In Cape Verde Islands in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, the blue marlin action was hot during all the month of June.
Here some highlights of the last week:
Captain Simon Bracey on "Happy Hooker" 2 caught a 500 lbs Blue Marlin yesterday and a 750 plus lbs today so far.
Captain Marco Canu on "Nha CrĂȘtcheu" caught two on two marlin on pitch bait. 1 Marlin with 350 lb. The second fish came to the right teaser and we hooked him on the 50 lb line with 200 lb leader. They realized that Marlin was much bigger than our 950 lb from last week.
Anyway they fought him for six and half hours and we had him five times on the leader but no chance to put the gaff in. At the last try we we broke the leader.
Captain Olaf Grimkowski on "Smoker" caught a Blue Marlin around 550 lb on stand-up 80 lbs tackle.
Captain Zak Conde on "Amelia" caught the last 8 days ten Blue Marlin from 250 to 600 lb. They raised 3 marlin at a time twice and we had two marlin on (double hook ups). Twice out of the three double strikes. On day 3 they raised around 15 marlin though we only caught 2 of them.
On 19 June on Nha CrĂȘtcheu was caught a big blue marlin with 935 lb
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June 29, 2013
June 28, 2013
PANAMA:hot yellowfin tunas feeding frenzy in this video
IRELAND: hot pike action this month
After the recent hot spell with high water temps ended, the water temp went down to 15 degrees, and pike became more active.
Pike fishing has been very good recently with many fish over 10 kg - 22 lb caught from the start of June. The best fish was landed on the 19th of June, when client Maciej Krajewski, hooked a monster pike of 14 kg - 30 lb 9 oz, which measured 117 cm!
The same day they had several more fish, mostly mid-doubles and one more fish at just over 9 kg -20 lb.
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June 24, 2013
BERMUDA: giant 145 lb black grouper
Angler Richard Pereech from Bermuda Island caught this big big black grouper weighing 145 lb -65 kg on hand line.
During the fish with this giant size fish he broke his finger on the line bringing it in!
ALASKA: Homer $ 50.000 Halibut Derby
"Bigger Is Not Always Better!!
Captain John McLeod on the right helps angler Del Parks hold up his Derby winner he caught on Friday morning. John is displaying the Homer Halibut Jackpot Derby Ticket in one hand as both men are grinning ear to ear. You can see the spaghetti tag in the neck area of the halibut. This was the first fish caught on Friday morning onboard Tim Berg's vessel the Grande Alaska.
"We had just dropped the lines in the water and I went to the restroom really quick before all the action started" recalled Capt. McLeod. Before I got back on the deck my deckhand Jason was hoisting this tagged halibut over the side -it all happened in less than 3 minutes!!."
"When I saw the halibut was tagged, I did not even have time to ask Del if he wanted to keep the fish or not, as we typically release smaller sized fish and hold out for bigger ones. BUT...when I saw the tag - well that was all it took and I pulled it onboard!!
Two days before on Wednesday, June 19th an angler onboard Captain John McLeods vessel had just dropped his line over the side and as soon as it hit bottom hooked onto a feisty halibut. After a short battle the fish was brought boatside and landed. The crew noticed it had a TAG, and they also knew that the angler did not have a Derby Ticket. The halibut had Homer Halibut Jackpot Derby tag #1561 attached to it.
Sadly, this angler had failed to get a Derby Ticket prior to the charter, and as a result had to release this fish.
We are not sure if any boat has ever accomplished this feat before - capturing two Derby Fish in 3 days. Captain John on the vessel Grande Alaska is on a roll right now and if you are looking to win the Derby you better call right away and get a spot on his Charter. John knows where this released halibut is hanging out - and wants to get him again."
http://www.alaskanfishing.com
June 23, 2013
ALASKA: halibut attacks in this underwater video
Out of Homer in Alaska a school of medium size halibut attack a GoPro HD camera dropped on a fishing rod close to the bottom.
June 22, 2013
NEWS: discovered the strangest and rare fish of the world
Discovered the strangest and rare fish of the world, a Northern Rhino Pike (Esox lucius photoshopped).
More info about this catch soon...... :)
June 21, 2013
VIDEO: Alaska halibut attacks in this underwater HD video
ARGENTINA: Jurassic Lake - 1,100 trout in only 6 days!!
Stories of almost unlimited numbers of Rainbow Trout abound! Myth, marketing hyperbole or fishermen's fantastical ego's at work?
Flyfishers kick off their two week expedition to Argentina with a week at Jurassic Lake in 2013...and what a week...1,100 trout in 6 days...average 6 to 10 lb...by 3 anglers!!!!!
Three fish were landed for the week that went over 20 lbs, many were lost at the net.
