Austrians take their carp fishing seriously, and Roman Hanke may be the country’s new king of carp. Hanke landed a 100-pound, 4-ounce carp at the Euro-Aqua Fishery in Hungary. The fish could take the world record as the biggest carp ever caught. According to The Independent, the standing record is from British roofer Ambrose Smith and John [...]
Hungary Fishing
Netherlands Bests U.S., England in World Catfish Classic
For some reason, this was not on ESPN2, but it’s probably better suited for The Ocho. The second World Catfish Classic cast off on the famed River Ebro in Chiprana, Spain in search of the world’s second largest catfish, the Wels. The United States only sent one team, with Larysa Switlyk and Gary Sheridan looking to [...]
Hungarian Angler Lands 7-Plus-Foot Catfish
The details are few on this catch, but the photo says everything it needs to. While fishing in Lake Kadarcsi, near Balmazujvaros, Hungary, fisherman Lajos Csendes landed a 7-foot, 4-inch, 156-pound grey catfish. Csendes hauled the monster in on April 11, and he estimates its age at about 30 to 40 years old. If we get any [...]
Photos of the 2011 World Record Catfish Catches
We're only half way through 2011, and it seems like there's a new catfish record falling every time we check our news feed.Just this past weekend, two monster catfish were caught. One the new blue catfish record, which broke the record that was set just last year. Anyway, here are the record catfish caught so [...]
Best of GoFISHn–June 15
There are a lot of awesome posts on GoFISHn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoFISHn updates from the past week:Top Posts on GoFISHn Record Mekong Catfish Caught on a Piece of Sweetcorn and other Fun Facts – A Taiwanese monster! Record 205-Pound Catfish Caught in Hungary – The catfish record that [...]
Record 205-Pound Catfish Caught in Hungary
I guess it's Record Catfish Week. I would love to tell you more about this catch, but the only news story is in Hungarian, and I'm a little rusty on my Hungarian.What I can figure out is that it weighed 205 pounds and was caught in Balatonboglar Port. If you know Hungarian and want to tell [...]
Status Update on 2010-03-12 05:29:57
I'm having all my gear serviced, and the boat is receiving alot of attention too. My season starts in a little more than a month. I will be running over night reef and wreck stakeouts. 400 for the night and upto 3 anglers. Catches will include yellowtails, mangroves, muttons, and anyother game fish that crashes [...]
Follow The Signs To Success
We were heading offshore to one of our favorite wrecks to pluck some mutton and yellowtails from the seas. When we got there we noticed a large pod of bait sitting right over the wreck. After a little while of waiting to see if any other fish were going to reveal themselves, we starting jigging [...]
