For one year, Margaret Taylor held the IGFA women’s 20-pound line class record for bonnethead shark, and now her daughter Eliza has brought that record back to the Taylor family. Margaret’s 15-pound, 8-ounce record was broken in 2009, but the Taylor family was fishing near Cape Romain, South Carolina on August 5 when Eliza, 9, landed [...]
Bonnethead Shark Fishing
13-Year-Old Lands World-Record Shark in Florida
It’s not every day you break a world record, and it’s certainly not every day you break three. But this 28-pound, 2-ounce bonnethead shark caught by Carter Wells, 13, did just that, earning him a junior world record, line-class record, and all-tackle world record. Wells, who was 12 at the time of the catch, was [...]
Dog Jumps from Boat to Attack Bonnethead Shark
Dogs often get excited as fish swim by, but when that fish is a hammerhead you should really try to keep him in the boat. Three anglers were fishing with John Dunn and his dog Osa out of Folly Beach, S.C. One of those fisherman, Eddy Greene hooked into a bonnethead shark, and got the [...]
Record Blue Catfish, Red Drum and More-IGFA April 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 April 2012. –Brian McClintock Check out last month’s Hot Catches. Eric Maurer was fishing the Chickamauga Lake, Tenn. when he landed a potential 37 kg (80 lb) line class record for blue catfish–a species for which he [...]
This September, Fish All Day for a Good Cause
"Honey, I've got to fish for 24 straight hours. It's for charity." Yep, come this September, you can utter those words with complete honesty. On September 9, at 7 p.m. to be even more specific. That's when our friends at Recycled Fish is holding their 24-Hour Fish-A-Thon. Here's how it works: you've got to register by [...]
Tennessee’s Bonnethead Shark May be World’s Oldest
If a bonnethead shark living in the Tennessee Aquarium were a person, it would now be of legal drinking age. Scientists believe the shark, originally from Florida, is 22 years old, which would make it five years older than the next closest member of its species ever caught in the wild. Bonnetheads are a smaller [...]
First stiper ever and lots of Shad
Went Shad fishing again this past Friday as I have been for the past month. Been tearin them up pretty good too. Saved about 35 of them for shark fishing bait this summer and then catch and release the rest. About three weeks ago, as a joke, I purchased a kids Spiderman fishing outfit from [...]
