted on to the quayside by a crane.

This giant halibut weighed 232 kg - 513 lb, easily beating the existing IGFA record of 189 kg - 419 lb.

He has  submitted a claim to the International Game Fish Association (www.igfa.org) and is awaiting confirmation.

This monster size fish was hooked off Kjollefjord in North Norway.

Marco said that when he first hooked it it felt like he has caught a submarine because it was so big. It took 4 men to bring it towards their small 19 ft boat and then they could only put a sling around its tail and pull it back to the harbour.

Back at the harbour, after weighting in, Marco donated the halibut to a local fish dealer.

VIDEO: an huge goliath gouper caught on video

A great goliath grouper video. The angler It didn't take more than 20 seconds to hook into a monster 350 lb - 158 kg goliath grouper.

The underwater video shows how many of groupers were hanging out just under the boat, it was awesome!

VIDEO: fishing for huge 100 to 400 lb goliath groupers

Angler Ben Chancey from the "Chew On This" saltwater fishing show filmed a fishing day fishing for giant goliath groupers. During the morning they caught and released 7 goliaths in a few hours.

See the video:

USA: an huge 185 lb ray caught off Luisiana

Female angler Bebe McElroy went fishing with  her husband Victor to try to catch some stingrays off "Desk and Derrick Club’s Diva Rodeo" in Cocodrie, Luisiana

They had a wonderful fishing day and they ended up catching this enormous 83 kg - 185
pound huge ray.

The big fish will take the top position in the record books if accepted by the "Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association".

MEXICO: 576 lb Blue Marlin at international Marlin and Tuna Tournament

Off Perto Vallata coasts, Team "Ana Maria" win 1st Place Marlin at the 7th "international Marlin and Tuna Tournament" with a 576 lb - 260 kg Blue Marlin onAugust 10 2013

http://www.puertovallartafish.com

ALASKA: halibut fishing underwater video

Halibut fishing with a GoPro underwater camera off Alaska coasts.

IRELAND: underwater pike and perch fishing video

Pike and perch in this underwater video filmed in Ireland.

USA: a 920 lb bluefin tuna caught off Massachusetts coats

While fishing off Massachusetts coasts a group of anglers captured of a monstrous tuna weighing 920 pound - 416 kg.

The huge bluefin tuna was 9 ft long and  was landed after a  3 hour battle, aboard "Huntress". The tuna dragged the vessel more than 3 miles during the battle.

The bluefin tuna  engulfed a mackerel only 10 minutes after it was cast.

This catch was the largest bluefin tuna to have been brought into Gloucester Harbor this year.

Here below the video that was recently uploaded on Youtube.

FLORIDA: a 400 lb goliath grouper video

A 400 lb - 180 kg huge Goliath Grouper (Jewfish) caught in the waters of Boca Grande Pass in  Florida. This video was filmed by Captain Tom McLaughlin of Another Keeper Charters.

CAPE VERDE: blue marlin fishing video

Blue Marlin fishing this season off Cape Verde islands. A video filmed by Capt. Marco Canu.

VIDEO: Extreme Beach Shark Fishing!

Extreme beach shark fishing in this recent Youtube video:

USA: a 28 lb 9 oz rainbow trout caught in Idaho

An huge 13.2 kg - 28 lb and 9 oz rainbow trout was caught in Idaho, US just below the Dworshak Dam.

This big trout would crush the existing state record but will not qualify for the record book.

The fish cannot be submitted due to differences between state and tribal fishing rules.

Angler Tui Moliga is a member of the "Nez Perce Tribe", and when he caught the monster rainbow, he was using hook and line style that is legal for tribal members but ineligible for state records.

Despite the complications, Moliga's mood is unwavered.

"It would have been cool but it’s still not going to change the fact that is a big fish that I caught,” he told The Spokesman-Review. “I’m not a trophy hunter of fish but since I caught it I will be proud of it. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s the biggest one I ever caught.”

