It’s May and the fishing continues to be as great as the weather. The water temperatures have stabilized in the mid 70′s and the top water schoolers have started showing themselves. Captain Mack’s 3 1/2″ Grub Tails rigged on his 1/4 oz. Crystal Shad Jigheads attached to an A-Rig has been deadly on these fish. [...]
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Utah Bowfishing Carp Record Falls
Ray Johnson is one of the biggest names in Utah fishing, but one of his records has fallen. According to Brett Prettyman’s Fishing Utah blog from the Salt Lake Tribune, Stephen Shemenski was bowfishing on the Willard Spur when he stuck a 30-pound, 4-ounce carp. Shemenski took his fish to Smith’s grocery, and got the official, [...]
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Flathead Record Caught in Flint River, Georgia
The Appaloosa or flathead catfish is the prize of the Flint River, and that prize just got a bit bigger. Tiff Thompson was fishing the river in Sumpter County, Ga. around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13 when he landed a 43 pounder, the largest he’s ever seen come out of the Flint on a [...]
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Largest Yellowfin Ever Caught on Rod and Reel. Won’t Get Record
The IGFA yellowfin record would have fallen off of the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, if only a deckhand wouldn’t have taken the reel for a little bit. The anglers and crew aboard the Journeyman landed a 427.9-pound yellowfin on Thursday, April 12, according to Pete Thomas Outdoors. This is 22 pounds bigger than Michael [...]
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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 [...]
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8-Year-Old Lands Record King Mackerel in Alabama
Some breaking news from Zeke's Landing in Orange Beach, Ala.They just posted that 8-year-old Andrew Quinn came down from Michigan and landed a 68.3-pound king mackerel. According to their Facebook Page, Andrew was fishing on the Fish Trap Charters with Captain Billy Neff and deckhand Kelly Collins. The current record is set at 67 pounds, 15 [...]
Japanese Fishing Vessel Floating Toward British Columbia Thanks to Tsunami
We have told you that debris from last year's Japanese tsunami is slowly making it's way to the Pacific Coast, and we have a confirmed sighting.A thought-to-be empty fishing vessel has been spotted floating within 150 nautical miles of the British Columbia shore. According to the New York Times, "How quickly the boat reaches shore [...]
18-Year-Old Fisherman Survives 26 Days at Sea on Raw Fish and Rainwater
For nearly a month, Adrian Vasquez was drifting in the Pacific Ocean until he was found more than 600 miles from where they originally set out from, near Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Vasquez and two other friends sent out on a fishing trip out of Rio Hato, Panama to earn extra cash. The motor of the boat failed [...]
Barramundi Fishermen Rescue Man Trapped by Enormous Crocodiles
A man was forced to climb to the roof of his fishing hut thanks to flood waters, but it wasn't the rising water that kept him up there.Terry Donovan saw that his hut was surrounded by 13-foot crocodiles in Queensland, Australia, with one snatching a wallaby. Thankfully, a helicopter spotted Donovan, who was making a [...]
Gray Whale Rescued from Netting Off Coast of Orange County, Calif.
You expect to see whales on a dolphin and whale safari, but you don't expect to be part of a rescue mission.This dramatic video captures the rescue by Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Safari off the coast of Orange County, Calif. According to Outdoor Hub, "The volunteers also discovered other dead animals in the netting including [...]
