Heart attack on a bun!
Man, do they like to eat in Wisconsin! I just got back from a week-long trek to America’s Dairyland…and one evening, I ordered a fish sandwich and ended up with Moby on a Bun! All for $6.99 (which included “endless fries”), by the way.
Very tasty, I might add, but just the thought of it had my cardiologist ordering a new set of Ping composite shaft golf clubs. The monster was too much for me and, in fact, I even considered entering it into the
Hawg of the Month Contest!
Ok, so we didn’t catch this thing on a #22 BWO on 7X, but there’s just something so cool about the idea of tangling with a rainbow trout that’s big enough to grab a K15 Kwikfish intended for salmon. I recently found this old photo of me guiding on the Nushagak River many moons ago and meant to include it in my recent Nushagak Dreamin’ photo essay but it somehow slipped through the cracks.
There just aren’t many places left on earth where big bows like this live…and there will be even fewer if that damn Pebble Mine gets going…but I digress. What an awesome animal, eh?
Open up and say ahhhhh! (IGFA photo)
Holy creature from the Black Lagoon, Batman! While this titanic beast may look like something that may slither up out of a storm sewer and start devouring unsuspecting city dwellers in some John Carpenter flick, it’s actually a pending
International Game Fish Association All-Tackle Word Record wels catfish!
While fishing with a live bream on the River Po in Mantova, Italy with IGFA Captain Alberto Bartoli, angler Roberto Godi hooked into this enormous, 250.3-pound cat…which fought like a wounded wildebeest for 45 minutes before being subdued…weighed…and released.
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Ron Campbell with Kokezilla
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. In March, Oregon’s Wallowa Lake gave up the
U.S. record kokanee, an 8.23 pounder…and then in May, it surrendered an 8-pound, 13-ouncer in May.. Now, this: On June, 14 Ron Campbell of Pendleton, OR caught what should be the new all-tackle world record koke, a 9.67 pounder! WTF???
Pendleton’s Wallowa beast measured 27 3/4 inches long and had a girth of 17 3/4 inches and just topped the current
IGFA World Record, a 9.6 pounder caught in British Columbia back in 1988. After the paperwork goes through, it should be recognized as the new record…that is until somebody catches a 10 pounder!
Read more about this from our friends at
Northwest Wild Country.
Yep, that's a big one!
California fishing guide,
Mike Moore has been plying the waters of Baja’s East Cape for many years, hoping for a really big roosterfish…and he finally got one last month. This beast, hooked slow trolling a live jack just outside the surfline, measured 65 inches and was estimated to weigh 70 pounds.
After a quick photo & measurement session, Moore let the grande pez gallo go and plans to get a fiberglass replica mount made.
Trolling for kokanee salmon on Montana’s Lake Koocanusa with an ultralight rod and 4-pound test, Jeff Gould hadn’t planned on nearly getting his ass handed to him…but that’s exactly what happened when this 10.6-pound bull trout came calling.
Gould said that the fish nearly spooled him and there was even some talk of backing the boat up and chasing it like a big blue marlin. Eventually, however, he was able to slip the net under the huge char. After a quick photo session, the fish was released…much to the dismay of the kokanee population of the lake! As the latest entry into our Hawg of the Month Contest, Jeff will have a chance to compete for a free fishing trip.
The Geeks are en fuego!
The Fishing Geeks have struck again! This time, the dynamic fishing duo of identical twins Adam and Sean Konrad, teamed up for this
IGFA all-tackle world record 25.2-pound burbot, that Sean hooked in Sascatchewan’s Lake Diefenbaker on March 27.
The jumbo “ling,” as they often called, ate a whole herring soaked on a medium spinning outfit. The catch is just another feather in the Geeks’ already impressive fishing resume. When it receives final approval, this will be the 10th IGFA certified world record for the Konrad boys — the most impressive of which was the all-tackle, 48-pound record rainbow trout from the same lake that Sean caught back in September of 2009.
For more details on the Konrads and their record fish, check out
Northwest Wild Country.