It was so common raising fish to the fly literally every cast and about every third or so cast would end in a fish smashing it and powering off into the lake. The average size of fish was rising too as I nailed fish after fish in double figure range.
http://www.wherewisemenfish.com
June 19, 2013
USA: hot swordfish action off Texas coasts
Top team "Booby Trap" usually go fishing of Freeport off Texas coast and they are just back from their 3 and half day adventure and they found a grea swordfish action.
The team "Booby Trap" went an incredible 30-38 on Swordfish, releasing 26.
On their top day, they caught a total of 14 swordfish. Most of these fishes wern't "small", but with twenty of these sworfishes over 200 lb - 90 kg and five of them well over 300 lb -135 kg!
ANGOLA: giant size guinean barracuda
The big barracuda was 102 lb 4 oz - 46.4 kilo; it is probably one of the largest barracuda caught in all Africa.
June 14, 2013
HAWAII: 240 lb yellowfin tuna
A great catch, well done.
USA: landed in Virginia the new world record snakehead
Angler Caleb Newton caught the biggest northern snakehead ever caught in USA. Also this fish could be the new world record for the specie.
He was fishing on the Potomac River tributary, Newton caught what appears to be the fish of a lifetime
The huge snakehead was 36 inches long and weighing in at 17 pounds, 6 ounces (7.9 kg), is determined to be a record catch by IGFA (International Game Fish Association), it would beat the current hook-and-line record of 17 pounds, 4 ounces, caught in Kagawa, Japan back in 2004.
Caleb fought the fish e about a minute to get it in the boat; he Landed it on 15-pound-test monofilament line on a light rod.
Next morning, he took his snakehead to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ office in Fredericksburg. Fisheries biologist identified the fish as a northern snakehead as a courtesy to help Newton with his pending IGFA certification.
June 12, 2013
ALASKA: killer whale attacks an halibut close the boat in this video
See this great video:
CAPE VERDE: giant 1,222 lb Atlantic blue marlin
In
Cape Verde islands, in the middle of Atlantic Ocean angler Alexander
Trukhachev caught an impressive huge female blue marlin of 1.222 lb -
553 kg.
He
was fishing on board 33' Bertram Happy Hooker I with Capt. Simon
Bracey trolling a Bonze Mongrel Dog lure on a 130 lb tackle.
The
fight time was more than 3 hours.
Unfortunately
the fish died and so was boated and weighted on the shore.
June 09, 2013
USA: 493 lb swordfish caught off Texas coasts
The 493 lb - 225 kg catch was made about 100 miles off Surfside and weighed. It measured over 9 feet long. The lucky guys are the "Booby Trap" crew, specializes in catching swordfish and blue marlin.
Last year the "Booby Trap" fishing team caught 172 swordfish in only 41 days.
Here the video of the catch:
IGFA: June 2013 world record news
In the past weeks, almost 50 World Record applications
were received at IGFA headquarters
Anglers catching southern bluefin tuna, great
barracuda, tarpon, musky and more in Angola, Australia, Brazil,
Christmas Island, Norway, Mexico, and Florida, New Jersey,
Massachusetts and Michigan and many more.
Tasmanian
angler Jonah Lee Yick landed a massive 107.5 kg (236 lb 12 oz)
southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) on April 30, 2013
while fishing out of Eagle Hawk Neck, Australia. Yick’s potential
men’s 15 kg (30 lb) record tuna hit a trolled Tasman Prowler lure
and tested Yick’s tackle for an hour and 15 minutes. The current
IGFA record is 106.5 kg (234 lb 12 oz).
Junior
angler Lydia Nicolson, co-winner of last year’s Top Female Junior
Angler award, shows no sign of slowing her record setting pace. The
most recent submission from the UK based angler is a 36.9 kg (81 lb
15 oz) Atlantic sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) that she
caught on March 8th while trolling a skirted ballyhoo off
Lobito, Angola. Using only 3 kg (6 lb) line, Nicolson needed a full
hour to best this potential Female Junior record fish under the
watchful eye of her father and captain, IGFA Representative Iain
Nicolson. The current IGFA record is 31.2 kg (68 lb 12 oz).
Light
tackle angler Maureen Klause landed a potential record black drum
(Pogonias cromis) while fishing with Capt. Ricky Wheeler in
the Delaware Bay on May 27th. Klause, a native of New
Jersey, USA, needed 20 minutes to subdue the 28.04 kg (61 lb 13 oz)
fish on only 2 kg (4 lb) line after it ate the clam she was soaking.
With the current record at 18.37 kg (40 lb 8 oz), Klause’s catch
qualifies her for the potential new women’s 2 kg (4 lb) line class
record.
Light
tackle fly angler and IGFA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dotty
Ballantyne recently caught and released a 10.21 kg (22 lb 8 oz)
tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), besting her own record of 7.71
kg (17 lb) and qualifying for the potential new women’s 3 kg (6 lb)
tippet class record. Ballantyne, a native of Bozeman, Montana, was
fishing with Capt. Chris McCreedy out of Key West on May 22nd.
