WORLD RECORDS: hot catches February 2015

 Aussie angler Paul Worsteling landed a 98 cm golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) on December 2nd after it crushed the Rapala plug he was trolling in Harvey's Bay, Australia. After a tough 10 minute fight on spinning tackle, Worsteling was able to subdue the fish enough to bring into the boat, where it was quickly measured, photographed, and released alive – qualifying him for the potential new All-Tackle Length record. The current IGFA record is 63 cm.

While surf-casting from the shores of Mayumba, Gabon on the night of December 7th, angler Mauro Bigarelli hooked into something huge. Nearly an hour after the fish ate the mullet he was fishing, Bigarelli landed an enormous 30.7 kg (67 lb 10 oz) African red snapper (Lutjanus agennes), that could earn him the new men’s 15 kg (30 lb) line class record – which currently stands at 17.7 kg (39 lb). In fact, if Bigarelli’s record is approved, it will be the fourth heaviest African red snapper ever logged by the IGFA as a world record.

Japanese angler Koichi Hiratsuka caught and released a massive 100 cm common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on December 1st while fishing Japan’s Lake Biwa. Hiratuka needed only 10 minutes to subdue the potential record after it inhaled the boilie bait he was fishing from the shore. Once landed, Hiratsuka quickly measured and documented the catch, before releasing it alive. If approved, the catch will become the new All-Tackle Length record, which currently stands at 89 cm.

On December 6th, Aussie angler Nicholas Lorenz caught the potential new men’s 10 kg (20 lb) line class record for Samson fish (Seriola hippos) while live baiting off Rottnest Island in Western Australia. After crushing the live yellowtail he was fishing, Lorenz needed 20 minutes to subdue the hard-fighting Samson fish, which weighed in at an impressive 29.7 kg (65 lb 7 oz). If approved, Lorenz’s fish will be the first men’s 10 kg (20 lb) line class record for this species, as the current record is vacant.

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GUATEMALA: 30,000 billfish caught by a single boat

The world famous boat "Captain Hook" has just passed a major milestone releasing its 30,00th Billfish (marlin and sailfish).

Few time ago was under the control of top captain Ron Hamlin  and now, under the control by Capt. Eddie Bairez, this boat has no doubt seen more billfish than any in the world.

Capt. Eddie gives all the credit to Capt. Ron who handed over the helm with 22,700 billfish under its belt, but adding another 7,300 Billfish is a pretty serious accomplishment in itself.

While the vast majority were Sailfish, Capt. Bairez also released 41 Blue Marlin, 4 Striped Marlin and 3 Black Marlin during his time.

UK: record size barbel caught

This is probably the  biggest barbel caught in UK waters. The record fish , weighing 19 lb 9 oz - 8.7 kg was caught by  angler Thomas Finney from an undisclosed stretch of Southern river.

The young angler  just four days earlier registered his previous personal best with a 16 lb 6 oz - 7.35 kg specimen.

Tom visited the river late in the afternoon and decide to fish a snaggy swim what he called "a tackle graveyard" which was littered with submerged tree branches and weed.

To combat the snags he tied his garlic spam hook-bait to his lead with PVA string before casting tight to a raft of debris.

Within minutes his tipped bent over and he was wrestling with the huge fish, falling over three times in an attempt to follow the monster specimen down river.

THAILAND: hot action with siamese carps

 Here a short fishing report we received from top fishing guide Jean Francois Helias that operate in Thailand (Asia).
"My today’s mail is to give you again a little update about that latest amazing carp destination, the Caho lake, where now we’re guiding visiting anglers at. After having succeeded big time with great carp catches during three previous short fishing sessions there, we departed recently on January 20 for a fourth trip there; this time for a much longer session of 4 days, with two French buddies, both return clients: veteran angler Jerome Vignat, and carp specialist Andre de Nardi.

To make it short, let’s say that latest session was again truly awesome. At the end of the session, we had captured 15 Siamese giant carp (weighing 25 kg for the smallest, and 36 kg for the biggest), one lovely Jullien’s Golden carp, one nice Catla carp, two good size Small Scale Mud Carp, and a couple of good size Mekong cats as a bonus. We had over 50 bites during the 4 days session, several of them with no hook up, and losing unhooked around 10 hooked up fish which succeeded to escape…

So you know I’m telling you the truth guys when I say right now that lake is, without a single doubt, the surest bet for the visiting carp angler who dreams to catch a decent size Siamese giant carp (catlocarpio siamensis) here in Thailand; more especially if he can only fish for a single day. I dare to guarantee him at 99 % a sure giant carp capture! With soon 30 years of experience and knowledge fishing for various thai fish species, including all carp species, be assured you are in the very best hands to success!"

www.anglingthailand.com

MEXICO: two big marlin caught off Cabo

Cabo San Lucas in Mexico is one of the best destination for marlin fishing and several catch during a single day are common.
Not so common, instead, is when two giant marlin are hooked on the same day, at about the same time, and battled well into the night.