IGFA: world record hot catches August report

Great catches have been made all over the world in this month’s IGFA Hot Catches report! Potential world records from Mexico, the Netherlands, and Alaska, New York and more.

Angler Junichi Inada pulled a 97 cm grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) from the Senba River in his native country of Japan. Inada was soaking a piece of bread when the potential All-Tackle Length record carp hit. After an eight minute fight, Inada had the fish subdued and quickly released after properly documenting the catch. The current IGFA record stands at 92 cm.

Angler Jamie Hamamoto of Honolulu, Hawaii, landed a 4.65 kg (10 lb 4 oz) roundjaw bonefish (Albula glossodonta), while fishing with her father, Wade Hammamoto. The young angler was soaking a piece of scad in the surf off Kahuku , when her rod doubled over and line started peeling from her reel. Nearly 10 minutes later, Hamamoto had landed this potential All-Tackle record fish and qualified for the 10 lb Bonefish Club! The current IGFA record is vacant.

Junior angler Axel Bowmer recently traveled to the famed Portuguese island of Madeira to experience the amazing offshore fishing that can be had there. While trolling a Melton’s Cherry Jet with Capt. Gerard DeSilva, Bowmer hooked into a huge Atlantic bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) that ripped line off his Penn 130 reel. After 35 minutes in the fighting chair, he finally subdued the 88.31 kg (194 lb 11 oz) bigeye that qualifies him for the potential new male Junior record. The current IGFA record stands at 84.82 kg (187 lb).

Italian fly angler Paolo Pacchiarini recently traveled from his home in Milan to experience the endless fishing opportunities “down under” in Australia. While fishing with local guide Brett Wolf out of Exmouth, Pacchiarini hooked into a 10.43 kg (23 lb) golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) while casting a white clouser fly. After a 20 minute fight, Pacchiarini subdued the fish, then quickly documented the potential men’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class record fish before releasing it alive. The current IGFA record is 8.16 kg (18 lb)

Eric Christopher Otte, of Wahoo, Nebraska, landed an enormous 18.46 kg (40 lb 11 oz) shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis) while jigging the deep waters of Cross Sound, Alaska on June 22nd with Capt. Joe Calanara. This potential All-Tackle record beats the existing IGFA record by almost five pounds.

Angler Julia Grace Ketner of Westhampton, New York, USA, landed a beautiful muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) on July 1st while fishing with Todd E. Young on Lake Chautauqua in upstate New York. Ketner enticed the musky to bite while throwing a Wiley lure, and less than five minutes after hooking up she had the 8.99 kg (19 lb 13 oz) fish boated. After a quick weighing and photo shoot, the potential Female Smallfry record musky was released alive to grow even bigger. The current IGFA record is 5.55 kg (12 lb 4 oz).

Angler Margaret Shaughnessy of Medford, Oregon landed a beautiful roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) on June 2nd while fly fishing with local guide Marco Lucero off the coast of Punta Las Arenas, Mexico. Shaughnessy’s potential women’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class record rooster put up a brutal fight that lasted nearly four hours, after the fish ate the custom “raton” fly Shaughnessy was casting. Once landed, the fish was rushed to shore where it bottomed out a 60 lb Boga-Grip scale! Instead of killing the fish to get the actual weight, which was estimated at well over 70 lbs, Shaughnessy decided to release her catch alive to grow even bigger. And with the current IGFA record at 13.15 kg (29 lb 0 oz), a 60 lb fish is plenty big enough to qualify for a record!

Dutch angler P.C. Ouwendijk was fishing out of Hollands Diep, Netherlands on April 6th when he hooked into a sizeable zander (Sander lucioperca) while casting a soft plastic shad lure. After a quick fight, the experienced angler quickly measured and photographed the fish before releasing it alive. Measuring 68 cm, Ouwendijk’s zander qualifies for the potential new All-Tackle Length record as the current record stands at 65 cm.

www.igfa.org

AUSTRALIA: mako shark fishing video by Al McGlashan

Here a good quality video filmed by top photographer Al McGlashan off Australia coasts:

"While tuna fishing  a mako turns up and makes a meal out of our tuna so next we catch and released it!"