The experienced angler needed twenty minutes to best the silver king
after it ate a custom tarpon fly.
German
angler Micahel Eisele may have broken the All-Tackle world record for
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhus), which has stood for more than 40
years. Eisele pulled the enormous 47.03 kg (103 lb 10 oz) specimen
from the icy waters surrounding Soroya, Norway on April 28th after it decided to eat the custom soft plastic/jig-head combo he was
working. After a 36 minute fight on 20 kg (40 lb) tackle, Eisele
subdued the massive cod and was on his way to the scales. If
approved, Eisele’s fish will replace the men’s 24 kg (50 lb) line
class record as well as the All-Tackle record which has stood since
1969!
Angler Conrad A. Proctor landed an 8.16 kg (18 lb) tiger muskellunge (Esox masquinongy x Esox lucius) on May 17th while working a Yamamoto worm on Lake Luena, Michigan, USA. Proctor, a retired doctor from nearby Attica, Michigan, needed 30 minutes to subdue the potential 3 kg (6 lb) line class record tiger musky, which he released alive after properly documenting the catch. The current IGFA record is 6.8 kg (15 lb).
On
a recent trip to Argentina, three members of the de Almeida family of
Sao Paulo, Brazil, recorded potential record catches on beautifully
colored but tempered dorado (Salminus brasiliensis). On
May 4th, Tacito de Almeida landed a 17.41 kg (38 lb 6 oz)
fish – heavy enough to qualify for the 10 kg (20 lb) line class
record which currently stands at 16.8 kg (37 lb). Then his daughter
and son, Manuela and Guilherme, joined him with two potential Junior
record catches the following day. Manuela’s fish weighed in at
13.52 kg (29 lb 13 oz) and Guilherme’s at 17.38 kg (38 lb 5 oz).
All three potential record catches were caught in the Uruguay River
on Rapala plugs with local guide Alejandro Differding and released
alive after being properly documented.
June 08, 2013
CHRISTMAS ISLAND: world record size barracuda landed
Canadian
angler Christian Loranger
was trolling along the sharp drop-offs surrounding Christmas Island
on September 23, 2012, when his musky plug was inhaled by a massive
fish that tested both his tackle and wits for nearly two hours. A
39.55 kg (87 lb 3 oz) great barracuda (Sphyraena
barracuda), and potential new
All-Tackle record, was the result of Loranger’s two hour battle.
The current IGFA record for this toothy species stands at 38.55 kg
(85 lb 0 oz).
June 07, 2013
THAILAND: huge 100 lb Chaophraya giant catfish
"It is a 100 lb -45.00 kg Giant Pangasius aka Chaophraya giant catfish (Pangasius sanitwongsei), a Thai native predator catfish from the same Pangasianodon family as the Mekong giant catfish.
It was caught recently, on May 8, 2013, at the Ratchaburi lake, by 81 years old American angler Dale Fischer, from Minnesota, USA. Dale is a regular return client to Thailand where he fishes twice a year since the year 2000. He is a 3 times IGFA world record holder for trophy fishes he caught in southeast Asia with well known top guide Jean-Francois Helias.
The 45.00 kg catfish captured while bottom fishing failed for a live Tilapia bait hooked on a VMC hook. Dale’s rod & reel combo was a St-Croix baitcasting rod coupled to a Shimano Calcutta reel. It took almost an hour and a half for the veteran angler to subdue the beast.
From left to right on the photo: French angler Bruno Andre helping Dale Fischer displaying the giant predator catfish.
Jean-Francois Helias
IGFA Lifetime Achievement Award
258 IGFA World Records
www.anglingthailand.com
HOLLAND: northern pike of 127 cm
Last year ago he lost a big pike on the same spot but now the 50 inch -127 cm pike was for him. Of course this great fish was released quickly!
June 05, 2013
USA: mako shark of 1,323.5 pounds caught
A lucky angler the past Monday spent more than 2 hours battling an enormous mako shark off Huntington Beach. Jason Johnston weighted the fish in 1,323.5 pounds and measured 11-plus feet.
The huge catch will shatter the world record if it's approved by the International Game Fish Association.
See the video:
Read more about at: http://worldsharksnews.com
PANAMA: world record size snapper cubera
June 03, 2013
NORWAY: world record size halibut landed
At the beginning of the afternoon, Christian's wife asked him to come home with fish as he left for his trip. He responded by landing a 193 kilo - 427-pound Atlantic halibut
Christian needed the help of 2 friends in the 4 hour fight to reel in the huge halibut.
This is the second monster Atlantic halibut caught in Norway by a German angler in recent weeks.
GERMANY: giant pike of 55 inch and 52 lb
This mega pike was 55 inch -140 centimetres long and with a weight of 52 lb - 23.8 kilo.
Not reported if was released or not.
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