There are a lot of places we’d love to fish, and this is certainly one of them. From northwest Argentina, we have some beautiful footage of dorado, a gorgeous game fish, battling some fly rod anglers fortunate enough to visit there. We’re jealous and in awe. Thanks to Catch Magazine for sharing this. – Rick [...]
Argentina Fishing
Cormorant Dives 150 Feet Beneath the Surface
We showed you amazing images of a cormorant grabbing a cod whole and taking it down the other day. Most of us fishermen have seen these amazing birds hit the water, but seeing them beneath its surface is something else entirely. National Geographic brought us a video of a cormorant, unknowingly wearing the equivalent of [...]
Record Swordfish, Tarpon, Barracuda and More!-IGFA June 2012 Hot Catches
Every month, the International Game Fish Association announces recently caught pending world fishing records and slams. Here are their Hot Catches for June 2012. –Brian McClintock Check out last month’s Hot Catches. Louis W. Melton traveled a few hours north from his hometown of Clarkesville, Maryland on May 18 to fish the Delaware Bay with IGFA Captain Brian Wazkavek. Melton was [...]
Argentina: The Harshest Fishing Environment in the World?
This fly-rod manufacturer was looking for the harshest environment in the world to test their fly rods. Far be it for us to rank them, but we can't argue that Jurassic Lake in Argentina looks like it has broken more than a few fly rods, and maybe angler's spirits, with its rough conditions. But take [...]
Jeremy Wade Catches the Largest Freshwater Fish of his Life
When you can't definitely discern the fish you're fighting from a tree, you know you're into something big. Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters, faced off with his longest battle of a river monster yet, taking four hours to tire a short-tailed stingray near Buenes Aires in Argentina. It was the largest freshwater fish he'd [...]
Penguins and Pig Trout from Southern Argentina
The Patagonia area of Chile and Argentina is a Mecca for trout anglers. The reason: any place where you can cast to 20-pound trout in front of penguins deserves some attention. – Rick Bach Via: Orvis See it to believe it: Dog grabs salmon crossing the street.
Three-Eyed Fish Discovered in Lake Next to Argentina Power Plant
When it comes to fish and commercial waste, there's often a joke about a three-eyed fish, but this is no joke. From "Chorro de Agua Caliente" reservoir, which receives water from a nuclear power plant, we bring you this three-eyed fish, according to Discovery News. The wolf fish was caught by a fisherman and his [...]
Giant Golden Dorado of the Uruguay River
Fishin' Expeditions Fishing Report: Exclusive Uruguay River Tail Waters at Salto Grande South American Golden Dorado Fishery Just returned from a four day quest for the giant Golden Dorado found only in "The Zone" below the Salto Grande Hydroelectric Dam of Salto, Uruguay. Over 20 world records in both bait casting and fly fishing have [...]
Trailer from Argentina: Sea Run Ghosts
Finally, a foreign language film that doesn't put us to sleep. This trailer for an upcoming video highlighting Argentina's legendary sea-run trout fishing should make you want to head south of the border. AFVideos just posted it on Vimeo this week. – Rick Bach They've got some monster trout in Scotland too, from the looks of [...]
Monster Sea-Run Brown Trout from Argentina
Argentina trout fishing is more than just Patagonia. What could be better than monster brown trout that are strengthened by swimming out to and returning from sea every year? This photo, that we found on Orvis's website, from Tyler Adkins who said the wind died down and he could see the wake of this big [...]
