New All-Tackle Brown Trout World Record!

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

Lake Biwa Bass New All-Tackle World Record!

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.

via IGFA Official World Record Announcement

World Record Mako Shark

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

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March IGFA Records

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

World Record Nile Perch

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.