The first blue marlin was caught on Captain Bernabe boat, "Bad Medicine" and easily was over 700 lb.
Bernabe told had been fishing at Golden Gate on the Pacific when at 10 am when he spotted an huge marlin on the surface, so he pulling out a big dorado colored lure and attached it to his 80 lb. test rig, raced over to the fish and dropped the lure in front of it, which it pounced upon.
They got a solid hook-up and the battle was on for the four men on board. The fish was extremely strong, so strong in fact that it took them over 9 hours  to subdue after taking turns at the rod.

The other big marlin was caught on "Mucho Loco" where two men aged 74 and 79 and hooked a very big blue marlin around 5 miles out from the Old Lighthouse, also on a lure.

The anglers needed over five hours to land the fish. This marlin however, was even bigger at 773 lbs, also a blue marlin.

There is always a tinge of sadness to see these magnificent creatures on the dock and not in the ocean, but after a so long fight is very rare that a marlin can be successfully released; in fact seems that bot fishes arrived at the boat almost dead.

www.piscessportfishing.com

US: caught a world record size yellow perch

Earlier this week, a 12 yearold  girl has just set the world record for largest yellow perch caught while ice fishing in Cascade,  Idaho.

Young Tia Wiese went ice fishing with her dad last March at Lake Cascade and landed a giant perch.

Fortunately Tia and her father, had a certified scale to weight the fish. It came in at a whopping 2 pounds 11.68 ounces.

It not only smashed the state record, but her dad learned that it could be an IGFA world rankings.

The previous world record for yellow perch caught ice fishing with was 2 pounds 6 ounces out of Sheep Pond, Mass.

For sure is the largest yellow perch caught while ice fishing using a rod, anywhere in the world.

US: caught record 28 pound rainbow trout

Angler  Larry Warren was fishing on the North Fork of Idaho’s Clearwater River when hooked and landed a rainbow trout weighing at least 28 pounds - 12.68 kg and it is  about 8 pounds heavier than the state record for the species.

Larry was compelled to release the fish because it was protected under state law, so state record was broken. In facts he state mandates that rainbow trout with an unclipped adipose fin must be released.

This huge trout weighed at 28.32 pounds on a digital hand scale, before setting it free.

Meanwhile, a photo of  Larry posing with the fish has been circulating this week on fishing sites, and being discussed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Twitter.

The state record is a 20.2-pounder caught on the Snake River in 2009.

See more monster size rainbow trout at: Big Fishes of the World web site.

WORLD RECORDS: hot catches January 2015

Huge Halibut From Shore! On October 25th angler Simon Smith was fishing from the shoreline of northern Norway when something big crushed the herring he was fishing on the bottom. After fighting the fish for 40 minutes, Smith was miraculously able to subdue the massive Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) that tipped the scales at 50.5 kg (111 lb 5 oz). If approved, Smith’s incredible catch will earn him the new men’s 15 kg (30 lb) line class record, which currently stands at 37.75 kg (83 lb 3 oz).

Pyramid Lake, located in Nevada, USA, is home to some of the best cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) fishing in the world – easily confirmed by a look at the current records. Angler James Schmid recently took advantage of this great fishery, by landing the potential new men’s 6 kg (12 lb) tippet class world record. Schmid was fishing Pyramid Lake on November 14th and needed 20 minutes to land the 6.8 kg (15 lb) trout after it ate the bead head fly he was casting. Once landed, the fish was quickly documented and released alive. The current world record is 5.02 kg (11 lb 1 oz).

The rich waters off Nova Scotia are home to the largest tuna on the planet. Junior angler Ben Bruce experienced the incredible fishery firsthand on September 18th while fishing out of North Lake, Nova Scotia with his father Jamie Bruce. An hour after his bait, a live mackerel, was inhaled by a hungry bluefin, Bruce somehow managed to land a 394 kg (868 lb 9 oz) giant using 60 kg (130 lb) tackle. If approved, Bruce’s record will become the new male Junior record, which currently stands at 346.6 kg (764 lb 3 oz).

During an expedition to the famed Marie River, deep in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, female American angler Jimmie Rascoe landed one of the biggest speckled peacock (Cichla temensis) ever recorded by the IGFA on fly tackle. Rascoe was casting a large streamer fly with guide Gerson Kavamoto when the massive peacock hit. After a tough five minute battle, Rascoe had the fish subdued – a 8.02 kg (17 lb 11 oz) peacock that could potentially earn her the new women’s 10 kg (20 lb) tippet class record. After properly documenting her catch, Rascoe released the fish alive. The current IGFA record is vacant.

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US: caught a 1,005 pound bluefin tuna off North Carolina

Capt. Joe Shute's  of "Bait and Tackle" informed us about the catch of this 115" bluefin tuna for 1005 pounder - 455 kilo today.

