JUST IN! Angler Tracy Hartman caught and released this 11-pound, 8-ounce largemouth bass on April 28, 2019, potentially setting the new Women’s 1 kg (2 lb) Line Class World Record! Hartman was fishing Lake Dixon, […]
IGFA Hot Catches – Chouinard’s Mutton Snapper – Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard caught this beautiful 6.35-kilogram (14-pound) mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) on December 12, 2018, while fly fishing the flats of Walker’s Cay, Bahamas. […]
The IGFA has recently received world record applications for a snubnose pompano from the Seychelles, a rainbow trout from Argentina, a brown marbled grouper from the Maldives, a great barracuda from Kenya, and a short […]
The IGFA has recently received the following world record catches: a narrowbarred mackerel from Australia, a common carp from Austria, a two-barred barb from Malaysia, a striped marlin from Australia, and an alligator gar from […]
The IGFA has recently received world record catches for a narrowbarred mackerel from South Africa, a golden mahseer from India, a mullet snapper from Panama, a blue marlin from Madeira, and a swordfish from New […]
New world record applications have recently been submitted to the IGFA for a potential new All-Tackle spotted bass from California, USA, a massive southern yellowtail from New Zealand, an impressive permit from Florida, USA, and […]
New world IGFA record applications have recently been submitted for an impressive payara on fly from Colombia, a huge yellowtail from Japan, and a giant trevally for a Junior Angler from Australia. Meads’ Giant Trevally […]
New world record applications have recently been submitted for an impressive payara from the jungles of Brazil, a huge golden trevally from Australia, and a big brown trout on light tackle from New York, USA. […]
Check out the most recent world record catches, including a Papuan black snapper from Papua New Guinea, a narrowbarred mackerel from Australia, a Pacific snook from Panama, and a pink salmon from Alaska, USA. […]
New record applications have recently been submitted for this beautiful shortraker rockfish, an albacore on light tackle, and a big Chinook salmon on fly. Utoft’s Shortraker Rockfish Angler David Utoft caught this massive 18.6 kg […]
The IGFA has recently received world record applications for several game fish species including an enormous striped marlin from New Zealand, a flathead catfish and black crappie from Alabama, USA, and a white seabass from […]
The IGFA has recently received world record applications for several premier game fish including mako shark, northern pike, and shortbill spearfish. IGFA Representative and past Lifetime Achievement Award winner Scott Tindale recently submitted an application […]
The IGFA announced the official approval of several new world record catches, including Jada Holt’s Atlantic blue marlin from Ascension, Mark Weeks’ taimen from Russia, and Meredith McCord’s speckled peacock bass from Brazil.
KEILOR Park’s Makayla Buttigieg has broken a world fishing record and is already angling for her next big catch. The 10-year-old fishing champion accompanied her father Darren Buttigieg to the New South Wales coast on […]
Ganesan’s Giant Snakehead -Malaysian angler Roob Ganesan caught and released this beautiful 10.8 kg (24 lb) giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes) on January 15th while fishing in the Rawang region of Malaysia. Ganesan needed only a […]
Prine’s Clown Knifefish: Angler Nicky Prine potentially set the new All-Tackle world record for clown knifefish (Chitala chitala) with this beautiful 6.35 kg (14 lb) fish she pulled from Lake Iguana, near her home in […]
Incredible IGFA catches on Atlantic halibut from Norway, spotted bass from California, USA, peacock bass from Brazil, and huchen from Austria have recently been submitted for world record consideration.German angler Johann Kaaserer caught this enormous […]
British angler Jon Patten caught this enormous dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) on November 20th that tipped the scales at a whopping 107.5 kg (236 lb 15 oz) – the heaviest specimen ever recorded by the […]
German angler Agnieszka Szelag caught and released this quality 20.1 kg (44 lb 4 oz) common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on May 2nd while fishing Schiossteich, Austria. Szelag was soaking a boilies bait, and needed 20 […]
Angler Alex Newman may have potentially tied the All-Tackle world record for black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) with a massive 56.24 kg (124 lb 2 oz) specimen he pulled from waters off Ft. Myers, Florida, USA […]
Using only 2 kg (4 lb) line, Linda McKenzie skillfully played this potential world records snapper (squirefish) (Pagrus auratus) for nearly an hour before she finally landed the 9.22 kg (20 lb 5 oz) fish. […]
Aussie angler Paul Worsteling landed a 98 cm golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) on December 2nd after it crushed the Rapala plug he was trolling in Harvey’s Bay, Australia. After a tough 10 minute fight on […]
An international angling group should stop awarding weight-based world records for fish species threatened with extinction, researchers argue in a new study. The awards encourage the killing of the heaviest, most fecund fish, the scientists […]
Wonews Reported First:A Southern California man caught a giant Pacific halibut in Southeast Alaska last week that rivals the sport fishing world record. Jack McGuire of Anaheim was fishing with Capt. Rye Phillips aboard the […]
The 10th Annual Lobito Big Game Tournament was one for the record books. Not only was the fishing spectacular in numbers with over 500 Sailfish released and 7 Blue Marlin, it was the size of […]
Some of the most spectacular things that I have ever seen while fishing are the pods of spinner dolphins that swim alongside the boat in the Pacific waters of Costa Rica. Watching them leap, twirl, […]
Southern Fried Science report 1st: Scranton attorney Michael Roth has been fishing since 1959, and has traveled around the world to pursue his hobby. “Fishing simply takes me to amazing places,” he told me, “from […]
The idea is simple. The IGFA compiled a handful of what we consider to be the “best” record catches of the past year. These catches were chosen based on criteria such as the difficulty of […]
At 17 centimeters (cm) longer than the current standing record, this 84 cm arawana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) caught by IGFA Representative Peter Binaski in Guyana’s Essequibo River could be the new All-Tackle Length record for the […]
Reported by Syracuse .com on 12/11: A 54-inch muskie caught on the St. Lawrence River last week stands a chance of getting into the International Game Fish Association’s record book as a world record under the […]
Friends and supporters of Dr. Guy Harvey’s mission to inspire scientific research and educational programs for sustaining our marine environments are invited to attend the Sixth Annual Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (GHOF) fundraiser on November […]
When the Billfish Conservation Act (BCA) was signed into US law a year ago, conservationists worldwide cheered that the globe’s largest market for imported marlin, sailfish, and spearfish would soon be closed. Although the challenge […]
Angler Margaret Shaughnessy of Medford, Oregon landed this beautiful roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) on June 2nd while fly fishing with local guide Marco Lucero off the coast of Punta Las Arenas, Mexico. Shaughnessy’s potential women’s 10 […]
IGFA News: Our congrats go out to angler Todd West of Rome, Georgia, USA – the very proud holder of the newest 2 lb tippet class record for spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus)! Check out his […]
It’s time to test your fish IQ with another IGFA species ID challenge! On a recent college research expedition to Kiribati, IGFA Representative and Lifetime Achiever Martini Arostegui found the time to target some of […]
Will Kilpatrick caught a blue marlin, a white marlin and a sailfish in the same day, but his accomplishment won’t be approved by the International Game Fish Association for inclusion in its all-time list of […]
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