The IGFA recently announced a huge brown trout caught in September is officially a record! The massive fish weighed 41 lbs 7 oz (18.8 kg) and measured in at 43.75 inches with a girth of 27 inches. The trout was caught in the Manistee River, Michigan, USA.
Caught on September 9, 2009 by Tom Healy.
Healy was using a #8 silver Rapala Shad Rap.
via IGFA
That’s right, it’s now official! The bass caught in July of last year by Manabu Kurita of Aichi, Japan is the new record holder of the All-Tackle World Record as recognized by the IGFA.
The mako shark is one of my all time favorite sharks. It looks mean, its super fast, and it has been known to jump 20 feet into the air when hooked. They aren’t the biggest shark, but they sure act like there are. Many people call them the bully of the ocean!
The current IGFA world record mako is 1221 pounds, but a 1324 pound and 1530 pound mako have also been caught that do not qualify as world records according the the IGFA rules.
Caught off Chatham Massachusetts, USA on July 21, 2001 by Luke Sweeney.
More giant makos at New England Sharks
There are some great looking fish on this months edition of hot catches from the IGFA, including a golden trevally and a Japanese sea bass!
Fly fishing with a streamer off Fraser Island, Australia, Haruyuki Shimada of Arakawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, landed a golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) on Dec. 30, weighing 7.2 kg (15 lb 13 oz). Shimada was guided by Mark Bargenquast and was using 8 kg (16 lb) tippet for the presently vacant men’s fly record.
Using a minnow plug, Japanese angler Kentaro Iwakiri, of Oita-Shi, Oita, landed a Japanese seabass (Suzuki) (Lateolabrax japonicus) on Nov. 27, weighing 9.4 kg (20 lb 11 oz) with 6 kg (12 lb), line while fishing the Ono River in Japan. The current IGFA men’s line class record is 20 lb 0 oz (9.1 kg.), caught on Nov. 2, 2002 from the same river.
via IGFA
This monster fish was reluctantly added as an IGFA record at 230lbs. Legend has it that the fish weighed much more, but the scale it was weighed on only went up to 230lbs!
Caught by Willliam Toth, this record Nile perch weighed more 230lbs (104kg) and was caught in Lake Nasser, Egypt.
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HuntFishGuide.com (1 hour 23 minutes)Who ever designed that kicks ass! Anyone who is trying to help out people with hunting and fishing deserves a bunch of recognition....
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HuntFishGuide.com (1 hour 27 minutes)That photo is amazing!
Ctom (12 hours 50 minutes)Alligator Gar!
Clive Mathias (13 hours 56 minutes)Our North American perch don’t get as big as yours Bob!
Bob (13 hours 58 minutes)What a tiddler. My best is 5lb 9onz. Also had one of 5lb 4onz both on a fly.
Raz (16 hours 20 minutes)What a beauty! It wouldn’t take many of them to make a dozen!
Jonathon Marshall (21 hours 2 minutes)Must be all that chip fat…
Woody (21 hours 44 minutes)That’s one of our Perch, not yours!…You must get plenty over 2lb surely where you are?…There’s loads and loads here,...
Clive Mathias (1 day 0 hours)Awesome photo! Definitely a bigger perch then I’ve ever caught!