Fish Bucket was fishing out of Morehead City in North Carloina when hooked this monster size tuna.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Capt-Joe-Shutes-Bait-and-Tackle/474127825978715

SEYCHELLES: Possible grander blue marlin lost boat side

The Seychelles "Sport Fishing Club" recently publisheda  video on their Youtube channel of a potential grander blue marlin caught off the southeast coast of the island of Mahe.

Experienced Capt. Ken Adcock and his crew fought the fish for more than 5 hours before the large blue marlin broke off boat side before the weight of the fish could be confirmed.

VIDEO: pike and perch follow spoon -Slow Motion-

A couple of underwater video in extra slow motion of perch and pike following a silver spoon 30 plus feet down.

US: caught world record size tautog

The past week on January 2, angler Kenneth Westerfield, was was deep fishing on wrecks on Captain Kane Bounds’ Fish Bound out of Ocean City, when he buckled down and hauled in a monster tautog.

The big bottom fish pegged the scales down to 28.8 pounds - 13 kg at Sunset Marina in Ocean City, breaking the previous record of 25 pounds,  which was previously set b out of Ocean City, New Jersey.

So, if approved, this is world-record tautog (aka blackfish). And now it appears the current world record, in place since 1998, has been busted

Blackfish are slow-growing dinosaurs and any fish over 20-25 pounds could be well over 50 years old.

VIDEO: hardcore rock fishing for cobia

Hardcore fishermen put their balance to the test when fishing the rocks of Australia's eastern coastline.

US: caught a 785 pound bluefin tuna in North Carolina

Fishing off shore  Morehead City in North Carolina, anglers Jason and Hunter Davis started off the year by landing a 785 pound - 355 kilos bluefin tuna

They also went out the next morning and after 12 minutes of lines out, they hooked and landed another a 683 pound - 309 kilos bluefin tuna. They are so happy that  were able to do such a monumental thing together and in their first season of trying

The Davis family was aboard a new 33-foot, Grady-White called the "Grady Bunch".

VIDEO: world biggest European Perch ever caught

In this image video you can see some of the world biggest European Perch ever caught.

VIDEO: underwater pike shoot

An interesting underwater pike video in high resolution.

MOZAMBIQUE: Bazaruto Archipelago 2014 Marlin Season

We have just recived the seasonal fishing report from top Captain Duarte A. Moreira Rato fishing on "Vazini" of of Bazaruto Island in Mozambique:

"The Marlin Season on Mozambique´s Bazaruto Archipelago on the East coast of Africa runs almost year round but certainly peaks between September to December of every year for the Giant Black Marlin the area is famous for.

Although at times inconsistent due to unseasonal weather conditions, most anglers and boats that visited the area for the peak of the 2014 season were not disappointed both in the quantity and certainly on the quality of the fish encountered. However, releasing 3 grander class Black Marlin amongst a lot of other big fish for the season, the anglers and crew aboard the 31ft charter boat VAMIZI will surely not forget 2014 any time soon.

Captained by Duarte Rato with mates Alexandre Zivane and Alberto Massane, VAMIZI started the season in early September and mostly fishing out wide caught a number of good blue Marlin up to 600 pounds. By the end of September the Black Marlin fishing was firing on the edge and on the 28th they raised their first really big fish estimated at over 1200 pounds, which despite coming on a short lure three times never strike.

There were a few up to 700 lbs in between but they had to wait until the 14th of October for another really good one to show up, this time behind a live skipjack tuna. The fish spit the bait on it´s first attempt, but as soon as the crew engaged the throttles and started skipping the now dead bait, the big fish pilled on it, the 20/0 circle found the corner and Louwtjie Nel hooked up to his first ever Marlin. With most of the fight on the surface including numerous jumps the estimated 1000 pound fish was subdued for a release in just under two hours.

Just 4 days later, on the 19th October, another big fish showed up, this time on one of the long lures. Angler Carl Jankowitz, who is not stranger to these water´s and has weighted a 1107 lbs and a 1098 lbs with the same crew previously, was in the chair. This time the fish was by boat side and released just after a two-hour fight. The crew agreed the fish was probably over a 1000 pounds but being borderline and humbled by catching two such great fish within a few days, they decided to call it 950 +.

Although the crew on VAMIZI released a lot of good fish up to 800 pounds in between, the third really big fish only showed up a month and a half later, on the 9th of December. Amazingly Carl Jankowitz´s was again on board on his third charter for the season. But this time it was his good friend Peter Dowling time in the chair. Even more remarkable was that the fish took the same Blue & White Island Express lure that Carl caught his fish in October.

But, this fish behaved completely unlike the other two, which had stayed on or near the surface for most of the fight and tired themselves out with endless jumping display´s. This one behaved more like the stubborn bulls big Blacks are known for. To help matters the reel´s drag started slipping and the fight dragged for almost four hours. It was already pitch dark when they eventually managed to release this great fish they estimated at well over a 1000 pounds.


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