SOUTH AFRICA: caught a 4,000 pound white shark!!

Andy Hales, a British angler has landed a colossal huge great white shark estimated to have weighed over 4,000 lb - 1,800 kg and 18 feet in length.


The huge shark was immediately release when was just under the boat. It is illegal to specifically fish and catch white sharks in South Africa.


This monster white shark would smash the current world record for the species by well over 1,000 lb. The official IGFA (International Game Fish Association) great white shark world record stands at 2,664 lb - 1,206 kg and was caught in Australia in 1959.

Andy accidentally hooked the huge predator off Cape Agulhas in South Africa and during the fight it proceeded to tow the boat he was fishing from for over 2 miles.

Andy mounted a tuna head on a size 14/0 hook using a 120 lb class Shimano rod, an 800 lb wire leader and 130 lb nylon mainline. He fought the fish only 2 hours.

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FLORIDA: caught an huge 720 lb mako shark

During a recent cobia tournament off Destin in Florida an huge 720 lb - 326 kg mako shark was caught.

Fishing was in relative shallow water, 15 feet or more, with the only purpose to catch cobia, but all the fishing team of " Sure Lure " forgot all about cobia as soon as one of the crew spotted the huge mako shark cruising along the coast.

They immediately drop a live bait, and almost immediately the hungry shark  devoured it. Randy Messer was handling the rod, and the all battle ended after 2 hours and at least a dozen acrobatic leaps by the fish.

The big mako shark, was hooked on 60 lb line only two miles offshore  Destin shore.

Because the shark had to be towed to port, the voyage lasted more than 5 hours

The largest ever mako being caught off Florida was a 1,063 lb - 481 kg fish and the current IGFA (e International Game Fish Association) all-tackle world record is a 1,221 lb - 553 kg mako

CANADA: ice fishing for big pike on lake of the Woods

Top angler James Holst and Staffer Joel Nelson of In-Depth Outdoors  in an ice fishing day on Lake of the Woods for giant late season pike.

A 23 minute top action great video.

FLORIDA: shark attack video while fishing for tarpon

This Youtube video was shoot in Florida off the famous Boca Grande Pass while fishing for big tarpon on board a charter bot of Tenacity Guide Service.

Capt. Bo Johnson  physically grab an huge size hammerhead shark to save an hooked tarpon
An incredible and awesome video.

WORLD RECORD: tropical gar caught in Costa Rica

Top angler Dr. Jose Pereira Perez caught the potential new I.G.F.A. "All-Tackle" record for tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus)  while fishing the Rio Frio in his home country of Costa Rica.

Jose Pereira  needed only 5 minutes to subdue the 14.76 kg (32 lb 8 oz) gar after it ate the live mojarra he was casting. The current I.G.F.A. record is 8.64 kg (19 lb).

DENMARK: world record size perch caught

A world record size European perch was caught just few days ago in Denmark (North Europe).

This huge Perch where caught by Russian angler Mikhail Poliakov from "ECO FISH" team.

Poliakov  where fishing for pike with a lure of 6.6 inch - 17 cm Shallow Runner Westin Jätte (Westin-Fishing)  when the giant fish brutally attacked it.

If it is a new Danish or world record, we will never know because the huge perch was released in to the lake.
The fish was weighed on two different scales, weighing in at 2,7 kg and 2,95 kg and measuring 20.2 inch - 53 cm.

What the true weight is we will never know butfor sure it is a giant European perch of world record size!