AZORES ISLANDS: first blue marlin report of the season

The season seems starting very well with plenty of White Marlin and some nice size Blue Marlin already being released. We are less than a week into the start of this very short season and we already have five  Blue Marlin over 550 lb, with 2 over 800 lb.

Over the last 2 years the numbers on big blue has been incredible with plenty of fish close to the mark of 1000 lb. We hope the same for this short season.

Here is a list of the big fish over the last few days: Habitat caught a 800 lb;  Makaira a 850 lb; Boca Raton a 600 lb and finally  Brasilia a 550 lb. 

NEW YORK: Mountak shark tournament video

This year  off the coast of Montauk, New York, all the  64 sharks were reeled in during a tournament, and for the first time here, they were all released back into the deep ocean water. See the video:

UK: a 39 lb pike on fly at Chew Valley Reservior

An huge pike of  17.6 kg - 39 lb was caught on fly tackle by angler Russell Cowell during his first ever session targeting the species. Russell was fishing at Chew Valley Reservior in Somerset, UK to achieve his ambition of catching his first pike with 4 friends.

Due to tough conditions the party only had a handful of small pike to show for their first day efforts, but that all changed on the second afternoon.

Russell was using a 9 weight fly fishing rod coupled with a 100 lb bite leader when he hooked this monster size northern pike.

“Even though I was well aware of what this water is capable of nothing could have prepared me for this fish and the thrilling experience that it brought me. The fight was amazing and it almost leapt completely out of the water on a couple of occasions.

“Having never caught a pike before I didn’ t know how big the fish actually was until it rolled over in the net and I saw the girth of it, which truly was a sight to behold .

MALI: a fishing video in the middle of African desert

In Lake Antobo in Mali (Africa), thousands gather for the annual catfish fishing competition. A great BBC video in HD. See it:

USA: salmon fishing video on Great Lakes

An interesting Youtube video filmed on Great Lakes for big salmon posted yest a week ago.

THAILAND: junior IGFA world record report

Here a fishing report from guide Jean Francois Helias from Thaiand:

"I’ve been guiding the Carter family from Oxford, England, here in Thailand for over 10 years. Dave, the father has became through the years a good friend of mine. I have helped his oldest daughter, Nathalie, to set these past years a total of 8 IGFA world records (not sure anymore of the exact number) which made her earned twice the number one rank in the IGFA TOP 10 in her category. I guided her youngest sister, Courtney, to a Small Fry world record for the catch of a nice Alligator Gar.

Dave’s family, composed nowadays of his new partner Stephanie, and of 4 young kids, Jack Hibberd and Courtney Carter both 10 years old, Nathalie Carter and Thaila Hibberd both 14 years old, are currently on vacation in Thailand. They booked me recently for 5 days fishing at 3 different destinations. One of that trip various goals was for the 4 young anglers to target some of the IGFA junior world records that were either vacant or still breakable.

Though we failed catching a sharptooth catfish for the vacant record for that specie, we succeeded big time by breaking the current redtail catfish record for both the male and the female Small Fry categories (up to 10 years old), setting as well a first entry for the vacant Tambaqui record in the male Small Fry category with a 11.39 kg catch.

The young 10 years old boy, Jack Hibberd, caught 3 record fishes on his two first days fishing (20.40 kg redtail on July 30, 21.11 kg redtail on July 31, and 11.39 kg Tambaqui on July 31). The young girl, Courtney Carter, 10 years old as well, caught a 22.26 kg redtail on July 31.

Though the two oldest children did not score any record, the best catch of the trip belongs to junior female angler, Thaila Hibberd, who landed – after a tremendous tug of war for such a young person - a hard fighting 43.00 kg Siamese giant carp (catlocarpio siamensis). A catch of a lifetime that lots of UK adult carp anglers would certainly be envious of… " 

Jean-Francois Helias
IGFA Lifetime Achievement Award
258 IGFA World Records       
www.anglingthailand.com